The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-28
MILITARY MATTERS.

for adjutants and quartermasters, are
abolished by the new army bill, and
extra second ~lieutenants for light bat
teries Of artillery.
Brig. Gen. 1nnIs n. Palmer, Second
cavalry, is visiting Washington.
Lieut.. Robert H. B. Loughborough,
Twenty-ffth infantry, is in Washing
ton.
Capt. Thaddeus s. Kirkland, Seventh
infantry, is In Washington on sick
leave.
Lieut.. Charles Harkins, Second in
fantry, who is on sick leave, is In
Washington.
The president has approved the sem
tence Of Capt. Chas. N. W. Cunning
ham, "to be dismissed'' for drunken
ness, conduct prejudicial, ETC., and
conduct unbecoming an officer and gen.
tleman.
Brevet Maj. Gen. John Gibbon, colo
mel Seventh infantry, left Washington
Monday evening for st. Paul, Mimi,
after the adjournment of the Hammond
court of inquiry, to spend the holidays
with his family.
Maj. Marcus A. Reno, Seventh cav
airy, who is ordered before a court of
inquiry which meets January 9Th ut
Chicago, In regard to his conduct at
the battle where Gen. Custer was
killed, is in Washington.
Brevet. Lieut.. Col. Garrick Mallery,
captain First infantry, who is on duty
with Powell's surveys in charge Of
chronological studies of North Ameri-
can Indians, has returned from the
Indian territory where he has been for
some time collecting material for his
speciality.
Capt. and Mrs. Wells W. Leggett, of
Cleveland, are in Washington for the
winter. Capt. Leggett during the war,
was aide-de-camp on the staff of his
father, Gen. NJ. D. Leggett, but re-
signed to 60 to West Point, and after
graduating there, was a lieutenant in
the Eighth cavalry.
The senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation Of Brevet Maj. Gen. Randolph
B. Marcy, colonel and inspector gen.
eral OF the army, for promotion to
brigadier general. The bill providing
for the promotion passed both houses of
congress during the closing hours of
last session, but did not reach the pres
ident In time for his signature before
adjournment.
A court-martial for the trial of pris-
oners will v on Monday, Dec.
Both, at Fort Stanton, N. NJ. Detail
for the court: Lieut.. Col. Nathan A.
NJ. Dudley, Ninth cavalry, Captains
Henry Carroll, Ninth cavalry, and
Casper II. Conrad, Fifteenth infantry,
First Lients. Byron Dawson, Ninth
cavalry, and Daniel NJ. Appel, assistant
surgeon, and Second Lieut.. Willard F.
Goodwin, Ninth cavalry, Charles E.
Garst, Fifteenth infantry, and j. Han
sci French, Ninth cavalry, with Second
Lieut.. Geo. W. Smith. Ninth cavalry,
as judge advocate
A court-martial for the trial OF pris-
oners will convene Monday, January
9Th, at st. Paul, MINI. Detail for the
court: Lieut.. Col. Pinkney Lugenbeel,
First infantry, Maj. Robert E. A.
Crofton, Seventeenth infantry, Capt.
Isaac D. DeRussy, First infantry,
Capt. Chas. A. Wikoff, Eleventh infan-
try, Capts. Henry B. Freeman and
Constant Williams, Seventh infantry,
and Capt. Warren @. Beech, Eleventh
infantry, with Maj. Thos. F. Barr,
judge advocate, as judge advocate Of
the court.
A court-martial will also convene
January 9th at Fort Abraham Lincoln,
Dakota, for the trial of prisoners. De-
tail for the court: Lieut.. Col. Chas. C.
Gilbert, Seventh infantry, Capt. John
8. Poland, Sixth infantry, Capt. E. P.
Pearson, Seventeenth infantry, Capt.
VIM. A. Elderkin, commissary, Capt.
Louis h. Sanger, Seventeenth infantry,
Capt. Jeremiah P. Schindel, Sixth in
fantry, and Capt. Cyrus s. Roberts,
Seventeenth infantry, with First.
Lieut.. Allen H. jackson, Seventh in
fantry, as judge advocate.
The new army bill does away with
colored regiments. This is a compli-
ment to Senators Burnside aud Bruce
who labored hard last year to bring
this about by speedy legislation. The
negro is at last vested with the full
rights Of a citizen Of the country.
Properly qualified, he is allowed to
bear arms in defense of the flag along
side his white fellow soldier.
The board, ordered to consider and
report on the advisability Of substitute
ing some other bayonet for the trian-
gular one, met in Washington on Mou-
day. The board, which will also
examine and report upon the various
forms of knife and trowel bayonets
presented, and their adaptability to the
service, is composed Of the following
named officers: Col. Nelson A. Miles,
Fifth infantry; Col. Raynaid 5. Mac
kenzie, Fourteenth cavalry; Col. Henry