The times., 1898-06-05
TIMES, w ASH INGTDN SUNDAY. 5JUNE5s5t 1898.
ARMY ORDERS

Special orders, May 2S 1898 relating to
Second Lieutenant Jacob c. Johnson,
Fourth Artillery. is revoked. and he will
proceed to Tampa, Fla, and report to the
commanding officer, Battery G, Fourth
Artillery,
Private William R. Davenport. Battery
b, First Artillery, now in confinement at
Washington Barracks, District of Colum-
bia, will be discharged without honor
from the service of the United States on
receipt of this order by the commanding
officer of that post, by reason of -deser-
ton.
By direction of the Secretary of War,
the following assignments of officers of
the u. S. Volunteer Signal Corps are
made:
Major Eugene 0. Fechet, to duty as dis
bursing officer of the Signal Corps. reliev-
ing Major Robert Craig, Signal Corps
Captain Daniel j. Carr will take station
in this city, and report to the chief sig
nal officer of the Army for special duty.
Private William G.. Hewlett, Battery a,
| Sixth Artillery, now at Fort Chnch, Fla,
will be discharged the service of the Unit
| ed States
Quartermaster Sergeant Christian Bri-
and. Second Cavalry, now at camp near
| Mobile Ala. will be discharged the ser
! vice of the United States.
Charles H Adams. Company d. Seventh
Infantry. now at Tampa. Fla is trans
! ferred to Troop B. Second Cavalry. and
viii be sent to the station of that troop.
near Mobile. Ala.
! Private George w Bailey. Company A.
| First Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
now at Camp George H. Thomas, Chick
amauga National Park Georgia, will be
discharged from the service of the United
States.
Private Harry Snyder. Company b.
! First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry.
now at San Francisco, Cal, having enlist
! ed under false pretenses, will be diScharg-
! ed from the service of the United States.
! Private Everett H. Luther. Company
X. Second Massachusetts Volunteer In
/ fantry now al Tampa, Fla. having en-
4 listed under false pretenses, will be dis
! charged from the service of the United
States.
Private Thomas Monroe Ward. Company
/ A, Fifth Maryland Volunteer Infantry.
now at Camp George H. Thomas. Chick
amauga National Park. Georgia. will be
! discharged from the service of the United
| States.
The following named enlisted men, now
at Tampa, Fla, having enlisted under
I false pretenses, viii be discharged from
the service of the United States: Pri-
vate Charles d. Davis, Company f, First
Georgia Volunteer Infantry; Private
Mack J. Ledwell. Company c, First
North Carolina Volunteer Infantry.
Private Frank McGarrahan. Company
NJ. First Rhode Island Volunteer Infan-
try now in the hands of the civil au-
thorities serving sentence Of impris0n-
ment, viii be discharged without honor
from the service of the United States on
receipt of this order by the commanding
officer of his regiment. now at Dunn Lor-
ing Va.
Private Henry Lemmer. Hospital Corps
now at camp near Mobile, Ala. is detail
ed as acting hospital steward. and will
report for duty to the general command
ing the Fourth Army Corps.
Commissary Sergeant John Fiach, now
on duty with First Lieut.. George w
Kirkman. Eighth Infantry, at Atlanta
Ga, is transferred to Fort Constitution
n. H
BY direction of the Secretary of War
the following changes in the stations anC
duties of the officers Of the Corps of En-
gineers was ordered: Major Thomas W
: Symons will relieve Major William S
, Stanton of his present river and harbol
fortification duties; and. under instruc.
tions from the President, viii report by
letter to the Secretary Of the Treasury
for duty as engineer of the Tenth Light
J House District. relieving Major Stanton
Major James B. Quinn will relieve FRS
r Lieut.. Charles S. Richie Colonel, First
United States Volunteer Infantry.
= Private Sandford L. Cluett Company
: a, Second New York Volunteer Infantry
i now at Camp George II. Thomas, Chick.
, amauga National Park, Ga. is transfer.
red TO the First u. s. Volunteer Engi.
, neers. He will be sent TO the headquar-
ters of that regiment. Peekskill, n. Y
Special order, May 23 1898, relating tc
Private Armin W. Brand. Company G
Thirty-second Michigan Volunteer In.
fantry, is revoked.
Private Ernest S. Ennis. Nineteenth In
fantry, now supposed to be at Fort Nc
Pherson Ga. will be DISCHARGED the sery.
ice of the United States
Private Theodore +. Smith, Company B
Sixth Infantry. now in confinement a.
Fort Thomas, Ky, will be discharged
without honor from the service of the
, United States.
Major G. Creighton Webb. inspector
general, u. S. Volunteers, recently ap
pointed, will proceed to Tampa. Fla. ant
report in person to Major General william
r. Shafter, commanding Fifth Army
Corps.
Acting Assistant Surgeon w P. Cham
berlain. Z. 5. Army. will proceed to For
Monroe, Va. and report in person to tn,
commanding officer for duty
The resignation by Major John A. John
ston, assistant adjutant general. T. S
Army, of his commission as captain O
cavalry eighth Regiment), only. has beer
I accepted by the President, to take effec
May zi 1898.
Major George s. Hobart. assistant din,
tant general. United States Volunteers
2 recently appointed will report in persor
2 to the adjutant general of the Army, foI
3 further orders
= First Lieut.. John B. Nicholson. adiu.
5 tant Twenty-irst Kansas Volunteer In
fantry. having rendered his resignation. 4
honorably discharged from the service o
the United States.
, Capt Charles B. Thompson. assistan
! quartermaster will report in person to tn,
,, commanding general, Department of Cali
l fornia, for assignment to temporary dur
: as chief quartermaster of that depart
f ment, to relieve Capt. George RuhIen. as
= sistant quartermaster. Capt. Ruhlen Will
i report in person to the commanding gen
| eral, Department of the Pacific. for as
q signment to duty with the expedition :,
the Philippine Islands.
+, Acting Assistant Surgeon R NJ Ged
: dings. United States Army, will procee,
to Tampa, Fla. and report in person L
the commanding general of the troops a
that place for assignment to duty.
Capt John c. w. Brooks. assisfan
quartermaster United States Volunteers
will report to Major General Graham
/ commanding Second Army Corps. Fail
, Church Va, for assignment to duty I,
= that corps as a brigade quarteramster
9 Major James NJ. Moody chief commits
: sary of subsistence. United States Vol
unteers. will proceed to Mobile, Ala. am
> report in person to the commanding gen
= erai Fourth Army Corps. within fou
= days from the date he would reach Mo
II bile in the ordinary course. for dutv
, First Lieut.. Matthew C. Butler. ir
Il Seventh Cavalry will proceed to Wash
ington and report to Major Gen Mat
thew c. Butler. u. S. Volunteers. for du