The evening times., 1898-10-20
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

An honorable discharge has been
granted Capt. Charles 2. Breeser Fist
Volunteer Engineers.
Major Gen. Francis V. Greene has
been directed to proceed to Jacksonville
and assume temporary command OF the
Seventh Army Corps, in the absence Of
Gen. Lee and Major Gen. Ksifer. The
latter officer is in Washington on leave.
Major L. L. Seaman. the engineer sur
geon who recently testified before the
A!Ser Relief Commission. has been or-
dered to return TO New York city and
there await the arrival of his regiment
In ordering that the department pay the
majors expenses to and from Wash
ipgton, Secretary Alger states officially
that the trip was necessary for tte
public service
1t is expected that Admiral schley VIII
leave Porto Rico for home tomorrow or
Saturday. if he can secure passage on a
transport or merchant steamer. His
flagship. the Newark. is destined for i'm
portant service in the West Indies.
An honorable discharge has been
granted Lieut.. Col and Chief Surgeon
of Volunteers Rush Huidekoper, who
vas SO severely criticised by press and
pubic for his alleged mismanagement of
medical affairs at the Chickamauga
Park Camp.
Another batch of naval militia officers
were given honorable discharges by c.
retary Long yesterday.
The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment
sailed from Porto Rico for Boston yes
terday on the transport Mississippi. The
Third Wisconsin will embark for home
next, on the Manitoba.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Henry b.
Stotter, L. S. Army, has been orde: ed
to proceed from Washington TO Jack
sonville for duty with the Seventh Army
Corps.
The President has directed that honor
able discharges be granted the following
officers of the Volunteer Signal Corps:
Capt. Charles T. McIntire. Capt. Robert
S. Thompson, First Lieut.. Williamson
S. Wright, First Lieut.. Rollo 3. Ogles-
bee, Second Lieut.. Meldrum Gray. Sec
ond Lieut.. Merchant H. Baldwin
Capt. Sidney Z. Stuart, Ordnance De-
partment, has been directed to inspect
the gunpoWder being manufactured fer
the army at the following powder mil s.:
Dittmar Powder Works. Farmingdale,
n. j.; Works of Lewis Nixon, Keyport,
y. J.; Latin g. Rand Powder Works,
Pompton Lakes, \. J.
the following-nam officers Of the
Sixth Virginia Volunteer Infantry. Eav-
ing rendered their designations, are hon
orably discharged the service of the
United States, to take effect this date:
Major William II. Johnson, Capt. Ed
ward w. Gould, Capt. James e. Hill,
Capt. Charles B. Nicholas, Capt. Peter
Shepherd, jr., Capt. ]. A. c. Stevens,
First Lieut.. B. Randolph First Lieut.
George T. Wright, Second Lieut.. David
Worrell.
Honorable discharges have also bsen
granted to Capt. J. H. Claiborne,
Twelfth New York Volunteer Infantry;
Capt Adolphe Rocquet, Second Lcuisi-
ana Volunteer Infantry; First Lieut..
William ]. Graham, 201st New York Vol
unteer Infantry; First Lieut.. Edward
Lee Shepherd, Second Missouri Volun-
teer Infantry; First Lieut. Ben. amin B.
Harrison Second Tennessee Volunteer
Infantry.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Robert w.
Cutler, L. S. Army, has been ordered to
proceed to Washington, D. c., from
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and report in
person to Surgeon General Sternberg.
Corporal William ]. Mester, Battery
Z. First Artillery, at Jefferson Barracks,
has been transferred to Battery E,
Sixth Artillery, at Washington Bar
racks, D. c.
Brig. Gen. Edward D. Williston has
been ordered to Admission, Ala, to as
sumo command of the Second Infantry
Brigade.
Brig. Gen. H. V. Boynton has been or
dered to return to Chickamauga and re-
sumo his duties there.
Can't. G. w. Coffin. retired, has been
detached as inspector of the twelfth
lighthouse district, San Francisco, and
is granted leave for one year with per-
mission to go out of the United States.
He will be succeeded by Commander U.
Sebree. who has been detached from
command of the Wheeling.