New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10
ARMY NOTES OF IN1ERES 2

ARMY NOTES OF INTEREs 7.
| The decision OF Paymastcr- General In the
matter of the retired pay of Lieutenant General
John NJ Schoned caused much surprise am, ng
many officers OF the Army. who supposed that :he
retired pay was the same as that on the active list.
The closing section the act signed by President
Cleveland on February 5. 1898, reads, that the pay
and allowance of the Lie1tenant-Gene be me
tho old Army registers. which contains the pay-tabe
of Army officers gives that OF euttnanI genera
figures in the column of the retired pay: on the
other hand the rG al Sso that rank on the re-
tired list This significant fact very likely msled
Offer TO oeIfT h he same as when he was on the
active list
The question of salary for General Schofeld
| reached the War Department on an inquiry as to
whether II was TO be regarded as that OF retired
officer or that Of officer retired by special act
of Congress. Upon investigation of the law II was
found that General Schofied was entitled only to
retired paw or 10 per Of the pay of the active
list hence his presumption that the one who drew
the BIZ Intended by the words pay ana allowances
that the sum should be $1,000 year on the active
list was an error. The pay and allowance clause
General acknowledgements Grant, sherman anu h
Sheridan-but all of these were iull generals, tne
first two in retirement ana the , ~ nav Of his
rank TO the day of his death the same as II ne hau
he,n i'm active service: but his case 'S
special legislation, the act pI0Nuing tlao ,,,,h
eral Of the Army, when retired Sha pe teIIit
reduction in his current pay au ~ hr,,arv
No such provision was made IN the act on ui uaas
la q and neither has there been any leElh"o" PLo
vidng for full instead OF % h ct,ye 70 the
Lieutenant General passing from ,nT s tbet h.
retired list An effort was made TO prove t'at ny
"a 60 Of General Scott was precedent put ldH,u
Tho decision is therefore that Lieutenant -Generai
Schofcd Is entitled only to the pay anu aI,oM
ancef 0 words his annual pay will be $ go in
stead of Sil 900 or $50 more han that oil MAIL
General on the active list but g. 10 less man ne sup
osnd wonid come TO him under the provisions OF we
act reviving the grade OF Iieutenan-Geheiai lo "'S
especial benefit
General schofeh has again found 1t necessary 10
declare that he Is not candidate Tor the I'e''-
dSncv He adds however, that III the people uesl'e
that 7 shall he President, | shall not refuse an
oe,cer who has attained rank in the Army remarN'i
. fsv DAYS ago: TT IS very likely true that ten
Ava, scbo0eld docs not consider himself candidate,
Vel a. ne admits he would not decline a ~,
oner, nv nofbIn' but he's lyn' low 1 refer to
Genera, Miles. He has grown very Popua' 80 ,bat
phi ho% mn scrcnely In 1896. Keep your eyes on
him"
The appcants for the vacant chaplaincy and also
,ba rlace of a tu1ge-advocate. with the rank OF
ma ior are keeping a keen watch in the News from
Washington" for the selection TO he maze pS "'e
President The vacancies have existed io' @p',e
months but Secretary Lamont mas peen cNH9r'. -,
Ill, 70 tho canddates) slow In making hs rec
Lamentations to the President. For the chap1lroS
there are about twenty candidates VINO are coso,S
e ,,,,a, and there are many others. one or the
colored men writes that while he mas no, Den oi
Sained and knows little about church forms an, anu
ronGes he has physique and zeal and is willing
ia tack Q the Job" and DO the best ne can 10 he
form the Army. The position OF chaplain III ole
LII g. coreidered most desirable, both with regard
70 nav ana actual work. The salary IS Noo yea ~
for the first five years when 1t Is increasl 10y ~
ro cont and each five years thereafter unilI the
increase reaches 30 per cent OF the Original pay
Tho do,av in filing the vacancy in the Judge-Ad-
vocate Generals Department has been criticised
nara or less but then 1t is recognized that me
presden. has been an exceedingly busy man TOT
some time especially since his return ron On III D
Gab:es None OF the people apout tne ,No praei
partment can give any Idea as 70 VIA. W.. hnt
1ent's intentions are about hlling the vacancy '
II is not at all likely that he VIII seect any one vi
the two score of applicants dron potn .ie r5s of
civil ufe) until he has examined the records %
all
Tho action of the War Department in changing
the name OF the Sandy Hook station or proving
grounds to Fort Hancock in honor OF the ia'e zen
eral Winfield Scott Hancock meets WIN genera
annrovai among the officers. The Idea OF the
change really originated with General Niles. who
while IN command OF the Department OF the Eas,,
thai II was in every way desirable. since Sandy
Hook inappropriate name. IL Is ues .'.i s
country and it is the last seen by people leay-
ing the Atlantic Coast SIN, ana the hrs' one seen "
people coming from Europe
The chances for young and efficient men who
use the knife and saw. and who write hieroglyphcs
! and symbols on slips Of paper and then add IN
| English Take as directed"-in other words the
masters OF surgery and medclne-should feel en-
| couraged that there are places. or soon VIII be,
| for larger number than seemed probable rev
| weeks ago There now three vacancies in the
medical corps three officers are before the medical
| retiring board and another Will be retired in De-
/ cember There are virtually seven vacancies TO be
| filled. and Notwithstanding the examination Is
very rigid one. there Will be no dlilculty when
| candidates
| Lieutenant J. r Dlckman, who has been sta
| TONED at Fort Ethan Allen Vermont. has been or
dered to duty instructor at rhe Infantry and
Cavalry School, and the Burlington people loath
to let him go. He not only made himself popular
| with the National Guard during the encampment
last summer, but he Is popular among the citizens
generally, VINO express their regrets to lose him,
! but they also congratulate him upon his promo
| ton.
| court martial OF First Lieutenant Oden Gurovity
Of the 18th Infantry. told at Whippe Barracks
a few days ago. He IL Hungarian. and he
listed In the Army In 1880 and TO the rank of
sergeant major Of the 9Th Infantry, Of which Gen
eral McCOok then colonel. In 1856 Gurovitz ap-
second lleutenancy. and McCook hestated to APP
prove the application. Some OF the officers
pressed surprise when McCock replied: That's all
very well. ! can get plenty second heutenans but
competed and got his commission on October 20
| 1886.
NO SIGNS or LEPROsY DISCOVERED
Or. Benedict, chief OF the Bureau Of Contagious