The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-01
~mILIrAnY MATTERS.

Will hereafter De allowed u regarded
as a legitimate expenditure from that
fund.
Hospital steward Charles +. Faring-
ton, U. S. A., ordered from Fort Gus.
ter, NJ. t., TO report for duty in this
department, will report to the com
manding officer at Fort Fetterman fol
duty.
In compliance with instructions from
the adjutant generals Office, dated Feb
ruary /, 1881, Hospitale Steward
James II. McEachron, u. s. A., will
report in person, and without delay, to
the commanding general, department
of Texas, at San Antonio, Texas, for
assignment to duty.
First Lieutenant L. ID. Thomus,
9th cavalry, is appointed a special in
spector, and will inspect such unser-
viceable.quartermaster's stores at North
Platte, Nebraska, for which Second
Lieut.. G. r. Noyes, 10Th infantry, A.
A. Q. NJ, Fort Sidney is responsible,
AZ may now require the action of an in
spector.
Commanding officers of cavalry com.
panies, who desire to have the wind
gague of the buck-horn sight for car
bines, adjusted so as to prevent all lat
eral motion by sliding, are authorized
to remove the leaves from the rear
sights of their carbines and send them
by mail to the Cheyenne ordnance de-
pot, when they will be Immediately ad-
justed and returned by mail.
A board of survey, to consist of Cap
tain Emil Adam, 9th cavalry, and
First Lieut.. Alpheus II. Bowman, 9th
infantry, will onyen at Fort sidney,
Neb,, on the 18th of March, 1881, or
as soon thereafter as practicable, to ex-
anime into. report upon, and fix the
responsibility, for the loss of certain
articles of clothing, camp equipage, for
which Captain j. H.. Helcher, assistant
q~uartermaster. U. S. A., late fort
quartermaster at Fort Sidney, Neb., is
responsible.
A board of survey, to consist of Cap.
tain Alfred Morton, 9th infantry, First
Lieut.. William B. Brewster, assistant
surgeon United States army, and Sec
ond Lieut.. Christopher c. Miner. 9th
infantry, will v at Fort Robin
son, Neb., on the 9th day of March,
1881, or as soon thereafter as practical
BILE, to examine into, report upon and
fix the responsibility for the loss of Ger.
tain articles of camp and garrison equ-
page, for which Captain John NJ. Ham
ilton, 9th cavalry, is accountable.
The war office has the following tele-
gram from Col. Bond, commander at
Mount Prospect: Gen. Colley with
twenty-five officers and 627 men, in
fantry and naval brigade, proceeded
Saturday night to occupy Majola noun
tains, The Beers attacked. him at
IL O'Clock Sunday morning. At l p.
m, the firing increased, and at 2:20 it
became evident from camp that we had
lost the hill and that our men were re-
firing under a heavy FIRE. There is no
doubt that Gen. Colley is killed. Gen.
Wood teiegraphs corrobating the
above, and says he will return to New
Castle Monday.
New Castle, Natal, Feb. 2S.-A sever
engagement took place to-day between
the Beers and Gen. Colley's force, and
the latter was driven from its position
at Spitzkop. Many British officers
were killed and wounded. A later tel
egram from Colley's camp says all the
wounded coming in agree in reporting
that Gen. Colley had been killed and
that only one hundred British escaped.
The Beers charged up the hill four
times, and were about r~etreating when
the British were forced to retire, be-
cause ammunition had not been taken to
the exreme summit.
A despatch from Dunbar states that
that two companies of Highlanders re-
manned on the summit of Spitzkop,
after the retreat, throwing stones down
on the advancing Beers, and subse.
q%uently received them at the point OF
the bayonet. Guns from Mount Pros.
pect greatly checked the pursuit of the
British. The enemy was largely en-.
forced by Beers from the Orange Free
state. The Beers were beaten off at
Watkerstroom after two hours fighting.
The British loss is slight. Another
account of the fight at Spitzkop says:
Whenthe ammunition failed, the slaugh.
ter was fearful. Finally the British
made n desperate but successful rush,
and the Goth fought their way back to
camp. 1t is stated that only seven men
Of the 5Sth survive. The camp is being
fortified at every point.
london, Feb. 16.-General Galley
was shot through tue head. The loss
of the sixteenth foot is supposed to be
light. as all the officers escaped. Other
regiments suffered heavily, both officers
and men. Commander Rawinly. of the
naval brigade, is thought to be dead.
Sir Evelyn Wood succeeds Gen. Colley.