The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-15


The above figures as viii ;: seem do no. represent
the number OF officers brevetted, but the number OF
brevet promotions that have been made large num-
bsr Of officers have received two
as many ~ nve-whie few officers Of the old army
have been neglected altogether.
The following Alphabetical list shows for what services
brsyets have Doen conferred We have not In all cases.
given the In full. For instance under the head
OF "Faithful and mertorious services included
services during tho war on recruiting and mastering
service In certain departments, Offices, &c -
Able, jealous and efficient services /; arduous and
faithful services arduous aud mcritorous services
conspicuous galantry, &; conspicuous galantry and
GOODNESS. energy and skill BATTLE disng
services, IL; distinguished and important services, S;
and merorious services and great gaantry, /; dis
tngushed skill and gallantry, distinguished ealantry
and good conduct disent and faithful services, &:
services 1; sf1cisnt and mornorious services, l;
faithful and valuable services q faithful and ecient
servcs Q; faithful and distinguished services Il fsth-
performance Of duty, 1; gaian. conduct7; galantry
and good conduct o. gallant and meri,orious
meriiorous services 2i4s galau. and disiing uishsd
Services 16 gallant and efficient services 81 gallant and
faithful services q gslsnt and highly sIitorous
vices 2; gailantry, ga autry and ability, Il gaiaptry
and skin in battle l. GOOD conduct and gallant services
90; general good conduct In the fed l. highly nerior-
Gus services, q highly meroricus aud distinguished
services. 1: Industry zeal aud faithful services L;
long and faithful servica IS; long, faithful and merto-
rlous services 3 long faithful aud efficient services L.
long add faithful service during the war, 2; long aud
meritorous services long, gallant and faithful ser-
wees, 1: meri,orous services. %; usri orols and
faithful Services 81; merturious and dislng ulshed
81 noritorious valuable crvcss q mort.
torous services and dilizeut discharge OF duties q
most valuable and ardnous services Il mos valuable
and faithful services Il most gallant aud valuable
vfces, nothing. 1885, servc in action, services in
New Mexico L: superior ability an excellent manage
ment valuable and faithful services, 81 zeal and c-
ciency, 2. zeal, ability and fahulness, j. Total 3527
In compiling the above Inst we have been guided by
fao rru rrj1ru wnt~h
boon announced from time 10 lime bv tho AdiutaBt
General OF the army; but these orders somewhat
mixed 20 DO not youch for he accuracy Of the ist
Is however. approximately correct Az examples Of
the discrepancies that are noticeable in tho orders
quote the following.
In General Orders No I3s OF 1865. Captain Edward H.
Leb, Eth cavalry and Captain Richard s. c. Lord First
cavalry, arc promoted 10 be majors By brevc, and ou
Fifth cavalry, and Joel G. Trmbe First cavalry DO
captains By brevet for dlsnguhsd services and heroic
Csaora Orders NO. H. OF 1865, tho same officers are
awarded the came brevets for gallant aud merorous
services" ~ y. the following
Captain Lord. Gettysburg campaign. July :. 1s63.
Lieutenant Urban battle Of Beverly Ford. Juneo.
1863
Lieutenant Hastings, battle Of Winchester, September
L.ususnt rrImbIs battle OF rrsvil.n station, June
Also in General Orders Isa Of 1885 Assistant Surgeon
George l. Porter brevetted captain .for faithful ard
meritorous services during the confinement OF the
sprators in administering TO thor dSs.y wants. 10 date
from July IL, 1852 while General orders No. II. Of
1885, IL brsveited captain or faithful and neritor.
services during tne war, to date from March L.
1868"
wrY SOME or rHTx wgnR nExvrr1rD.
II Is amusing OF the assigned for
comforting Dresets Officers who sent to supern-
tend the volunteer recruiting service and muster
service with the OF the volunteer
armies OF tho United Statesn Then the officers who
led the INTO battle have been brevettcd or gallant
and mertonous the 49, then the doctors
who smputa cd aud physced have received her ore-
warn wen The rebellion collapsed then the men vent
ioyiay to their homes, aud the cllccgs who
evc,ted for mastering them TN received other beyc;s
for faithful and merlsorious services connected with
tue mastering out and disbandng OF the volunteer
forces OF the United Siatsxn
Ordnance officers who provided biz aud hito guns,
commisssries who furnished salt Junk and bard tack
and quartermastcfs who found mules aud wagons 10
transport the iunk and tack, have been brs.
vegged for sfathful and tor ous services Pay
masters also, who distributed greenbacks nc long
intervals. have not been forgotten, while as
sistant adjuIants general and other staff officers,
whose superior military abilities and marital ard0r kept
thea around the War Department. have been rewarded
With one or two stsrs for diigen faithful and mcri.
torlous soryices.n
Win regard 70 the one hundred ard thirty bre-cts
for the couerment OF which assigned II
10 presumed that tho merits Of tbs recipients
patent that reasons were superanons.
There l0i officers IN the ssrvicc whose rank by
breve higher than their rama by regular commission
10 brixacier generals Is coionels rs lieutenant COL
onss is majors and captains ara brcyst MAJOR gen.
IS eoonels As lieutenant eolones "a majors II cap
tans and arst lieutenant arc breyei brsadier gen
erals.
nrst l,eutenanta brevct coonsia
10 majors ISL captains and frs lieutonanis are bre-
vat Lieutenant coloneA
Gas captains 81 first lieutsnans and second neatcn.
oats arc Drevet majors
III nrs lsutsnsns and ssconc lisutensnss hre-
vet eaptkns
second lIsu,snsnss ars brevst first Iieu,enants
In the Fourth cavalry and Ffib artillery there
major generals commanding companies, vhis tho coli
onsls Of those regiments are only brigadicrs In she
rouYh artillery the anomaly 10 still mere apparent The
eo,ous q bngadisg and % u Of bic iieutsnartA