The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-04

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equipped with Americarr cannon.
We are indebted to the Arny and
Navy Journal for many points in this
column. tI.lTEG
The bill providing for the compulsory
retirement of officers at the age of 90 is
likelysto pass congress. ~
Many officers in the platte and the
MISSOURI are deliberately preparing for
a spring campaign against the Utes.
/ The venerable Gen. w. S. Harney,
now in his s0th year, is on his annual
visit to New Orleans, where a cordial
reception greeted him.
| The Gatling gun is growing in favor
among foreign nations on account of
the favorable reports-that come from
Africa and Afghanistan concerning the
gun.
Commissary Sergeant Gearge Gerbel,
of the United States army, committed
suicide at seven O'Clock Friday MORN
ing at Fort Bayard, N. NJ, by shoot
ing himself through tie head.
Invitations to the wedding of Miss
Annie Mansfield Badger and Lieut..
George Z. Elliott, q. S. NJ. c., are be-
ing issued. The cermony will take
place at Epiphany church, Washington,
on Tuesday, Jan. 9th.
Judge-Advocate t. f. Barr has re.
ported in Washington for duty with the
secretary of war, probably as his legal
adviser. Several names have been
mentioned for the position of military
secretary to the president.
Captain Thomas Wilhelm, of the
Eighth infantry, has compiled and pub
lished "A Military and Naval Ency-
clopadia, (which is a monument of
painstaking research and faithful con-
densation. 1t deals extensively with
battles of the late civil war, d
American rifles are largely used in
the armies of Spain, Bolivia, Peru, Chill,
Uruguay, Paraguay, Sweden Norway,
Denmark, Greece, Egypt, Turkey,
China and Japan. The arms and
ammunition were exported in boxes
labelled agricultural implements, y
"soap,n etc. ~ Af ffs
The A. and N Jouraalisa a "little OFF,
in the following item: Gas Capt
Payne is still suffering from his
wounds, the Indian peace commits
sion may be obliged to proceed to Fort
Russell, near Cheyenne, and take his
testimony there The captain has
not been suffering to the extent men
toned, but is almost completely well of
his wounds.
Brig. Gen. C. c. Augur, U. S. A.,
publishes a statement showingi the
amount Of the moneys received by him
as trustee of the 'Benner Relief Fund .
The receipts amounted to 1858. 90
The disbursements were as follows:
Invested in government bonds per
ECO 90
Paid on mortgage on Mrs. Benner's
house at Rogers Park, Cook County,
9l0 30
To amount sent Mrs. Benner forrI
household expenses. l73 40
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The London Times commends in the
strongest terms Lieut.. Greene's report
on the war in Turkey. I"His book, y
it says, "stamps him military histor-
ian of the first class, for, though he
| does not aim at the word-painting of a
Napier, he has achieved the success of a
Chesney. Having thorough graspof his
subject, he marshals the facts before us
with military concisness, brushes away
the cobwebs of personal achievements
with which other narratives of this war
are clouded, follows the movements of
the Russian armies with painstaking
exactness, lays bare the failings OF the
commanders, and criticises with no un-
friendly yet with an unsparing hand.
To the general reader this work cannot
fail to be of interest; but to the military
student it will be simply invaluable.''
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