Evening star., 1898-08-02
LATE ARMY ORDERS,

Inc IoiloWlng- named ofncerS have re-
signed: First Lieut.. WHloJ. Miller Battery
A. 1st Artillery. Illif4ois Volunteers; First
Lieut.. Harry G. Roat, 9th Pennsylvania
Volunteers. a.
Major Nathan S. Jarvis, surgeon, has
been ordered to duty in the department of
the east. - 1H IL q n~i, ars
The following named officers of the pay
department have been ordered to Cuba on
the steamer Breakwater, and upon the COM
pIetlon of their duties at Santiago will then
proceed to Porto Rico to pay the troops on
that island Majors Francis S. Dodge, John
P. Baker Eugene Coffin George E. Pickett,
Robert S. Smith, Samuel r. Mcmillan, Geo
B. Guild, Samuel S. Harvey John H Town
send George d. Sherman, George II. Fay,
William H. Thrift. Samuel D. C. Hays,
Henry 3. May, John w. Fogler.
Capt. Benz. Munday assistant surgeon.
mas bsen ordered to report to Major Gen.
Lee, at Jacksonville. for assignment to
duty.
Col. W. H. Forwood, assistant surgeon
general, LISA. has been ordered to Mon
tauk Point. L.. l., to establish a temporary
tent hospital Of 800 beds, to assist In select
Ing camping site and In the location of
Walls, and to generally act sanitary ex-
pert in providing for the health Of the
troops to be sent to that point.
Capt. K. S. Woodson, assistant surgeon,
mas been ordered to report to Major Gen.
Shafter, at Santiago do Cuba.
Capt. 8. r. Stafford, 18th Infantry, and
First Lieut. c. P. Elliott, 4th Cavalry, have
resigned.
Officers of the army have been assigned
to duty as follows: First Lieut. L. P Smith.
assistant surgeon. to Fort Hamilton. N. Y;
Capt. q. B. Fenton. commissary Of sub
sistence, to Jacksonville; Capt F. H. Bur-
gher, assistant quartermaster to Fort
Hamilton, N. z; Major 8. c. Mills, inspec-
tor general. to Washington, D. c.; First
Lieut.. w. H. Simons, u. s. Infantry to
CamD AlRer Dol,n
assistant quartermaster, to Philadelphia.
Brig. Gen E. B. Williston has baen Or
dered to duty at Camp George H. Thomas,
Officers of the army have been assigned
to duty as follows:
Major William Williams, c. Of s., to New
port News; Capt. ]. c. Baldridge, c. of S.,
to Jacksonville, Fla; Major Seaton Nor
man. Sd Volunteer Infantry, to Santiago de
Cuba; Major Wallace Neff, surgeon, to Ft.
Mcpherson. Ga; Lieut.. G. F. Barney, I'd
Artiiiery, to Tampa: A. A. Surgeon c. G.
Marbury to Chickamauga; A. A. Surgeon
J. r. Shannon to Santiago de Cuba; Capt.
J, G. Sanford, Corps of Engineers, to Fort
Yellowstone, Wyoming; Lieut. Sedgwick
Klce. 1th Cavalry, to join his regiment;
to Chickamauga: Lieut.. Victor Shepherd,
Signal Corps, to Tampa, for duty with the
balloon company; A. A. Surgeon j. j. Re-
Newell to Santiago; Capt. C. NJ. Rockerfel-
Ter, 9TH Infantry, to accompany Gen. f. d.
Grant, to Porto Rico; A. A Surgeon T. r.
Dessez to Tampa; Lieut.. H. M Merriam to
duty as aid-de-camp to Brigadier General
Chas. King; Capt. w. B. Barker and Capt.
w. 8. Scott, assistant Quartermaster. to
Santiago; Lieut.. H. A. Eaton, list West Vir-
ginia Infantry, has been appointed second
lieutenant Of infantrydn the army.
Lieutenant c. H. Weaver, 1st Rhode Is
land Artillery, and Major Charles E. Ruth,
brigade surgeon, have resigned.
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Burr, I'd Vol
unteer Engineers, has been relieved from
duty with the battalioHs Of engineers at
Santiago de Cuba ana ordered to join his
regiment at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Captain II. H. Kstchdfn. 22d Infantry
having been found by anoexamining board
physically untitled for promotion. has been
relieved from further treatment at the
government hospitals for the insane and or
dered to proceed home tand await retire
ment. s1as1 M
Major Walter Reed surgeon, and Major
q. II. Hopkins, assistant adjutant general,
have been ordered to proceed to Camp AL
ger, Va, Fbrt Thomas KY, Camp George
II. Thomas and FertsMcPherson. Ca, and
Fort Monroe. Va, to make thorough in
Eestgation of the administration of the
neld hospitals located at those places and
then to return to their proper stations in
this city.
Major Willoghby Wake, Sd Volunteer
engineers, now on recruiting duty in this
city, mas been ordered to vAsit Atlanta, Au-
regiment.
Lieutenant w. c. Babcock, 9Th Cavalry,
mas peen ordered to report to General E.
a Carman In this city on business pertain
ihg 10 the location of certain positions on
lne map OF the battle field of Antietam
no" peins prepared by General Carman.