Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-13

that the offices OF General and
Lieutenant General shall cease o
exist with the present incumbents;
that the Adjutant-General's de-
Rrtment and the Inspector-Geu-
erai's department shall be consoli-
dated under one head, viz, the
general staff shall be compo sed of
one Brigadier-Geuersl, three Col
onels, six Lieutenant-Colonels and
eight Mpjors, making total reduc.
tIon of six officers; that the Quar-
termastel's department. shall be
composed of one Brigadier General,
two Co!onels, three Lieutenant
G lonels and eight Majors, Ia all
sixteen, making reduction of
forty-eight officers; hat the subsist.
ence department shall be composed
of one Brigadier General, one
Colonel, two Colonels
and five Majors, In all nine officers,
reduction of forty-seven officers;
that the medical department shall
be composed of one Brlgadier- Gem
eral, ak CoIonels, ten Lieutenant.
Colonels, forty-eight Majors and
l20 Captains and First Lieuten'
ants, in all 1877 officers. making a
reduction of eleven officers; that
the pay department shall be com
| posed of one Brigadier- General, one
| Colonel, one Lieuienant-ColOnel
and twenty-five Majors, In all
twenty-eight officers. making a re-
duction Of twenty-seven officers:
that the ordnance department
shall be composed of one BrigaJier-
General, two ColoneIs, two Lieu.
tenant. Colonies, aud eight Majors,
in all fifteen officers, making u re-.
duction Of forty nine officers; that
the Bureau Of Military Justice
shall be composed OF one Colonel
aud two Majors, In all three Off
GERS, a reduction of six officers; that
the signal service shall remain un
changed; that the office of
post chaplain shall be abol.
ished, but one mental
chaplain shall be appointed
for each cavalry aud in
fantry regiment, in all Is officers,
making reduction Of 8; that the
officers Of the corps of engineers
shall remain unchanged; that the
corps of artillery shall consist of
regiments, as at present, with re-
tucti0n In the nGmber of OIL ce rs !;
that the corps Of cavalry shall con-
sist OF 8 regiments, instead OF 10,
as at present; that the corps of iu
fantry shall consist of IS regiments,
| instead of %, as at present, with a
reduction of 1875 in the number of
officers; that each regi ueut of the
line shall consist of 4 battalious, 3
Of which are to be differed aud
manned. but the fourth to remain
unofficered and unnamed until
especially authorized by Congress;
that 8 battatinns OF each regiment
of cavalry shall be manned for the
preseni; that 2 battaiions of each
0f the regiments of artillery aud
infantry shall be manned Tor the
present; that company officers of
the line shall be detailed for
the staff department as nearly
as possible In rotation; that pro.
motion shall be made by seniority
in the different corps aud depart
ments, but that appointments to
the rank of Major (the established
grade in staff departments other
| than the medical departmeut) shall
be made from Captains and First
Lieuteuants of the line in order
| of merit and service in said depart-
ments. but such appointments in
the ordnance department are to be
made only from the artillery that
when it becomes necessary to Of
| ficer aud man the fourth battalion,
the appointment of officers shall / .
m sde by seniority in the separate
corps, and vacancies In the lowest
grade shall be fille'i by West Point
graduates and neritorious soldiers;
that the present organization shall
not exceed $4,000 enlisted men ex-
elusive of signal soldiers.
Ly.eh-a by giro.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. l2th.-Two
suspected cattle thieves namen
Mitchell and Ketchum had fight
a few days ago with four herdsrs,
who were trying to arrest them, on
South Loup Fork, in Custer coun-
ty. During the fight Stevens, one
VI Suc uciotist was Suot uuu iu~
stantIy killed. Mitchell and
Ketchum escaped, but were soon
afterward arrested. As the Sheriff
and guard Of several men, on
Tuesday night last, were taking
the prisoners to place OF safe
keeping, it being feared that the
exasperated cattle herders would
lynch them, aud, sure enough.
while they were en- route, n body
of twenty or thirty masked men,
mounted and armed, corralled the
whole party, and, under cover of
cooked rifles, took the. prisoners
from the Sheriff and guards and
| disappeared with them. Yesterday
the bodies Of Mitchell aud Ketchum
were found burned almost beyond
recognition at the foot of a tree to
which they had evidently been
tied while fire was built around
| them and thew were burned to