Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-07-09
ARMY APPOiNTM ENTS.
Retiring Worn Out Veterans and Putting
New Material in Their Places.

Retiring Worn Out Veterans and Putting
New Material in Their Places.
Chicago Times Correspondence.
Washington, July 5.-President Hayes
is very anxious to appoint as many peo-
pie i'll the army rs he can before his
retirement from office on the 4th of
March next. This is one reason why
such pressure is made to retire all the
high staff officers who have reached the
age when their retirement is possible I'M
der the law. There is one trouble about
these retirements, that will prevent
sweeping action. The law limits re-
tirements to four hundred. There are ut
present 394 officers retired, and there are,
therefore, only SIX vacancies, with selec-
tions to make from twenty-one officers
eligible for retirement. -Four officers in
the engineer corps are eligible for retire.
ment-Gcns. Barnard, Benham, Macomb,
and james. In the ordnance corps there
is one-Gen. Hagner. In the quarter
master department there are Gems. Meigs,
Rucker, Easton, Vanmirk, and Elkin.
Judge Advocate Gen. Dunn is candi-
date for the retired list. In the commits
sary department there is Gen. Kilbourn.
In the inspector generals department
Gems. Marcy and Shricver can he retired.
There are four officers to go in the sur
geon generals office, including the
chief, Gen. Birnes. In the paymaster's
corps are four yet to be retired
"Buttermilk" Smith, one OF Hayes ap-
pointees, is the lowest upon the list to go.
Among the commanders Of departments
Gems. Pope and Mcdowell are within
the limit Of the law, and Gen. Ord will
by next full. This covers all the retire
ments possible in the staff. In the line
the following officers are subjects for
retirement:
Col. King, 9th infantry; Col. Flint, 4th
infantry; Col. Wages, LIST artillery; Col.
Craver, LIST cavalry.
OF course, in canvassing for selections
for retirement to fill the present six va
cancies, the president will naturally de-
sire to fill the most important places.
Atleast two brigadier generals places in
the army will be filled by Hayes APP
pointments. 1t will be useless to go to
congress and ask it to extend the retired
list, MS the democrats believe they are
coming into power and naturally want to
keep all the places possible open until
they can be filled by democratic appoint:
ments. The greatest contest Mt present
Is over SSuti GeFlutSbeI IcIl. MelS5S pIttCe
Meigs says that Gen. Garfield has nssur
ed him that he knew President Hayes
would not make any change in this place
but there are good political reasons fol
the change. II Meigs is retired it is sale
that it can only make him angry, while
all the men who are jumped over will Of
course be greatly mortified. Rufus In
gals is the candidate with the backing
for this place, but he cannot get it unles!
he will consent to have Gen. Rucker
Gen. Sheridan's father-in-law, appointed
long enough to retire upon the pay o
this new place. Then it is understood
that ingalls, is also to retire, in case he i
appointed, at the earliest possible op
portunity. ingalls, will have to conced
Rucker's claims, owing to his peculia
position. Under new order of the wa
department, Gen. Sheridan has full au
thority to veto any contract that Gen
Ingalls, may make. This will have its in
fluence upon the claims Of Gen. Ruckel