Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-30
MILITARY MATTERS.

Various Items of Interest Emana ing from
tho War Department.
The following are the latest items of inter
est ernanat,ng from the war department., af-
fecting the army: 49,. .-.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The President has
accepted the resignation of Second Lieut..
Edward MoNeill. First artillery The resig-
nation takes effect May 20, 1880. He has
been granted leave of absense until that
date. ..,s r
First Lieut.. Henry Wygnat, Twenty fourth
infantry, has been relieved from recruiting
ssrqice and ordered to join his company.
Leave OF absence for one month on sur
geon's certificate of disability has been
granted Second Lieut.. Arthur O. Ducat,
Third cavalry.
A board of officers, to consist of Col. A.
G. Bracket, Third cavalry, Capt. Henry w.
VESSELS, Jr., and Peter D. Vroom, Third
cavalry, and First Lieut.. James T. Simpson
and cambridge Reynolds, Third cavalry,
has teen ordered to convene at Fort Lara
mic, on January 5, 1880, to examine into
and report upon the qualifications of Sergt.
Casper P. johnson, company F, Third cav
airy, for promotion to the grade of second
lieutenant in the army.
Leave of absence for one month has been
granted Col. w B. Royal, Third cavalry, and
for ten days to Second Lieut.. E. B. Robert
son, Third cavalry. ~ ~. ..<
Acting Assistant Surgeon g. G. Benedict,
q. s. A., having reported at Gen. Pope's
headquarters, is directed to report for duty to
the commanding officer, Fort Leavenworth,
Kan.
Maj. ]. J. Coppinger, Tenth infantry, ia
directed to proceed to Fort Hays, Kan, to
inspect certain horses belonging to Com
panies A and K, Fourth cavalry, and upon
completion of this duty to return to Fort
LeavenwOrth.
First Lieut.. G. M. De Lany, Fifteenth in
fantry, has been directed to proceed to Fort
Lewis, COL, and relieve Second Lieut.. A. r.
Paxton, Fifteenth infantry, of his duties as
post quartermaster and commissary at that
post, Lieut.. Paxton to report for daty With
his company.
Col. F. F. Flint, commanding Fourth
United States infantry, has published to his
regiment the following letter received by him
from Col. Wesley Merritt, Fifth cavalry,
who lately commanded the Ute expedition
which went to the relief of the troops under
Capt. Payne: a..
Fort D. A. RUSSELL. Wyoming, Dec. 4, 1879.
|--S1R: feel it due to myself to express my
high appreciation of the excellence of the
companies Of the Fourth infantry battalion
lately in my command in the Ute expedition.
During tho forced march for the relief Of Capt.
Payne's command the battalion encountered
unusual fatigues, privations, and exposures
not only without complaint. but with cheer.
fulness and enthusiasm in the work. A sui.
fcient evidence of the perfect discipline of the
battalion was its successful march, carrying
its supplies in wagons and keeping pace with
cavalry in the forced march of l65 miles. If
every man had not done his duty the march by
the infantry could not have been accomplish
ed. In advancing beyond White river and in
ascending the mountains, Bvt. Mai. Ferris
with his battalion performed work in few
hours, in road making and dragging the trains
up the mountain range, which citizens who
afterward saw it. estimated that it must have
cost us days of labor. take this method of
expressing my high appreciation Of the services
of both officers and men of your regiment.