Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-08-08
Disposition of Troops.
Chicago Times,

Copies OF instructions just issued by
Gen. Terry to the different commanders in
his department, have been received at mill.
tary headquarters in this city. They will
be guided by these instructions in all
operations in the field during the season.
Gen. S. ID. ST. ris, commanding the 7th
Cavalry, is direct, to take the field with
ten companies OF his regiment, the Lieut.
Colonel and two Majors to accompany
them. In addition to these, the command
will be joined by Companies e, F, l, and
X of the lst Infantry, and Companies D
and G Of the 1lth Infantry. which have al
ready been detached to establish summer
camp and depot of supplies in the neigh
borhood of Bear Butte, in Dakota. From
this camp the supplies of the entire COM
Inand will be drawn, and upon it as base,
viii the operations of the Cavalry depend.
Gen. Sturgis is instructed to establish his
own headquarters at this camp. Supplies
for the ca,ip will be draWt from Fort
Abraham Lincoln, where the proper Off
cers of tho sfaff department are instructed
to place stores to meet this demand. urn.
Sturgis will be expected to forward to the
proper officers at Lincoln timely requisi-
tons for the supplies for the field depot.
As the cost of transporting grain to the
depot will be great, lie will reduce the is
sues and the allowance to animals to the
smallest amounts that may be consistent
with keeping them in good order for field
I, IL f1x.;c
may have two companies OF Cavalry at
Fort Lincoln until the Cheyenne prisoners
are removed therefrom, the companies be-
ing under instructions to march to join
their command in the field as soon as this
removal shall have been accomplished.
Gen. Terry informs Gen. Sturgis that
the object to he attained by the command
is the thorough protection, during the
summer and autumn, of the Black Hills
and of the roads leading thither from Bis
marck and Fort Pierre, from attacks by
Indiars. To this end he is advised to di-
vide his Cavalry into scouting parties of
such size as the circumstances may render
most advantageous, and with them estab-
lish thorough system of reconnaissance
from the camp at Bear Butte, in all direc-
tions, north, south, east and northwest.
He is informed that it will be unnecessary
for him to extend his reconnaissance
northwest any further than may be neces-
sary to connect them with those of troops
operating from camp which has been es-
tabIished b. the commanding general of
the Department of the Platte near the Big
Bend of the Little Missouri river. 10 the
northward, however, the reconnaissance
should be well pushed, and especially into
the region about Slim Butte, for that is be-
lieved to be a favOrite haunt of the hostile
Sioux. The eastern and southeastern pOr-
ton OF the Black Hills region, and the Bis
marck and Fort Pierre roads will require
constant watching. Gen. Sturgis is direct
ed to concentrate all his force at the first
indication of the gathering together OF
any considerable body of hostile Indians,
and move speedily to attack them.
Col. n. 8. Miles, of the 9Th Infantry,
commanding the district of the Yellow
stone, with headquarters at Fort Keogh.
NJ. r., is directed to keep the country
southeast of Fort Keogh thoroughly
scented by his troops, with instructions to
connect their operations with those oper-
ating from the summer camp, which has
been established in the neighborhood OF
the Big Bend Of the Little Missouri river.
This latter camp is about so miles north
west of Deadwood, and in u northwesterly
direction from the intersection of the 45th
parallel 0f latitude and the 1O4th meridian
of longitude, from which, as base, the
the neighboring country will be secuted
by Cavalry from the Department Of the
Platte.