Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-05-13
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Mrs. Mai Combe, Of the Cantonment,
Little Missouri, went East Monday.
Mai. James p. Willard, Paymaster, has
been assigned to duty at st. Paul, MINI.
Cant. Jacob Kline, Eighteenth lnfan-
,rv, has been ordered to Sioux City, Iowa,
for duty at that place. as@s
Col. Otis, 7th Cavalry, came over from
Lincoln Tuesday, and loomcd up as
target at which his friends fired many
pleasant salutations. ,, ... .- .
Major Bates, paymaster U. $. A. after
distributing the root Of all evil at various
posts, is again in the city.
Leave of absence for three M Onths, to
take effect after July l., 1881, has been
granted Second Lieut.. Francis Wood
bridge, Seventh Infantry.
Lieut.. James G. Ayres, ordnance de-
partment, and wife, have arrived at
St. Paul en- route to Rock Island, the
former home of Mrs. Ayres. .s.a.....
First Lieut.. David B. Wilson, Adjutant
Of the Twenty fifth Infantry, has been
authorized to remain at St. Pau! until the
route of travel to his post IS open.
Lieut.. Ogle (Seventeenth Infantry and
wife, Post Surgeon Maus and wife, and
Lieut.. Brennan, arrived from Fort Iates
YESTERDAY afternoon on the steamer PecK.
i The order detailing Second Lieut.. John
"A Lockwood, Seventeenth Infantry, for
duty at thef international polar station,
near Lady Franklin Bay, has been re
yoked.
Assistant Surgeon, W. II. King, upon
she expiration jof his sick leave, has been
ordered to report by letter to the Surgeon
General, and Assistant Surgeon ID: .. Per-
/ leyhas been directed to proceed to Detroit,
/ Mich.S4 30 g. .s. ... '. ~
y. First Lieut.. G. W a. Stouch, Third Ia.
fantry, has been detailed as Inspector of
Indian Supplies at the Blackfeet Agency,
Montana III place of First Lieut.. -. II.
Floyd, Eighteenth Infantry who has been
Z relieved. y s
Lieut.. and Mrs. Wilkinson, of Fort
Lincoln, went East Monday morning.
Lieut.. Wilkinson has a twenty days,
!, leave, and will so to New Mexico to look
after his extensive mining interests in
that section.
Lieut.. Hare, Seventh Cavalry, re-
turned to Fort Totten Monday. He will
proceed immediately, with Company ~"
Capt. II. J. Nowlan, to Buford, as will also
Company tx" Seventh Cavalry, Capt. E.
&. Mathey.
A general court-martial has been Or
dered to convene at Fort Smelling, Mimi,
of which Capt. D. W. Bcnham, Seventh
Infantry, is appointed President, ana
First Lieut. William Quinton, Seventh
Infantry, Judge Advocate. .....-.r
Leave of absence for one year has been
granted First Lieut.. John F. Trout,
Twenty-third Infantry; for: six months to
Lieut.-Co. Elmer Otis, Seventh Cavalry;
for four months to First Lieut.. O. E.
Wood, Fifty Artillery; for five months to
First Lieut. Frank Mlchler, Fifth Cavalry;
and for six months to Maj n. b. &c
Laughlin, Tenth Cavalry. @ .5. .
The Pioneer Press says: "Thcre was
an opening day at Fort Smelling yester-
tcrday Three general prisoners were out
in chorge of their guard, preparing to
, start for Fort Leavenworth to serve out
their sentenances, when they overpowered
the guards, took away their arms and
made good their escape. They were re-
captured after an exciting chase, and are
again safely housed. a. -.
Captain and Assistant Surgeon L. nj.
Maus, having served his four years term
ON the frontier at Fort Yates, is ordered to
report to the Surgeon General at Wash
lngton for assignment to duty in the de-
partment of the east. DR.. Maus will be
missed professionally and socially, and
few have more friends than he and his es-
Unable wife. He arrived in Bismarck
Yesterday afternoon, and will proceed east
this morning.
The Pioneer Press says: "Lieut. John
W. Wilkinson, Seventh Cavalry, was at
the Metropolitan yesterday, having ar
rived in company with DR.. Benham,
Uuited States army, from Fort Lincoln
on the morning tram. Both gentlemen
: are on their way to Arizona, where Lieut..
Wilkinson owns q silver mine now III
operation, and so valuable that for forty
Of the 100 shares in his possession he has
been offered more than 100000 cash.
Everyone who knows the officer will re-
ioice in his good fortune. ls.
The. many Bismarck and other friends
of Lieut. Col. Elmer Otis, Seventh Cav
airy, will regret to learn that he has been
pronounccd by physlelans a victim & OF
q diabetis, an insiiious and dangerous com.
plant, which threatens TO incapacitate
him for active service. He has q sick
leave for six months, and III a week or
two will take his family from Fort Lin
coin. where he now commands, to South
Bend, Ind, where he purposes establish
ing, a permanent residence. Major j. G.
Tilfold will probably assume command
of Lincoln and Of the regiment, as Gen:
stulgis hsss been detailed Y the suRerin-
tendency Of tue Soldiers Home in Wash
ington. II is rumored also that Lieut..
Col. w. p. .Carlin, Seventeenth Infantry,
will be ordered from Fort ates to Fort
nd Of the i1att