The San Francisco call., 1899-10-13
WELL WON BARS FOR
A FIRST LIEUTENANT
PROMOTION FOR j. D. LEITCH,
POST ADJUTANT.
First of the Regiments Formed I'm.
der the Last Call Ordered Out
to This Station.

First Lieutenant Joseph Leitch of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry, post adjutant of
the Preside, has been promoted to a cap
taincy of the Twenty-fifth Infantry and
with the commission comes an order to
join his new command as soon as possi-
BILE. Company G. of the Twenty-tifth. to
which he has been promoted, is the garri-
son company at Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio, Texas, and before long Captain
Leitch will have to make his way south
ward, unless he is retained in his present
position.
His departure will be a distinct loss to
the Preside, for among officers and men,
as we'll as those whose business is with
and not of the military establishment, he
has earned an enviable reputation for
courtesy and kindness. Captain Leitch
was an officer of the Fifth Army Corps
that served through the campaign in
Cuba He was in all the engagements of
Importance, and when he came TO the Pre-
sidio with his regiment last June he
brought with him a record TO be proud of.
Fort Sam Houston is the headquarters
of the Department of Texas. 1t Is the
most important post in the Southwest,
and in the ordinary course OF events Cap
tain Leitch will become post commander
as well as a captain. He brings to the
position more than the usual experience
and ability. The congratulations of all
his friends follow him to his new COM
mand.
The Forty-ffth Infantry, under Colonel
Dorst, has been ordered to make a start
from Fort Smelling for Manila on October
%. Two companies of the regiment which
have been recruited in Vancouver have
been ordered to await at Portland the go>
ing of the Thirty-ninth Infantry, under
Colonel Billiard, but the remaining ten
companies will come to San francisco and
leave from here. The Thirty-eighth,
under Colonel Wallace, has been ordered
to leave jefferson Barracks, ST. Louis, on
the 20th inst, and the Forty-fourth, under
- [FY-
proceed to this city on October % The
Forty-fourth is being recruited at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas.
Two cases of diphtheria have developed
in the Twenty eighth. They were sent to
the general hospital yesterday and were
isolated.
A, has been ordered TO the Hawaiian Isl
ands to take the place of Major Marshall
w. Wood, surgeon, Z. s. A.. who has
been in charge m 4I me medlcsl m department art
out here from the East Colonel Green
leaf who was to have proceeded to the
camps in the Hawaiian, Islands on his
tour of inspection, has been ordered to
Manila. He will probably sail on the
Hancock, the next transport to leave this
port.
lowing female nurses will prepare for SER
vice in the Philippines Miss Julia Woods,
Miss Edith Rutley. Miss Sibbie Wilson
Miss Jeanette Mcdonald, Miss Mary Ly-
ons Miss Lulu Durkee, Miss Mary Bar
CLAW and Miss Marcella Doyle. These
nurses will leave for Manila on the first
TRANSPORT that sails. The service In Manila
Is considered most desirable by the fe-
male nurses doing duty at the general
hospital at the Presidio, and all those or
dered out to the islands are rejoicing over
their assignment. They will be put on
duty in the various hospitals in Manila
and it's environs, but they will not be as
signed to field duty.
Captain Clarke of Company H, William
J. Watson of Company D and Lieutenant
Colin Ball of Company K of the Kansas
regiment having been discharged from
Lieutenant Albert II. Grouse, who has
been in command Of Company H, in place
of Captain Clarke, has been assigned to
Solomon Mullins and Edward Tomlin of
Company NJ of the Thirty-ffrst Infantry
have returned to duty. Both men have
camp at the Preside. The Thirty-frst
regiment will be released from quarantine
to-day, the time for their detention since
the last case appearing in the regiment
having expired.
General Funston called upon General
Shafter Yesterday morning to pay his re-
called and was afterward escorted to the
Presidio by Captain Greene, signal officer
on General Skaters staff. where he was
shown all there was to be seen He was
given a salute of nineteen guns fired by
the light battery of the Third Artillery.
General Shafter has received dispatch
from General OllS, requesting that the
families of officers serving in the Philip
pines be induced TO stay at home. There
Is no place in the Philippines for the
telegram, and hereafter 1t is probable that
no more of them will be allowed to go out
there at the Government s expense If they
wish to go there themselves on their own
account II is another matter but the Gov
ernment will not be responsible for their
transportation or their quarters in the
islands.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Nevill NJ.
Garrett having returned from the islands
and having been relieved as attending
surgeon on the transport PENNSYLVANIA,
has been ordered to report for duty at the
general hospital at the Presidio
Acting Assistant Surgeon George s.
Pitcher has been ordered to proceed to
New York for the annulment of his con-
tract.