New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07
ARMY NOTES OF INTEREST.

ARMY NOTES OF INTEREST.
A. the recent examination held at Governor ISL
and 70 determine the qualifications OF e"'S''" nv
who had applied 10 enter the competitions -, W."
missions there were thirty-clght Young candidates
,vho are serving In tho regiments attachen ~ Wv
r,o,ar,poon, Of the East. Thirty Of these arr re-
ported 70 have qualified for promotion ana tney nnd
been strongly recommendei nT ,', mo arc deficient
ONLY IN size their height being I'VE ie, l" Jul, won
IN CommsntInF es e9 Generai phi sheridan was
lust five feet four inches
4. ~. davs grow longer the hopes grow stronger
among the ca diets 20 be graduated from West ro''
this week OF places to he made for them IN a'tNr
sorvice hv ro.ircments and other casualtes' pnt
there will be a large number of IN" seventy-'"o men
who have spent four long and hard years oi s'"'E
and other preparations 10 become ncSh d so'pl''''
cough and hard Of heart" who must rest content
.i,b ING commissions until vacancies occur or
them Within the last few days there nav: pel 81
vacancies mqde-four by re'irement and one ny
daafh In the present month there Will he thre" more
retrements for age
Tho first Of the June casualties took place yeser-
dav when Colonel Henry Whitney closson. OF the
4th Artillery. reached the age OF sixty-'our years
HIS service dates from July, 1871. when he was graz
uated from West Point and assigned 10 the Isl Az
tllerv in which he served twenty-five years. IFS
war record Is an envable for he was placed IN
many responsible and arduous positions. and his
gailantry and conspicuous bravery AZ Port Hudson
and Fort Morgan won for him the hrevets oi major
AMI lieutenant colonel lie IS also ctol"cI VII. i
and regimenta commander, and IN many Specla;;
details Of "a b narS won Tr0s nfa lie a ass
hibiied literary abilities ana MS c9rtrlou.a"!S 10
magazines etc have been read with interest ana
been much admired
on Wednesday next Brevet Brga 1er-Genera'
Thomas Wilson Assistant Commissafy Genera. Of
ali -Fp 10 IL a
West Pointer also. having been graduated in the
class Of 1888 Before the he served In the 9th
Infantry. and in 1861 was transferred to the sur
sistence Department. In this department he rem
dercd conspicuous service especa!y as enc: noW-
missarat In the Army Of the Potomac n the hch-
mond campaign from December. lso5 III. June lN',;
being present on General Grants star during all
the movements OF that army until the surrenicr or
General Lees army on April 1865 ie received no
hreveis OF major. Northumberland, colonel ani
brigadier-general for gallant services.
The third retirement for age this month will be
that OF Captain Richard G Shaw. % the Isl Artil-
lery. at Fort Hamilton. June % He first entered
the service as an officer of Rhode Island artillery
regiment and served CALAMITY throughout the war.
az the close 81 which lie major OF volunteers.
He was commissioned a first lieutenant IN the reSli-
lar army in July. 1866 and received MS promotion TO
captain in September 1883
The question as 10 who will he promoted - be
Con,c,fssary-Ciereral upon the retirement OF Brga-
der-General Michael r. Morgan. in January next,
Is practically settlrd-so many ~ the officers he
lievc II Is generally accepted that the orders Of
Colorel Thomas G. Sullivan az principal assistant
10 the Comrnissary General means that ne II 20 r."
ceive the OF brgadier as soon "a the vacancy
Is created
The biz 20 authorize the President - place julius
r Frederick N the retired list OF the Army with
the rank pay and allowance OF a second lieutenant.
is commended by officers OF the service. Nh Fred
erick IS one the survivors Of the Greeiy arctic
expedition am was one OF tia supporting party %
LieuteHaN; Lockwood on the "furthes: north trp.
General Greey says OF him: He Distinguish. him
sell during this disastrous Journey He did his work
on the scanty ration o, six ounces 81 mea: and al
not avail himself Of the additional Increase author
lied by in OF extraordinary c.rcumstahc'-
His very valuable services one o. the supporting
party OF the furthcst norih engineer AZ the crit
!cal point OF retreat cook during the teFrip"
winter and hunter and genera. worker In N"
more disastrous spring VIII snow the Samp u no
ordinary man"
The two bishops recently chosen by the Methodist
Conference at Cleveland are. both OF them. ex-soi-
dlers Bishop McCabe taken prisoner IN the
war and was for A long time confined IN the Libby
Prison Bishop CranstOn was soldier IN the var,
and is a member Of the Loyal Legion.