The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-17

OF absence Tor one month Is
granted Col. Albert G. Bmckett, Third
cavalry, Fort ID. A. Russell.
Leaveo OF absence for one month, with
permission TO apply for an extension Of
two months, Is granted to Capt. s. Nc
Conihef, Fourteenth infantry, Fort
Douglas, U. T. al
The commanding officer at Fort Sid
ney, Neb., will order Second Lieut..
John Baxter, jr., Ninth infantry, to
report In person, without delay, to tho
commanding officer at Camp Sheridan,
Neb., for temporary duty with company
Il, Sixth infantry.
Col. Albert G. Bracket, Third cav
airy, commanding Fort ID. A. Russell,
Is appointed n special inspector. 10 in
spect at his post six horses and certain
ordnance and ordnance stores Tor which
the commanding officer Of company G,
Third cavalry, Is accountable, and
which are reported 10 now require the
action OF m Inspector.
In compiiance with telegraph instruc-
tions from the adjutant generals Office,
dated the 18th inst, Capt. Frederick
Mears, Ninth infantry, will repair to
Cheyenne In seasUn TO meet and accom-
pany II far rs San Francisco. n de-
tachment Of recruits for the First cav
airy, which will leave jefferson bar
racks, No., on the 18th inst. Upon.
completion OF this duty, Capt. Mears
will, without delay, return to his proper
station.
A board Of survey 10 consist Of Capt.
John v. Furey, assistant quartermas-
ter, Capt. Richards Barnett, assistant
surgeon, and First Lieut.. Earl ID.
Thomas, Fifth cavalry, will w
at tho subsistence depot, Omaha. Nel,.,
on the lot inst, 1t 2 O'Clock p. M, or
as soon thereafter rs practicable. to
examine into and report Upon the con
dition Of certain damaged subsistence
stores for which Capt. Thos. Wilson.
commissary Of subsistence, is account
able, and to fix the responsibility for the
damage to the same.
A general court martial is hereby
| appointed TO meet Mt Fort Fred Steele,
on the oath day of August, 1880, or us
soon thereafter rs practicable, for the
trial Of such prisoners as may be
brought before It. Detail for the court:
Capt. Joseph Lawson, Third cavalry;
First Lieut.. Albert D. King. Third
cavalry; First Lieut.. Geo. o. Webster.
Fourth infantry; First Lieut.. Edward
L. Brilcy, Fourth infantry; First Lieut..
James L. H. Foster, Third cavalry;
Second Lieut.. VIM. ID. Beach, Third
cavalry; Second Lieut.. James A. Ley
den, Fourth infantry; Capt. Edwin NJ.
Coates. Fourth infantry, judge advo-
cate.
A board OF survey, to consist Of
Lieut.. Col. WIN. b. Royal, Third cav
airy, acting assistant inspector general,
Maj. Albert S. Tower, pay department,
and Capt. WIN. $. Stanton, chief engi-
neer OF tho department, will v
ut tho quartermaster's depot, Fort
Omaha, onthe 18th inst, at o'clock p.
M, or rs SION thereafter as practicable,
TO examine aud report upon the present
condition, and Hx the responsibility OF
same, Of 100 iron hunks, and 100 sets
Of bunk stats, received At the depot
from Lieut.. J. w. Jacobs, Seventh IN
fantry, A. A. q. NJ, at Fort Smelling,
Mimi, rs per invoice, dated July %.
1880.
Deadwood 7ymes: From Lieut.. Wal
lace, Co. G, Seventh cavalry, VIC learn
tho particulars Of tho shooting scrnpe
that occurred In his camp on the Little
Missouri on Wednesday last. II seems
that Private Michael Driscoll, who has
always been nm aggressive mnn had some
words with VIM. Austin, o private In
the SAND company (Gl and struck him,
and then proposed that tho di03cuity,
which was OF long standing, should DO
settled with guns, winch Proposition
was Immediately accepted by Austin,
and the result was that Driscoll was
shot through and through by Austin.
They both belong To Lieut.. Wallace's
company. .Si