The New York herald., 1870-12-17


rrom December 9, 1870, and Theodore Baldwin, un-
assigned. TO Tenth cavalry. vice Graham casniered
FIRST Lieutcnants- s. Isley. unassigned TO
date from December 81, 1870; William 4. Andrews.
unassigned 10 Third cavalry, Vice Wlghtman. hon.
TO Ffth cavalry, vice Morehead honorabIy dis
charged; George w. Chtls0n, unassigned to Eighth
cavalry, wee Wheeler noaorably nss discharged; Her.
Trask. honorably discharged, TO date from Decem-
Der 81 1870; William L. Foulk. unassigned, to Tenth
NJ Kelley, unassigned, to Tenth cavalry, vice
Amick, discharged; John IL. Coster unassigned,
to n vss ds 10
Eighth cavalry Woe Preston. retired; Albert Il.
Woodson, unassigned, to Fifth cavalry. vice Brady
discharged; VIM. M. Wallace unassigned, to Sixth
cavalry, vice Schreyer, honorably discharged, and
Charles =. Cresson unassigned. to Seventh cavalry.
vice ADell, hon0rably discharged.
A,qfllerp.-Licutenant COonels-- Romeyn Is. Ayres.
Nineteenth inantry, TO Trird artillery, vice Gibson,
retired; Emory up.on, unassigned, 70 the First
artillery, vice Harkin retired, and Frederick
T. Dent, unassigned, 10 the Filth artillery, vice
nill, retired. Capains-Edward Y. BoynSon unas..
signed, TO lhlra artillery vice Edwards transferred
10 the list OF supernumeraries Ro al T. Frank, Eighth
infantry, to Fist artillery, wee Maynader mustered
ou. Tay acGre rr aaassgned - gS 70 First artillery
b. Hamilton, Fourteenth infantry, 10 Second
valry, vice Gray, retired. First Ueutenants-John
Manen, cashiered; George w. Badhon, Second
infantry, to First artillery, vice Drlscoli mustered
out. james M. 1WeuIy-scCOuu lulduLfg, 10
Fourth artillery vice Dixon honoraDly discharged;
Alexander W. Hoffman, Tenth infantry, TO Second
artillery, vice Dudley, nonorabY DISCHARGED;
lery, vice Seeey, cashiercd; Charles Norris Filth
infantry, TO Fifth artillery. vice Patterson dropped
S yda % 70
Edward Z. Knower, unassigned, to Third artillery,
vice Allshore, honorably discharged; Augustus r
yard, honoraDly dlscharged; Jonn q. Telf0rd, un-
assigned TO Second artillery, vice Mcintyre, nonor-
Second artillery, wee Loucks, mustered out; George
5. Grimes, unassigned, to Second artillery, wee
Vincent retired and James Y. Mccoy, unassigned,
to Fourth artillery, vice smith mustered out.
InJaatY.-Co -Colsnes-Ill0mas e. Pitcher. unas-
signed to FIRST infantry, wee buchanan, transferred
to the list OF supernumeranes; Gordon Granger
unassigned TO Fourth Infantry, vice Lowell retired;
John 5. stevenson, unassigned, TO 18th nantry,
vice Reynolds transferred TO Third cavalry; John f.
Smith, unassigned, to Fifteenth inantry vice Shep-
hard, retired; Abner Doubleday, unassigned, 10
Twenty.ioutn infantry wee IHckenzie, transferred
70 Eoarin Gaay anu " ;, n, "ooo amassigaea, 10
cavalry. Lieutenant Coonels--George j.. Andrews
unassigned, v Iwenty-hitn infantry. Vice Kinks
% higata iniantry, Vice Edie tran .ierred to the
lisl OF sulernameraries; Alfred Suily, unassigned
TO Nineeentn infantry. vice Arsass, transferred to
THIRD artillery, ana Anderson Nelson, unassigned
10 Twelfth Infantry, vice Wallace retired. Majors
Lew q. Dooles, unassigned, to Twentieth infantry
vice Williams, retited, and Oscar A. Mack, unls.
signed, 10 fist infantry vice Hardin, retired. Cap
tain5-Janles W. Long, unassigned, 10 lwenty.fiith
infantry, vice Bispee, rnsIeiren 70 Fourth infantry;
John 81 WHARTON unaSsigned, To Ninth iniantry, Vice
Whittier, iioDOra5y alschdrgcd Clarence al. Bailey
unassigned, 10 Eghta nianJry, vice Frank. trans
terred First artillery; Garrlck Nalley unassigned
to First Infantry, vice Sterling honOraDy ulscharged
Henry 4. Bronson, unassigacd, TO Twenty -ilt ln-
fdntry, vicc Gaskiil, honoraDly discharged Jonn N
Craig, unas lgned 10 Tenth infantry, wee Cross
man, transferred TO the list OF supernumeraries;
WHY'S Lyman, iwenty-ltn infantry, to Filtn in
fantry; Charles L. wilson unassigned, to Four.
teenlh intantry, vice Fredenbure, retired; Edmund
\. Thomson, unassigned, to Twelfth infantry, vice
Tassig, discharged; Thomas NJ X. Smith, unas-
signeu, TO Twenty third Infantry, vice Gay, honora
bly, discharged; Jacob II. Smith, unassigned, to
Nineteenth infantry, vice Latlmer, discouraged;
George W. Dost, unassigned, TO Twelfth infantry.
vice Hamilt0n transferred 10 Second artillery, and
William Nelson unassigned, 10 1wenty-tlrst In.
John +. willard, unassigned to Twelfth infantry,
vice Clemens, honoraby discharged Horace Neide,
dscLargcd; WIN. b. Pease. una signed, to Ninth Ia
fantrY, vice Hortenberg honorabv discharged;
llomas Connolly, unassigned, TO Thirteenth inlan-
try, vice Hosmer deceased; Joseph A. Sladon,
unassigned, to Fourteenth infantry, vice Ham-
mer, honoraby discharged; VIM. Atwood, un-
assigned, to Twenty y-hrst Infantry. wee Rogers.
assigned, to Tenth infantry, vice KING. deceased;
Hugh e. Grown, unassigned, TO Twelfth in!an-
II. Palmer, unassigned. TO Sixteenth infantry,
wee Armstrong dismissed; James Ryan, unas-
asiy discharged; c I William William H. M Boyle % unassigned, to
Twenty first infantry, vice Owen, honoraDly dis
charged; Placldu5 Ord, unassigned, to Nineteenth
infantry, vice rleres, deceased; Lyster M OBrlen,
nnasslgned. to Seventeenth infantry, vice Taylor,
honorably discharged; Alexander Wishardt unas-
signed, TO Twentieth infantry, vice Alanson, honor
aDy dlscharged; William Il. Campion, unas-
signed, to Fourth inf ntry, vice Sloan, honor
ably discharged; Charles q. Penney unassigned, to
Sixth infantry, vice Hogarty, transferred to
signed, to Nineteenth Infantry vice Carolin
unassigned, to Sixth infantry, vice Sherwood
wholly retired; Frank d. Garrety, unassigned, to
seventeenth infantry, vice Burns, retired; Ebene.
ger W. Shore, unassigned, to Twenty-6rst infantry,
ton, unassigned TO Tenth lnianry, vice Wagner,
hoDoraDly discharged; James A. Haughby, unas-
signed to TwentyhrSt infantry vice Cluley, honOra
bly, discharged: Robert p. Warren, unassigned to
Fourteenth Infantry, vice Frederick, honorably dis
charged; Charles f. Roe, unassigned, to Eleventh
Hnmbert, unassigned, to seventeenth infantry vice
Porter, retIred Vim. o. Cory, unassigned to Twenty
fourth infantry, vice Sweet honorabiy discharged;
Thomas H. Bradley, unassigned TO Twenty-first
infantry, wee Purcell, discharged Edward
Q. Henshaw, unassigned TO Twenty-leurth inIantly,
vice Horton transferred TO the list Of supernumera-
rles, and John A. Maney, unassigned to Twentieth
infantry. vice Weaver, honoraby discharged.
1hard-The officers transferred to the list OF su-
pernumerarles will repair to their homes and await
further orders. The officers assigned to regiments,
except such as are on duty under special assign
ment, Will Join their new regiments. A list OF OH
GERS serving In geographical departments on
special assignments not relieved under this order
VIII be forwarded BY department commanders to this
Office at the earliest practicable date BY order OF
the SECRETARY OF WAR.
Z. ID. TOWNSEND Adjutant General
THE COLLISION AT SEA