The evening times., 1898-10-13
WAR BREvITIES.

An announcement was made at the
Navy Department yesterday OF the death
of Chief Engineer Hugh II. Cline, on Oc-
tober 8.
Capt. William H. Lyons. commissary
of subsistence United States volunteers
has been honorably discharged from the
army.
Honorable discharges have been grant
ed Capt Seth S. Ulrich, surgeon, First
Maryland Volunteers and First Lieut.
Stanley J. Lowe, Third Tennessee Vol
unteers.
The hospital ship Relief will be reft-
tide and stocked with medicines and 9TH
er necessaries al a cost of 5000. She will
then probably be ordered to the Philip
pines for permanent duty there.
The order directing Surgeon Alexander
McF McMasters to proceed to Cuba has
been revoked, and he will report TO Gen
Samuel S. Sumner AT Philadelphia, for
duty pertaining TO the muster out Of
Pennsylvania volunteer troops.
Gen Lawton is en- route from Santiago
to this city to confer with Secretary AL
ger Gen. Wood, formerly in command
of the Rough Riders. will be in charge
of the military forces at Santiago during
Gen. Lawton's absence.
Capt Thomas Swobe. assistant quar-
termaster United States volunteers, has
been ordered to repair to this city from
Montauk Point and report in person to
the quartermaster general. Capt. James
s. Michael has been directed to similar
ly report.
The Secretary of War yesterday direct
ed that Acting Assistant Surgeon Anita
n MCGEE, United States army. wife of
Prof MCGEE, proceed from this city to
Fort Monroe on official business pertain
ing to the medical department of the
army, and on completion of this duty will
return to her proper station.
Pay Director L. G. Billings, of the
navy retired has been detached from the
coast signal service and ordered home.
Lieut. A. NJ. Beecher, of the navy, has
been detached from the bureau of ord
nance, Navy Department. and directed to
proceed to Cramps shipyards, Philadel-
phia, on special duty.
The Navy Department received yester-
day a fine trophy of the war with Spain
in the shape of a brass saluting cannon
of 2 21-2-inch caliber, taken from the
Spanish auxiliary Santo Domingo which
was captured and destroyed by the aux
iliary yacht Eagle, Lieut. Com. Souther-
land, off the Isle of Pines.
Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn
has issued an order by direction of the
President remitting the unexecuted por-
tion of the sentence in the case of Col
Casimir Andel, Fourth Illinois Volun-
teers, with the Seventh Army Corps at
Jacksonville. Col. Andel has been re-
stored to duty.
Orders have been issued at the War
Department for the return to the United
States from Porto Rico of the following
troops: Third Illinois. Sixth Massachu-
SettS Third Wisconsin Sixteenth PaOn-
sylvania, Fourth Ohio, First United
Volunteer Engineers. Companies and
E, Third Artillery; D, of Fourth Artil-
lery, and D of Fifth Artillery.
The Secretary of War has directed that
First Lieut.. John w. Joyes, ordnance de-
partment, United States army will make
not to exceed eight visits to the Rome
Locomotive and Machine Works, Rome
New York and the works of the Econ
omy Foundry and Machine Company. Sy-
racuse, New York, on official business
pertaining to the inspection of ordnance
material in process of manufacture for
the ordnance department, and upon COM
pletion thereof will return to his proper
station after each visit.
BY direction of the Secretary of War.
Capt. Charles l.. Collins, Twentv-tbird
Infantry (promoted from first lieutenant
Eleventh Infantry, subject to examina-
tion), military attache, Caracas, Venez-
uela, will report by letter, without de-
lay, to Col. Charles C. Byrne assistant
surgeon general, president of the examin
ing board appointed to meet at Cover
nor's Island New York city. by special
orders, No 129, June 2, 1898, from this
office, for instructions relating to his ex
aminations to determine his fitness fo-
promotion.