Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-24
MILITARY ORDERS.
Issued From Headquarters During the Past
Week.

Issued From Headquarters During the Past
Week.
During the week ending Saturday, Esd, the
following orders were issued from General
Terry's headquarters. Under date Of the 18th
inst. special orders No. 50 provides as follows:
!. Major Charles j. Sprague, pay depart
ment ia hereby relieved from duty in this de-
Partment, to enable him to comply with para
graph 9, special orders No. Isl, current series,
from the headquarters of the army.
2 Leave of absence for one month, on sur
geons certificate of disability, is hereby grant
ed Captain E. B. Kirk, quartermaster's depart
ment Fort Buford, d. IT,
.. First Lieutenant Edward Mcguire, corps
OF engineers, chief engineer of the department,
will proceed to Fort Ellis, NJ. T.. and return,
on public business.
4. First Glass Private A. W. Turner, COM
pany "A" battalion Of engineers, will accom-
pany Lieutenant Mcguire to Fort Ellis, and re-
turn on public business
The quartermaster's department will fur
nish for Private Turner the necessary trans
portatiOn. and the Subsistence department
communication of rations for thirty days-from
August 10Th TO September 18th, 1879-at the
usual rates, it being impracticable to carry ra-
tions in kind.
On the 18th inst special orders No. 80 were
issued. as follows:
l. Sergeant James Diebert, Company ':K."
Fifth infantry, an insane soldier. will be sent,
under proper protection. to Washington, D. c.,
for admission into the Government asylum for
the insane. The commanding officer at Fort
heogh is charged with the execution of this
order IN the manner prescribed IN paragraphs
and +. Appendix B, page $40, General Regula-
tions of the Army.
Certificates of disability for the discharge of
the soldier will be forwarded with his de>crip-
tive list to the adjutant general of the army,
as required by general orders No. 50, Of 1877,
from the headquarters of the army.
The quartermaster's department will furnish
the necessary transportation, and the subsist-
ence department communication of rations for
those portions of the journey ever which it may
ne lmpracticable to carry or provide subsistence
in kind.
2. The telegraphic order of the 18th instant,
from these headquarters, directing Captain
w. A. Elderkin, subsistence department., to re-
pair from Yankton, D. T., to this city, to take
charge of the Office Of the chief commissary of
subsistence of the department, during the tenn
porary absence of Major NJ. Il. Morgan, sub
sistence department, chief commissary of
subsistence of the department, is hereby
placed on record in the official series Of
special orders, of this department., for the
current year.
8. At the request of the Quartermaster
General of the army, board of survey, to
consist of Lieut.. Col. G. q. Tompkins, quar-
termaster's department., Capt. W. w. Sanders,
9th infantry, and First Lieut. J. G. Ayres, ord
nance department, is hereby appointed to meet
in this city, at II o'clock a. NJ. Friday, August
I'D, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to
ascertain the money value of certain articles
for which Lieut.. W. II. Low, Jr., Twentieth in
fantry, failed to account on his return of quar-
termasters stores for second quarter 1876
4. First Lieut.. J. W. Pope, Fifth infantry, is
hereby relieved as acting ordnance officer at
| Of ~ IL
him to comply with paragraph IL, special orders
NO. l76, current series, from the headquarters
of the army.
5. The leave Of absence for seven DAYS
granted First Lieut.. J. NJ. Burns, Seventeenth
infantry, by paragraph l, special orders No.
ll4, current series, from headquarters Fort
sisseton, DIT. lis hereby extended thirteen (l3)
days.
On the 10Th inst special orders 81 provides
as follows
1. Second Lieutenant R. T. Jacob, Jr.,
Sixth infantry, with guard, having reported at
these headquarters in compliance with para
graph two, special orders No. 142, current
series, from headquarters Fort Buford, D. T.,
! IN charge of privates Joseph Kefes, company
O., and Joseph Duffy, company K, Fifth in
fantry, two insane soldiers, will proceed hence
with the men under his charge to Washington,
ID. g., and report to the adjutant general of
the army.
Aoo 4uoASSA AioSCS4 epdIGulcuU Will TUT
nlsh the necessary transportation, and the sub
slstance department Communication of rations
Tor i've enlisted men of the party, for the Jour
ney from St. Paul, Mimi, to Washington, and
for three enlisted men for the return journey
to Fort Buford. it being impracticable to carry
or provide subsistence in kind.
2: Captains H. s. Hawkins, Sixth infantry,
and L. 81. Sanger, Seventeenth infantry, are
hereby detailed as additional members of the
general court martial, instituted by special or
ders No. u, current series, from these head
quarters.
8. The telegraph instructions, of this date,
20 Major d. q. Thomas, pay department., to re-
pair to this city on public business, are hereby
placed on record in the current series Of special
orders from these headquarters.
Upon the completion of this duty Major
Thomas will return to his station at Fort Bu-
ford.
4. Major b. =. Reese, pay department,
with his authorized clerk, will proceed to, and
pay the troops stationed at Fort Smelling,
Mimi, and at Forts sisseton, Pembina and
Totten, D. T..
The quartermaster's department will fur
nish such public transportation, and COM
handing officers such escorts as Major Reese
may require.
Having completed his duty, Major Reese
clerk.
Major William Smith, pay department.
with his authorized clerk, will proceed to, and
pay the troops stationed at Forts Stevenson.
Abraham Lincoln, and Yates, D. T.
The quartermaster's department. will fur
nish such public transportation, and command
Ing officers such escorts as Major Smith NAV
require.
Hiving performed his duty, Major Smith
will return to his proper station with his
clerk.
y. Major Alexander Sharp, pay department.
with his authorized clerk, will proceed to, and
pay the troops stationed at Forts Randall, Hale.
Sully, Bennett, and Meade, d. T.
The quartermaster's department will fur
nlsh such public transportation, and com.
manding officers such escorts as Major Sharp
may require.
Having performed his duty, Major Sharp
will return to his proper station with his
clerk.
On the 2lst inst. special orders No. 80 d.
rected as follows: y
Leave of absence for one month with per
mission to apply through division headquarters
Tor an extension of two months, is hereby
granted First Lieutenant Daniel Il. Brush.
reglmental quartermaster Seventeenth infan
try, Fort Yates, d. T.
The above are official copies of the file at
headquarters, department of Dakota. over
Capt. Ed. W. Smiths official signature as act
ing assistant adjutant general
Invitation to Soldiers Reunion.
All who served honorably in the Union army
during the late war, whether enrolled as mem
bers of the Minnesota Veteran Association or
not are cordially invited to the meeting of the