Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-12-11
STAR.
PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY.

PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY.
Under General Orders, No. 81, dated
on the lst instant, now being sent out
out from the Adjutant Generals office,
the following army promotions are an.
nounced:
I.-PRoMoT1oNs.
Medical Department.
Assistant surgeon Charles ii. LAub,
to be surgeon, October II, 1874, vice Tur.
ner, deceased.
Corps Typographical Engineers.
Brevet second lieutsnant Gouyerneur
K. Warren, to be second lieutenant, Sep.
tember ], 1854, the date of Capt. Nc
Clellan's death.
FIRST Regiment of Dragons.
First lieutenant Rufus Ingalls,, to be
captain, October %, 1854, vice Buford
resigned. COMPANY HI
Second lieutenant David II. Hastings,
to be first lieutenant, October %, 1854,
vice Ingalls,, promoted. company K.l
Brevet second lieutenant BENJAMIN AL
ston, to be second lieutenant, October %,
1854, vice Hastings promoted. Com
pany B.
Regiment Of Mounted Rifemsn.
Second lieutenant William E. Jones, to
be First Lieutenant, October 81, 1854,
vice Gordon, resigned. COMPANY K.l
Brevet second lieutenant John II. Ed
son, to be second lieutenant, August l6,
1854, vice Bonaparte, resigned. Com
pmy Al
Brevet second lieutenant James E. B.
Stuart, to be second lieutenant, October
81, 1854, vice W. E. Jones promoted.
Company g.
FIRST Regiment of Artillery.
First lieutenant John M. Brannan, to
be captain, November 4, 1854, vice Graf
ton, resigned. Company HI
Second lieutenant Amos Beckwith, to
be first lieutenant, August 81, 1854, vice
Gibson, resigned. company K.l
Second lieutenant Caleb Huse, to be
first lieutenant, November 4, 1854, vice
Brannan promoted. Company e.
Brevet second lieutenant LOOMS l..
Langdon, of the fourth artillery, to be
second lieutenant, August 81, 1854, vice
Beckwith, promoted. COMPANY E.1
Brevet second lieutenant Samuel Kim
sey, to be second lieutenant, November
2, 1854, vice Flewellen, resigned. ICom-
|pany B.
Breyet second lieutenant Abner Snead,
of the fourth artillery, to be second lieu.
tenant, November 4, 1854, vice Huse,
promoted. company A.
Second Regiment of Artillery.
Second lieutenant James Thompson, to
be first lieutenant, August 16, 1854,
vice Adams, cashiered. Company d.
Second lieutenant Alexander j. Perry,
to be first lieutenant, September 81,
1854, vice Mebane, deceased. [Compa.
ny Fl.
Brevet second lieutenant VIM. D. Pen.
der, of the first artillery, to be second
lieutenant, Aug. l6, 1854 vice Thompson,
promoted. company e.
Brevet second lieutenant John T. Gre
bic, to be second lieutenant, September
27, 1854, vice Perry, promoted. Com
pany X.
Brevet second lieutenant Henry A
Smalley, of the first artillery, to be sec.
ond lieutenant, Oct. 2, 1854, vice Burns,
deceased. company H.
Fifth Regiment of Art,llery.
Second lieutenant Benjamin Wingate, to
be first lieutenant, October 26, 1854, vice
Lear, deceased. Company K.l
Brevet second lieutenant Thomas Will
son, of the sixth infantry, to be second
lieutenant, October 26, 1854, vice Win
CRATE, promoted. company C.l
Eighth Regiment of Infantry.
Brevet second lieutenant William NICE.
Dye, of the fourth infantry, to be second
lieutenant, November 9, 1854, vice Mel
ancthon Smith, resigned. company O.
II. U.-APPOINTMENTs.
Quartermaster's Department.
Brevet captain Ralph W. Kirkham, first
lieutenant in the sixth regiment of in.
fantry, to be assistant quartermaster with
the rank Of captain, vice Wood, resigned.
to date from November l6, 1854.
Medical Department.
De Witt Clinton Peters, of New York,
to be assistant surgeon, vice Henderson,
deceased, to date from August Is, 1854.
Albert j. Myer, of New York, to be
assistant surgeon, vice Griffin, resigned,
to date from September Is, 1854.
Nathaniel s. Crowell, of South Caro-
lima, to be assistant surgeon, vice Laub,
promoted, to date from November 8,
1854.
Iu.-OAsUALTIEs.
Restgnotions, o.
Captain Abraham Buford, 1st dragons,
October %, 1854.
Captain Henry D. Grafton, lst artillery,
November 4, 1854.
First lieutenant George 81. Gordon,