Arizona republican., 1896-12-02
LATE ARMY NEWS.

The leave or absence granted F1rSt Lieutenant Elon F. Wilcox, Sixth cav airy, October IA, 1896, is extended one month.
 Leave of absence until January 5, i has been granted by the secretary of war to Captain Robert K. Evans, 18th I infantry.
 Private Cecil A. Taylor, Company H, ! 22d infantry, now at Fort Crook, Ne braska, is transferred to the hospital corps as private.
 Private Edward Freund, Troop G, l Sth cavalry, now at Fort Meade, South Dakota, will be discharged the service of the United States. Private Emanuel Tennessee, hospi i tai corps, now at Jackson Barracks, Louisiana, is transferred to Battery D, First Artillery, stationed at the same post. Leave of absence for four months, on surgeons certificate of disability, with permission to leave the department of Dakota, is granted to First Lieutenant Frank P. Avery, Third infantry. As the result of the discontinuance of the Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Missouri, First Lieutenant George w. Goode, First cavalry, is re- lieved from further duty at that in stitution, and will proceed to join his troop.
 The commanding officer Watervliet Arsenal New York, will grant a fur tough for three months, commencing December 8, 1896, to First Class Pri- vate Henry F. Nadeau, Ordnance De- tachment
 Second Class Private Bernard Gold man, Company A, Battalion of Engi- neers, now at Willets Point, New York, will be discharged the service of the United States. j A board of officers is appointed to meet, at the call of it's president, at the Presidio of San Francisco, for the examination of such officers as may be ordered before it, to determine their fitness for promotion.
 Second Class Private Charles w. Chadderdon, Company c, Battalion of Engineers, now at Willets Point, New York, will be discharged the service of the United States on December '.
 Second Lieutenant William T. cOhiloIOAl, tOC1 SoNeAliy, io uOtcliOu ct Willets Point, New York, for instruc-' tion in torpedo service during the term commencing December 1, 1S96
 First Class Private Leonard Tibbets, Ordnance Detachment, now on fur tough, will be discharged the service of the United States on December 3, by the commanding officer of Kennebec Arsenal, Maine.
 First Class Private Ewalt Tweer, Company c, Battalion of Engineers, now on furlough, will be discharged the service of the United States on De- cember 4, 1896, by the commanding of ficer of Willets Point, New York.
 The commanding officer Willets Point, New York, will grant furlough for three months, commencing Decem- Der 2, 1896, to First Class Private Thomas Maloney, Company B, Battal- ion of Engineers. Private Maloney will be entitled to discharge from the service at the expiration of his fur tough upon timely application there for.
 Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph T. Has kell 17th infantry, is detailed as a member of the examining board con- vened at Fort Leavenworth Kansas, to relieve Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd Wheaton, 20th infantry, during his temporary absence from the post on leave. Upon his return to Fort Leav- enworth Lieutenant Colonel Wheaton will resume his seat on the board.
 Brigadier General Bliss, command ing the department of Texas, recom- de yfofi of cavalry at Fort Bliss on account of the increasing strategic importance of that point. The building of the Cor ralitos road, the promise of another road from the northeast, and the in- crease of the Juarez garrison, are the incentives of the generals action.
 The following transfers of enlisted men are made: Private Lawrence M Branie, now at Fort Grant, Arizona Territory, from Troop B, Seventh cav \ airy, to Company F, Fifteenth infan- try, stationed at the same post. Pri- vate Knud Boberg, now at Fort Grant Arizona Territory, from Company F. Fifteenth infantry, to Troop B, Sev- enth cavalry stationed at the same post
 The following named officers will re- port in person to Colonel William R Shafter, 1st infantry, president of the examining board appointed to meet al the Presidio of San Francisco, Califor- mia, for examination as to their fit ness for promotion, and on the conclu. sion of their examinations will return to their proper stations: Captain Al. len Smith, 4th cavalry; Captain James Chester, Sd artillery; Captain Frank w. Hess, Sd artillery