The morning times., 1896-04-05
NOTES FROM CoMMANDs.

i
The last meeting OF the brigade board of
: examination was not marked by brIliaDt
| successes made 10y the souicTs examined.
| some bad breaks were made, ii is said,
and one or two Will be gwen another
( chance.
| The Campbell Light Infantry are having
tleIT ToonIs TTCsCocd, preparatory To put
ting new life i'll theiT company and recruit
ing their organization 10 the maximum
number. Thursday evening next t.le MEM
bers Will give AN entertainment at Odd
Fellows Hall, Seventh street north west.
On this occasion the Morton Cadets, Ma
tional Guard Drum Corps and Second Regi-
ment Band will take part.
Discharges have been issued to the fol-
lowing Oh their own application: First
Sergeant +. Egbert Steavens, Company
c, Engineer Corps; Private George A.
Redhead, Company A ST cond Battalion,
. ana Private Charles l.. Adkins, Company
a, Sixth Battalion. The folio wing have
been granted disnOnorable discharges be-
cause OF expulsion from their company:
! Privates Oliver Saers, Charles W. Grigs-
| by and Edgar BlaCkman, all of Company
Il, Fifth Battalion
The modified manual OF arms of infantry
drill regulations was distributed during
the past week. Each company received
three copies ana each battalion and rcgi-
mental commander two each.
second lieutenant is soon to be elected
by the members OF the Veterans Company,
Third Separate Company. Quartermaster
: Sergeant Charles Z. Daily will probably
be chosen, and Sergeant John Wynn Will
! be elected TO the vacancy occasioned by
his promotion
Leave OF absence for three months has
been granted to Capt. j. NJ Williams,
Company ID, Fourth Battalion. Lieuten-
ant stephan will be in command during
this time. Captain Williams was forced
to ask for this leave in order TO devote his
evenings to business.
Private Scott, Company A, Engineer
I Corps, has been presented with a photo
+ graph OF the Wimbledon cup, of which he
was the winner, last season al Sea Girt
AT the regular monthly corps meeting
or the Engineer Corps. which was EaId
last Saturday evening in the headquarters
at the aTmOry, orders were read detail
! ing Dr.. George A. Drury, surgeon OF the
corps, and Captain Holt and Sergeant Wal
lace, OF Company b, to make d study of the
utility of the homing and carrier pigeons
i'll the military service, anu also the To-
cation OF the principal lofts in the city,
and the number of birds in each available
for service
Funds were appropriated to purchase
scientific instruments for the use OF Com
pany c; to reimburse Lieut.. Hutteriy for
expenses incurred III the construction or
the wind clock on the rife range al ord
way, and To purchase picture frame,
amounting Ill all to 500
AT the regular monthly meeting of Wash
ingtOn Light Infantry, Wednesday night,
MeSsrs. John ]. Richardson and Edward
]. Ross, for Company A: Alexander NJ.
Allison. Isaiah Cox, AlOnZO 7. King, Dud-
ley W. Gregory, Ernest Heide, James II.
Adams and James K. Tune, for Company
c, were elected to active membership. The
designations OF II. W. Kenner. hospital
steward; Lieut. George W. Suedcn, in
speCtOr OF rife practice and Corp. o. V
ShomO OF Company Il. were accepted,
and Edward WiDkleIDan OF Company A
Joseph /. Jacobs and NJ. c. Hazen of
Company Il were dropped from the rolls,
and Privates William q. Belts OF Com
pany A, Thomas 4 Hughes ard Frank
p. Daley of Company were ordered 10
be discharged for the good of the service.
At a recent meeting OF Company y, Fourth
Battalion, Emmett Guard. the following
were elected to membership: Thomas
GateIy, John Gately, " lillian O'COnnor
and j. DoDoghue.
The attention OF Gen. Ordway, it is
said. has been called to statement pub
lished by Mai Otto Sues OF the Fifth
Battalion. which appeared shortly after
the parade on WashingtOn'S birthday. In
the article he complained that army Of
ficers neglected TO salute the flag. The
officers i'll question have complained and
Gen Ordway has been officially notified
OF the occurrence from the War Depart
ment.