The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-12-02

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business upon which a board is 10 lie
assembled lies solely within the sphere
Of duties Of q particular stan, corps or
department, and the members Of the
board are TO be exclusively Of that corps
or department, to meet at a post OF
station under their immediate control,
and TO be composed of officers at the
post or station, the details therefor may
be made by the chief of the staff, corps
or department. When. however. the
officers TO compose the detail are to be
drawn from other stations than those
at which the board is 10 assemble, the
orders in the case will DO issued by d.
rection Of the secretary Of war.
Whenever chiefs Of sta1, corps or de-
partments desire to send officers belong
ing thereto on duty peculiar TO their
own stan, corps oil departments, they
~shall-except in the case OF officers en-
ployed under the appropriation for the
Improvement Of rivers and harbors-
make application to the secretary Of
war, setting forth the purpose of the
journey, when, should be absent, or
ders in the case will lie issued in the
usual form prescribed in the regula-
tions.
IL is understood that the chief obsta-
Gle in the way Of the army retirements
favored by President Hayes is the hos
tility Of General Sherman. lie does
not believe in retiring men who, al
though old. are dong very well, and
they are not rs old rs staff officers in
Europe. II appears that there are
twenty-seven officers equal 10 or above
the grade OF Northumberland. who
must be retired under the law as fast
as vacancies occur on the retired list.
This would promote 1876 younger Of
ficers who. with their friends, are urg-
ing that the law should be enforced.
All OF the tw~enty-seven men, except
eight, are stan officers. or the eight
three are general officers. 1t Is a source
Of great concern to the officers whether
the president persists in his desire to
keep the retired list full or General
Sherman's policy, not to retire men as
long IL 1t a possibly be avoided. The
general opinion about headquarters
seems to be that a compromise will he
effected by the retirement OF about a
half dozen, including Ord, Burnam,
Meigs and Dunn.
A Nomination for the signal once.
Fort LARAMIE, Wyo., Nov. 30.
To the Editor OF The Leader;
Now that there are so many aspi-
rants for the position Of chief signal Of
ficer-which is being more strongly and
more variedly sought for than any po-
sitIon in the army for many years-it
seems strange that one name should be
overlooked-a name that n year ago was
prominent through the country far and
wide. As modesty and n quiet per-
Torrance Of duty would seem to render
one unnoticed, / would nominate for
that position Capt. J. $. Payne, 9TH
cavalry, whose action at the Milk creek
massacre Is n part Of the historic an
nails Of our country, and for which he
has SO far received no reward.
His rank may DO urged rs an objec-
ton, but that will be untenable, as
among others the position has been APP
piled for by LIST Lieut.. II. W. Howgate
and "Major" w. b. Wetmore, of the
New York national guard, the latter
being at the time of his resignation, on
ly a I'd lieutenant in the 9th cavalry,
and having been moreover, one of the
deficient" members Of the West Point
clAks Of II.
Not wholly regarding rank, 1t would
raise the moral Of the army, to reward
in its steed. MERIT.
The Fort Monroe correspondent of
the Register says: 1t is whispered that
our young friend LIST Lieut.. George L.
Chase, Sd cavalry, now On duty 1T the
artillery school, contemplates a flying
trip west during the holidays, and from
the manner in which he is fitting up
his bachelor quarters, he will not re-
turn alone. The young lady is said to
he n Of C~incinnati's fair daughters,
and will no doubt be a valuable acqui-
sition to the pleasant society Of the
post.