The New York herald., 1876-02-28

antry. dsbursing officer Freedmen's branch AdJutant
Generals once, ST. Louis, Mo.
Lieutenant Colonel oscar A. Mack fwenty-hr in
antry on duty In the War Department
Major Edward g. Beckwlh. second artillery, on duty
III The subsistence Department, Washington
Major James w. Forsyth Tenth cavalry, military
secretary TO General sheridan, with rank OF Lieutenant
Major Andrew W. Evans, Third cavalry, acting as
sisant inspector general Department of the Platte
Major A. X. Arnold Sixth ry, dsburslng officer,
Freedmen's branch AdJutant Generals office New Or
leans.
Major James p Robertson, Third artillery. command
ant Of Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Major 5. G. Lyiord, Ordnance Department chairman
OF departmental Centennial Board
Major VerIng X. Hart, Seventh cavalry, on duty
OK LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Eighty-six officers and unusual number are on
extended leaves of absence for periods varying from
three months 10 two years The absentees above the
rank of captain are :-Coonel De Lancey FoydJones,
Third inlantry; Lieutenant Coones George A. Custer,
seventh cavalry; Emory Upton, First artillery
Matthew NJ Blunt Twenty-nith nlantryi Maors tler,
L. Best First artillery ION surgeons certificate OF
dsabIlty)i Joseph g. TIford, Seventh cavalry; A. X
Burlington, Ordnance Department The other officers
absent leave twenty-five captains, fortylou
eutenants, five medical officers, two storekecpers, one
paymaser and four chapains In twenty six cases the
leaves were granted on certificate Of disability.
PROFESSORS OF MILITARY SCIENCE AMP TACTICS
Many OF the officers detailed Professors OF Military
corrected is published In future but first
licutcnants OF artillery Will be available for this special
service. First Lieutenant LOUIS v. Cazlarc, Second
artillery, Bowdon College, Brunswick, Me-. First
Lieutenant James NJ Lancaster, Third artillery,
Bishop seabury Mission, Falrbault, Mnn First
Lieutenant Thomas Ward, First artillery, Union
College, Schenectady, n. " First Lieutenant William
p Van Ness, First artillery, Cornell University,
Ithaca ~ Y First Lieutenant Frederick Robinson,
Fifth artillery, University OF Vermont, Burlington,
vi First Lieutenant Edmund l.. Zainski, Finh ar
tillery Massachusetts Institute OF Technology Boston,
Mass First Lieutenant &. A. l.. Totten, Fourth ar
tlery, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst
Mass FIRST Lieutenant Isaac !: Webster, First ar
tillery, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. First
Lieutenant William b. McCaum, Fifth artillery, West
ern University OF Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Pa First
Lieutenant Alexander d. Schenck, Second artillery,
Iowa State University Iowa CITY; First Lieutenant
Edwin 5. Curtis Second artillery Arkansas Industrial
csarls Barnct ys'iS1 F1 artillery Pen%sylv"nis PENN M
tary Academy, Chester Pa FIRST Lieutenant +. T.
hichmond second artillery, west virginia University
Morganiown, w. Va; Second Lieutenant j. Sumner
Rogers, First infantry, Detroit High School, Detroit
Mich; Second Lieutenant Benjamin d. Roswell
Eleventh infantry, State Agricultural College, Corvallis
Oregon
RETIRED OFFICERS
The act OF March 3, 1879, under which Colonel
Samuel W. Crawford, retired, made brgadier
general the retired list, reduced the Of the
following officers From MAJOR generals TO brgadier
generals Thomas J. Words, Richard W. johnson, Eli
Long, from brgadiers 10 colonies, Joseph b. kiddoo,
William f. Lynch, Samuel Ross from colonies to
lieutenant colonels, George w. Gle John Pulford;
from colonel TO major, Henry W. Freedley; from
colonels to captains. Theodore Yates, Albert W.
Preston; from lieutenant colonel to captain, mounted,
Thomas E. Maley; from majors to first licutenants,
mounted, Paul Quirk, David H. Gortelyoa; from
captains to first heutenants Robert Davis, Henry II.
Kuhn, James b. Sinclair; from first lieutenant.
mounted, to first lieutenant Edward b. Knox; from
second lieutenant, mounted, to second lieutenant,
The only retired officer duty under the orders of
the War Department is Major Joseph C. Clark, who is
Deputy Governor of the Soldiers Home.
OFFICERS UNDER SUSPENSION.
Three majors, one surgeon, two captains four lieu
tenants and one cadet under suspension for periods
ranging IRON six months 10 five years. In eight OF
these sentence of dismissal inflicted by court
martial but the President mitlgatcd the penalty to
pension from rank and command and partial forfeiture
oi pay.
CASUALTIES.
ho' last ed ctiOn oft he In he an.
nual average OF casualties has been designations,
thirty-iour; Deaths thirty nine; dismissals Including
three "wholy retired') twelve, and desertion, one.
Last year there ortytwo deaths, fifteen resigna-
tions, twelve dismissals and desertion, shown
by the following list The number OF
RESERVATIONS
fifteen, follows Major James W. Nichols, Pay
master; Captains Asa H. Holgate, Corps OF Engineers;
Henry A. Du Pont, Fifth artillery; Frederick 4. Camp,
Second infantry; Frederick f. Grossmann, Seventeenth
First Lieutcnants Quntn Campbell, Fifth infantry;
Charles +. Loshc, Eighth infantry; George W. steele,
Fourteenth infantry ito take effect February l. 1870;
Second Lieutenants Eugene 0. Fechet, Second arti
lery; Theodore H. Eckerson, Sixth infantry; Thomas
NJ. Wiley, Sixth Infantry; Henry A.. lrgens Seventh
infantry; W. j. Ross, Twenty-nrs infantry; Gusavus
Won Bucher, Twenty second infantry; Chaplain John
N. schulsze, Twenty-ourth infantry. The number Of
were forty-two, as folows:-
Brigadier General Lorenzo Thomas, retired; Aexan-
Colonels-Alvan c. Glem, First cavalry; Caleb @
Sbley, retired; James G. Mccoy, aidde-camp and
lieutenant Fourth artillery
Lieutenant Colonels-Benjamn s. Roberts and Seth
Eastman, retired.
Majors-wllliam Hays. Fifth artillery; R. " W.
den Chaplin, retired David NJ l.. Taylor, commssary
Of subsistence; Charles l. Morgan, Fourth artillery;
Captains-wilam r. Brown, Fifth oavaly; James p.
Brown, Fifteenth infantry; Augustus Wggn, assist
ant surgeon Elias Car9g assistant qgartcrmaster;
military storekeeper Alfred d. Wilson, assistant sur
geon.
First Leutenants--Do Dominick Lynch, Jr Fourth cav
airy; Alfred f. Pike, Third artillery; George W. Desh-
lcr First artillery Jacob H. Counselman, FIRST arti
lerv; John A. Campbell Second artillery; Alexander
Grant, First cavalry; Irwin NJ Starr, Ninth cavalry
Joseph S. stafford, Twentieth infantry; Waworth W.
Wood Twentieth infantry; A. Benson Brown, retired;
Second Leutenants-Richard II. L. Alexander, Sew
enth cavalry Robert T. Lyons, Seventeenth infantry
w. II. Hoag, Twenty-hrst Infantry Andrew T. Miller
Twenty thiru infantry; g. Geddes Smith, Twenty third
Infantry Daniel Flynn, retired.
Post Chapains--Mark l.. Chevers Zachariah Ragan,
c. L. Hequembourg Joseph Hurbut. retired.
The number OF
we're nine, as follews:-
Captain--John A. Irwin, Sixth cavalry
First observation-disclosures j. spencer, Tenth
cavalry Edward Newkirk, Fourth artillery Francis 5.
Davidson, Ninth cavalry; John Little, Fifteenth
fantryi Martin f. Hogan, Twenty-second infantry;
Patrick II. Moroncv retired
Second Lieutcnants-Edwin p. Eckerson Fifth
cavalry; James II. Winters, Twentythrd infantry
there we're three, as folows:--
Captain-George I. Robinson, Tenth cavalry.
First LieuIenant-John W. Cbickering, Sixth cavalry
Second LieutenaDt-J VIII Meyers Tenth cavalry.
First Lieutenant Ocran Ii. Howard Fifth artillery,
is reported as a descrter.
or
TRANSFERS
there were nine, as folows:-
Major James NJ Robertson, from Second 10 Third
artillery.
First Lieutanant Joseph Kecfe, Finh artillery to
Fourth infantry First LIEUTENANT Anthony w. Vogdcs
Fouth infantry Finn artillery; second Lcutenants-
Charles W Mason. Thirteenth to Fourth Infantry;
Louis A. Craig, Ninth infantry TO Sixth cavalry; John
q. Balance, sixteenth TO Twenty second infantry r.
Beers Taylor Eighteenth infantry to Ninth cavalry;
Daniel H. Floyd Ninth cavary TO eighteenth infantry;
Charles G. Ayres, twentyhfth infantry 10 Tenth cav
airy.
There were ten
follows:-
Con Hol ind