New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-01
ARMY NOTES or INTEREST

Not only have officers OF the Navy been on the
edge of anxiety for several weeks as to the time
when the President should act upon several cases
which obs;ruct promotion. but officers OF the army
have felt much embarrassment because OF delays
IN disnosnc of court-nartial and certain
other cases Congress. too. has been expected
TO take up certain questions affecting the Interests
of the service but nothing has been done yet That
officers hope for action 10 relieve sthgnhtHi
IN nrorootions is natural for officers. even Of the
rank Of captain only, are fast approaching u'
soar and vhitened age OF retirement As an IL
lustration Of the difference in promotion now ana
Immediately after the Civil War. the case Of Major
General schoncld the ranking officer Of the Army.
NAV be noted He attained his present RAM b'ioIe
he had reached the age Of average hrst
iieutnaant Of artillery or infantry OF the present
time. he was really three years younger lian AZ
senior 90 eond ueutenants OF infantry and eght years
vounyer than are senior second heIicnants oi
cavalry. when he got the star OF a n'itall',
general But this was one OF the fortunes ~ VA.
ana n sor,e OF the younger officers ~ today crave
for similar fortunes they can hardly DC D'"h''1
COR Il.
Several civilian appointments are cxpect"1 - be
made when the President gets time 70 CONSIDER
the claims Of the applicants There are also Some
civilian professionals who are ready 10 compete j"
examinations for appointment. and the lucky asiF
ants Will no dout; get their commissions "i'ho''
unusual delay these latter are the candidates Tor
aprointr.ents as assistant surgeons III tlr ARMY
the examinations for which VIII begin a. me Army
Medical Museum. Washington i'-Si'll..'
20 civ ,,scancee in the corps be filed. ana ~"
candidates viii be- divided into i"dr ,It--s - 49,,
each II six Of the candidates are successful 10
will. Immediately after arPointme.n, ~" -, ,bc
for = four fgonths' course OF instruction an W.
nrIers from surgeon General +ternberg. a tcnool
similar in character 20 the one r"c"HIIt
al the Naval Hospital In Brooklyn LOT ->@'"' '"'
geOns.
Among Tho many thousands Of exhibits ~ the
Worlds Fair none attract more enthusiastic a't"n-
ton than that 81 the Army. That Of the ordnance
Department Is OF special interest. especially ~"
relief maps showing the great coast d"icnc'S' VT"
models Of the modern forts. and the old-time
block houses The small arms. Including inc on
fnt-lock rruskets Of 80 years ago. and IN" ri1es
OF the present day; the magazine guns, ma'i nm
guns mountain hOwi;zers. and the l2Inch sits.
guns are also shown. Then there Is the gun thai
nred the first shot IN me Clvii war ar ,a mr.,
chimes for making rifles ammunition ana great
guns.
CAPTAIN T. L. Zabriski. who gained prominence
in perfectng the dynamite gun. and who has been
in a precarious condition Of health for the last
three years has recovered his health sufhcienty
to be restored to duty and has been assigned to
service at Francisco.
cantain william c. Shannon. OF the Medical
Corps who has been on duty in the Surgeon-ien-
erals Office at Washington. has been ordered to
this city as attending surgeon 70 officers ana eT
amner Of recruits, in place Of 'ipthlh '"S H.
Edje who has been ordered 10 Washington
has been detached from duty at Fort Wadsworth
and ordered to temporary duty at Fort Porter
near Buffalo
Tho mileage question for officers travelling under
orders often presents features which seem 10 or
binary citizens who have to pay their own trav-
Cling expenses. peculiar. For instance. Il CAIN
presented by Lleutenant-Co Colonel Pennington. in
suecor Of artillery for duty connected with target
practice at Fort Hamilton three days. when ms
travel was from Governor Island only, was APP
small TO the ordinary civilian. but when the limited
nav of officers and these frequently forced *
penses are taken into account II VIII rcahny DC
admitted that these accumulated drains upon the
officers purses during the year "ouln amount 10
more than they would feel aDe 10 "'"' i'o'' '''''
salaries
4 recent issue Of "A circular by officer who has
been looking up the records at Washington shows
that there will be only retirement for age in the
cavalry arm until 1896 that Of Captain Eting. Then
there will be two colonels lieutenant colonel
one major and two captains to disappear from the
active list In 1897 one major will be retired for
age and in 1898 three colonels and one major. All
OF the colonies OF artillery will reach the retiring
age between now and ls" ana besides th.se there
period there Will retire in the infantry seven
colonels hVe lieutenant III III lie 49,
made by retircments for disability, lhhsniucn as
viii be- transferred the unlimited retired list dur
the next I'VE years
Many injuries have been made by officers az to
the time when the proposed issue OF modified
Army Regulations is to be published and ready
for distribution. 1t is apparent that In some way
a report made current that the War Depart
ment intended to make revision OF the present
blue Book" which would require several months
for the officers to become familiar with. and that II
was contemplated to make specific revision Of the
code OF discipline for both officers and men In
quiry has been made to the War Department con-
h, ,ha' hn mat,er has hem ,nisa,nderstood by
IN Va.
and publish I'm corrected form the present regii-
lations made necessary by orders and acts OF
Congress since the last issued N $50. This
work IL being done In the Adjuts General =
Office In Washington This will make necessary
tho changing OF ~ paragraphs out Of nearly 1000