Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-18

at the department and on shore stations
all the available officers on the retired
| list, with q view to sending all the officers
on the active list to sea. either in command
Of ships or in subordinate capacities. Ad-
miral Kirkland, commanding the navy yard
at Mare Island. Cal. h&k ben called upon
to furnish list Of all retired officers on
the Pacific coast who may u available for
| active service ashore. A general list Of
this character is being prepared in the
bureau Of navigation. Navy Department,
and the probabilities are strfhg that near
ly all the line officers on duty at the Navy
Department and at the various navy yards
either in the North Atlantic Squadron, the
flying squadron, the mosquito feet or the
| auxiliary feet.
Col. Cody's Command.
Col w. F. Cody. better known as "Ruf-
falo BILL" has made arrangements with
Gen. Miles whereby. in the event of hostil-
tiles. he will be given active service in
the army in command of a troop of cav
| airy scouts. made up largely of cowboys
from the border states and a few trained
Indian scouts Of the Ogallala and Brule
tribes.
Assigned to Rcgiments.
Omcers recently promoted have been as
signed to regiments as follows:
Captain Sebree Smith, to the Sd Artillery.
Battery G; Captain Henry A. Reed, to the
9Th Artillery, Battery G; Captain A. S.
Cummins, to the 4th Artillery. Battery IL;
Captain A. B. Dyer. to the 9th Artillery.
Light Battery B; Captain L. H. Walker.
to the 4th Artillery, Battery K; Captain
w. P. Duvall, to the LIST Artillery Battery
B; Captain H. N. Andrews, to the LIST Ar
tillery, Battery L; Captain c. B. Park
| hurst, to the I'd Artillery, Battery G,
Lieut.. c. B. Wheeler. ordnance depart
ment. has been ordered to Baltimore, Nd,
for the inspection Of gun carriages
Lieut.. Col. H. B. Freeman, 9th Infantry,
has been relieved at his own request from
DUTY as acting Indian agent at the Usage
Agency, Okla, and ordered to join his regi-
ment.
Speed of the Morris.
The Navy Department Is informed that
the torpedo boat Morris made 231k knots
on her trial trip in Long Island Sound,
thus exceeding her contract speed by one
knot, and insuring her acceptance by the
government. Lieut. Fox. who will have
command of this vessel, is enthusiastic
over her performance.
Following the custom of giving Indian
names to the smaller vessels of the aux
Hilary navy, the Secretary of the Navy
has given the name Modoc to the tug En-
terprise, recently purchased at Philadel-
phia-
Treasury Clerks May Go.
Secretary Gage has issued the following
order regarding treasury clerks who wish
to go to the front in case of war:
In answer to inquiries for informa ton,
you ale hereby notified that in case any
officer clerk Or employee in or under the
Treasury Department desires to leave he
service temporarily to engage in military
service in the event of war, he may be re-
instated as provided by the civil service
rules at any time within twelve months
from the time Of separation from the SER
vice.
Temporary appointment .Till be made
to fill place so vacated, with the under
standing that upon the return of the
officer. clerk or employe the person oc-
cupying the place temporarily will be re-
moved in order that the former occupant
of the place can be reinstated.''
To Increase the Army.
Anticipating action by Congress author
izlng the President to intervene in the Gu
pared bill empowering the President to
teke all steps for increasing the army and
other measures to meetithe emergencies of
the situation as they present themselves
MI CHI care has been taken by the officials
in the consideration and preparation of
this measure. 1t will not be sent to Con-
gress until the Intervention resolution has
been agreed upon by both branches and has
received the approval of the executive. AZ
conditions may change at any time the
department will not make public the text
of the measure until the time has arrived
for its presentation to Congress.
Lieut.. Commander William ]. Barnette
recently detached from command of the
coast survey steamer Bache, which has
been impressed into the naval service re-
ported at the Navy Department today for
duty as naval aid to Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt. This Office has been filled tenn
pcrarily By Lieut.. John H. Gibbons since
the departure of Lieut.. Alexander Sharp
recently assigned to the command of the
torpedo boat destroyer Dixen, formerly the
Josephine. The assignment of Lieut.. Com
mander Barnette is understood to be only
temporary. pending the recovery Of Lieut..
Commander B. H. Buckingham, now in this
city on sick leave.
To Look Only After Small Bonts.
1t was stated at the Navy Department
this afternoon that the efforts to secure the
Chilean battle ship OHiggins have been
practically abandoned, and that there is no
longer any prospect that the United States
desires or will be able to secure any more
warships either belonging to foreign ma
tions or being built in foreign ship yards.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt said this af-
ternoon that 1t was more than probable
that the department would hereafter con-
fine its efforts in this direction to the ac-
Quirement of yachts. tugs and small craft
generally for the purposes of the auxiliary
navy.
Armistead Bailey colored, was today
sent to Jail for eleven months and twenty
nine days by Judge Kimball for an at
tempted indecent assault on Martha
Brooks, also colOred.