Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-08-12

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49, Cadet James E. B. Stuart, 10 be brev II second
lieutenant, July 1, 1854. Company b.
81 Cadet James Wright, 10 be brevet second lieu
tenant, July !, 1854. Company G.
81. Cadet William M. Davant, 10 be breyet Sc
cond lieutenant July I, 1854. Company X.
A,tiAsry arm.
10. Cadet William d, Pender, 10 be brevet second
lieutenant, July !, 1854. Company A, LIST
regiment.
20. Cadet LOOMS L. Langdon. to be breyet Sc
cond lieutenant, July ], 1854. Company D,
4th regiment.
81 Cadet John T. Greble, 10 be brevet second
lieutenant, July l, 1854 Company G, Cd
regiment.
49, Cadet Henry A. Smaley, to be brevet se-
cond lieutenant, July !, 1854. Company d,
LIST regiment
a. Cadet Samuel Kinsey 10 be brevet second
lieutenant, July !, 1854. Company H, LIST
regiment.
tenant, July !, 1854. Company X, 4th re-
giment.
90 Cadet Oliver d. Greene, to be brevet second
lieutenant, July l, 1854. Company d, Sd
regiment. E
81 Cadet Stephen H. Weed, 10 be breyet second
cond regiment
% Cadet E. F. Townsend to be brevet second
lieutenant July J., 1854. Company G, Sd
regiment.
%. oauet hHreu ID. Chapman to be brevet second
lieutenant July !, 1854. Company X, Cd
~. Cadet George A. Gordon, TO be brevet second
lieutenant July !, 1854. Company M, Sd
regiment.
Infantry Army.
Ia. Cadet Archibald Oracle, IT.. 10 be brevet Sc
cond Lieutenant, July l, 1854. Company G,
4th regiment
81. Cadet John 0. Long. to be brevet second lien
tenant July l, 1854. Company c, cd re-
gment.
80. Cadet Benjamin F. Davis, 10 be breyet second
lieutenant, July !, 1854. Company c, 9Th
regiment.
81. Cadet Waterman Palmer, IT., 10 be breve,
second lieutenant, July /, 1854. Company
A, Sih regiment.
80. Cadet David P. Hancock, TO be brevet second
lieutenant, July l, 1854 Company G, 7th
regiment.
80. Cadet Samuel T. Shepherd, 10 be brevet second
lieutenant, July !, 1854. Company G, Cd
regiment.
3s. Cadet Charles G. Sawtele, TO be brevet second
lieutenant, July |, 1854 Company X, I'd
regiment.
40. Cadet John T. Mercer, to be brevet second
Lieutenant, July !, 1854 Company ], 9th
al. Cadet Zenas R. Bliss, TO be brevet second
lieutenant, July l. 1854. Company F, lst
regiment.
AZ. Cadet Edgar O'Connor to be brevet second
Lieutenant, July !, 1854 Company F, 7th
regiment.
a. Cadet John Mullins, TO be brevet second lieu
tenant, July l, 1854 Company l, 7th regi-
ment.
A. Cadet David H. Brotherton, 10 be brevet second
lieutenant, July !, 1854. Company G, 9Th
regiment.
AS Cadet Horace Randall, to be brevet second
lieutenant, July l, 1854 Company c, 9Th
regiment.
4e Cadet John McCleary, to be brevet second
lieutenant, July l, 1854 Company c, Sd
regiment.
W.-TRANsFER.
Brevet cd Lieut. William R. Boggs, June 2Sth,)
Ordnance Department, 10 stand on the Amy Reg
lister next below Brevet I'd Lieut.. Francis ].
Skunk.
V.-CASUALTIES.
designations, Q0)
Brevet Lieut.. Col. Abram Van Buren,, paymas-
ter, June /, 1854.
Brevet Major Robert II. Chiffon, captain lst
dragons, his regimentai commission, (onlyD July
20 1854, the date of his appointment as pay,
master
Brevet Major Benjamin Alvord captain 4th in
fantry, his yegimsntal commissions (onlyD June 90
1904, the date OF ms appointment as pdymaster.
Captain Henry w. Haeck, corps of engineers,
Captain Ulysses S. Grant, 4th infantry, July 81
1854
Captain Joseph d. Webster corps of topogra-
phical engineers, April z, 1854.
First Lieut.. Sewall l.. Fremont, Sd artillery
April s. 1854.
First Lieut.. Richard H. Rush, I'd artillery July
1, 1854.
FIRST Lieut.. John Dement,, LIST artillery, April 90
1854 i4i
Second Lieut. William S. Smith, I'd artillery
June 10, 1854.
Deaths Q2)
Brevet Major General Nathan Towson, Colonel
and Paymaster. General, IN City Of Washington,
Brevet Major Charles II. Larnard captain 18th
infantry, drowned in Puget's Sound, near For
Madison, w T., March 9th, 1854.
Brevet Major George H. Talcoit, captain Of
ordnance, at Indian Springs Ga, June s. 1854.
Captain Augustus Garfield. corps OF Topographic
cal engineers, at Darot, Mich, April IS, 1854
Captain Michael Z. Van Buren,, regiment Of
mounted rifemen, at Corpus Christi Tszas, July
20, 1884, Of wounds received July 11th) in an
affair with Camanche Indians.
Captain Jeremiah NJ. Scarritt ccrps OF enqi.
neers, at Key West, Fla, June 90, 1854
Captain Thomas l.. Ringgold, ordnance depart
ment, in Cay Of Washington, d. c. May II, 1854
First Lieut.. James Holmes. 9TH artillery al For
Independsnee, Mass. May 81, 1854.
Second Lieut.. Ferdinand PANE, I'd infantry nj
jefferson Barracks, Mo-, June 80 1854.
Second Lieut.. Horace I. De Lano, I'd dragons,
at Fort Bliss, TSras, May 9th, 1854.
Second Lieut. Joseph E. Maxwell, Sd infantry,
killed in skirmsh with the Apache Indians near,
Moro river, Nero Mezico, June 80, 1854
Assistant Surgeon Alexander s. Wotherspoon,
in CITY Of Washington, ID. G., May 4, 1854.
vi. The officers promoted aud appointed will
join their proper regiments companies, or stations
without delay, except those on detached service,
or acting under special instructions, who will re-
port. by letter, TO the commanders ofther respec.
tive regiments and corps
VII. The general regulations paragraph 239)
allow three months leave OF absence TO the gradu-
ates ofthe Military Academy on entering service;
and any one who shall fail 10 join at the expira.
ton Of his leave will be considered as declining
his appointment, and his name will be dropped
from the army rolls.
According all the graduates, whose appoint
msnts are herein announced except those at.
tached 10 companies serving in the department OF
New Mexico, Will Join their stations on the Goth
Of September next. The graduates assigned to
the dragoon arm, and who belong TO companies in |
New Mexico, will report, on the Both OF Septem-
Der next, at Jefferson barracks, Missouri, and
those attached 10 The artillery and infantry arms
at Newport barracks, Kentucky. The stations OF
the brevet I'd leutenants Of engineers Topographic
cal engineers, and ordnance, will be designated |