The Portland daily press., 1898-05-10
TROOPS FOR PORTLAND.
Two Batteries Of Regulars Are Or.
dered Here Immediately.
MAJOR JOHN P. STORY WILL, RF
In COMMAND.

Arrangements Made for Placing Garri-
sons at Fort Scanned and Great Mo
| mond Island-Well Deserved Promo-
ton for one of the Veterans at Fort
Preble.
| An imortant military order has lust
been issued from the headquarters of the
department at Governors Island, which
makes quits change in the station of
different artillery batteries and specially
changes the personnel OF the garrison at
Fort Preble. An abstract of this order is
as follows:
Under approval of the Secretary of War
ana authority from the Major General
commanding the army the following as.
signments and movements of troops are
lordered
FIRST Battery E, End artillery, from Fort
Preble to Portland Head, Me.
Battery D. 18th artillery, from Fort Slo-
cum to Fort Preble.
Battery E. 9TH artillery from Fort Slo-
cum to Fort Preble.
Major John P. Story, 9TH artillery, is
assigned to the command of Fort Preble
and other defenses of Portland harbor.
consisting of Portland Head, Great Dia-
mond Island, Forts Scanned and Georges,
which are made sub posts of Fort Preble
for purposes of supply and administra-
ton. He will order one officer and a suffi-
Gent detachment of men to Fort Scam
mel and to Great Diamond Island as soon
as the works there are far enough adj.
vanced to make guard necessary, also
he may retain the present acting quarter
master and commissaly at Fort Preble.
if, in his opinion, necessary.
| The batteries will proceed without de-
lay to the stations designated. The bat
teries will take with them the allowance
of camp and garrison equipage and
rations for ten days. The chief quar- ter
master of the department. will make ar.
rangements for the transportation re-
quired. 4
By order,
MAI. GEN. MERRITT.
Signed, M. BARBER
| Asst. Adjt. Genaral
| The officers Of the two recently organ
| lied batteries which have been ordered to
| the point are, for battery D.
Captain-Goerge F. e. HARRISON.
| 1st Lieut.. Cornelius De W. Wilcox,
| and Lieut.-Roderick l.. Carmichael
For battery E.
Captain-John R Williams.
| lst Lieut.. John d. Bassett.
2nd Lieut.-Andrew Moses
1st Lieut.. Charles P. Echels, Corps of
Engineers has been assigned to duty as
Engineer Officer of the Department. of the
East.
Major John P. Story, 18th Artillery,
who has just been designated as COM
manding officer at Fort Preble and sub
posts, entered the military academy in
July. 1861, and was graduated and ap-
pointed as End lieutenant in the 10th o..
S. Infantry, June %, 1865. He received
his LIST lieutenancy the same day and was
transferred to the 34th Infantry, Septem-
Der 81, 1866. He was assigned to the end
Artillery, December 10, 1870, and was
transferred to the 4th Artillery, January
1, 1871. He was promoted to captaincy
ID the artillery September IL, 1888.
| Apart from his duties as line officer his
special details have been frequent. He
has been assistant professor of mathe
matics at the United States Military
Academy and on Important duty in the
signal office of the army. More recently
he has been connected with the Artillery
School rs instructor in the department. OF
artillery and on March 8. 1928, received
his promotion to the rank of major, in
the artillery branch of the service
Private Cornelius Desmond, who has
served most faithfully for nearly thirty.
two years, will be promoted to the grade
of sergeant upon recommendation of his
battery commander
Captain Rogers, of Battery E, I'd Ar.
tillery, commander at Fort Preble, left TO,
Washington yesterday at 11.5o O'Clock In
response to directions from the Adiutant