Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-17
Army Changes.


The following promotions and appoint
made by the President from July %. 1876, up
to October 10, 1876.
PROMOTIONS.
Captain Alfred A. Woodruff, assistant
surgeon, promoted to be surgeon, with tue
rank of major; First Lieut. Rand olph Nor
wood, to be captain ID cavalry; First Lieut..
Jos. Lawson, 10 be captain Sd cavalry; Sec.
ond Lieut. Chas. Morton, to be first lieute1-
Rodgers, to be captain 5th cavalry; Second
Lieut. Walter g. Schuyler, to be tirst lieu.
tenant 5Ih cavalry; Second Lieut.. VIM. w.
Robinson, jr,, TO be first lieutenant 7th cav
airy; First Lieut.. John Lafferty, TO be cap
tain sth cavalry; Second Lieut., Edward A.
Goodwin, TO be first lieutenant Sth cavalry;
Secood Lieut.. Horace b. Sarson, 10 be first
Lieutenant ri infantry; Second Lieut. Elmer
son Gr fifth, TO be first lie iteuant 18th infan-
tIy; Second Lieut. Daniel III. Brush, TO be
inst lieutenant 18th infantry, Co. F; Second
18th infantry, Co. f; Second Lieut. Harry
De w Moore, TO be first lieutenant 2ist in
fantTy.
APPOINTMENTS.
Assistant surge ODs with the rank OF tirst
neuleDants:-EdwlnF r. Gardner, Me w. II.
Corbusier, Cal; j. w. Buell., ". Y; Robert
w. Shufeldt, Washington; Daniel VI. Appel,
Cunningham, Va; Harry o. Perley, Mich;
ii. u. Burton, VI. Col. Benjamin Alvord
paymaster general, TO be paynaster general
K. WATSON, OF Iowa 10 be paymaster, with
the rank of major. George w. Dunbar, OF
Wis, 10 be pest CHAPLAIN. Edwin =. Brewer,
OF Ohio, 10 be I'd lieutenant, I'd cavalry
Francis ii. Hardie, from at large, TO be "a
Lieutenant, Sd cavalry. Sergeant j. Wesley
Rosenquest, OF the general service, tn De p
lieutenant, attn cavalry. Benz. II. Cheever,
jr., OF the District of Columbia, to bs I'd
lieutenan 9th cavalry. VIM. j. Nicholson,
of the District OF Columbia, 10 be I'd lieuten-
ant, tn cavalry. j. Williams Biddle, of Pa =,
King, of Pa, TO be ID lieutenant. SIN caval-
~. John Guest, jr.. of Nd, to be ID lieuten-
ant. Sth cavalry. Joseph w. Pinder, of Ga,
TO be I'd Lieutenant, sth cavalry. Isaac r
Dunkelberser, OF Cal, (late captain, 1st cav
alry) TO be I'd lieutenant, 10th cavalry. II
r. Wells. of Il. l., to be I'd lieutenant. 4th In
fantry. Bogardus Eldridge, OF Mass, TO be
"a lieutenant, 10th infantry. Corporal Harry
Tiffany, 10 be ID lieutenant, 11th infantry.
Guy Howard, from at large, TO be 81 lieuten-
ant, 18th infantry. VIM. p. Goodwin, OF o.,
10 he I'd lieutenant, l4th infantry. VIM: A.
Kimball, of Utah, to be I'd lieutenant. 14th
infantry. Theodore II. Eckerson, from at
large, Gate I'd lieutenant, 9th infantryD to
be I'd lieutenant, 10Th infantry. John @.
Lent, from at large, TO be p lieutenant, 10th
infantry. Lea Febiger, from at large, to be
I'd lieuteDant, sd infantry. s. Allen Dyer,
of The District OF Columbia, to be "a lieuten-
ant, 23d Infantry. George T. Olmsted. jr., of
n. j., Qate captain I'd artillery to be cap.
tsin In the army. First Lieutenant Charles
W Larned, .ih cavalry, to be professor of
drawing at the military academy.
Huh the Retired Pay Of Bri9adfer General
Col. Clement A. Finley, U. 8. army, to date
from July 10, 1876. With the Retired PGy OF
Colonel Captain Albert W. Preston, u, s..
sImy, TO dale from July IS, 1876.
CASUALTIES.
ReSiGned.-MsjorJ John j. Milhan, surgeon;
Capt Robert +. Wilson, 5th cavalry; LIST
Lieut.. Charles w. Larned, 9TH cavalry (his
IeRimental commission only; I'd Lieut..
Henry G. Carleton, Sth cavalry; "a Lieut.. j.
BaDselI French, 9th cavalry; 81 Lieut. Chris
TOPPER H Gorringe, 18th Infantry; I'd Lieut..
William w. Shipnan, 18th Infantry; ID
Lieut.. George A. Jaeger, 18th infantry; ID
Lieut.. William n. Dy kman, I'D Infantry.
Died Major Augustus II. Seward, pay
n. Y, Sept. II, 1873; Capt. Alexander H. Hoff,
assistant surgeon, at Germantown. Pa, Aug
10, 1876; Capt. Lewis Thompson, I'd cavalry,
at camp on yellow stone River, Montana
territory, July 10, 1876; Capt. Chas. A. Hart
October 8, lS6; LIST Lieut.. Donald jackson,
assistant surgeon, at Woodville, Ontario
Can, Sept %, 1916; list Lieut.. Robert Cairns,
18th Infantry, at Fort Abercrombie, Dakota
territory, Aug: 4, 1eI6; 1st Lieut. Calvin P.
AcTags art, Eth infantry, at Logansport,
Ind Sept. is, 1876; % Lieut.. Albert b. Mel
len, 2d artillery, at Fort Johnson, NC, Sept
Il, 1876; 2d Lieut.. K. DeRnssy Nichols, I'D
infantry, al Omaha Barracks, Neb., July
%, 1876.
Reroked-The appointment OF I'd Lieut..
HoIatio &. Sickel, jr., 14th infantry, to be
% Lieutenant 9Th cavalry; the appointment
OF I'd Lieut.. Herbert j. SiOcum, 18th infan-
try, TO be I'd lieutenant I'd cavalry.
Conceted-T The appointment of Theodore ii.
Eckerson to be "a lieutenant 5th cavalry,
Aug. Is. 1876.
Dismised-Capt. Alexander Sutoris. Cd
cavalry, Sept %, 1876; LIST Lieut.. Robert w.
Bard, I'd infantry, Aug. 16, 1876.