Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-31
TO COMMAND THIRD CORPS
Gen. Frank Temporarily Assigned by Direc-
ton of the President.
Gen. Ludlow to Return to Camp
tended-Other Army Orders.

By direction of the President, Brig Gen.
f. t. Frank, U. S. v, has been temporarily
| assigned to the command of the Sd Army
| Corps.
| Brig. Gen. William Ludlow, U. s. W, hav-
| ing completed the duty for which ne was
| ordered to this city, will return to his
proper station, Camp Wikof, Montauk
! Point.
| The leave of absence granted Brig Gen.
| Thomas L. Rosser, U. S. W is extended
| twenty days on account of sickness.
The leave of absence granted First Lieut..
john w. Daniel tr-, Sd L. S. V. Engineers.
| is extended twenty days.
The leave of absence granted Lieut. Col
| Henry Wagner, 4th Cavalry, is extended
| one month.
| Acting Assistant Surgeon E. Harold Will
| li;,ms will proceed from Hamilton, Ca to
: Pc nee, Porto Rico, for assignment to duty
Acting Assistant Surgeon H. A. Eberle
| will proceed from Canton, Ohio, to Jack
| sonville, Fla, for duty.
| board of officers is appointed to meet
| at the call of the president thereof at Fort
| Leavenworth, Kan, for the examination of
| First LIEUT.. j. L. Sehon, goth Infantry and
scch ofheers as may be ordered before it,
| to determine their fitness for promotion.
| Maj. Rufus M. Townsend commissary of
subsistence, will proceed to Huntsville,
Ala, for DUTY as commissary of subsistence
|
Capt. Sidney E. Stuart, ordnance depart
| n:ent, will visit the office of the chief of
| ordnance, Washington, District of Column
| bla, on public business pertaining to the
| manufacture of powder.
| Captain Harlow l.. Street, commissary of
subsistence. recently appointed. will report
to the commissary general of subsistence
| for duty.
Major Cyrus S. Roberts, 18th Infantry.
| is relieved from further duty at Camp
| George G. Meade, Middletown, Pa, and
| will join his regiment.
Capt. John H. Beacon. 9th Infantry, now
| In this city, will proceed to Santiago Cuba,
| for assignment to duty adjutant general
| of that department.
| Major James Candy, additional pay
master, is relieved from duty at Denver
| Col, and will take station a st. Louis Mo.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Raphael A. Ed
| monston will proceed from this city to
| Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point. for duty.
| Sent to G. A. II. Encnmpment.
Captain Bernard A Byrne, 9th Infantry,
| will report in person to the executive d.
| rector, thirty-second national encampment,
| Gra nd Army of the Republic, at Cincinnati,
Ohio, for duty pertaining to the encamp-
ment from the 9Th to the 10th of Septe;n-
| ber 1898.
First Lieut.. J. L. Revans, assistant sur
geon, 9Th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, is re-
| lieved from duty with the 18th Pennsylva-
| MIA Volunteer Infantry at Middletown Pa,
ana will join his regiment at Lexington,
Ky.
Second Lieut.. Willard H. Mccormack, LIST
Cavalry is, at his own request, transferred
| to the 9th Cavalry.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Thomas H
| Lowe will proceed from Baltimore, Nd,
to Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, for duty.
| Acting Assistant Surgeon F. Arthur Eel
| Ter will proceed from st. Paris, Ohio, to
| Chickamauga Park, Ga, for duty.
| Acting Assistant Surgeons Ferdinand H.
| Scholle and Martin NJ. Dolan will proceed
| from Baltimore to Ponce, Porto Rico for
assignment to duty.
designations Accepted.
The following named officers, having ten
dered their designations, are honorably dis
| charged the service of the United States:
Capt. Carleton F. Pool, 1st Louisiana
| Volunteer Infantry.
First Lieut.. John H. Hopper, I'd New
Jersey Volunteer Infantry
| First Lieut.. Robert NJ. Phillips, LIST New
| Jersey Volunteer Infantry.
First Lieut.. Dennis b. Lacey 203d New
York Volunteer Infantry.
Second Lieut.. Freeman P. Palmer, 2O2d
New York Volunteer Infantry.
! Capt. Frederick b. Alexander, 15Sth In
diana Volunteer Infantry.
| Capt Louis E. Fouke 9th Ohio Volunteer
infantry.
! First Lieutenant Cuthbert Gillian, LIST
West Virginia Volunteer Infantry.
| First Lieut.. Robert NJ. Parker, 18th New
York Volunteer Infantry.
First Lieut. Henry G. Romaine 22d New
| York Volunteer Infantry.
First Lieut.. W. J. Lewis, LIST Louisiana
Volunteer Infantry.
First Lieut.. Louis G. Vogel 10Th Mime
sofa Volunteer Infantry.
First Lieut.. John f. joyce, l6lst Indiana
Volunteer Infantry.
Second Lieut. Philip S. Ray, 10th Kansas
Volunteer Infantry.
Second Lieut.. Henry NJ. Half LIST Texas
Volunteer Infantry.
Second Lieut. William A Garland, LIST
Arkansas Volunteer Infantry.
Court-MartiaI Set Aside.
In the army orders published today is
one declaring illegal the action of the gen.
Greene on board the steamer China, on her
way TO the Philippines. In the opinion of
the judge advocate general, the command
of Gen. Greene, having never been desig-
mated as a separate brigade" he had no
authority to convene a general court-mar-
tial. Five privates had been tried by the
&C urt-martial on board the China. The
proceedings against them are set aside by
the order issued today.
Hospital Corps Men Needed.
The demand for Hospital Corps privates
for the care of the sick in various COM
mands being greater than can be supplied
manders and commanders of camps not
under the jurisdiction of corps command
erS have been directed to detail a sufficient
number of enlisted men to meet the emery
ency, the number of men and the length |
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