The times., 1898-02-06
ARMY ORDERS.

The War Department has issued or
ders as follows:
| BY direction of the Acting Secretary
| of War the following board of officers
| is appointed to meet, at the call of
| the president thereof, at Vancouver
| Barracks, Wash, for the examination
of such officers as may be ordered be-
! fore il. to determine their fitness for
/ promotion: Col. Thomas NJ. Anderson.
| Fourteenth Infantry; Lieut.. Col Will
| lam d. WolVer ton, deputy surgeon gen.
! eral; Major John Van r. Hoff. surgeon;
! Ma jor Joshua w Jacobs, 1uartermaS-
ter; Major Thomas H. Barry, assistant
adjutant general. The junior officer will
act as recorder as
BY direction of the Acting Secretary
of War Capt. Theodore T.. True, assist
ant quartermaster. .taWill report in per-
son to Col Thomas VI. Anderson, Four
tcenth Infantry, president of the eX
amining board appointed to meet at
Vancouver Barracks, Wash. by spe-
ciaI orders No. %. February 4. 1898,
from this office, at such time as he may
be required by the board. for examina-
tion as to his fitness for promotion.
By direction of the Acting Secretary
OF War the following changes in the
stations of officers of the medical de-
partment are ordered: Capt. William
l.. Kneedler, assistant surgeon, Will be
relieved from duty at San Diego Bar
racks, Cal, by the commanding officer
of that post upon the receipt by him of
this order, and will then report in per-
son to be superintendent of the United
States Military Academy. West Point
y. Y, for duty at that post. Capt.
Charles F. Mason, assistant surgeon. is
relieved from duty at West Point. y.
y. to take effect upon the expiration of
the leave of absence granted him in
paragraph 1, special orders No. 10, Jan
uary IL, 1898, from this office. and will
then report in person to the command
ing officer Fort Logan, Col, for duty
at that post. and by letter TO the COM
mandins general Department of the
Colorado.
q BY direction of the Acting Secretary
Of War leave of absence for six months.
on surgeons certificate of disability
with permission to go beyond sea, to
take effect on or about February 20,
1898, is granted Major Louis s. lesson,
surgeon.
The extension of leave of absence
granted First Lieut.. Lorenzo j. David
son. Eleventh Infantry in special or
ders No. Is, January 10. 1895, from this
Office. is further extended two months.
By direction of the Acting Secretary
of War Capt. Sidney e. Stuart, Ord
nance Department. will proceed to the
Sandy Hook proving ground, Sandy
Hook, n. j., on official business per-
tanning to firings for construction of
range table. and, upon the completion
thereof. will return to his proper sta
ton.
Second Lieut. William P. Jackson.
Twenty-fourth Infantry. will report in
person to Col. Jacob F. Kent, Twenty
fourth Infantry, president of the ex-
amining board appointed to meet at
Fort Douglas, Utah, by special orders
No. SO, April %, 1891. from this office, at
such time as may be required by the
board. for examination as to his fitness
for promotion.
The leave of absence on surgeons
certificate of disability, granted Capt
William p. Goodrich Fourteenth In
fantry. in special orders No. Z. January
Is, 1898, Department of the Columbia. is
extended two months on surgeons GER
tificate of disability.
With the approval of the Acting Sec
retary of War leave of absence for six
months, on surgeons certificate of dis
ability, with permission to leave the
Department of the Missouri. is granted
First Lieut.. j. Y. Mason Blunt, Third
Cavalry.
The following transfers are made in
the Thirteenth Infantry: Capt. Har-
ry u. CaYenaugh, from Company / to |
Company E: Capt. John S. Bishop.
from Company E to Company l.
The following order has been receiv-
ed from the War Department: BY di
rection of the President, the following |
changes in the details of officers as |
professors of military science and tao |
tics at institutions of learning are
made: First Lieut. Percy E. Trippe, |
Tenth Cavalry, is relieved from duty |
at the Agricultural College of South |
Dakota. Brookings, South Dakota, and |
is detailed at the Ouachita Baptist Col
lege, Arkadelphia, Ark, to take effect
February Is, 1888, to relieve First Lieut..
William p. Stone, Fourth Artillery.
Lieut.. Stone is detailed at the Arkan-
sas Industrial University, Fayetteville.
Ark, to take effect February 2S, 1898,
to relieve First Lieut. Elias Chandler. |
Sixteenth Infantry, who will then pro
ceed to join his company. Lieut.. .
Trippe will report in person. without |
delay, at Ouachita Baptist College. and |
Lieut.. Stone will report in person at the
Arkansas Industrial University as soon
rs practicable after February 10, 1898.
With the approval of the Acting Sec
retary of War, twenty days ordinary
cave of absence is granted Capt. Will
lam Paulding, Tenth Infantry, to take
Effect upon the expiration of the extern
sion of sick leave granted him IN para
graph 2, special orders, No. 292, Decem-
Der IA. 1897, from this office.
The leave of absence granted Capt.
Henry w. Hubbell, First ARTILLERY. in
special orders. No. POS, December 30.
S97, Department of the East, is ex :
ended seven days.
Leave of absence for ten days is
.ranted Second Lieut. Henry C. Smither.
First Cavalry.
A board of officers to consist of Col.