New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-21
APMY NOTES OF INTEREST.

, , h..r ,su,ed announcing that The
meeting OF the Association OF Graduates Oh '.e IN.
tsry Academy will take place IN the chape''
point at Q 80 D. IN. on Friday. June .. Inc ahnus'
dinner will be served Immediately AFTER e'em"e
on the same day In Cadet Mess Hail. Inc ueA.'
for the dinner cost a., and 1t Is essenuai ,ha' 'o
committee OF which Lieutenant Charles a. braaen
chairman, should he informed as carry as p0ss.,.
what members intend TO be ut the dinner IN vsues
sxra u" expense be incurred Graduates OF the Arao
emy ouly are entitled TO be present AZ '"r unacai
except that invitations ccm m Two Of
S'sisions Of the cadet barracks will be ns,ea WIN
beds and beddinS' whs nscIen' sleeping accommo
dations from June 10 June Il ~ NO tbesa he'd,
I'm 10 nroyided with all conveniences, excepting
towels.
Tho class 81 s5 will have reunion ana dinner
q, tho Officers Mess West Point, on June 3. DIN.
per will be served at 80 p. M lie members VI
,hs class on duty at the Military Academy are Liel'
tenants pr,Is Devore IIobrook, Kuhn and Wilcox.
rSr Closing exercises OF the graduating class will iaGs
n,ace on The morning OF June II. and the graduating
pm nn viii III be- held on Friday evening, June l6
Many officers OF the Army who have asprcd to
rromotlons I'm the staff departments Interpret inc
Presidents appointment OF Medical Inspector T. Ruius
Trvon over twenty OF his seniors TO the sur
econ. gcncralship OF the Navy as heavy DO" "
seniority II establishes the proof Of the report tht
the President will not appoint any omcer 10 'ne
head OF bureau OF the War or Navy departments
WIN has not four years TO serve on the active ns"
This rule will slut out from promotion In the Az
iu,an, Generals department Colonies Chauncey no
Keeyer Oliver d. Greene and Thomas NJ. vincent
and Lieutenant Colonel Henry c. Wood. Solone,
George d. Rugges is the first on the list VINO WIZ
have four wears 10 serve after General Robert VIII
Jams retires on November next surgeon Geneiu
sutherland retires on May 70 ana as .o,omss ~ the
Page, Joseph X. smith and b. T. ID. irwin, VI ars
they cannot expect promotion The next IN RAM RAM
I'm that corps /, Colonel Charles T. AleSahuer . %s
he has TWENTY-FIVE days short Of ior wears on
active list after the retirement OF surgeon ''ne'.
sutherland. Colonel Joseph {. Bailey Is thr ~. -
surgeon and the hrs the list who VIII nave %
wear, and to serve on the active hsi. M
faymaster General william smith rcres March ~.
1893 the two next below m rank VIII haNe eI seors
f. Glenn will be the first full term oiicrr on w., u
list General Sm1s rre Casey on SGe 10, '"n soS and
Colonel ID. c. Houston will be the first on IN, nss
who will have four years more 10 Scrs ,c all pe,Ir
Ing before March 8. 1896 Another head OF nurh Nv
whom President Cleveland will have to appoint Tl a,cS.
the successor 10 Quartcrmastcrt General H. ~ ba.rlr
elder. who Will retire July % 1895 As nri nir
Colonies rompkins. BINGHAM ledge, tn'1 ranir
Will have four years more on TIE ncuve a.. ~ ,hs
ant Colonel NJ. !. Ludingon will be the hFs' d '"e
| eligbles.
| \ case which has given the War Department MUCH
annoyance is that OF Lieutenant James f. Wilson, Of
the 9Th Infantry, now patient at the Government
| Hospital for the Insane. He refuses 10 eoh'r'""S
| to the support Of his wife and chilt VINO i've ~
Brooklyn. Ills salary Is So 200 year, ana Ills WIG
has appealed TO the War Department for onehai IN.
salary So far as the War Department Is concernsc
II cannot authorize any one except Leu'emt Wis.,.
TO receive u part of his salary. MIS- Mm WI, nas
been advised to seek relief through the ciVi coa,.s
and II her husband Is declared irresponsible c,eno.
will he appointed. II ne is fouri capable OF mahst,ae
his own affairs and continues to refuse to support M
family che will be tried by court martial Tor conauc'
| unbecoming an officer and Gentleman
Fast morning and evening trains to the Adirondscn
and Montreal, via New.York Central begnHns
May oSth.