The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-18
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
Combinations by The Senate Assignment
of Recruits.
NAY York Harnld |

WASHINGTON, Jan 49, rho Senate to-day
In executive session confirmed the following
nominations for promotion.
Granville q. llaler Teoently restored tC
the army M colonel 81 Infantry under joint
resolution approved March ), 1870 assigned
as colonel Of the twenty third Regiment o
Infantry, TO date from December ii, 1879 &c
fill the vacancy caused by the death VI Col
Jefferson g. Davis.
IuurteTmGStef. Department Capt Jamoe
u. II. Lee, assistant quartermaster, to be
auattermaster. with the laak Of major
Fret Lieut.. y. d. Wheeler 10 be assistant
auartermastar, with Tn" rank of captain
Corps of Engineers Capt. Chas. W. Howell
to be major; First Lieutenants l.. ii, RutIner
and d. w. lockwood 10 bs captains: Second
Lieutenans u. Grilu and q. Young to be first
Ieutenants additional Second IieuteHants q.
Med. Townsend and G. J. Feibo9er To be sec
ond ieutenants.
Ordnance Department Major James nj.
Whittemore To be- lieutenant colonel. Capt. q.
Comfy to be major: First Lieut.. Charles 5.
Smith to be captain.
Pay Department Paymaster Major G. u.
FebriRer 10 be deputy paymaeter general
with the rank of lieutenant colonel; Capt. L.
s. Dodge TO be paYmaster, with the rank Of
major.
ffydntry, Cduabp and Artillery Lieut.. Col
II. Is. Ayers to he colonel. Majors to be ieu-
tenant colonels-J. Stewart and q. A. Derus-
sy. Captains to be majors Richard Lodpr.
NJ M. Graham and |. q. Deru5sy. First llpu-
Thompson John 7. Walker, william A.
Thompson, l.. Q. Parker, J. q. White. John
Roder, ID Il. Callahan, II. @. Heiuer. L. B. Rob
inson, u. w. Stone and William Conway. See.
ond lleutenants to he first lieutenants-F. A.
Edwards, James Allen. Il. Reynolds, J. L. II.
Foster, Alexander Rodgers, James Parker. q.
III. Murray, Wilber i. Wilder, l.. A. Crazy. i.
y. Humphrey. T. II. Jones. +, $. Rice J. T.
Roneycutt, Nj. NJ. Maeomb. II I. Reed. M. i.
Haus, w. GerIach r. NJ Woodruff, II. IL.
Bailey, W. IL. g. Bowen, IL. Il. Jacobs, h.
Lynch: " :. Wyatt, v; T. Norris, I. v Hoy11,
.. Shelby, d. II, Floyd, A. II. NJ. Taylor. J q
Gates, w. Which. q. Al Williams W. Ill. keli,
NJ. Gore, ii. u. Borup, Lawrence l.. Brut1, l.,
Wilson, G. H. Bacon, W. ". Gibson, W. 5.
Alexander, f: :, Harlow j u kuncie, Henry
dc II. Waite, w Il. Amy. A. U. Ducat, Jr., and
l.. Finley.
Appointments TO be Second Lieutenants-
Cavalry-M. d. Parker 81 Massachusetts.
Infantry-L p. Brant, 1T New York; u. III.
II. II. Penham. Of New York; ". +. z. French,
Of New York I. Z. Fremont, Of Artz ma Ter
rltory; nj. L. Particle, Of Washington, ID. O.:
@. A. Churchill, of kentucky.J j. Il. Mccoy, OF
Washington. u. G.. Il. L. Ames. Of New York,
G. P. Terrell. OF Maryland; Cadet Guy Il
Beardslee, II. j. O. Irvine, at Georgia; L. ID.
Rucker, of Michigan; v T. Stahrand, OF Soulh
Carolina; W. A. Hughes, Of Tennessee; l..
Finley, of South Carolina: j. Newton, Of
Kansas: w. EnElish, Of Pennsylvania, \. u.
III. Sloeum, OF New York; j. Nj. Cunningham,
Of Illinois; Il, III. Brooke, Of Oregon; l. q. G,
Ord Jr.. of Texas; First Sergeant t. Decker,
W. NJ. Black, Of Iowa; Corporal II ID. II cd,
o. A. Devoi. of Ohio; Thomas Nj. Brfrees and
3. G. Plummer, of the District of Columbia.
Sergeants J. S. Powell and VIM. A. Glass
ford, OF the signal service, to be second
Neutenants.
ASSIGNMENT OF RECRUITS.
M The superintendent of the mounted recruit
Ing service has been ordered to have 100 re-
cruitS prepared and forwarded to Fort Rus
sell. Wy. t.; Is to be assigned To the Third
Cavalry and rs TO the Fifth Cavalry. He is
also ordered TO forward to Fort Union, n NJ,
for assignment to the Ninth Cavalry, all the
available colored cavalry troops, also 200 re-
cruitS as follows: To Fort Saunders Wy. t.,
80 to the Fourth Infantry: to Fort Douglas,
Il. T., 30 TO the Fourteenth Infantry; to Fort
Riley, Kan. so to the Sixteenth Infantry; to
Fort Dodge, Kan, so to the Twenty third
Infantry