The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-18
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.

Lieut.. j. 81. L. Holcombe has been detached
from duty in the Coast Survey, and ordered to
the Fish Commission steamer Albatross.
Ensign G. B. Morgan has been detached from
the San Francisco, and ordered to the Alert.
Ensign E. A. Anderson has been detached
from the Alert, and ordered to the steamer Alba
ross.
duty in the Bureau of Ord, and ordered as insp.
of ord. in charge of the naval ord. proving
ground at Indian Head, Nd.
Lieut.. Albert Mertz has been detached from
the Minnesota, and ordered to the Yantic.
P. A. Eng. g. P. Lumsden has been ordered
to duty on the Ajax and other monitors near
Richmond on the Goth inst
P. A. Surg A G.. Cabell has been detached
from duty at Richmond, and ordered to the
Newark Feb. 2.
Med Dir. w. T. Hood has been ordered to as
sumo duties as president of the examining board
on the 22d inst, in place of Med. Dir. j. Y. Tay-
lor, retired on the 2lst inst. Med. Dir. r. G.
Dean has been detached from duty in charge of
the Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, on the Goth
inst. and ordered to duty as q member of the
medical examining board on the 22d inst.
The orders of P A. Surg. w. H. Rush, de-
taching him from the nautical ship Saratoga,
and ordering him to.the Newark, have been re-
voked.
The orders of P. A. Surg Richard Ashbridge
to the Saratoga, and placed on waiting orders,
have been revoked.
The Ranger sailed from San lose, Guatemala,
on the 18th inst for Corinto, Nicaragua.
The training-shp Portsmouth sailed from
Norfolk Tuesday for the West Indies She will
spend the greater part of her time in the vicinity
of the Gulf of Paria.
Capt. James O'Kane has been detached from
the comd. of the Boston Feb 5, and granted 2
months leave.
Capt. G. c. Wits has been detached from the
comd. of the Minnesota Feb 4, and ordered to
comd the Boston.
P. A. Eng. Main has been detached from the
Navy Yard, New York, and ordered to the
Boston.
P. A. Eng. g. s. Willis has been detached
from the Naval Academy, and ordered to dutv
at Cramp q Sons shipyard.
Asst. Eng. w. ID. WeaYer has been detached
from the Boston, land ordered to the Navy Yard,
New York.
Asst. Eng. j. L, Cow has been detached from
the Fortune, and ordered to the Naval Acad-
emy.
Asst Eng. w. P. WincheIl has been de-
tached from duty in the Bureau Of Steam Engi-
neering, and ordered to the Fortune.
A petition from the petty officers and seamen
OF the Navy for reforms and the improvement
of their condition on shipboard has been re-
ceiVed by the Secretary of the Navy.
The orders from the Navy Dept to hurry the
San Francisco for sea were not in consequence
of any new developments in the fisheries ques-
tion. They We're Issued because the ship is
needed at once for cruising duty. The Charles
ton is to return to Honolulu with King Kala-
kaua as soon as she is out OF dry-dock, and in
the mean time there is urgent need OF an ef-
fectiVe ship, such as the San Francisco, to
cruise in Chilian waters during the present in
surTection. The fact that the Chilfan navy is
leading in the rebellion makes it all the more
important for an American cruiser to be on
hand TO look out for the interests Of American
shipping in Chilian harbors.