Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-02
Army NOTES.

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Lieut.. Ira Quimby, Of the llth infantry
eis q member Of aaSsaeraAassus aaetislssl
navids Island, New York he6er.
Soldiers whoIoss Mas ftvsArms ~ here.
Atser to be chafssA. $40 iee aSeetAs6eld
|fihe or carbine, al. as, md So for M
Hotchkiss magazine rifle and carbine (expe-
rimental.)
Orders have been issued for the dispsr.
sion of the Creedmore teams. Thoss Of the
division of the Atlantic are ordered to join
their station those of The Pacific 10 rspott
for orders at San Francisco, add those 81 the
Missouri'st Fort Leavenworths
The board Of officers convened by special
orders for the purpose of considering and
correcting any difference of opinion that
may exist respecting the actual positions Of
the troops engaged in the battle. Of Chioa'
mauga, meet at headquarters military divi.
sion Of Missouri on the LIST Of October.
The board Of officers, csonsistink Of Lieut..
Col. Roger Jones, Aat. Insp.Cea. Mtjor N.
i. Ludiuaton, QuartSemaster and MAJOR
Geo. Bell, Com. Sub, appointed Tor ,th&pur.
pose Of regulating the pay Of clerks iniths
left Warrington on Monday. Sept 90. Their
duties will call them to ths principal cite.
in the west IS far IS Omaha, and they will
probably be Absent . month.
@ Lieut.. VIM. Everett. Of the 4th srti1lerl,
who was recsntly tfisd.by court-aastail at
Fort Stevens for "violation of.ths 6eth Ar.
ticle Of War;" has been sentenesd tonnspen-
sion from rank and command aad confined
to the limits of Fort Stevens for one, year,
and to forfeit $50 per month Of his pay for
the same period. The sentence has besn
approved by General Howard. The speci.
6~cations principally related to his procur-
ing certain articles from \ firm at Psndls.
ton, Oregon, and charging them on vouch.
ers to entirely dtderanI headings.
OF the rs young men designated to appeai
for examination for second lieutenancies in
the army, oil but three have passed. Those
deficient will be re.examined. and ifethcy
again fail other designations will be made.
Twenty-Five more vacancies exist in the
rank Of second Lieutenant. They will be
kept open to be filled from the graduating
class from the military academy at West
Point next year. If any vacancies remain
after the graduates are disposed Of citizen
appointments will be made to fill them, q
in the case of the recente25 designations.
Second Lieutenant John Guest, Jr., ol
the Sth cavalry, was tried b~yaReneral cour'
martial, at Fort Clark. Tex, August Is
1879. for Conduct unbecoming an officer
and q gentleman"-four specifications, Wis
iting gambling saloons, beltirg with PROBES
sional gamblers, engaging in disturbances
ETC., at Brackittsville, near Fort Clark. He
was found not guilty of the charge as laid,
but guilty Of conduct to the prejudice, etc.
and sentenced to be confined to the limits 81
the post where his company may be serving
for the period of six monthe, and to forfeit
to the United States seventy Eve dollars pei
month Of his monthly pay for the same
period.
The contest for the best drilled militar,
companies began At the fair. grounds in 81
Louis last Saturday, five local ,conpaniea
being contestants. Each company was one
hour in the arena of the amphitheatre.
The judges are Lieut.. Brooks. Of the Fifth
U. s. cavalry; Lieut.. Donnelly, Of the Sew
enteenth U. s. infantry, and Lieut.. Gibson
Seventh cavalry. The prizes are: First
$1,000; second, $1,000; third, $500; the
drill and movements to be executed in &C
cordance with the programme arranged BY
the judges and given to each captain only
n hour before the time set for his drill,
each programme being different from the
others, so that no advantage can be taken
by one captain or company in viewing the
drill aud movements Of another company.
Springfield, Mass, Union The ,Hotch.
kiss magazine gun, which is nov made in
part at the armory, is q modification of the
French cha.sepot. The magazine, which il
in the butt, contains six cartridges, which are
forced forward by a string. The. barrels,
ramrods, bands, stocks, and some other parts
are made here. The patented parts are
made by the Winchester repeating arms
company. Of New Haven, who have expend.
ed about $4,000 in preparations for their
The machinery At the armo.
~ is not adap;ed to the manufacture Of these
parts ; and, a. the appropriation Of congress
is only $4,000, and the.whoie thing: is an
experiment, the plan Of ohaining .thejsmall
parts from the Winchester companyrts nerves
the interest Of economy and will result in
the production of eleven hundred guns,
while otherwise only Eve or ak hundred
could be made. When completed these gun.
will be distributed to the army for practical
tests.
YOUNG WOMAN Of SENSE.