The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-09-13
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.

second ArJlllery.
Leave of absence for fifteen days has been
granted First Lieutenant Edward s. Avis
Eighteenth Infantry.
Lieutenant A. B.Wyckoff has been ordered
to assume command of the naval station at
Puget Sound, Washington.
Ensign A. G. Dieffenbach has been ordered
to duty at the naval proving ground Indian
Head, Md, on the oath instant.
The leave of absence granted First Lieu
tenant Edwin f. Glenn, Twenty fifth Infantry
has been extended five months
Leave of absence for one month from Sep
tember g. 1891, has been granted First Lieu
tenant Douglas A. Howard, Ordnance De-
partment.
Leave of absence for fifteen days, to take
effect on being relieved from recruiting duty,
has been granted Captain Aaron S. Daggett,
Second Infantry.
Leave of absence for two MONTHS to take
effect on or about September Is, 1891, has
been granted First Lieutenant Lotus Niles,
Second Artillery.
Second Lieutenant Charles f. Parker,
Second Artillery, has been detailed as Pro-
fessor of military science and tactics at the
Clinton Liberal Institute, Fort Plain, N. Y.
Lieutenant Andrew Dunlap, Lieutenants
(iunior grade) Benjamin Tappan and Charles
A. Cove. and Ensign Charles L. Ripley and
Walter j. Sears have been ordered to exam
ination for promotion.
The extension Of leave of absence on sur
geon's certificate of disability granted First
Lieutenant William e. Shipp, Tenth Cavalry,
has been further extended one month on sur
geon's certificate of disability.
The general court-martial appointed to
meet at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, July s10,
1891, has been dissolved, to take effect on
completion of any case that may be before the
court at the date of the receipt of this order.
Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. jackson,
Fourth Artillery, has been detailed as mem
ber of the examining board, vice Major Frank
G. Smith, Second Artillery, who has been re-
lieved from detail as a member of said board.
The retirement from active service this
date, by operation of law, of Colonel Edward
P. Vollum, chief medical purveyor, has been
announced. Colonel Vollum will repair to
his home.
The detail of First Lieutenant Harry L.
Hawthorne, Fourth Artillery Gas Second Lieu
tenant Second Artillery, for duty at the
Clinton Liberal Institute, Fort Plain, N. Y,
has been revoked.
Lieutenant Colonel T. Alexander, surgeon,
attending surgeon, New York City, VIII,
upon the retirement of Colonel Edward p.
Vollum, chief medical purveyor, assume
charge of the medical purveying depot, New
York City, until further orders.
this city, having relinquished the unexpired
portion of his furlough, and having been re-
Iieved from duty at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Ter
ritory, and ordered to Fort Hancock, Texas,
will proceed from this city direct to Fort
Hancock, Texas.
Captain John Anderson, Eighteenth Infan-
try, how on leave of absence at Palmer
Massachusetts, will report by letter to the
superintendent of the recruiting service, New
York City, to conduct recruits to the Depart
ment of Texas. Upon the completion of this
duty he will join his company.
Second Lieutenant George w. Gatchell,
Fourth Artillery, has been relieved from duty
at the Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, La, detailed professor of mill
tary science and tactics at the YER
mont Academy, Saxton's River, VT, and will
report in person for duty accordingly.
The order relieving First Lieutenant Doug
las A. Howard, Ordnance Department, from
further duty in the Office of the Chief of Ord
nance, this city, and directing him to report
in person to the commanding officer Water
vliet Arsenal, West Troy, N. Y, for assign
ment to duty, has been amended to take effect
October 8, 1891.
The following transfers in the Nineteenth
Infantry have been ordered: First Lieutenant
William M. Williams, from Company + to
Company 1; First Lieutenant Benjamin M
Purssell, from Company to Company f.
Lieutenant Williams will remain at his
present station Fort Brady, Mich, until
further orders Lieutenant Purssell will join
the company to which he is transferred.
The followingrnamed officers of the corps
of engineers, members of the board of visitors
to the United States Engineer School, Willets
Point, N. Y, will proceed to the plice
named, for the purpose of making an inspec-
tion of the school, and upon the completion
of that duty will rejoin their proper stations
Colonel Cyrus b. Comstock, Colonel David @.
Houston, Lieutenant Colonel George i. GILES
pie.
The following-named officers will report in
person to Colonel Edwin f. Townsend.
Twelfth Infantry, president of the Army re-
firing board at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, for
examination by the board, and on the con-
clusion of their examinations will return to
their proper stations: First Lieutenant Ed
mund l.. Fletcher, Thirteenth Infantry, and
First Lieutenant Henry j.. Goldman, Fifth
Cavalry
Admiral Benham, lately commandant at the
Mare Island nayy-yard, has been assigned to
the South Atlantic station, to succeed Admiral
McCann, who is president of the retiring
board and board of promotions. On that
re Of tha nolln