The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-26

lhe army and those OF the lieut.
enant general commanding the division,
be discontinued May /, 1881.
Company c, 9th infantry, now sta
TONED thereat, win take post at Fort
Omaha, Eeb.
Acting assistant surgeon George W.
Towar, u. S. A, will report in person
the commanding officer, Fort Mo
brara, Neb., for duty. =
Commissary sergeant William Bolton,
U. s.. A, will. subject to the approval
of the secretary of war, report in per-
son to the depot commissary of subsist-
enee, Cheyenne, w. T., for temporary
duty.
The quartermaster's and subsistence
stores, and ordnance and ordnance
stores, not in hands of troops will be
sent to Fort Niobrara, Neb., or dis
tributed to neighboring posts at which
they are most required.
The medical and hospital property at
Fort Hartsuf viii be sent to Fort Mo
brara, Neb.. with the following excep-
tions: the hospital library, including
the medical journal at the post, win be
sent to the medical director of the de-
partment; the hospital records to the
surgeon general, u. S. A., Washington,
ID. G. The remaining records put up
carefully for future reference, boxed up
and forwarded to headquarters at Oma-
ha, as follows: Those pertaining to the
quartermaster's department to the chief
quartermaster; those pertaining to the
subsistence department to the chief
commissary Of substance; all others
to the assistant adjutant general.
A detachment of one officer and ten
enlisted men from the present garrison,
will remain at Fort Hartsuff after May
LIST, 1881, until all public property
thereat is removed, On completion of
this duty the detachment will join its
company, and the post be left in charge
of a quartermaster's agent.
The post of camp Sheridan, Nebras-
ka, will, under the direction of the
lieut.. general commanding the division,
be discontinued May /, 1881.
Company M, 9th cavalry, and compa-
ny E, 9th infantry, now stationed
thereat, will take post at Fort Robin
son, Nebraska.
Major William 7. Gentry, 9th infan-
try, will proceed to Fort Fetterman,
w. T., and there take post.
Captain Henry NJ. Cronkhite, assist
ant surgeon, will at once proceed to
Fort Mckinney, w. t., and report for
duty at that post.
Hospital steward Thomas N. Gum,
will report in person to the command
ing officer at Fort Hall, Idaho, for
duty.
The quartermaster's and subsistence
stores, and the ordnance and ordnance
stores, not in the hands Of the troops,
at camp Sheridan, will be sent to Fort
Robinson, Nebraska, or distributed to
neighborlng posts at which they are re-
quired.
The medical and hospital property at
camp Sheridan will be sent to Fort
Robinson, Nebraska, with the follow
ing exceptions: the hospital library, in.
Guiding the medical journal at the
post, will be sent to the medical direc-
tor of the department; the hospital
records to the surgeon general, U. S. A.
Washington, D. C. The remaining
records will be carefully arranged for
future reference, boxed upand forward
ed to the headquarters at Omaha, as
follows: Those pertaining to the quar-
department to the chief
quartermaster; those pertaining to the
department to the chief
of subsistence, all others
to the assistant adjutant general.
Under the instructions of the secre-
tary Of war. the bodies inferred at
camp Sheridan cemetery. will be re-
moved to, and inferred in the cemetery
near Fort Robinson. Neb.
All buildings or building material
which can with economy be removed
to the posts of Forts Robinson or Mo-
brara, will be transported to those posts
md used in construction and repairs;
the remainder will be sold by the quar-
department.
A detachment of one officer and ten
enlisted men from the present gsrrison
will remain at camp Sheridan, after
May 1st, 1881, until all public property
thereat is removed. On conclusion of
this duty the detachment will join it's
company.
The 14th infantry, whose headquar-
ters are at camp Douglas, near Salt
Lake. City, will be transferred to anoth-
military department this summer.
The regiment has been seven years in
Utah, a longer period than Is generally
allowed a regiment at the anne station.
1t has been the custom to change mill
tary garrisons every four years. What
regiment will relieve the 18th is not
known, though most probably it will
be the 9th infantry, now on duty in
Montana, which has been exposed on
frontier service for several years, and
is entitled to pleasant posts.-Oydeu
Pilot.
Thirty-four recruits left Fort Russell
on Monday for Forts Sanders and
Steele.