The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-02-05

HDQRs. DEPT. OF THE PLATTE,
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 80, 80.

HDQRs. DEPT. OF THE PLATTE,
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 80, 49,.
Special Orders, No. 10:
/. The leave of absence for seven
days, granted Second Lieutenant Geo.
H. Morgan, Sd cavalry, by by the COM
manding Officer Fort Washakie, W.
T., is extended five days.
2. Recruit Frank Davlds, enlisted at
Fort Sanders, W. T., is assigned to
troop d, Bird cavalry, stationed at that
post.
= 8. Second Lieut.. Frank L. Dodds,
9th infantry, now in this city on public
business will return to his station.
By order of Brig. Gen'l Crook,
j. P. MARTIN.
Major and A. A. G. AdJt Genr.
DEATH OF MAJOR FEkRIs.-The
death of Major s. p. Ferris, captain 4th
infantry, remove from the army one of
its mort widely known and most highly
esteemed officers. He had been i'll but
a short time, but death claimed him
from the start and he sank with the
progress of the disease. The funeral
will take place at Fort D. A. Russell,
on Monday, Feb. 9Th, 1882, at high
noon, and of conrse the deceased will
be buried with the highest military
honors.
Samuel Peters Ferris, o of Hon.
Joshua b. Ferris and Sallie Peters
Ferris, was born at Stamford, Con-
necticut, on December 9th, 1S41, and
was therefore 40 years and two months
old at the time of his death. His
record in the Army Register is as fol-
lows: Cadet Sept. l, 1857; second lieu
tenant 9th infantry, June "a, 1861; first
lieutenant February 10, 1862; colonel
2Sth Connecticut volunteers, Novem-
Der 10, 1862; captain brevet June IA,
1868, for gallant and meritorious SER
vices in the campaign against Port
Hudson, louisiana" mustered out of
the volunteer service August %, 1868;
regimental quartermaster February 2,
1864 to August ID, 1866; major brevet
October IS, 1864, ''for gallant and meri-
toriousservice in the battle of Hatcher's
Run, Virginia." captain Both infantry,
July 28. 1866; accepted November 26,
1866; transferred to the 4th infantry
March 23, 1869.
AS IA soldier Major Ferris was cour-
ageous, efficient and affable. He was
genial among his associates and con-
siderate of those oyer whom he had
command. Socially he was "a hale fell
low well met" and counted his friends
throughout the entire army as well as
among the various communities in
which he was stationed during his term
of service. In Cheyenne especially
Major Ferris was thoroughly known
aud respected, and his death, in the
prime of life, strikes keenly in the
breasts of a wide circle of friends. His
we'll known form was gene rally to be
seen in the city, when his duties did
not require his presence at Fort Rus.
sell, for he was sociable to the highest
degree and was always warmly well
coined by friends. He will be greatly
missed, both in the army and In this
community. His afflicted widow has
the heartfelt sympathies of all, and the
LEADER desires to record its share, be-
cause of the very pleasant relations that
always subsisted between the major and
the writer, and because of his uniform
courtesy and consideration to the press.
His body will be followed to the grave
bya large concourse of sorrowing friends,
among whom will be a large proportion
Of our citizens.