New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-03
AnMY SorEs or INTEREST

| 4RMY NOTES Or iNiEhED1'
.aas have been ordered in the Army
| ss,,,,,rv stations in the last week. one OF wh'cn
g. ~. dsno, NJ David's Island. opposite Glen islahu'
| On Iong island Sound. To the charge OF .hs ~
| ,anant- Colonel Henry &. COOK OF ,"e fo
| fontrv has been ordered, retiring ieutena ~.
49,, ,,,red ~ smith OF the sth Infantry VINO mas
| mel N,i - q, ,he J,epartment Of the Platte. The
| 49,. oil, take place on october /. the orue's
80 changes also comprehend the detail OF one ces ,
pany officer from each OF fonr s OF infantry ane regiments
~, renort in person to the superintenaehhs u for
| permitting service in New YORK oy o'''' >
| assenment to recruiting oiices.
s,o,oo Instructions have been issued that recruit
,rg officers must give Close personal at'e"'o" "
,hoir duties and TO exercise every ehor' W P'
r, the improper enlistment OF minors, or Oh "ieh
~ vicious or doubtful habits The ohcers are Eau
toned that the details are not to be iooheu upo'
| 90 ,er,ods of pleasure and that as the reputa'io"
| 81 the ARMY depends in no small degree upon 'he
character and qualifications OF the men h ed With
,he rcsponsibe duties of recruiting should ipy APP
precate its vital importance a. w duty when con-
that IL is arduous ana eXac'hs uu'' WIN" WIZ
scientiously performed
v-hen the new Administration began on March
4 Rrgader-General Eugene Carr filed complaint
that he had been illegally retired without ms con-
sent The protest was not favoraby considered'
and as q SEQUEL to the case. Colonel w. T. Cariin
has been promoted by the action Of the Senate TO
be brigadier-general from May H. s vice G ,srr
re act,ye service as brgader general will not be
for long however inasmuch as he VIII be retired
for age on November "a
Assistant Adiutant- General Chauncey McKeever
was retired for age Thursday. after service
of forty-four years He had his full share OF IRON
tier duty in the twelve years that he served in the
Sd Artillery, and then he was appointed assistant
that a hoe
served in that department more than thrty-two
wears He had three brevets conferred upon him
for faithful and meritorious services during the
war the last being that of brgadier-genera
he reached the grade only of senior colonel ana
the next man above him. Brgadier-Generai Will
Jams. will be retired in November.
In the matter of retrements. interesting OBJ
struction has been placed in the of wholly re-
firing from the Army Lieutenant George b. Back
us OF the lst Cavalry. He was ordered before
board for examination concerning his right of pro-
motion. and he Immediately raised the point that IL
had legal right to pass upon his physical quail
fcations: that he had been examined by gro
motion board found physically disqualified lor
promotion and was therefore entitled under the act
next higher grade The board sustained the point
and adjourned The War Department has not be-
fore doubted its right review the findings OF an
examining board in such cases, but II has, after
full examination the law. admitted the justice
Mileage claims in the Army are so carefully scru-
tinted that officers have to be extremely careful
that they are just ones before presenting them.
Then. too. officers frequently have to meet ex-
penses when travelling which the Government does
not allow and which is money that the officer
would otherwise keep in his pocket. a claim was
made recently and it has been allowed by the War
Department which may strike some people as
peculiar An officer at Fort Hamilton was detailed
as a member OF a court-martal at Fort Wadsworth.
which is lust across the Narrows. The officer made
four trips and his claim for mileage was for those
trips Although the distance across the BAY is not
great the law allows for the distance by the
the flies. In this case the route would be by
cable car from Fort Hamilton 10 the S0u.n b ro1 ok
Staten Island ferry TO Clifton, and thence by cars
to Fort Wadsworth.
Chaplain James c. Kerr has reason to feel in
censed because of a report which published in
Baltimore paper two months ago. and was copied
in some other papers that he and brother Army
officer seen in Baltimore under the influence OF
Gated and declares that he never saw the officer
with whom he said to have been
The officers detailed to represent the Army at the
International Medical Congress. which was APP
pointed to convene at Rome in September are on
the way back to the United States the Congress
The order announcing those of the Army who
distinguished themselves during 1892 has. after sew
eral months of delay at the War Department. been
issued Most of the acts mentioned are for bravery
in rescuing people from drowning and skill in time
of fire Lieutenant Perciva j. Lowe receives sill
yer medal for rescuing "A Seminole negro-lndian
scout from drowning in the Pecos River. Sergeant
Christian +. Wolf gets silver medal for rescuing
an insane patient from drowning in the Mississippi
River in April 1885: rescung woman from drown
ing Fortress Monroe in July, 1856; rescuing
child from drowning at Fortress Monroe in May,
1890: and for rescuing comrade from drowning
on August ;, 1892. Lieutenant Godfrey II. Macdon-
aid gets gold medal for rescuing citizen from
drowning between the Battery and Bellows Island
August H. 1892 Nineteen enlisted men get GER
tifcates of merit for zeal energy and devotion to
duty in saving. at great personal risk, the public
buildings at Fort Clark Texas. from destruction
by fire" Nine other enlisted men similarly
commended for like services the burning of sta
bles and other buildings at Fort Sam Houston.