The New York herald., 1879-12-09
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
NOMINATIONS By THE PRESIDENT FoR APPOINT
MENr AND PRoMoTIoN-oRDERs

NOMINATIONS By THE PRECEDENT FOR APPOINT.
MENr AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
WARRINGTON. Dec. 8, 1879.
The President sent tie following nominations to
tho Senate to-day
Thomas M. Defrees, Of West Virginia. to be second
the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant.
Fifteenth infantry; Montgomery D. Parker. of Mas
sachusetts. to be second lieutenant. Ninth cavalry
Louis P. Brant. of New York. to be second
lieutenant. First infantry; Lewis II. Strother.
Of Virginia; to- be second lieutenant. First
infantry John 8. Mason. of Texas. to be second
lieutenant. First infantry; Henry II. Benham. Of
New York. to be second lieutenant Second infantry
lieutenant, Third infantry Francis p. Fremont. Of
Arizona, to be second lieutenant Third infantry; Jo-
seph NJ. 4. Parteo. Of the District OF Columbia. to
be second lieutenant. Fifth infantry: Charles A.
Churchill. OF Kentucky to be Second lieutenant,
Fifth infantry; j. Espy Mccoy, of the District OF
Robert F. Ames, Of New York. to be second lieu
tenant Eighth infantry; Colvle p. Terrett, of Mary
land. to be second lieutenant. Eighth infantry;
Cadet Guy r. Beardslec to be second lieutenant
Ninth infantry; Robert J. G. Irvine. of Georgia. to
be second lieutenant. Eleventh infantry Francis D.
Fl "a Ss Of
ona, to be second lieutenant Thirteenth infantry;
William Hughes, of Tennessee. to be second leuten-
Carolina to be second lieutenant Fifteenth infantry
John Newton. OF Kansas. to be second lieutenant
vania to be- seconG ,panry
Stephen l.. II. Slocum. Of New York. to be second
lieutensnt. Eighteenth infantry John W: Cunning
ham. OF Illinois, to be second lieutenant Nineteenth
infanry Edward II. Brooke. of Oregon. to be second
lieutenant. Twentyfrst infantry; Edward o. q. Ord
Jr. Texas. be second lieu tenant. Twenty second
infantry; First Sergeant Theodore Decker, battery
L. Fourth artillery to be second lieutenant, Twenty
fourth infantry; William Black. OF Iowa. to be
second lieutenant Twenty fourth infantry; Corporal
Harvey ID. Reed, company Il, battalion of engineers
to be second lieutenant. Twenty fifth infantry;
roll A. Devol. of Ohio. to be second lieutenant.
signal corps--Joseph F. Howell to be second lieu
tenant. Sergeant William A. Glsssford to be second
lieutenant. Michael O'Brien to be frs1 lieutenant
Fourth artillery In accordance with act of Con-
gress. approved February 20. 1879.
Captain James G. T.. Lee, assistant quartermaster,
to he quartcrtnaster, with rank Of major.
Corps of Enginecrs-Captain Charles v. Howell to
be major First Lieutenant Daniel W. Lockwood to
be captain First Lieutenant Ernest Ii. Ruffner to
captain, Second Lieutenant Eugene Griffin to bo
first Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Willard Young to
be first lieutenant Additional Second Lieutenant
Curtis Med. Townsend to be second lieutenant. Ad-
ditonal Second Lieutenant Gustavo j. Preger to DO
second lieutenant.
ORDNANCE Dcpartment-sIajor James NJ White
moro TO be lieutenant colonel. Captain Clifton
Comfy to be major, First Lieutenant Charles ).
Smith to be captain. Second Lieutenant Henry ID.
Dorup OF the second artillery to be first lieutenant;
Second Lieutenant Lawrence L. Brun OF tho Third
artillery, to DO nrst lieutenant; Second Lieutenant
Ballard y. Humphrey Sixth cavalry be first lieu
tenant
First Cavalry. U. s. A.-Ffrst Lieutenant Edward
Hunter. regiinental adjutant to be captains Second
Lieutenant Frank Nj. Edwards to be first lieutenant.
Third Cavalry, U. s. A-Frst Lieutenant John q.
thompson, rexncntai 10 De captain; First
Lieutenant John p. Walker to DO captain. Second
Lieutenant James Alien to be first lieutenant, Sec
ond Lieutenant cambridge ley holds to be first lieu
tenaut, Second Lieutenant James H. Il Foster to bc
first lieutenant.
Fourth Cavalry. u. 8. A-Csp:ain Eugene Z. Beau
mont t. be major. First Lieutenant William A.
Thompson to be captain. First Lieutenant Leopold
q. Parker to be captain Second Lieuensnt Alexander
Rodgers to bo first lieutenant. Second Lieutenant
James Parker to be first lieutenant Second Lieu
tenant Cunlihc H. Murray to be arst lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant Wliber II. Wilder to be hrst lieu
tenant.
sixth Cavalry--second Licutenat Lewis A. criag to
be first licutcnat.
Eleventh Iufantry-Second Lieutenant Ralph w.
Hoyt to be frat lieutenant
Thirteenth Infantry-Sccond Lieutenant Edmund
L. Fletcher to be hrst lieutenant. second Leutenan
samuel N. Holmes to be hrst lieutenant.
Fifteenth fnfantry-Second Lieutenant George II.
Cooke to be first lieutenant. w.
Sixteenth Infantry Second Lieutenant Isaac q.
Shelby to bo hrst lieutenant.
Eigtcenth Infantry Second Lieutenant Daniel II.
Floyd to be first lieutenant.
Nincteenth Ipfantry--First Lieutenant Thomas d.
Robinson to be captain Second Lieutenant Alexander
H. M. Tayl lor to be- first lieutenant.
Twentieth Infanty--Sccond Lieutenant j. Gran
willie Gates to be first lieutenant,
Twenty first Infantry-First Lieutenant Ebenezer
w. stone TO bo captain, second Lieutenant Willis
Witch To be FIRST leutenant second Lieutenant
Charles A. willians to be first lieutenant.
Twsuty.sccond infantry First Lieutenant William