The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-09
MILITARY MATTERS.

Col. James W. Scully, United States
army, is visiting Washington.
Capt. G. c. G. Carr, First cavalry,
and family, are at San Francisco.
Lieut.. Charles F. Roe, Second cav
airy, and family, are registered in Paris.
Second Lieut.. John A. Dorst, of the
Fourth cavalry, has been promoted to a
first lieutenancy.
Capt. John NJ. Hamilton, Fifth cav
airy, and wife, have arrived in Wash
ington. Mrs. Hamilton will go to
Brooklyn in a few days to visit rela-
tives.
Lieut.. J. NJ. Burns, Seventeenth in
fantry, Fort Sisseton, Dakota, has
arrived in Washington on leave of alb
sence.
Lieut.. Edward Hunter, adjutant
First cavalry, and family, have arrived
at San Francisco, from Fort Walla
Walla, Washington territory.
Lieut.. E. Williams, United States
army, who was retired from the Fifth
infantry, in the spring of 1869, from
the less of his leg in an Indian battle,
is visiting at Fort Whipple, Virginia,
and will remain until next week.
Second Lieut.. G. r. Cecil Thirteenth
infantry. is detailed as military profess
sor at the Michigan military academy,
Orchard Lake, Mich, relieving Second
Lieut.. L. S. Rice, First artillery, who
will proceed to join his battery.
An order issued by the war depart
ment to-day dissolves the board on
army equipment, convened by an order
issued November IL, 1878. The men,
beers of the board will proceed to join
their proper stations, and The recorder
will complete and submit the report of
the board and then join his battery.
General Terry does not believe the
stories telegraphed east, that the Sioux
bands with Sitting Bull have planned
an attack on Forts Buford, Stevenson
and Totten. He says that the Sioux
have never been known to attack a
house on the frontier, and, therefore,
will not be apt to make an attack on a
regular garrison. He says also, that
he discredits the stories from the fact
that Indians are not in the habit of
telling their plans of hostilities before
hand.
Gen. w. S. Hancock took apart
ments for himself, wife, daughter and
niece at the St. Cloud hotel, in New
York, in November, 1873, paying 1866
a month, with meals included. In
March, 1874, $4,000 worth of jewelry
was stolen from the rooms occupied by
the family. Mrs. Hancock sued for
S2,452, the value Of the jewelry belong.
ing to her, and Gen. Hancock sued for
the value of the articles belonging to
him. Referee II. F. Averill decided
for the proprietors of the st. Cloud
hotel, on the ground that the Hancock
family were not guests in the meaning
of the law. An appeal was taken to
the supreme court, which, on Thurs
day, reversed the decision of the ref
cree and ordered a new trial. So that
Gen. Hancock is likely to get the
$4,000.
Guzman Blanco, who has caused SO
much trouble in Venezuela, has a high
appreciation Of himself as a military
nan In a letter from Europe to a
friend and fellow countryman, he says:
"As a commanding general 1 have no
rival in America nor here ever in Eu-
rope. These marshals do not come up
to my shoulder in capacity as a general.
And to be a military man is no small
affair. Napoleon himself was not a
thorough soldier, as he was wanting in
the hour Of defeat; neither was Fred
erick, the great master Of the modern