, 1864-02-27

D. sTEILAcooM, W. T.,
Saturday, February ~, 1864.
"a MILITARY SENrExcE.-At q General Court
Martial, held ut Fort walIa WaIIa, (N. IT,
Nov. "a, 1868, private Francis Ely, Company
A, First Cavalry, Oregon Volunteers, was ar,
yAigned AMI tried for desertion, deserving post,
and stealing. He was found guilty Of the sew.
eral charges and sentenced to be shot to death
with musketry at such time and place as the
General commanding should direct. General
Wright has issued the following order: 1.-THE
proceedings, findings and sentence Of the Gen.
eral Court Martial in the foregoing case Of pri.
vate Francis Ely. Of Company A, First Cavalry,
Oregon Volunteers, are hereby approved and
confirmed. The sentence Of the Court will be
executed under the direction Of the command.
ing officer Of the post where the said Francis
Ely may be on receipt Of this order, on the
second Friday thereafter. between the hours
of ten AN. and two PM" Several worthless
have escaped from this and other military
posts who richly merit similar fate. II is
full time that an example was made Of one Of
them. l l s' ...-
'" TnE HAzARDs OF WAR-A tabular state.
ment has been published from official records
in the Office Of the Adjutant General Of Massa.
ehusetts, Of the losses in the nine months regi.
nenis in service from that State, during their
terms From these b appears, that in the fiE
Ftoen regiments and one battery from which the
Ssturns have been made, the loss by the casu.
alties Of battle was less than four.ffths Of one
Hper cont, that is, seventy.seven to . regiment,
oOr between seven and eight to company.
The deaths BY sickness amount to four and
three.tcnths Of one per cent; that is, forty.
three to q regiment. or four and fraction TO q
I. company. or these deaths, portion, say one
quarter, would have occurred if the subjects
had been at bone; and nearly all Of them were
the result Of causes entirely within the control
OF tho men themselves. 'r .I.
ANOTHER POWERFUL MoNIroR.-Thc last new
Monitor Of which We have detailed account is
the Dictator, which was launched In New York
on the Goth Of December last This vessel
iilerp from al the others In essential particu-
lIsIs, AID Is presumed 70 be far superior to any
gWnF vessel now aHoat She Is 3l4 feet long, 30
feet broad and %, Iee, deem. She i protected
ty iron plating II inches thick, and her deck Is
only two feet above the surface, which renders
her Invisible at distance Of four miles on :hs
ocean, She is provided with ram Of % feet
Of solid oak and iron. Her propeller is 20 feet
N6elow tks surfacc Of the water. and her enripas
Of Eve thousand horse power. Nearly a year
+ has been consumed in her construction. i
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