The National tribune., 1901-03-28
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.
The records of the Navy Department
| show that up to the present time there
| has been no great rush of naval warrant
officers TO take the examination for pro-
| motion to the commissioned rank So far
! only one application has been received.
| This is from Gunner Joseph Hill. now on
| iuty aboard the receiving ship Vermont,
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 1t is eX-
,lained by officers of the Bureau of Nayi-
| cation, which has the matter in charge,
| hat Gunner Morgan made no formal ap-
| llicatiOn for permission to take the ex-
animation, having merely applied to Ad-
| miral Sampson, his former commander,
| for Il recommendation.
Officers of the Bureau say that tech
lically they will not know until the grad
uation of the Annapolis senior class on
June so next whether there will be any
vacancies in the grade of Ensign. As u
| matter of fact. however, it is known that
several vacancies will exist, and if Gun
ner Hill secures the proper recommended
tions be will undoubtedly he ordered to
take the examination. The law providing
| for the promotion of warrant officers pre-
ScribeS that they must have served six
years with such rank before they are
eligible for promotion. Hill was made a
Gunner on March -, 1895, and his six
years of service will therefore have eX-
rired on the 23d of the present month.
As the examination will not be held until
after June 80, he will come within the
rule. He was appointed Gunner from
private life, and had not served previously
as an enlisted man.
The Potomac has been so muddy late
ly as to make those who wanted drink
of water feel like adopting the Missouri
River practice of first straining it through
cane-bottomed chair
There are over 500 applicants for
% vacant Chaplaincies in the Army.
Il
Kit Carson Post, No. 2, lost n valuable
member last week in the person of Com
rade Geo. w. McElfresh, who had an ex-
citing and varied career. In the Know
Nothing riots in the city, before the war,
he was shot in the head, and left for
dead. lie recovered, though the bullet
remained in his head, became an active
Wide Awake, was one of the militiamen
who guarded the city at the time of the
Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. and
then served period in the army. After
ward he became one of the city detec-
tives, and achieved fame by several i'm
pOrtant arrests. Later he was an EN-
ploye of the Pension Bureau, and WAS al
ways ah aSa'e anu popoioi W. a. ~
man.
Comrade W. II. II. Gorham, 1st Ohio,
Cleveland, O., was a welcome guest and
speaker at many Post meetings in the
city last week. He is in the insurance
business in Cleveland.
Gen. Green Clay Smith Regiment, No.
H.. q. Y. y, held public meeting at
their hall, 514 9th street n, W., Monday
evening. March II. C. T. Woske, Colonel
Brighten. G. III. Wordon, Chairman Good
Of the Order, in charge.
Interesting remarks were made by
Comrades Lewis, of Spokane. Wash: Cor
man, of Clyeland. Ohio; Sanford. of Smith
Command, and Gen. John McElroy, Chief
of National Commanders Staff, and Mrs
Kate Beck, President of the Women's Re
lief Union, of J. A. Logan Regiment. No.
=. Song by Comrade Cummings, of Smith
Regiment; music by Prof. E. G. Speak
man, Of Smith Regiment, after which
present Gen. Bogice, also Coils. Baxter.
Fenton, and Crosby. of Logan Regiment |
The police are arranging an intricate |
route by which hogs can be driven through |
the city with least annoyance to the cit
liens. |
NE L IeSIueut lbiu Ine hdISdS ueIeSd- |
tion that he should probably stop at sew
eral places in Kansas on his way back |
from California, but could not make any |
dates at present.
Fred. J. Allen, of Auburn, n Y, has |
been appointed Commissioner of Patents |
He is prominent lawyer, and well spoken |
Of.
Ex-Representatiye VIM. A. Rodenberg. |
who has been appointed to succeed the |
late Mark S. Brewer, of Michigan, as
Civil Service Commissioner, is a resident |
Of East st. Louis, ILL.,, &c years old, a |
graduate of the Central Wesleyan Col |
ege, of Warrenton, Mo-, and served one |
term in Congress.
Comrade Geo. W. Cook, Past Com
mander of the Department of Colorado |
and Wyoming, G.. A. R., is lying dan
gerously-ill with catarrh of the stomach
IN New York hotel. His wife has been
to his side from Denver.
Divided into Departments the Govern
nent employees in Washington stand: