The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-09

ries with it the rank of Br!gadier-Geueral.
DR.. Sutherland is about 90 years of age,
native OF Pennsylvania, and has been in the
medical service Of the army for thirty eight
years. Rising from Assistant Surgeon, AMI
holding various responsible positions dur
ing and subsequent to the civil war, lie be-
came Colonel and medical DurVeYOr in 1876
anu was brevetted Leutenant-ColOnelfo for
merit0riouS and diligent discharge Of duties.
When appointed SurgeOn-General he was a
member of the Retiring Board of Governors
Island. He ranks high in the medical pro-
lesSi0n, and the appointment has been very
generally approved.
The years appropriation for Communication
for the loss of the use of a limb is SJ25, 600,
an item in the Deficiency Bill having added
S19j,000 to the S400,G Geo originally propri-
ated. II Is an interesting TACT that nearly
5000 men are entitled to this c1mmutati0p.
The SurSeOn-Generdl has prepared a list
from which it appears that of this number
1869 have lost one arm; 40C9, one leg; 100.
one hand; rs, one foot; %. TWO arms; 81,
two les; 4, TWO hands; 10, two feet; IS,
one arm and one leg; s, one leg and one
foot; l, both legs and both hands.
The Secretary of War is in receipt of
large number Of applications from civilians
for appointments to secuad lieuteuancies.
The bulk OF these applications comes from
students q military colleges.
Ex-Governor George StoHeman, late a
Colonel of the United States Army (retired).
aoS BGtll IpLlAllaCNl as OUlNltt Vi HlldulI1s
RECORD AND PENSION DIVISION.
The President disapproved the bill pro-
viding that the Record and Pension Diyis-
ion OF the War Department as now estab-
liShCd shall hereafter be known rs the Rec
ord and Pension Office Of the War Depart
ment, and that the President shall be
authorized to appoint the officer now in
charge OF the division A Colonel in the army
and chief of said Office. The object was to
promote DR.. Ainsworth, the head of the
office The grounds of GisapproYal in the
veto message were: First that the bill is an
encrOachment on the Executive prerOgatve
OF making appointments, II that 1t gives the
President no discretion as 10 whom lie shall
nominate; and, second, that it creates an
anomalous position in the army, there being
no such grade as Colonel Of the army. per
sons being nominated as Colonel Of in
arm Of the service.
Sergeant Patrick Henry, stationed at Fort
Adams, X, l., Will be retired for long service
in a few weeks. in fact his term Of thirty
years closed about two years ago, but lie
has held on to his Work till the present time.
Sergeant Henry is man Of exceptional in
tellgence, and such as lie lend character and
dignity TO the calling Of an enlisted soldier
He served all through the war, and was one
OF the many men who found themselves
fighting against their kinsmen, for at Weeks
burg It became Sergeant Henry's duty to
take his own brother prisoner. Sergeant
Henry will probably leave the service about
May 1st when lie will settle in Minnesota,
where lie sees excellent opportunity 10 b1ng
up his family OF boys
The retirement of Colonel Albert G.
Bracket, Third United STATES Cavalry. at
his own request, causes the following pre-
motions in The cavalry arm: Lieutenant
Colonel Albert 2. Morrow, Sixth, to be Colo
mel; Major 5. 5. Sumner, Eighth, 10 be
Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain A. b.
Kaufman, Eighth, to be Major.