Arizona citizen., 1875-04-17
T HE CITIZEN.
Capt. Edward H. Leib.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, January 2!, 1875
 General Court-Martial Orders, No. 2. I Before a general Court martial which convened at Fort Whipple, Arizona Terri ! tory, October z, 1874, pursuant to special orders No. SS, headquarters department of Arizona, Prescott, September 25, 1874, an of which Lieutenant Colonel John D. Wilkins, Sth Infantry, is president, was arraigned and tried Captain Edward H. Leib, 5th Cavalry.
 Charge of the 18th Article of War.
 Specifcation-In this that he, Captain Edward H. Leib, 5th Cavalry was drunk while on duty as officer ot the day, at or near Camp Grant, Arizona Territory, on or about the l7th day of June, 1874.
 To which charge and specification the accused, Captaid Edward II. Leib, 5th Cavalry, pleaded "guilty."
 The court, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds accused, Captain Edward H. Leib, 5th Cavalry ns follows:
 Ot the Specification, guilty"
 Of the Charge, guilty"
 And the conrt does therefore sentence him, Captain Edward H. Leib, 5th Cavalry, |" To be cashiered'
 In conformity with the 65th of the Rules and Articles of War, the proceed ings of the general court martial in the foregoing case of Captain Edward H. Leb, 5th Cavalry, have been forwarded to the Secretary of War for the action of the President of the United States.
 The proceedings, findings, and sentence are approved.
 Eight mem bers of the court recommend the accused to the clemency of the review ing authority Ion account of the good character given him, a15 of his record during the rebellion" I..is recommend ation is not concurred in by the depart ment commander.
 The sentence is mitigated to Suspension from rank and command for six months, with forfeiture of all pay, except one hundred dollars (l00) per month during at perIod, and to confinement tor the same period to the limits of the military department il h'rh his regiment may be serving during -a"s lime"
 Captain Leib has, on two former oc- casions, in order to save his commission, made heavy drafts on whatever credit he may be entitled to for services Tn the war of the rebellion, and it will be safest for him, in the future, to 1lgard that credit as no further available for clemency drafts.
 by orQer O1 tue secretary or War:
 E. D. TOWNSEND, AdJt Gen.
 For some reason this order has not ap- peared in The Army and Navy Journal, while those affecting other officers of the same regiment have been published from time to time It is therefore furnished for the benefit of all who may be interest ed.
 Since the above was put in type, we dis covered the f lowing in The Army and Navy Journal of March 27:
 Capt. Edward H. Leib, Fifth Cavalry, having before the promulgation of G. c. NJ. O. No, ?, O. January 2l, 1875, left the limits of the military department in which his regiment IS serving, on leave of ab sence on account of sickness, and it being the opinion of competent medical author ity that he cannot return to his post with out endangering his ultimate cure, the sentence in his case, so far as confinement is concerned, is by direction of the Presi- dent, modified as follows: To coufine- ment for six months to the limits of Mad ison Barracks, Sacket's Harbor, N. Y.