The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-06-28
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.


has been ranted three months leave.
Major Emil Adam, Sixth Cavalry, has been
granted two months extension of leave
Colonel II. G. Merriam, Seventh Infantry,
has been granted one months extension OF
leave.
Second Lieutenant A. II. Sydenham, Fifth
Artillery, has been granted two months ex-
tension of leave
Brigadier General A, w. Greely. Chief Sig
nal Officer has been ordered to New York
City on official business.
Leave of absence for three months on sur
geon's certificate of disability is granted Major
William ii. Bell, commissary OF subsistence
First Lieutenant George X. Burnett OF the
Army (retired,) has been detailed for service
as professor ut Fairfield Seminary, Fairfield,
NY.
Captain Jacob H. Smith, Nineteenth In
fantry, has been relieved from duty at Colum-
bus Barracks, Ohio, and will proceed to join
his regiment.
Leave of absence from August s to October
l, 1891, has been granted Captain Henry Met
'calfe, Ordnance Department, with permission
to go beyond the sea.
The followig transfers In the Tenth Cavalry
are made First Lieutenant Charles G. Ayres
from Troop to Troop M; First Lieutenant
Samuel d. freeman from Troop NJ to Troop B.
Major William F. Tucker, paymaster, has
been ordered to Fort Meyer, Va; Fort Nc
Henry, Md; Washington Barracks, d. c., and
Fort Monroe, Va, to pay the troops at those
stations.
Captain Stanhope E. Blunt, Ordnance De-
partment, has been ordered to the works of the
Colts Company, Hartford, Conn, on official
business in connection with the inspection OF
Gatlng guns.
The President has issued a certificate of
merit to Harvey w. Capron, corporal COM
pany b, Seventh Cavalry, for distinguished
service in action at Wounded Knee Creek s.
D., December 80 last.
Second Lieutenant Floyd W. Harris, Fourth
Cavalry, has been ordered to report in person
to the superintendent of the United States
Military Academy, West Point, n. Y, August
2S, for duty at the academy.
BY direction of the President general
court-martial will meet at Fort ,Walla Walla,
Wash, at 10 o'clock on Wednesday, the 18th
day of July, 1891, for the trial of Colonel
Charles r. Compton, Fourth Cavalry.
Second Lieutenant Willis Uline, Twelfth
Infantry, has been relieved from further duty
with Company G of that regiment, at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., and will proceed to join
his proper company ID, Fort sully, S. d..
The extension of leave granted Second Lieu
tenant Walter N. P. Darrow, Fourth Artillery,
has been further extended to include October
20, 1891, and his resignation has been accepted
by the President, to take effect on that date
The special orders detailing Lieutenant Col
onel Royal 8. Frank, Second Artillery, as a
member of the board of officers appointed to
meet at Fort Monroe, Va, July 6, 1891, for
the examination of non-commssoned officers
has been revoked
Captain William III. Clapp, Sixteenth In
fantry, now on sick leave of absence at Akron,
Ohio, has been ordered to report at once by
letter to the superintendent of Recruiting
Service, New York City, to conduct recruits
to the Department OF the Platte
Captain Frank Baker, Ordnance Department,
has been ordered from Frankford Arsenal,
Philadelphia, Pa, to the ordnance proving
ground, Sandy Hook, N. j., ON public bust
ness in connection with tests of fuses to he
made at that post.
Major Clarence E. Dutton, Ordnance De-
partment, in addition to his duties as COM
'manding officer of San Antonio Arsenal.
Texas, has been ordered to report 70 the com
manding general, Department. Texas, for
duty as chief ordnance officer of that depart
ment
In the case of Lieutenant Colonel Joshua s.
Fletcher, Second Infantry, the unexecuted
part of the sentence published in general
court-martal orders No. s, Headquarters of
the Army, February 13, 1890, has, by direction
OF the President, been remitted, and he, on his
own application, has been retired.
The following transfers in the Fourth Artil-
lery have been made Second Lieutenant Writ
Robinson, from Light Battery B to Battery X;
Second Lieutenant John T. Martin, from Bat
terry X to Light Battery B; Second Lieu
tenant Morris X. Barroll, from Battery M to
Battery X; Additional Second Lieutenant
Thomas B. Lamoreux, from Battery / to Bat
terry NJ.
The order directing Second Lieutenant Will
lad A. Holbrook, First Cavalry, to report in
person August II to the superintendent of the
United States Military Academy, West Point,
n. y, has been revoked, and he will repair to
San Antonio, Tex, and report in person on
or before August l, 1891, to Brigadier General
David >. Stanley for duty as aid-de-camp on
his staff.
board of officers, to consist OF Major George
b. Davis, judge advocate; Major Joseph P.
Sanger, inspector general; Major Arthur Mac
Arthur, jr., assistant adiutapt general; Can
tain Walter Reed, assistant surgeon; Captain
James q. Merrill, assistant surgeon, and Second
Lieutenant Peter Il. Traub, First Cavalry, re-
corder, has been appointed to meet at the War
Department, Washington, at 10 o'clock a. M
Monday, July l3, 1891, for the examination
of candidates who may be designated for ex-
animation for the appointment of second i
lieutenant in the Army. In conducting the ex-
aminations all questions and answers will be
in writing, and the report of the nroeaadinos