The New York herald., 1877-01-14
No. Name. Regim>sf Va Saae Regsm~af
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"a Bliss .... .2sth is-H l. Chapman. -
3-George Gibson. .jth 1S-calao lires. sth
At ". Anderson. .loth I'm. ". Osbsfae. .l-th
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s-R. s. La Motto. 18th 2v-A Bryalt ...... .lish
S--lL A. Hafnbright. 18th 2l--D. A. HsbcosE....1d "a
"a J. Dallas. 23i ELL ~ is<siis. ia
lO-H Miner 80. .l2th 25-t. q. Bartlett. iith
I1-w II. Browa ..lsih 2s-Robcrt NsSsnt. .esth
l2-E- G. Nason.... .2ist 25-u. q. Thomas. .fth
l5--s A. Wainwright l0th
THE SEVENTH cAfALnr
The greatest change the register Is 10 the roster
OF the Seventh cavalry. which Is praeiieais a new
been assigned to since Clusters battle aud hitecn ~
the forty officers have been gained ~ pfomotsen
transfer and uroin ifnent during the last sx f.onths
The colonel Joined three months ayo alter tso
years tour OF duty superintendent OF the mogntcd
moted from tho First cavalry IN the place OF Custer
The adutant aud qsarcrmaster are both new u those
POSITIONS though not TO the regiment Ihs senior
major has just completed years leave oi ahsente
and Major Merrill has AT length been ordered % hts
regiment after proractcd detached service. his iasi
post beng al the Centennial lac second aud third zap
III seniority, rourelioe and Sheridan are on The
stan o the General .: the Army and General
respectively, and Captain Isicy ard, de camp 10
General Pope All tho field and stall officers, the junior
captain, Godfrey aud sixteen OF the Iicuicnsnts are
graduates vi West Point Ten of the captains served
IN tho volunteers, two coioncls, captains and
two rs icutenants. The remaining cnptan, french,
" bo has been commissioned officer shsc 1894, pre-
viUusly served enlisted man "a the Tenth no.
antry Tho following roster OF Custer's cavalry, COM
piete, corrected up to January l. Is now nrst pab-
lished:-
rHs ROSTER.
Colonel-Samuel d. sturgis.
Lieutenant Colonel-Elner OTIS
Majors--Joseph q. T,iiord, Lewis Merrill and Marcus
A. Reno
Adjutant-Georse D. Wallace
Quartermaster-Winlcld s. Edgcrly
Company A--Captain, Myics Moyap; FIRST cutcn-
ant, Andrew II. Nave; second lieutenant, Ezra h.
Company B.-Cupiain. Thomas n. McDoueali; first
lieutenant, William I. Craycroit; second lieutenant
Company C-Capiain, Henry jackson; first lieu.
tenant, Charles A. varnun; second lieutenant, Her
Company D.--Capta,n, Edward s. Godfrey; first
lieutenant, Edwin +. Eckerson; second lieutenant.
Company E-captain, Charles S. Iiscy; Grst
lieutenant, Charles G. Do Rudio; second lieutenant
(vacancy.)
tenant, William W. Robinson, Jr second leusen-
ant, Horat.o G. scke, Jr.
lieutenant, Ernest A. Darlington; second lieutenant
Company H.-Cap.ain, Frederick W. Bentccn; first
lieulenant Frank NJ Gibson; second lieutenant
Albert j. Russell
Company Captain Henry ). Nowlan; First Leu
tcnan. Luther r. Hare; Second Lieutenant Hugh L.
Company K-Captain Owen Halo; First Lieutenant
Charles Braden; Second Lieutenant j. Williams
Company I4-Captain Michael " Sheridan; First
Lieutenant John W. wilkinson; Second Lieutenant
| Company M.-Captain Thomas H. French First
Lieutenant Edward q. Mathcy; Second Leutenant
JOhn =. GrcSnuu.
Tho casualties have been numerous than usual,
tho active list having lost nnety.six officers during
the year including eleven rctrcments Tho stan dc.
partments lost eighteen, ten of whom were medical
officers. The cavalry lost thrty-hve, the artillery
four and the infantry thrty.o There were also
| eight deaths among retired officers Tho following Is
n complete fist up 10 December 3l-
| Resgaed-25
| Major John J. Mhau; Captains Edward II. Ames,
Bolivar Knckerbocker, Robert r. Wilson, George Mcc
Miller; First Licutenants- Lafayette y. Campbell, =
t.,tn "a Ian thurln H.inl pn,un shaPlA n
T.. Jewell TO take effect April 25 1870, Charles w.
Larncd,* Henry N Moss, George W. steele; Second
G. Carleton. William n. Dykmau, j.. AanselI French,
Christopher H. Gorringe. Frank s. Hihkie George A.
ThTns a.v wa " wsa%ors w. rss, Gnan
I,1n.missions Vacated by New Appointments--l5.
Fourteen medical officers who were appointed W the
vacancies Of higher grades created ny the Act o June
26, 1885, and second lic,tenant oi cavalry ap
pointed irss lieutenant ct Of ordnance.
| Colonels Osborn Cross, Gordon Granger, James A.
hardie; Lieutenant csonss George 4. Custer,
| Tredweil Moore; Majors Richard NJ. Hill, Charles D.
Jordan, Washington !. Newton, Augustus H.. Seward
| Ellis, Charles a. Hartwcll Alexander H. Aol, Myle'
". Keogh.t Hamilton Licber, James W. Piper, VIII
Thomas B. Weir George W. Yates Il First Lieutenant
Alfred B. Bachc, Patrick II. Bresin. Robert CAIRNS
NJ Camp sn.a0 .%es GanoI" 6"non wiI%
McIntosh,t John A. McKinncy,t Calvin =. McTaggart
plucidus Ord, James \. pof.er,t Algernon T. smith,
J. Whiting; Second Licutenants John J. Crttenden,
Benjamin II Hodesont Patrick Kciiiher, Albert
Mscn, 4. De i,ussy Nichols, James G. sturgs,t VIII
lam ". Relly;t Post chaplains DAVID ". Eakins
| Norman Badger
| First Lieutenant George L. Lo:d, Second Leutenan
Wholly Retired--l
| Captain Charles Is. Atchc-on.
Dropped Jor Deserion-2.
Captain William McC. Nettcrvillc. First Lieutenan
ocran H. Howard. n,.,
Captains Alexander Sut0rius William Harper Jr
Lieuicnants Robert W. Bard, Edwin H. Clark Jame
+. Mackln (sncc nominated to be second leutcnan
Eleventh iniantry), Reade NJ. Washington.
Honorable Retirements--l1.
Colonel Willmm II. Emory, with the rank and pay o
| O brigadicr general TACT June 26, 1S1G)
Professor Robert W. Weir, with tho retired pay OF
colonel (act July L. 1870.
James Gurus, Herbert NJ Enos and John V. Du Bois
Captains Thomas L. Brent and Samuel X. Schwenk
CottcL
For Incapacity Not Incident 10 the scrvicc-Captail
Sheldon Sturgeon
On HIS own Application After Thirty Years. Ser
vicc-MaJor Truman seymour.
PERSONAL ITEMS.
The Paymastcr General has at length received th
rank to which he was Ut least, much entitled VI
any other hoad of bureau, and the President was NJ
doubt gratlned To sign u brigadiers commission 10
the oiicer VINO .'Uosscd him thirty years ago
Colonel Clement A. Finlay, late Surgeon General, ha
obtained sm,lar Justice utter much delay having boc
prunted tho retired pny Of "A brgadicr general b,
Special net OF Congress- Captain Albert W. Prestoi
(rc,ircd) takes the rank aud pay oi colonel retirc
under act Of July 20, 1876. Tho retroments OF tn
following officers have also been amended VIZ =
Colonel Joseph H. kidd0o, to rank as erigndier gon
cru from December 15, 1870; First Lieutenant June
b. Sinclair, to captain from June II, 1876, an
First Lieutenant Waiter f. Haeck, to be chased Will
officers retired for incapa y Incidental 10 the service
instead OF incapacity not Incidental
In tho retirement oil MAJOR Seymour the army lose
the active 0t the ast of the Fort sumter OH
GERS only three OF whom remain on the rolIs-vih
Ccncru! s. W. Crawford, Colonel Abncr Doubleday an
Major Seymour.
RANK.
A new rank. that of u captain ~ the army has bee
introduced INTO the service by literal compliance W.T.
an act approved july "a, 1876 authorizing the Pres