Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-11
ARMY MATTERS.

Extracts from Late Orders, Department OF
Dakota---FOrt AssinibOine Reservation,
Deserters, Sentences, Assignments to
Duty, Etc.
Mai. A. E. Bates, paymaster United States
army, will proceed daily to st. Paul, Minn.,
occupy the Office of Maj Reese, pay depart
lnent, and make the payments of that station
during the absence Of Maj. Reese.
Company G, Seventeenth infantry, First
Lieut. Josiah Chance. commanding, is re-
lleved from temporary duty at the quarter
masters warehouse, at Bismarck, and will re-
turn to its station, Fort A. Lincoln.
The commanding officer of Fort Meade, D.
T.. will place two troops of the Seventh cav
airy on the road between that post and Fort
Pierre, to protect trains carrying government
stores from the Missouri river to Fort Meade,
in accordance with special instructions fur
nshed this day.
In accordance with the order of the Presi-
dent, dated June 18th, 1881, the following
Fort Assiniboine, Montana Territory, is an
nounced, in lieu of the reservation declared
for said post by executive order, dated March
4th, 1880, and published in general orders No.
IL, of Adril %, 1870, from these headquar-
ters:
Commencing at the junction of the right
bank of Milk river with the left bank of
Big Sandy creek, thence up said left bank
to point opposite Gorham's Coulee; thence
south 35 degrees west, fourteen (l4) miles;
thence due south to the right or south bank
of the Missouri river; thence down said right
bank to point due south of the Junction of
the left bank Of Little Sandy creek with the
left bank of the Missouri river; thence due
north to said junction; thence north 35 degrees
east seven and one-half (7X) miles; thence
due east thirty (30) miles; thence due north
twenty-five (25j miles; thence due wesi to the
right bank of Bull Hook creek; thence due
north to point two miles north of the left
bank of Milk river; thence in direct line to
a point two (2) miles due north of the place of
beginning; and thence due south to the place
of beginning.
Before general court martial lately con-
yened at Fort Smelling Private James E. Col
win. company H, Second infantry, was found
guilty of absenting himself without leave for
about four days IN May laet, and was sentenced
to be confined two months under charge of
the post guard. The same court found Pri-
vate James A. Shettle, of the same company,
guilty of allowing prisoners he was posted to
guard to take from him his rifle and cartridge
belt and escape, aud sentenced him to be dshon-
orably discharged and confined in a military
prison one year. The same court also con-
victed Private Theodore N. Stevens, attached
to battery 1, Fourth artillery, of
desertion at Fortress Monroe, and
remaining in desertion until he
surrendered himself seven months after in
st. Paul. and sentenced him to be dishonorably
discharged, forfeit pay and allowances and be
confined at hard labor for two years. The
action of the court in each case is approved,
but, on recommendation of the court, the SEN
tence of Private Colvin Is remitted ana he is
released and restored to duty. The post sur
geon reporting that Private Shettle is un-
doubtedly insane, the findings and sentence in
his case are dsapproved. The sentence of
Private Stevens is confirmed.