The New York herald., 1869-02-26
ARMY AND NAVY INTELLIGENCE.

The President sent number Of nominations tosthe
Senate yesterday, and among them are the follow
tng:-
Colonel Nathan W. Brown Assistant Paymaster
General, TO be Paymaster General Of the army, vice
Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Leonard Deputy Pay.
master General, to be Assistant Paymaster General.
Major BENJAMIN Alvord, Paymaster to be Deputy
Colonel Edward d. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant
General 70 be AdJutant General vice Lorenzo
Lieutenant Colonel Richard c. Dunn, Assistant
Adjutant General to be Assistant Adjutant General
with rank OF colonel, vice Townsend, promoted
Lieutenant C0lonels Norris s. Miller and Langdon
q. East0n, Deputy Quartermaster Generals, TO be
Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. McDougali, Assist
ant Medical Purveyor, to be Chief Medical Purveyor,
Lieutenant Colonel Henry B. Cltz, Of the Seventh
infantry, to be Colonel OF the Tenth infantry vice
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel w. Crawford, Of the
Lieutenant Colonel WIN. H. Wood. Of the First In.
fantry, TO be Colonel Of the Seventeenth infantry
vice HeintZelman, retired.
Virgil s. Eggleston to be paymaster In the United
States sss! Army. % vice A' Alvord' promoted; u. ,
TO be assistant adJutant general, with the rank Of
lieutenant colonel, vice Drum, promoted.
Captain VIM. g. Mitchell, Thrty-seventh infantry,
to be assistant adjutant general with the rank OF
major vice Williams, promoted.
Major Thomas II. Neill to be Northumberland Of
the Twentieth infantry vice Wood, promoted.
Major Thomas c. English, Fifth infantry, to be
lieutenant colonel sixteenth infantry.
Major Alexander Montgomery quartermaster. 10
be deputy quarter1naser general, with the rank of
lieutenant colonel, vice Miller, promoted.
Major Tredweu Moore. Quartermaster, to be
deputy quartermaster general, vice Easton, pro-
NOTED.
surgeon r. G. Wood to be assistant medical pur-
veyor, vice McDougall promoted.
surgeon A. N. McLaren to be assistant medical
purveyor, wee Murray, promoted.
Surgeon Joseph b. Wright to be assistant medical
purveyor, vice Wood, retired.
Besides the above there were number or nomi-
nations for promotions OF officers In the army below
the grade OF Major OF the Engineer Corps Ordnance
Depar tment, Second, Third and Fourth cavalry,
Second artillery and the various regiments Of
infantry.
The following Third Assistant Engineers in the
navy to be second dAssstants:-Charles II. Manning,
James A. Deane, X. 8. McLanahan, Harrison pear,
N. II. Lamden, II. M. Ashton, II. II. KIM
ball, J. X. Stevenson, J. J. Ryan, J. II. Diamond,
y. w. Fitch, +. q. Burchard, J. A. karser,
G. G. Nelson, Harrie Webster, William O. McEwen,
C. d. Bray, George s. Gates, III. Main, +. M. Trevor,
Theron s. Keel, II. w. stevenson, 4. J. Symmes, ].
O. A. Ford +. +. Purdie, J. 8. Ogden, Q. w. Rae, O.
II. Kearney, James Godfrey. william D. Moore, @.
The recent order from army headquarters directing
battery II, Third regiment OF artillery to take post
at Barrancas, Fla, u amended so as to direct 10
post at st. Augustine Fla.
The Thirty-fourth infantry regiment II TO proceed
to Dacotah instead OF Texas heretofore ordered.
Lieutenant Colonel X. y. Granger. OF the Eleventh
infantry, Is ordered to duty IN the First Military
disrict In lieu OF previous orders directing him TO
proceed to Texas.