The San Francisco call., 1897-03-29

y. Ferris, First Infantry; First Lieuten. Il.
ant Francis E. Lacey Jr., First Infantry !;
Second Lieutenant Lincoln +. Kilbourne,
FIRST Infantry; Second Lieutenant James
n Pickering, First Infantry; Second
Lieutenant Amos h. Martin, First In
ian try, judge-advocate.
Private Thomas E. Hud geons, hospital
corps, having been tried by general
court-m artial convened at Benicia bar
racks, California. and found guilty of
gam bling in violation of orders and of
making false accusations against Hospital
Steward Miller, United States army, TO
the prejudice of good order and military
discipline, was sentenced ITO be con tined
at hard labor under charge of the post
guard for the period of six months and to
forfeit to the United States $40 per month
OF his pay for the same period"
That is pretty stiff sentence, but the
army will not permit gambling nor de-
Mmatory language.
The following IS in the latest orders re-
ceived from Washington: Lieutenant
Colonel J. b. Babcock is relieved from
duty in the adjutani.. generals office and
at the expiration OF two months leave
granted him will proceei to San Francisco
for duty as adiutant-general of the Depart
ment of California. jor I. II. Barry is
granted leave until April Is, at the ex pira-
ton of which he is ordered va San Fran
cisco, to Vancouver barracks as adjutant-
general of the Department OF the Coium-
ba.
TIE following instructions for the prepar-
alton of payrolls, having been approved
by the Secretary OF War, are published for
the information ana guidance OF all con-
cerned:
The column, "Year of continuous service"
in the payrolls NEW form), is intended to show
the actual year in which The soldier is serving,
not the mum ber of years service which have
been completed by the soldier, as has appeared
on many of the rolls sent to pAymasters: For
instance, soldier entitled 10 81 per N onth for
five years continuous service was borne as
'5"; So per month for ten years was borne as
"1O"; 50 per month for fifteen years service
was borne as "15," when IL should have been
apparent that said sums could be due only in
the sixth to tenth inclusive, eleventh TO ff
teenth inclusive and sixteenth to twentieth
years inclusive, res pectively. Therefore,
l. The actual year of service (frst, second,
third and so on, as the case may be) must In
all cases be stated in the column referred 10.
2. A soldier entitled TO So per month for GER
tificste of merit one entitled to ''re-enlisted
pay" should be 80 borne in the column of
"RemarKs,' land when the "re-enlisted" soldier
becomes entitled to So per month for five
years continuous service the dale on which
the same becomes due should be stated in the
column of Remarks" ana continued therein
until the soldier shall have been once paid by
q paymaster, and on rolls thereafter he should
appear in the column Year of continuous
service" as IS"
OF the 1874 candidates for admission to
the United States Military Academy 118
were found mentally qualified, and of the
latter number So were accepted, 20 were
alternates whose prin cipals were accepted
and IL Jailed to pass the physical exami-
nation. OF those who were examined 81
failed mentally and failed both ply sic
ally and mentally. The accepted candi-
dates will report for admission at the in
s,ilution June 10. 1897 California is
credited with the following named: Fred
erick D. Griffith Jr., Edmund L. Zane,
Paul A. Dinsmore.
Major-General Ruger will retire on Fri
day next, and speculation is rife as to who
Will succeed him. There are a number of
candidates. Among them are named
Brigadier-G Frank Wheaton, Briga-
dier-General John R. Brooke; Colonel
James F. Wade, son of the late Senator
Ben Wade of Ohio; Colonel A. K. Arnold,
Colonel w. r. Shafter, Colonel II. c. Mer-
riman, Colonel T. c. Anderson and Colonel
r. T. Frank.