The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-04-02

der. The '.boys' Of some company had
been in the habit Of making good whis
key from government corn. The
crooked" still was ruthlessly torn out
by Capt Johnson's order and destroyed.
The Chicago Journal: Captain Bald
wins wife, United States army. has
been writing letters to Ma President
Hayes, calling attention 10 the matter
Of intemperanee ut the post where
Captain Baldwin. United States army.
Is stationed.
Army and Navy JsarnAl.
Count Louis Melikof owes his escape
from the assassin MlAdetski 30 the fact
that he Is In the habit Of wearing .
number Of dAnnels, - many - four or
FIVE, one over the other. A very spare
man, and by nc means Of robust con-
stitution, he Is very susceptible 10
changes Of temperature, and somewhat
hypochondriac ON the score Of health.
Having tried In the Caucasus every
preventative against cold, he has found
this flannel padding the most satisfAc-
tory. In the present case his flannel
aecoutrement seems 10 have served him
like a suit Of armor, acting a a buffer
to the percussion. Gen. MelIkon dis
played the utmost GOODNESS which shot
at, promptly seized his asssilant. 70
marking To those who hurried TO his
help that '.the bullet for him had not
yet come"
Economical legislators who are made
unhappy by the contemplation OF Gen.
sherman's SIT 900 a year, may console
themselves with the reflection that the
Duke OF Cambridge, rs commander In
chief Of the British army, and with his
five colonelcies and rank rs Geld mar
shall, draws more than four times rs
much. or $1,000 annually. from the
exchequer Of our insular cousins. His
regiments are the Grenadier guards,
Seventeenth ~lancers. Royal artillery,
sixtieth rides. and the Royal engineers.
Ills salary rs commander in chief Of the
forces Is go, 200.
It Is understood that Surgeon w. 8.
King, [. S. A, recently promoted 10
colonel In the medical department, will
soon retire from active service, rs he
has been for some time In bad health.
The promotion Of Lieut.. Z. B. Gibbs,
sixth infantry, TO the vacant assistant
quartermastership, leaves a vacancy for
an a~id-de-camp on Gen. Terry's stan.
London Times: Count von Moltke
has not been n politician; lie has been
content to be n soldier, and TO do the
work Of n soldier ms thoroughly rs pos
sible. He has been extraordinarily sue
c~essful; and perhaps the most striking
feature In his success is the conviction
he has produced that his achievements
have been due to calm foresight and
systematic calculation. He has applied
German science and German patience
to the military art, and has worked out
not merely the campaigns Of the last
fifteen years, but the whole military or
g~anization Of his country with the ex-
actness of n mathematical or engineer
ing problem.
The following special orders are To-
sued from headquarters Of the depart
ment Of the Platte:
FoRT OMAHA, March 20, 1880.
The following officers will report In
person to the recorder Of the retiring
board in session ut Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, on April 5, 1880, as witnesses
in the Ease Of Capt. William s. Collier,
Fourth infantry, viz:
Col. Albert G.. Bracket, Third cav
airy.
First Lieut.. Rufus P. Brown, Fourth
infantry.
First Lieut.. Robert w. shufeldt,
Asst. Surgeon, U. 8. A.
Second Lieut.. Lewis Merriam, Fourth
infantry.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Robert B.
Grimes. U. s. A.
By request Of the quartermaster gen.
Graz, ". >. IA, ~ boah0 VI SURVEY, ~
consist Of Capt. Jesse NJ. Lee, First
Lieut.. William B. Pease, and Second
Lieut.. George Palmer, Ninth infantry,
will convene at Fort Mckinney, W. T.,
on the 9th day Of April, 1880. ut lC
o'clock a. m, or as soon thereafter az
practicable, TO ascertain and report the
money value Of certain public property
for which First Lieut.. tnow captainl
John w. Bulb, Fourth infantry, is nc
countable, and for which proper returns
have not been rendered
Acting Assistant Surgeon John Mars
ton, U. s. A., now ut Fort Steele, w.
T., will proceed without delay to Fort
Fetterman, W. T., and report TO the
commanding officer for Temporary duty
during the absence Of First Lieut..
Robert W. Shufeldt, assistant surgeon.
Upon the return Of Assistant Surgeon
Shufeldt, Acting Assistant Surgeon
Marston will rejoin his proper station
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