The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-14
MILITARY MATTERS.
Changes and Transfers That Were
Ordered Yesterday.

| Washington, Aug. 13.-First Lieuten-
ant O'Meyer, Third cavalry, has been
relieved from further duty at Austin
college, Sherman, Tex, and ordered to
| join his troop.
! These transfers have been made:
Lieutenant Colonel James jackson,
from the Fourth cavalry TO the First
cavalry. Lieutenant L. L. Morris,
First cavalry to the Third cavalry;
Second Lieutenant T. NJ. Corcoran,
! from the Ninth to the Tenth cavalry,
troop D; Second Lieutenant tanning
Parson, from the Tenth to the Ninth
cavalry, troop L.
The following assignments of officers
of engineer corps have been made: Ad-
ditional Second Lieutenants w. c..
| Common to- duty under Captain Fisk,
at Portland, Ore: JnC. Cakes, to duty
under Captain Craigill, at Wilmington,
n. c.; H. S. Morgan, to duty under
Captain Gillette. Savannah, Ga; S. A.
Cheney, to duty under Major Raymond,
at Philadelphia; F. W. Alstetter, to
duty under Major Quinn, at New
Orleans; B. T. Ferguson, to duty under
Captain Abbott at Charleston, S. c.
A board of officers, headed by Lieu
tenant Colonel ]. T. Haskell, Fifteenth
infantry, has been ordered to meet at
New York for examination for promo
ton of the following officers: Captains
G.. w. Crabb Fifth. artillery; Samuel
McConihe, Fourteenth infantry; W. T.
Spurgin, Twenty infantry; e. B.
Savage, Eighth infantry; w. HartZ,
Fifteenth infantry: c. S. Roberts,
Seventeenth infantry; First Lieuten-
fantry; c. G. Morton, Sixth infantry;
Second Lieutenant s. ]. L. Donovan.
Seventeenth infantry and L. S. Upton,
TWenty-first infantry
Another board, headed by Lieutenant
Colonel Lloyd Wheaton, Twentieth in
fantry, has been ordered TO meet at
Leavenworth, Kan, for the eSarlina-
ton of the following officers: Captains
II. NJ. Kendall, Sixth cavalry; A. G.
Hensee, Eighth cavalry: s. V. Swi-
CERT, Second cavalry; J. Z. Fowler.
Second cavalry; P. S. H. Pratt, Tenth
cavalry; c. L. Cooper, Tenth cavalry;
c. A. Dempsey, Second infantry, and G.
A. Goodale, Twenty-third infantry.
These officers have been ordered to
take charge of the recruiting stations
named on Oct. l: Captain J. D. Graf
gle, Twelfth infantry, Filbert, Philadel-
phia: Captain A c. Quincy, Eleventh
Infantry, at Is Broadway. New York;
Captain F. A. Whitney. Eighth infan-
try. 25S Third avenue. New York; Cap
tain ". Quinlin. Eighth infantry. BOs-
ton: Captain r. II. Adams Eighteenth
infantry. Cincinnati. o.: Captain o. ].
Sweet, Twenty-fifth infantry. St. Louis;
Captain p. s. Bernit First cavalry,
Chicago; Captain j. G. Paddock. Fifth
cavalry, Milwaukee, Wis. Captain Fred
Wheeler, Fourth cavalry, Pittsburg,
Pa.
A hoard headed by Captain John 3.
Kerr, Sixth cavalry. has been ordered
to meet at Fort Leavenworth Sept. Is,
for the examina ticn for promotion OF
First Lieutenants ]. Watson, Tenth
cavalry; P. Z. Trippe, Tenth cavalry;
a. NJ. Fuller, Second cavalry, and
Second Lieutenant w T. johnson,
Tenth cavalry.
First Lieutenant H. L. Reed. U. S.
A., has been detailed as military in
structor at Howe school, Lima. Ind.
These transfers are made in the
Tenth cavalry: First Lieutenant S. d.
Freeman, from troop M to troop E;
First Lieutenant w. II. Hay, from
troop E re troop A; Second Lieutenant
F. A. Barton. from troop E to troop NJ
and Second Lieutenant George Vidmer
from troop T, to troop e; Second Lieu
tenant H. c. Whitehead, from troop NJ
to troop Z,