The National tribune., 1893-05-25
ARMY AND NAVY,

Tho President has appointed Col. William p
Carlin, 4th u. 5. Inf, to be Brigadier- General,
to ELL the vacancy caused by the retirement of
Brighten. E. A. Carr.
The promotion of Col Carlin will advance n
step several officers: L. Merriam 4th Inf, to
be Captain (retired); Lieut.. c. w. Mason 4th
Inf, Captain 4. II. II II, 9th Inf to be Colo.
mel 4th Inf; II. C. Egbcrt, 18th Inf. to be
Lieutenant Colonel, 9th Inf; w. Ii. Bisbee 18th
Inf, to be Major 18th Inf. and Second Lieut..
Z. V. Smith, 4th Inf, to be First Lieutenant
same regiment.
The President has appointed Capt. William
II. Hammer, 10Th Inf, Paymaster in the Army,
with the rank OF Major. Capt. Hammer spent
his early life IN Virginia and entered the
service at the ago Of II, ir1S56. At the be-
ginning of the war he was stationed at Fort
Sumter. He is now the senior survivor of the
bOmbardment of that fort in 1861, at which
time he rendered distinguished services, for
which he received a medal from the Chamber
of Commerce in New York He served through
the war, and since its close has been almost
continuously with his regiment on the Western
frontier.
Secretary Herbert announces that the pro-
posed rendezvous of naval vessels at ANNAPOLIS
on the occasion OF the commencement exercises
at the Naval Academy OH June J. will not be
held. 1t was hoped that number of United
States and foreign vessels would visit Annap-
were particularly interested in the proposition
and intended that there should be round
OF social ceremonies at the rendezvous. The
Secretary is now of the opinion that there is
not a sufficient number of available ships to
make creditable display.
Secretary Herbert has issued an order to
Bureau Chiefs which will result in the work on
the new ships being hurried along. This order
was prompted by the necessity of sending YES
sels 10 the Pacific and South Atlantic stations
which depleted.
Rarely has All Army court suffered the PEN
atty of its own sentence as has the court which
at Leaven worth. Kan, recently tried Capt W.
5. Johnson retired officer. for duplicating his
pay account. The court sentenced him TO he
reprimanded by the reviewing authority, after
finding him not guilty of the charge Of conduct
unbecoming officer and a gentleman and
guilty of conduct to the prejudice of good order
aud military discipline. This was not the first
time Johnson had been tried on similar charges.
and it seems that Secretary Lamont did not APP
prove of the findings Of the court. Last week
be commented very severely On the action of
the court, disappearing the findings on the first
and second specifications and upon the charge
and the sentence. He declared that the fact
that a court-martial that SO lightly regards such
an ofense as Capt. Johnson's could be found
among Army officers is a reproach to the serv-
ice.
The North Carolina Naval Reserves have re-
quested throul a their Congressional repre-
sentatives the loan OF one of the old ships Of the
Navy for drill purposes. The Department has
always obliged the Naval Reserves Of other
States in such instances when it has been prac-
ticable, and will probably turn the monitor
Nantucket, at New York, over to the State