The New York herald., 1874-08-08
MILITARY AFFAIRS.

MILITARY AFFAIRS.
The Eighth regiment First division National
Guard, has been ordered to parade In fatigue unt-
form on the 10th inst for ball cartridge practice at
Creedmoor.
the annual picnic Of Company O, Twelfth in
fantry, First brigade, First division National
Guard. will take place ar Reenz's Park on the oath
inst
General orders No. 1o1, dated on the 1st inst.
provides that hereafter all moneys collected on ac-
count OF ordnance or ordnance stores stolen,
damaged or destroyed shall be covered into the
national Treasury and placed to the credit OF the
Ordnance Department.
Surgeon Joseph B. Brown has been appointed
President OF the Army Medical Examining Board
ordered to assemble in New York on the 4th INST.
and for this duty has been relieved from his post
as Medical Director OF the Departments of tho
Platte.
The Ordnance onicer Of the Department Of Texas
has been ordered to issue Colts revovers to Oom-
panies and NJ, Ninth United States cavalry, and
to Company (mountedl. Twentylou In
fGntry.
A general court martial which convened at Fort
Sill, T., on the LIST Of July last convicted Flrsa
Lieutenant Charles e. Nordstrom, Tenth cavalry,
for disobedience OF orders and conduct unbecom.
ing an olicer and gentleman and convicted him
to be suspended from rank and command for the
space Of six months and ordering him 70 forfeit
sa time Ol ao limits Of
his company is serving.
has been closed by superior orders and the once
ana property transferred to San Francisco.
a circular letter from the War Department pro.
vides that until the army snail have been reduced
to rs, 900 enlisted men those who may be reported
as habitua1ly worthless to the service are TO b.
Captain Henry W. Cosson, VINO commands at
Savannah, IN q letter to the Quartermaster Cen
the old pattern forage caps preferring to purchase
Others and requests the antiquated article not to
be sent on: This Is INSTRUMENTATION on the part
There is sailor named Karstcnew. OF the Rus
stan navy Who IS undergoing tern o. h5a ns1
Although under sentence he stu refuses TO snavst
and the commandant wants 10 know what he VIII
The torpedo boat Intrepid, which was lately
finished in the Navy Yard az Boston, made trial
trip in the narbor there on the Sd inst Her engines
are reported working WELL but the rate of speed
attained s below what was expected.
des lnvaiides, the famous American breech-load-
ing Remington rine is not to be found, where
nearly every other KIND Of offensive ana 6eiensvs S
American progress anything to DO with tnis @n-
se6e The Arm Army Medical Examining Board held their
quarters, New York. to examine the qualifications
which positions there are sixty vacant
The separate Troop Cavalry lN.G.S.N.Y.) arc
Meltzer, who is going to resign his commission.
Colonel Berger REQUESTS 2 court OF inquiry 20
cent bali practice parade at Creedmoor
since Its late rine practice 9t Greedmoor me
D NUDE this as
sgned, and DR.. H. Kudlich been appointed in hia
Major John H. Berger, of the Fifth brigade stan.
Is President Of the battalion court martial which
has been appointed TO try certain offences in tho
Seventy-eignth battalion, N.G The same officer
presides over q court appointed for similar pur-
pose IN the Thirteenth regiment, NC
ent N 60 on me FrSS, ss
last, with the President OF the Board Of Undef.
writer's; in order to adjust the regimensai losses
On the First brigade stan, N.G., MAJOR and Engi-
neer John 7. Denny has been promoted to the rank
eral Captain and Commissary OF Subsistence ROD
ert Lennox Beiknap Is promoted to be major and
engineer and Charles VARIOUS becomes Captain
and COmmissary OF subsistence
On last Monday evening meeting was held st
te N sne wRen Ga
CoddingtOn OF East Kingston, was elected Colonel
Company othcers were also elected:
Burgher Cadets and q number OF other lndepen-
dent military organizations intend going into
camp the goth inst. at Ridgewood Park. Tney
are TO march through Dutchtown in mimic style
OF war.
ORDERS have been issued by Brigadier General
Crawford, OF Connecticut, for the encampment 1t
Mantle Of the Second and Fourth regiments be-
longing to that State from the oath TO the 18th
inst, inclusive
sensation military trial has come to close In
Paris. The house or Cahan-Lya army contract
ors, was charged with furnishing inferior mat eal
and or bri6lng officers Eighteen Of these, most
of them wearing the Legion of Honor, were placed
at the bar. Pending their trial this order OF
knigbthood was removed from their breasts. After
searching Investigation they were acquitted.
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle,
at a late brigade parade in England. presented
medal Of military merit to Private Thomas Adams,
OF the Forty-second Hfghlanders, tor distinguished
services in the Ashantee campaign. In his re-
marks the Lieutenant General referred, In COM
plimen tary manner, to the correspondence OF the
NEW YORK HERALD upon the matter OF Adama'
distinguished services.
At Sealkote, In India, the native workmen can
make Boxer cartridges or convert EnGeid into
breech-loading snider rfnes with such accuracy
and effectiveness as to equal the governments
works IN every way. Colonel Norgaie wanted TO
convert by this means any number OF muzzle load
ers into breechloaders at two rupees piece. Tne
government considered the work good and cheap.
but thought 1t best not to encourage this branch
OF industry among the natives. The government
observes the same policy In Ireland.
The Seventh regiment will parade in fatigue uni-
form (black belt), with knapsacks and one days
rations, on Thursday, the 13th day OF August, for
rtne practice at Creedmoor.