The evening times., 1897-07-02
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.

OrucfS nave Deeu lsSutu Dy tne navy Dc~
partment as follows: Commander w t.
Swinburne, detached from the Naval
Academy to Command the Helena; Lieut.
g. l.. Vreeland, detached from the Massa-
chusetts and ordered to the Helena as ex-
ecutiye officer; Lieut.. "A. w. Grant, de
cached frcIn the Naval Academy; Ensign
T. Moale detached from the Naval Acad-
emy; Ensign g. Davis, detached from
Bureau OF Ordnance; Ensign II. q. Mac
fa:land, detached from Bureau OF Equip
Inent, Assistant Surgeon j. F. Legs, De
tachcd from the Vermont; Assistan: Pay
rnaster j. II Merriam, detached from the
Vermont; Chief Engineer +. ii Eldridge,
detached from the Verm ont; all are ordered
to the Helena. Assistant Surgeon C- 4.
Riggs is ordered to the Vermont; Lieut.
] c. Cresapi is ordered tothe Massachusetts;
Cadet W. u Groesbeck and Cadet ). r.
Smith, resicnations accepted, June go.
The War Department has issued the FOL
lowing orders:
Major James W. Pope, ,quartermaster' Is
relieved from duty at Bismarck, " d.
and will proceed to Fort Yellowstone,
Wyo., ami assume charge, under the in
of the construction Of public buildings at
that post.
First Lieut.. Cornelis Dew. wilcox, Sec
ord Artillery. will repair to this city and
report In person to the adJutant general
of the Army for duty in his office.
BY direction of the President, the follow
ing named officers OF the corps of engineers
are relieved from and assigned to duty
in taelighthouse establishment follows
Lieut.. Col. William A. Jones, upon being
relieved fiom his present duties, VIII pro-
cead to and take station at Baltimore, Nd.
and assume the duties OF engineer CT the
Fourth and Fifth lighthouse districts, re
lieying Majors william II. Mxby and
Ernest II. RuffneT.
Majcr Ruffner, upon being relieved by
Lieut.. Col. Jones, Will proceed to and take
station at Charleston, ) C., and assume
the duties of engineer of the Sixth light
house district, relieving Capt. Frederic v.
Abbot.
Major Bixby, upon being so relieved,
viii proceed TO and take station at Gin
cinnati, Ohio. and assume the duties of
engineer OF the Fourteenth lighthouse dis
trict, relieving Major william H Heuer.
The officers assigned under this order
will report By letter to the Secretary Of
the Treasury for duty accordingly.
The following changes in the stations
and duties of officers of the Corps OF
Engineers are ordered:
Can't Frederic V. Abbot will transfer
his present river and harbor and fortificatiOn
duties to Additional Lieut.. Edwin R. stuart,
and proceed, on or before October 1 1897,
to st. Paul, Mimi. relieve Lieut.. Col
William A. Jones OF the duties now in
his charge, and report In person TO the
commanding general, Department of Da-
kota, for duty as engineer officer of that
department.
Mai. Ernest H. Ruffner, upon being re-
lieyed as engineer of the Fifth light
house district, will, in addition to his other
duties, relieve Additional Second Lieut..
Stuart OF the duties temporarily transfer
redtphim by Capt. Abbot.
Lieut. Stuart. upon being so relieved,
will report 10 Mai. Ruffner for duty under
bis immediate orders.
Major William II Bixby, upon being re-
leved as engineer OF the Fourth light
house district. win, in addition to his other
duties, relieve Maj William III. Heuer OF
all river and harbor work now under his
charge.
Mai Heuer. upon being relieved by Mai
Mxby, will proceed TO and take station
at San Francisco. Cal, and relieve Mai.
Charles F.. L. b. Davis OF the duties
formerly performed by Capt. Cassius E.
Gillette, and assume such other duties ts
may be assigned him by the chief OF engi-
neers:
The acquittai of Second Class Private
William Bcrthoid Company f, Battalion
of Engineers, recently tried by general
court martial at West Point. N. Y, on the
charge Of conduct to the prejudice of
good order and military discipline. found
nor guilty and acquitted, is, by direction OF
the President, disapproved. The court
having found the accused guilty of know
ingiy making q false statement and or
knowingly making n false return of GER
tain sales with W hich he was intrusted for
the benefit of the company fund of his
company, shows clearly that the acquittal
is inconsistent with the facts. Private
Berthold will be returned to duty.
Orders have been issued by the Navy
Department as follows: Lieut.. G.. l.. Dyer,
ordered to Madrid as naval attache July
%, CapC j H. buTUIetU, uctdcHcu tfOt1 JHc
Puritan, to appear before the retiring
board, and go on waiting orders; Lieut.
G. Laird, detached from the New York
and ordered to the Helena; Lieut. II. P.
Jones, ordered to the Bureau Of Equipment:
Lieut. NJ L. Wood, detached from the
Puritan and ordered to the Detroit.
The War Department has issued these
orders:
The resignation by Capt. Andrew g. c.
Quay, assistant quartermaster of his com
mission as firstlieutenanto OF cavalry, Third
Regiment, only, hat been accepted by the
President. TO take effectJune 2S, 1897.
Leave of absence for six months, ON sur
geon's certificate OF disability, with per
mission to 20 beyond sea, is granted First
Lieut.. Thomas Connolly, First Infantry.
Leave OF absence for three months. to
take effect on or about July I 1897. is |
granted Capt. George 8. Hoyle, First Cav
airy.
Major JamesW w. Reilly ordnance depart
ment, will proceed to Sandy Hook, ". j.,