Arizona citizen., 1874-02-28
ordered to join his company (R now at

ordered to join his company (K) now at Camp Verde.
 On the nightof the 18th, Private Timothy Company A, 5th cavalry, was drowned in Fort Whipple reservoir. He was last seen late in the evening in Prescott, and it is
 supposed that in returning to the post he
 took the trail over the hill, and finding | himself in front of the reservoir building,
 went in for shelter. The edge of the res
 ervoir being but step from the door and
 plastered smooth and the bank having an | angle of 45 degrees, he slipped in and
 drowned. The reservoir is several hun
 dred feet above the parade ground and
 hence any cries he may have made for
 assistance could not have been heard. | His remains were buried on the 20th with military honOrS. Chaplain Gilmore, U.
 S. A., read the funeral service. l On the 20th, the weather was clear and
 the snow rapidly melting; on the 22d, clear
 and pleasant; this morning, the sky is
 overcast with decided prospects of snow. | To-day is being celebrated as Washing | ington's birthday. Mrs. Crook will hold
 reception this evening, and it bids fair
 to be a very pleasant entertainment. l PRESCOTT, February 24.-Lieut. Schuyler | and command of 100 picked Indian scouts and thirty-five cavalry soldiers left Verde on the 22d. They were eXcllently equipped | for long campaign, and will SCOUT the country between Verde and McDowell- reaching the latter post about the 4th prox- l and MeSCal mountains.
 PaymaSter Nelson returned to head quarters last night, with funds received from Col. Taylor to pay the troops up this way.
 At latest accounts Lieutenant Thomas and detachment were at Verde. Col Mason and wife are expected in
 Prescott March l.
 Yesterday evening, snow fell to a depth of three inches. This morning the sky is oIo md ha hnr nm al n r n Ce- grees above zero.
 Mrs. Crooks party was a great success, attracting all the ladies and officers of the post and many friends from Prescott.
 PRESCOTT, February 25.-Lieut. c. H. Rockwell, acting assistant surgeon w. E. Day and a small detachment of recruits arrived at Fort Yuma last night by steam CT from San Francisco.
 General orders No. 3, published from de- partment headquarters this week are even more stringent in their provisions for re- ducing the military expenses in this Ter ritory than general orders No. 1 already telegraphed. No. 3 reads as follows: In order to carry out the instructions received from the secretary of war under date of January 2, 1874, the following reductions and appOrtiOnmentS of the force of civil ian employees allowed for this depart ment are published superseding those an nounced in general orders No. l, current series from these headquarters.
 All civilian employees in this depart ment except those belonging to pack trains now in the field, the authorized guides, the two clerks in the office of the chief Quarterm aSter and those below au- thorized at the depOts and Ehrenhurg, will be discharged February 28, or as soon thereafter as this order is received. At 1 Whipple and Yuma depOts and at Ehren- burg, the number of authorized employ | eeS and their com penSatiOn will be as fol- | lows, all others to be discharged. Whip | pie: one superintendent to do duty of corral master, per month, $50 in currency: | one citizen to do the work of an engineer | and blacksmith, per month, $l50. Yuma: | one clerk per month, $l50; one citizen to | do the work Ot storekeeper and superin | tendent, $50 per month; one citizen to do the work or engineer and blacksmith, $l00 l per month. Ehrenburg: one laborer per month, Sl5.
 Mercury in the thermometer was very low last night. Ice formed very thick on the surface of Granite creek and other streams, and water frOZe in pitchers inside | houses. Temperature at sunrise this was about five degrees above ze- TO, sky hay, indications of clear weather. Roads are frozen very hard.
 Lieutenant Schuyler's command passed ranch on the Agua Fria yeSter- day, going south.
 PRESCOTT, February 26.-According to private advices received, Col. F. I. Dodge, l3d Init, is to start from New York for Ari- zona on March l5, but as he intends com ing via Santa Fe and Camp Apache, he will probably not reach Prescott until about May l.
 No news received from Camp Verde or 8eale's springs this morning. At last ac- counts the Hualapais were quiet with no new depredations to report.
 The Tucson mail is expected here to- night or tomorrow morning by special The latest number of THE CITIZEN on hand is that of February :.
 Orders published yesterday from the office )f the adjutant-general of the department { lirects the acting assistant quartermaster If Camp Lowell 10 perform the duties hitherto executed by the assistant quarter master in charge of the disbursing district )f Tucson. it
 Weather clear and cold this morning. Granite creek is still high. The ground is 7ery moist but drying out rapidly. Mail : lrrived this morning on time.
 T0WER CHA UATTEV