The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-21

OF the department of the Platte:
FORT OMAHA, Feb. 10, 1880.
General orders No. 6. The military
reservation of Fort Mckinney, w. T.,
originally declared by executive order
of July 2, 1879, as announced in general
orders No. IT, series of 1879, from
these headquarters, is, by executive or
der of February 2, 1880. enlarged, for
the purpose of supplying the post with
wood and timber, and the enlargement
is accordingly, in compliance with in
structions of the 5th instant, from
the headquarters of the army, an
nounced for the information of all con
cerned, with boundaries described as
follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner
of the military reservation Of Fort Nc
Kinney, as declared in executive order
of July I'd, 1879, and running west six
(6l miles; thence north four (4) miles;
thence east six (6) miles to the north
west corner of the said military reser-
walton; thence south following the
west boundary of the said military res
ervation four (4) miles to the point of
beginning.
The area of the enlargement is twen-
ty-four (24) square miles, and that of
the original reservation was sixteen (16)
square miles.
The boundaries of tue aggregate
tract of forty (40) square miles nom
embrace On the reservation as thus de-
clared and enlarged by the aforesaid
executive orders are announced and de-
scribee as follows:
Beginning at a point two (2) miles
east of the center Of the parade of Fort
Mckinney and running thence south
two (2) miles; west ten (10) miles;
thence north four i4) miles; thence east
ten (10) miles; thence south ~ miles to
the point Of beginning.
All courses are true. The magnetic
variation determined in August, 1877,
at depot Mckinney is Ito east.
Latitute (approximate) 44o, % min
utes and 10 seconds.
Longitude (approximate) 1869, 4f
minutes and 4 seconds west from Green.
wich.
Posts five 10 inches square and five
10y feet high, branded U. s. NJ. R., will
be placed to mark the new boundary at
suitable points.
First Lieut.. cambridge Reynolds,
adjutant Third cavalry, and Second
Lieut.. Lewis Merriam, Fourth infantry,
are detailed as members Of the general
court martial convened at Fort Lara.
mie, w. T., by paragraph two, special
orders No. 1o6, series of 1879, from
these headquarters.
Col. Albert G.. Bracket, Third cav.
airy, is appointed a special inspector tc
inspect Mt Fort Robinson, Neb., all UNI
serviceable property at that post which
may now require the action of an in
spector.
Four companies of the Fourteenth
infantry, under command of Capt.
Trotter, are at Snake river, Colorado,
constructing Il bridge over that stream,
under the supervision of Major j. W.
Mason, Third United States cavalry.
Four companies of the Fourth infan-
try, are at Bear river, to assist in the
construction of a bridge over that
stream.
Capt. Harry Clifford, Seventh infan-
try, is in hospital at Fort Sanders, be-
ing treated for frozen hands.
Two companies of the Ninth infantry
under Capt. L. Hay, are at Snake river,
Col, where they have constructed tenn
porary quarters. Their principal duty
is to furnish escorts and assist in keep
ing the road to White river open.
Lieut.. Beach, Third cavalry, with
fifteen men of that regiment, are es'
corting Major Wham, on his pay touI
to White river.
First Lieut.. Earl D.. Thomas, Fifth
cavalry, has relieved Lieut.. Scott,
Fourth infantry, of his duties as depot
quartermaster at Rawlins.
Lieut.. II. R. Lemley, well known in
the Third cavalry, but now in the
Third artillery, has an illustrated arti.
Gle in Harper's magazine for March, or
the Arapahoes. The pictures of Fri
day, Sharp Nose, and Black Cole, are
very life like, and the article is a very
interesting one
The proposed road from Fort Steel
| to Snake river has been abandoned FOL
the winter, on account of deep snow
1t requires constant effort to keep oper
| the road from Rawlins southwark
Sleighs are in use a good part of TIT
way towards White river.
The chief quartermaster of this de
| partment is purchasing mules in Mis-
| souri,, and horses in Kentucky for thu
government.
First Lieutenant Charles A. Booth
with n detachment of thirty-two mer
left on the noon train for Rawlins eI
route for tile camp on White river. Tht
detachment is composed of members o.
six companies taken from the Seventh
infantry at Fort Smelling, Mimi, il
October last. and which have since tina