The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-29
THE ARMY AND THE NAVY.
ARMY NOTES.

Leave Of absence for two months has been
granted Mai. George X. Sanderson, Eigh-
teenth Infantry.
" First Lieut. Palmer G. Wood, Twelfth In
fantfy, is ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
for duty as regimental qusrtermaster.
Capt. Edward B. Moseley, assistant surgeon,
has been detailed as member of the retiring
board at San Antonio, Tex.
First Lieut.. E. B. Bolton, Twenty-third In
fantry, has been ordered to examination at
Fort Leavenworth for promotion.
The leave Of absence granted Second Lieut..
Clough Overton, Fourth Cavalry, Division of
the Pacific, has been extended two months.
Capt. H. f. Brewerton.. Fifth Artillery, has
been ordered to report by letter TO the COM
manding general Division OF the Atlantic for
temporary duty.
Cadet George M. Dewey, Jr., fourth class,
Military Academy, has, by reason of physical
disability, been discharged from the service of
the United States.
Second Lieut.. Mark l.. Hersey, Ninth In
fantry, now on leave of absence in this city,
is ordered to New York City to conduct re-
cruits from Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
First Lieut. Won Schrader, Twelfth Infan-
try, has been ordered to duty at the military
prison, relieving First Lieut.. r. X Evans,
Twelfth Infantry, ordered to join his COM
pany.
Lieut.. Col. Joseph P. Wright and Maj. j ohm
Brooke, surgeons, members of the examining
board at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, are ordered
to examine Second Lieut.. Harry l.. Hawthorne,
Second Artillery.
despatch from Omaha says: "Capt Henry
E. Galley, of the Second Infantry, tried on the
charge of malingering at Pine Ridge has been
acquitted Gen. Brooke disapproves the find
ing and acquittal.
First Lieut.. Henry H. Ludlow, Third Artil-
lery, will be relieved from recruiting duty by
the superintendent of the recruiting service
on or about May l, 1891, and will then pro-
ceed to join his battery.
Second Lieut.. William P Burnham, Sixth
Infantry, is detailed as professor of military
science and tactics at st. Johns Military
School, Manlius, N. Y, and will report in
person for duty accordingly.
On the recommendation of the regimental
commander the following transfers in the
First Infantry are made: First Lieut.. Tasker
III. Bliss, Battery L to Battery B, and First
Lieut.. Thomas c. Patterson, Battery B to Bat
terry L.
Capt. G.. s. Luttrell Ward, Twenty-second
Infantry, having been found incapacitated for
active service, the extension of leave of absence
on account of sickness granted him is still fur
ther extended until further orders.
First Lieut.. Charles w. Rowell Second In
fantry, is ordered from Grove City College,
Grove City, Pa, to Omaha, Neb., to report as
witness to the judge advocate of the gen
eral court-martial convened at that place.
Second Lieut.. Abraham P. Burlington,
Seventh Infantry, having complied with the
requirements of paragraph IA, Special Orders
No. so, March 5, 1891, from this office is
ordered to return from this city to his proper
station.
On the recommendation of the regimental
commander the following transfers in the
Eleventh Infantry are made: Capt. Francis
w. Mansfield, Company d to Company l,
and Capt. James E. Macklin, Company l to
Company D.
Lieut. Col Charles r. Greenleaf, assistant
medical purveyor, is ordered to New York
City on public business, and thence to Boston,
Mass, to represent the Army Medical Depart
ment at the American Association for Physi-
cal Education.
Second Lieut.. (now first lieutenant) E. w.
Van q. Lucas, Corps of Engineer, has been
relieved from further duty at Willets Point,
N. T., station, and will continue on duty with
Company E, Battalion Of Engineers, at the
Military Academy.
board of survey, to consist Of Lieut.. Col.
Charles r. Greenleaf, assistant medical pur-
veyor, and Maj. Fred c. Ainsworth, surgeon,
will assemble in this city, on the 2sth instant,
to inventory the property in charge of the
late Surgeon General Baxter.
Capt. Stanhope E. Blunt, Ordnance Depart
ment, is ordered from the National Armory,
Springfield, Mass, to the works of the Colts
Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company,
Hartford, Conn, for the inspection of revolt
vers now being manufactured for the Ord
nance Department.
First Lieut. Eugene L. Swift, assistant sur
geon, now on duty at Fort Thomas, A. r.,
is ordered to report by letter to the command
ing officer Fort Grant, A. T., for duty at that
station or at Fort Thomas, as the command
ing officer may direct.
Maj. William F. Tucker, paymaster, is Or
dered to Fort Myer, Va, Washington Bar
racks, d. c.; Fort McHenry, Md, and Fort
Monroe, Va, to pay the troops at those sta
tions to March 81, 1891. The commanding
officers of these troops will forward the
muster and pay-roIls to Maj Tucker as soon
as possible.