The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-01-03
MILITARY MATTERS.

ry, who Is ordered before a court of in
quiry which meets Monday at Chicago,
In regard to his conduct at the battle
where Gen. Custer was killed, is in
Washington.
A court-martial for the trial of pris-
oners will convene on Monday next, at
Fort Stanton, N. NJ. Detail for tile
court: Lieut.. Col. Nathan A. NJ. Dud-
ley. Ninth cavalry, Capts. Henry Carroll,
Ninth cavalry, and Casper II. Conrad,
Fifteenth infantry, Lieuts. Byron Daw-
son, Ninth cavalry, and Daniel NJ. APP
pei, assistant surgeon, and Lieut.. Mil
lard F. Goodwin, Ninth cavalry,
Charles E. Garst, Fifteenth infantry,
and J. Hansel French, Ninth cavalry,
with Lieut.. Geo. W. Smith, Ninth cav.
airy, a judge advocate.
A court-martial for the trial of pris-
oners will v Monday, January
9th, at st. Paul, MINI. Detail for the
court: Lieut.. Col. Pinkney Lugenbeel,
First infantry, Maj. Robert z. A.
Crofton, Seventeenth infanty, Capt.
Isaac d. DeRussy, First infantry, Capt.
Charles A. Wikoff, Eleventh infantry,
Capts. Henry B. Freeman and Con-
slant Williams, Seventh Infantry, and
Capt. Warren G. Beech, Eleventh in
fantry, with Mai. Thos. F. Barr, Judge
advocate, as judge advocate of the
court.
A court-martial will also onven on
Monday at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Da-
kota, for the trial of prisoners. Detail
for the court: Lieut.. Col. Chas. c. Gill
bert, Seventh infantry, Capt. John S.
Poland, Sixth infantry, Capt. E. P.
Pearson, Seventeenth infantry, capt.
VIM. A. Elderkin, commissary, Capt.
Louis H. Songer, Seventeenth infantry,
Capt. jeremiah z. Schmidt, Sixth in
fantry, and Capt. Cyrus S. Roberts,
Seventeenth infantry, with Lieut.. Allen
H. Jackson, Seventh infantry, as judge
advocate.
Capt. W. L. Daugherty, First infan-
try, is in Washington. He is Indian
agent at Crow Creek, Dakota, and is
comforting with the attorney general
with reference to the prosecution of
Agent Livingston.
Maj. NJ. A. Reno, Seventh cavalry,
left Washington for New York last
week. His court of inquiry will meet
in Chicago next week.
Capt. French, Seventh cavalry, and
Lieut.. Jerome, Second cavalry, are to
be tried very soon in st. Paul, Mimi,
by a general court-martial.
Col. ]. G. Tilford, Seventh cavalry,
and wife left Washington Tuesday for
st. Paul, Mimi, and thence to Fort
Abraham Lincoln, Dakota.
Following are the officers detailed on
the Reno court-martial: Capts. Ed. w.
Smith, Eighteenth Infantry; F. W.
Benteen, T. II. French, Myles Moylan,
T. NJ. McDougall, E. S. Godfrey, and
E. G. Mathey, Seventh cavalry; Lieuts.
Edward Mcguire, engs.; c. G. De Ru-
der, G. D. Wallace, c. A. Varnum,
and L~R. Hare, Seventh cavalry.
Lieut.. Andrews, Fifth cavalry, ar
rived in Cheyenne yesterday from Fort
Mcpherson.
BY official order of Gen. Sheridan,
under date Of yesterday, the names of a
number of military posts on the from
tier have been changed, and they will
hereafter be known by the new names
given them, as follows:
The new post to be located near Milk
river, Montana territory, to be known
as Fort Assinaboine.
The post located on Bear Butte creek,
Dakota territory, to- be known as Fort
Meade.
Camp Baker, Montana territory, as
Fort Logan, in honor of Capt. William
Logan, Seventh infantry, killed Aug.
8, 1877, in action with Nez Perces
Indians at Big Hole pass, Montana
territory.
: Post at Standing Rock Indian agency,
Dakota territory, as Fort Yates, in
honor Of Capt. George W. Yates, Sew
enth cavalry, killed June %, 1876, in
action with Sioux Indians on the Little
Big Horn river, Montana territory.
Post at Cheyenne River agency, Da-
kota Territory IA Fort Renpatf In