San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-07
ARMY NEWS.
Breezy Brevities Containing Current
Information of Our Military
Friends and Their

Friends and Their
Doings.
On Saturday, October 9th, there will be
sale of condemned chairs, ranges, harness
etc. at the depot.
The usual number of pay day desertion
took place; they never will be missed.
k6Captain Burbank is ordered ont to Gel
liat's ranch, near Boerne, for the purpose
Of selecting a target range for the use o
the battery.
Corporal Helms, troop II, Fifth cavalry
is the happy father OF a boy who arrived
yesterday.
Mr.. DAILY, late packmaster, has been APP
pointed forage master at the depot.
N The light battery guns and c~aissons
have been left at the arsenal so that a
new device may be inserted in the ammu.
milton chests with the object OF prevent
ing explosions similar to the one that &C.
CURED in Chicago during the late strike.
Private Holler has been appointed
farier of troop d, Seventh cavalry.
Three new cavalry stables are being
erected at jefferson Barracks.
Private GeiswelIer, Co. B, OF the Eigh-
| teenth, has been given a three months
| furlOugh. At its termination he can take
| his discharge.
Lieutenant T. c. Patterson, First artil-
| lery. has been ordered to report In person
| to Colonel c. Fl. Tompkins at Governors
Island, for examination by a retiring
board. Lieutenant Patterson has been
in the service since September, 1873.
Lieutenant W. f. Clark has been or
dered to Join his troop-D, seventh-sta-
toned here, from duty at Rock Island
Arsenal.
Private j. StaSSon, of the battery, was
discharged this morning, under three
years act.
The troops from the Department of the
Missouri, who were on duty at Chicago
since the inception Of the late strike, re-
turned to their stations Wednesday.
Major D. W. Burke, Twenty-third in
fantry, is ordered to Olympia, Wash,
for temporary duty, pertaining to the
National Guard of that state.
Major Cullen Bryant, ordnance depart
ment, having served over thirty years in
the army was retired from active service
Monday last.
The following correspondence between
the commander of a Western Post and
the Post surgeon relating TO a definition
of light duty" will prove of great inter-
est:
IOSI COmIldUubT 10 IOSU SuTRtOn II
has been observed that Private -.
hos pital, has been prescribed light duty
in and about the hospital daily since May
10.
The commanding officer desires to
know fully the reasons why this 'prescrip-
ton has been made in his case. and your
professional opinion as to the probable
time this prescription should be con
tiDued."
Post surgeon to post commander: In
answer TO your communication of the
21st inst, regarding the prescription of
light duty for Private Company f,
Infantry, a patient in the hospital, !
would say that my reason for said pre-
scri ptiOn is to give the man a certain
amount of needed exercise under my d.
r~ectiOn. Unless, however, hts condition
of he alth should forbid it, this preScrip-
ton should continue dur ing his stay In
the hospital: how long this will be am
unable TO say at present."
And now it is asked since the three year
act is in force would it not be
well to amend the law for the
promotion Of enlisted men to the
commissioned ranks by providing that
no enlisted mans hall be ilegible to appear
before a board for examination until af-
ter he shall have been honOrably dis
charged upOn the expiration of a regular
term Of enlistment and re-enliSted within
three months thereafter. This is a good
idea.
v 1t is again rumored that the Fort Sam
Houston BOOSTERS will play the AsylumS
tomorrow evening on the upper parade
ground. II they get licked they will try
and give the ''old time sports a game
Sunday evening same place. Regimental
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