The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-07-25
MATTERS.

l-leul. llaSSdn, recommended 1OT dis
missal by court martial for striking an
assistant surgeon at Columbus, Ohio,
is ordered to duty by Gen. Sherman,
who says, while Hassan's action was
unjustiGable, it was not so ~disgraceful
as TO warrant dismissal.
Col. George W. Baird, who was re-
Gently made a paymaster in the army,
is ordered to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
His family goes with him.
Capt. j. Scott Payne, Fifth cavalry,
is expected with his command in a few
days. His wife and mother will join
HIM shortly.
Major Edwin V. Summer, Fifth cav
airy, is with his regiment.
Capt. Warren e. Beach, Eleventh in
fantry, left New York last week to join
his regiment in the department of Da-
kota.
The application of Majors John ].
Upham, Fifth cavalry, and Alfred E.
Bates, pay department, for mutual
transfer, has been disapproved by Gen.
Sherman, who fails to see that Major
Bates has so distinguished himself since
his promotion from captain in the Sec
ond cavalry to major in the pay depart
ment, that he should be jumped over
the heads of at least fifty captains of
cavalry who ranked him when in that
corps. Gen. Alyord, paymaster gen.
eral, Endorsed the application for trans
fer to the effect that such transfers
would be injurious to the efficiency sof
his corps.
The following promotions have been
made: Lieut.. Col. Romeyn b. Ayers,
Third artillery, to be colonel Second
artillery, vice Barry, deceased; Major
Joseph Stewart, Fourth artillery, to be
lieutenant colonel Third artillery, vice
Ayres, promoted; Captain VIM. NJ.
Graham, First artillery, to be major
Fourth artillery, vice Stewart, promot-
ed; First Lieutenant J. G. White, First
artillery, to be captain, vice Graham,
promoted; Second Lieutenant Ballard
:. Humphrey, Ninth cavalry, to be first
lieutenant; First Lieutenant NJ. c.
Foot, to be ad~jutant Ninth infantry,
June %, 1879; First Lieutenant James
Regain, to be regimental quartermaster,
June %, 1879; First Lieutenant c. A.
Stedman, to be regimental quartermas-
ter, June "a, 1879.
There are W two thousand appli-
cations for vacant second l~ieutenanlcies
now existing in the army. They will
be appointed from civil life, subject to
examination by the board of army Off
GERS. Gen. Sherman recommended that
none over 25 years of age be allowed to
go before the board, but the President
extended the limit to thirty years.
There are some forty vacancies. There
was a great pressure from southern
congressman for appointments, but few
were made under the circumstances,
both the President and secretary of war
being strongly opposed to such selec-
tions.
Army officers are much concerned at
the prospective appointment of the
greater portion of the new second lieu
tenants from civil life. 1t is claimed
that such appointments entirely destroy
the spirit of the law of 1878, which pro-
vides for promotion from the ranks to
the lower grades of commissioned Off
GERS. This law was passed in the ex-
pectation that it would stimulate am
bition in the ranks and generally i'm
prove the service. Only five soldiers,
however, have thus far been promoted,
and now the large number of vacancies
is to be filled by civilians. A consider
able number of these civilians are SON.
of army officers, among whom are the
sons of Generals Rucker, Perry, Hatch,
Fremont and Ord. There were a mum
Der of applications from the south, but
these applicants were not able to show
a satisfactory record of their confidence
in the government or fidelity to the
Union and against their respective
states.