The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-05
MILITARY MATTERS.
Indian War aud Preparations Made for IT,
Other Military Notes.


The latest news from the frontier
shows that the military authorities are
making pretty thorough arrangements
for standing Off any Indian outbreak
that may occur. A number of compa-
mics of cavalry and infantry, under
Captain Pollock, of the Ninth infantry,
are now enroute from Fort Mckinney
told Fort Reno, on Powder River to
the Belle Fourche 1.-THE north fork of the
C%heyenne,) where they will remain.
This is in an excellent position to guard
the settlements in the Black Hills. In
a short time Captain Pellock's COM
mand will be Joined by n column from
the south, and with this force in the
field the Indians will probably not trou-
BILE the miners or ranchmen of the Hills.
The following have been issued by
General X. G. Drum, by command of
General Sheridan: On the recommen-
dation of the commanding General De-
partment of Dakota, the iepots of the
Quartermaster's and Subsistence De-
partments at Sioux City, Iowa, are
hereby discontinued, and the officers
of those departments stationed thereat
will take post at Yankton, Dakota ter
ritory, transferring to that place all
stores and property pertaining to their
respective departments, which it is to
the interest of the government to send
there. The department commander
will give such instructions relative to
the transfer and the proper dispositions
of the public property at Sioux City as
with this order at the earliest date prac-
ticable. The officer of the Quarter
masters Department in charge of the
depot at Yankton will be under the or
ders of the department commander,
and will be accounted for OH the de,
partment returns.
Colonel Daniel Mcclure, Assistant
Paymaster General, is hereby assigned
to duty at st. Louis, No., to which
place he will proceed and report by let.
ter to the Paymaster General of the
army for instructions.
a general court martial has been ap
pointed at Omaha, on the LIST of May
for the trial of Col. a. V. Kautz, Stl
infantry. The following is the detail
for the court: Brigadier General c. G
Augur, Brigadier General Georg,
Crook, Colonel G. l.. Kilburn, assistant
commissary general of subsistence; Col
onel j. II. King, 9th infantry; Colone
w. F. Barry, ID artillery; Colonel 7,
G. Pitcher, LIST infantry; Colonel J. E
Smith, 14th infantry; Colonel C. II
Smith, 10Th infantry; Colonel Rufus In
gals, assistant quartermaster general
Colonel l. n. Palmer, I'd cavalry; Col
onel F. f. Flint, 4th infantry; Majol
H.. b. Burnham. judge advocate of the
court.
The charges which have been prefer,
ed by Judge Advocate General Dunn
includes a charge made under an al
most forgotten army regulation, which
forbids an officer writing and furnish.
ing any matter for publication regard.
ing military movements or orders. In
this case Gen. KautZ published a pam.
phlet review of Judge Advocate Cen
eral Dunn's opinion of Kautz official
action in the case of Captain Campbell,
of the 9th cavalry, who was sentenced
to dismissal, but whose sentence was set
aside in Washington, and the pamphlet
was circulated privately in the army.
This will he the most important trial
by military ever instituted in the De.
partment of the Platte, if we may ex-
cept that held in Cheyenne.to pass upon
the case of General J. j. Reynolds.