The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-07
ARMY BULLETIN.
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wAsInyGros Jan 4, 1867
CHANGES IN tue OMITTED STATES QrARIERnAsrER's De.
The following changes among the officers Of the Quar-
tsrmsser Generals ofco have taken place during the
month OF December, $685. e-t .t&t4ta
AcoiHg 0rderx --colones Osborne, Cross and Breyet
Brgadisr General r. T. Ciary, Captain A. $. kinball,
Brevst Colonel O. H. Irwin, Captain j. c Crane Capaia
Z. B. W. Resiieanx, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel H. Skin
nes, and Captain l. Thayer
from duty a. Omaha n T., TO fort Laramie, D. I Cap
tain George n Weeks from Fort Van Couver, W, 3, 70
duty ct San Francisco Cal Breyet Lieutenant Colonel
l. H. Peirce from Fort Cooke, Mont. to duty at Fort
Smelling. MINI Brevst Colonel r. n Ba,cheder from
sss, Ky Sss Depot
Union NJ duty y Che. 3aaEternas.es ps ,.ns
Major * v. wills from Nashville, Tenn, to duty at
Corinth sna Military storekecpsr 9; h 4 pmpsl
aorekesper j. r Rogers nom New Orleans, La TO duty
in The Qdsrermaster Generate oeics, washngtop, D. z
antwerp i s:s:s si q e %I
colonefc Ri Wagner Assistant oasrtsrmasters voun.
teera ss t.ts. LIZ a-I a8} ~ - ttai
BY General Order No. 20 the occasion for the military
been approved by the Commanding General Military
Division o. the Pacific, sannouncsd . . military ssa-
BY General order No. 81 the following extract from
General Order No 10 Is repnolished with tns aaooa ion
mules OF the Quartcrmasters Department, except when
ct constant daily 70 the great scarcity and
high price OF hay and grain in this dcparmenc0siing
the government in ain places high respectively
as 8Kc. and 23,sc. per pound-hc greatest economy,
Companies Of cavalry are their posts camps and NOT
engaged active duty, only half raiions Of grain wu
be FED the public animalA When what = called ~ nay
Piled, but quarter raons OF grain VIII DC allowed ,on
mandlns officers Of cavalry comlsnies wan ,epo, 1
monthly to department headquarters the amodnt ana
kndof forage they used and officers Of the Quar-
termassers Department will maze similar monthly re-
ports their chief at department headquarters OF Inc
amount and kind they have Issued
General order No. 52ssnnounccs Br0vet Colonel ".
kshsm ~ M y ssar0, un an ocsr
Of the Subsistence Department can bs available 'o'h's
duty.
SURGEON GENERALS pErARTNHHf.
The following changes have been made in the surgeon
Generals Department durng the month oil DeceuDef:
Major and Brevet Colonel W. King relieved fromsdny
as Post geon, Cincinnati Ohio AND assigned US Medi
cal Director Department OF the Lakes, Deoit, Mich
Major and brevet Colonel l.. A. Edwards, appointed
Medical Director, Department OF washington IN addi
ton his duties Chief Medical officer OF tne fIesd-
mems Bureau Major and Brsvst Coone' H. Aeo oSse
lin relieved Post Surgeon at Fort Humboldt Caforna
and assigned Post surgeon At Preside, Cat MAJOR an
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Geo. Taylor assigned rs Chiel
Medical Officer District OF Texas at Gsives.on ap)or
and Breyct Lieutenant Colonel T. Alexander relieved
a. Post Surgeon 1t Fort Smelling, Mimi aud assigned TO
Department q Dakota Captain and Brsvst Major D. F.
Fryer relieved from duty at the Medical i'irccofs
oace Detroit Ic and assigned a. asnri n sa W M.
txot; Captain and Brevet MAJOR j. H. Fuii,z, ASSIGNED
% DUTY =. Camp Grant Sear Richmond "a AMP ap' 70
Post surgeon at Fort wadswovth Dakota; capaih and
Breyet Major James Weeds relieved =, Post surgeon
Fort SIMMER NJ Captain and Hrcvet Major HI Zach,
assigned The Department Of tho tsnf; Capssh and
Brev ct LIEUTENANT Coonel H. g. Schell relieved from
duty ON Army Medical Board in New York, and assigned
as Post Surgeon at Fort Laramie, Dakota; Captain and
R,,,p nuue ntipaH nsur
assigned Post Surgeon at Mobile, Ala captain and
Breves Major W H Forwood relieved a. Post SURGEON
Fort Riley Kansas; Captain aud Brcvct Major s, A.
s,orrow, relieved from da'y At Post Hospital
POST Hospital. Lousviils Ky. Captain and
Breyet Major Thomas Mcmillan, relieved Irom duty
In Medical Purvcyors once New York CITY, ane n ,.,
relieved from duty at the Indian Hospital Fort 1ianer.
New Mexico, and assigned as Post surgeon a. Aou-
querque New Mexico; First Lieutenant and Breyet
Captain w. Buchanan, relieved from duty at Denver
City, Colorado and assigned TO duty ~ Post Hospital
Rows.rcIeyod from duty with detachment Of Seven
teenh United Suites infantry, Davds Island New aork
hsrbor and assigned 70 duty =. n.'
Ga First Lieutenant j. b. Petherdgc, assigned U duty
at Carlisle Barracks, Pa First Lieutenant q = Duin,
rcicher relieved from duty with the Seventeenth United
States infantry Galveston, Texas and assigned 10 duty
with tho fourth United States Cavalry, Fort h"son
Texas
The following are the changes In the list since October
/, 1885 :-Gsorge Wright and George T. Bea appontee
Medical storekeepers to date July - loco ana da "
October Is 1895 Rrevet Brgadier General T. = Irpler
died at Cincinnati, Ohio October 70 1866 Brevet saor
r. g. Mackenzie died at Washington ID. Y, January J,
1867 Brey.f Major p v. scheLck resigned January !.
1857. and Brevot Mayor j. wi!son resigned January y
1867.
By order OF General Haiieck commanding the military
division Of the Pacic following extract from Gene
raj Orders No "a of the Adjulant General, Is repue-
iished for the guidance OF all c6ncerQed.
Brevet MAJOR General Cooke, Outstanding the depart
IA HYaV
III Bsbec Firyt lieutenant Eighteenth infantry, has
been appointed aide de-camp his stat, aud Acting
Assistant Adutan General 70 dale from the ist Oh De-
Colonel n. W. Brown, Chief Paymaster Disiric. OF
Missouri and mississippi has been ordered Dy ,ns ray
Brcyst Lieutenant Colonel q. Ia tebiger rayinas'er
Unilcd States Army, and Colonel ~ mcclure chie ray
70 turn over funds and district TO Brevet Lcuehahs
Colonel y. NJ Eating, iaymaster United stats ARMY,
and Colonies Brown and hcCurc are directed me- ther
ponds FOR $50 600 as Assistant Pay masters General
Bgcyet Lieutenant Colonel Brsnis Meyer, Pay master
United states Army has been ordered 70 rsene
Major William H johnson has been ordered 10 pro
CT ed with the Thrtieth United STATIC Infantry to Unna
T. pay the troops that are y - concentrated AZ
TINT post Major and Additional! Pay,naster j. Lon
land ordered 70 be honorary mustered Out oi seFco
rhe Thr,ielh regiment United States infantry, I'd.
merry Third battalion Twelfth United States inianlry,
mas received orders TO proceed asonce TO Omaha ana
will from here this evening. II Is understood that
troops 10 be ordered TO Omaha ana tnu Iorcs
of rom two to three thousand will be concentrated
at that point where II DO properly organized ana
equipped for long march and active Campaigning on
the plains which will probably commence IN LILO carry
spring. Ihoso prompt movements on ths par. OF ,hc
government indicate The gloves are TO DC ad asioo
for the future in handling the Indians
By general orders No 100 ron the War Department.
paragraph 1879, OF revised Army Regulations ot
1850, 10 modified rs foilows:--
For regimental qusrtermaster sergeant thrso pass
| aud tie Of three bars In silk.
For company quarernssor sergeant, three bars aud
| n tie OF one woretcd
Tho practice whic. prevails OF giving TO sodcs whose
term OF service nearly furiougus for the remainder
Of that term is found To be attended with serious det
ent 10 the interests of the soldier, who Is oisrn de-
prved of bis arrears o pay, for tue want Of hts cn