Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-11

Brevet major Robert 81. Chiffon, can
tain lst dragons, his regimentL COM
mission, (only, July 25, 1854, the date
of his appointment Is paymaster.
Brevet major BENJAMIN Alvord, captain
4th infantry, his reeimental commission,
lonly, June %. 1854, the date of his ap-
pointment as paymaster. ssHs
Captain HenryW. Hslleck, corps Of
engineers, August 1, 1854.
Captain Ulysses S. Grant, 4th infantry.
July 81, 1854. -- rsr- --e-. .-rs {
Captain Joseph d. Webster. corps Of
typographical engineers, April Z, 1854.
First lieutenant Sewall L. Fremont, Sd
artillery. April 5, 1854.
First lieutenant Richard Il Rush, Cd
artillery, July i, 1854.
First lieutenant John Dement,, lst Or.
tillery, April 80, 1854.
Second lieutenant William S. Smith,
I'd artillery, June 10, 1854.
-- Deasks, Q2)
Brevet major general Nathan Towson,
colonel and paymastef general. in city of
Washington, D. o., July 20, 1854.
Brcvet major Charles II. Larnard, cap
tain 4th infantry, drowned in Pugetis
Sound, near Fort Madison, W. T., March
q, 1854. Sis
.Brevet major George II. Talcott, CAP
tain Of ordinance, at Indian Springs, Ga.
June 8, 1854. ..-.. -
Captain Augustus Garfield, corps of
Typographical engineers, at Detroit, Mich.
April Is. 1854.
Captain Michael E. Van Buren,. reei-
ment of mounted rifemen. at Corpus
Christi, Texas, July 20, 1854, of wounds
received July llth in an affair with Cam
anche Indians.
Captain jeremiah M. Scarritt, corps o.
engineers, at Key West, Fla, June %,
1854.
Captain Thomas L. RingoId, ordnance
department, in Washington, d. O., May
IL, 1854.
First lieut. James Holmes, 4th artillery,
at Fort Independence, Mass, May n,
1854.
Second lieut.. Ferdinand Paine, Cd in.
fantry, at Jefferson Barracks, No., June
%, 1854.
Second lieut.. Horace r. De Lano. Sd
dragons, at Fort Bliss, Texas, May "A,
1854.
Second lieutenant Joseph E. Maxwell,
killed in q skirmish with the Apache In
dians, near Moro river, New Mexico, June
80, 1854.
Assistant surgeon Alexander 8. Woth.
erspoon, in city of Washington, d. O..
May 4, 1854.
VT.-The officers promoted and ap-
pointed will join their proper regiments,
companies, or stations, without delay,
except those on detached service, or acting
under special instructions, who will 70
port, by letter, to the commanders of
their respective regiments and corps.
VII.-The general regulations (para-
graph 2SS) allow three months leave of
obsence to the graduates of the military
academy on entering service; and any one
who shall fail "to join at the expiration
of his leave will be considered as declin-
ing his appointment, and his name will
be dropped from the army rolls"
Accordingly all the graduates, whose
appointments are herein announced, ex-
cspt those attached to companies serving
in the department of New Mexico, will
join their stations on the 30th of Septem-
Der next. The graduates assigned to the
dragon arm, and who belong to COM
panies in New Mexico, will report, on
the Both of September next, at Jefferson
Barracks, Missouri, and those attached
to the artillery and infantry arms, at
Newport Barracks, Kentucky. The sta
tons of the brevet second heutensnts of
engineers, typographical engineers, and
ordnance, will be designated hereafter.
All the graduates, on the receipt of this
order, will Immediately report, by letter,
to the headquarters Of the Army, and to
the commanders of their respective corps
and regiments. If the stations of these
commanders are not known, the required
reports will be forwarded, under cover,
to the Adjutsnt General for transmittal.
By order of the Secretary of War:
S. COOPER, Adjutant General.
l. The companies now serving in the
department of New Mexico, are compa-
nies B, ID, F, G, II, l, and K, first dra-
goons; companies d, E, a, and X, sec.
ond dragons companies B and ID, Sec
ond artillery; the third regiment of in
fantry; and companies B, E, I, and 4,
eighth infantry.
2. The letters of companies in the fore
going order are those of the companies to
which the several officers concerned sue
ceeded, in due course, by their promotion
or appointment If any changes have
subsequently, been made by competent
authority, it is not intended to disturb
them.
8. By especial ORDERS" No. 96, from
the headquarters of the Army, dated
June %, 1854, "officers belonging to
companies serving in the department Of
Texas are authorized to delay proceeding
to Join till the 18th of October next"
The troops serving in Texas are comps.
nies A, B, @, F, G, and /, second Dragons;
the regiment of mounted rihemen; CONF
panies G and F, first artillery; companies
is, D, K, and NJ, fourth artillery the first
and fifth regiments of infantry; compa-
nies A and /, seventh infantry; and COM
panies A, G, d, F. G, and 81, eighth in-
fantry. -t1..
S. COOPER, Adjutant General. -
- TAKE NOTICE.