New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-25
ARMY AND NAVY.

4rhe friends Of Lieut.. Franks U. s. N, Of Name,
and of Lieut. Worden, u. S. ", Of New-Jersey, are
endeavorng 70 get the Government to exchange prison.
ers for them The former is in the hands Of the Tex
ana, and 10 "a Lieutenant in the 9th infantry; the
latter is imprisoned in Montgomery. whittier no was
sent by Gen. Bragg because be carried to Capt.
Adams of the Sabine orders 10 reinforce Fort Pckens
which were 20 promptly executed.
The recent casualties in the army, since JAM j, 1901,
published at length in all the papers, figure mp thus;
Resigned Brigadier General, . Colonies, Lieut.
Coonels II Majors, 20 Captains, ~ lst Leutenants,
80 ID Lieutenants, Brevet do, Surgeons, 10 AS
sistant DO, Pay maser-Total, 1873. Died. Lieut.
Colonel 3 Majors, 2 Captains and lst Lientenants.
Disnisscd-1 Major General yIwiggsl, and ist
Lieutenant. Captains were dropped, and one CASH
tered There were l. IA officers in the army, in
October lst exclusive Of Surgeons OF these, about
GO were appointed from the Free and 4D from Slave
States. There were more Northern men in the in
fsutry than Southemers; in the cavalry, J. was The
other way.
The filing up Of three Of the old regular regiments
Of the army-the 9Th, 7th and 10th Iniantry--has
commenced. They were ordered come time since from
New Mexico to Newport. where recruiting was com,
mepced by an advance party. The I'd Dungeons ana
let Riemen baye been directed TO report at the sme
destination. The latter two require 100 or $40 good
horses TO be at their proper strength. These i've reg
ments do not now muster more than 3,VU rank ana
file; therefore, 2,O0D have TO be enlisted.
The chartered steamer w. II. Brown was sent on
the 18Th from Cincinnati TO Camp Defiance, Cairo,
with three M-pound howitZers, which were conveyed
20 Birds Point and mounted. Tho feet OF II steam.
err, whose movements were allnded to IN Cncinsat
dispatch some time ago. have all been chartered by the
Government The following steamers, aso chaItered,
were at Bell Air. H., on Thursday last: Sir W. Wal
lace, Marrnord NJ. Cook, Posnd Hastings, Mariner,
Diadem, Anqo-Saxon, and Economy. The Alto,
Cuollopu III BROWN md tuQ SteYer, have ae0
been hired and were at Cairo, waiting orders. ~
is raid by newspaper correspondent that three IRON
gunbosts are building for the Government at Cn'
cinnat.
The command of the sloop-oi-wsr Preble, OF which
we gave a full account when she went IN commission
at Boston on Ihursday last has been given TO Capt.
II. French Of Massachusetts lie entered the servce
in 1923, and has done nearly seventeen years sea sfu
nine years Land service The other chief officers OF ihe
PreLie are: Lieutenant, W. T.. Hopkins; Paymaster,
c. T. Walisck; Pared Surgeon, Steward Kennedy;
Acting Masters j. Dillingham;, J. Mckay, and Samuel
Hopkins. Half our officers Are now only acting.
The u. S. sloop-of-war Vipccnnes, twenty, was pu'
formally in commission yesterday AT Boston She took
a corvette crew and marine guard, numbering about
200 all toll. She 10 200 tuns burden was built at
Brooklyn in 1896 and is remarkable for having par
ticpaied in many expedition She last served on the
coast If Africa, where che caught three slsVers. 1he
Vncennes 10 not very sound vessel
Affairs at the Army and Navy posts in this neigh
borhood were exceedingly dull Yesterday. ON Goy-
ernor : leland aud at for Hamilton the nsnhi uflih
merely took place. The COurt-Martial At the
NAVY yard continued the trial OF the sailor Of
the Supply. The nan, while on dniy al Key wosi
when on board the chip being slightly intoxicated
struck Capt Mullauy blow in The lace, for which he
was put in irons and cent houe. lie Is now being
tried on charges preferred by the Secretary Of the
Navy, Capt. n albany being simply witness on the
tial. The sailor has written penitert letter TO
Capt, Mnsny, which Capt. N. has plsced before the
Court. The s'eam-frigate Roanoke, ~, will drop
down Of the Battery this morning and 80 to ses
shortly after. The chartered unbo2ts Penguin, ., aud
AlbAi rose, g. will be put formally In commission to-
day. The Savannah %, has been reported ready for
SRA. The hired ooal-ehips Roman and Badger APP
- Ito, "-1 'rin r-ohshb oct away firm
| The steam gunbcat Daylight hos not 20. ief hs
Chesapeake hoils for Charleston and will not do -,
| It is thought
The United States steamer Mount Vernon, Can
mander o. 9. Glesson. United States Navy, arrived ai
Hampton Roads on the I'D. She was Tour days from
| Key Wet.
The captain OF the Ssntee should be Capt. Henry
Easle Of New-YOk City, not Enge, as reported.