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send, has been granted 20 days leave Of abb
sence.
Major G. M. Downey, Captain 2lst Inf,
with his family, will depart for the east
about the 9Th of April.
Surgeon R. H. Alexander, four years ago
stationed at this post, has been ordered to
report at Fort Leavenworth.
Capt. j. A. Kress, Inspector General of
the Department, departed for Forts Walla
Walla and Boise on Monday.
Soon after pay day at Walla Walla four
privates of the LIST Cavalry deserted. Two
of them were soon recaptured.
A. A. Surgeon lesson who came up with
the recruits on Saturday, will return to his
station in California on the next steamer.
Capt. Thos. H. Bradley, 2lst Infantry,
has been ordered to report to his company
for duty. He has never yet been in the regi-
ment, though an officer forovertwelve years.
The work of constructing the bridge across
Spokane will be pushed forward vigorously,
and it is hoped that the piers will be laid be-
fore the spring freshets.
A number of Piute Indians belonging to
the Pyramid Lake reservation are starving
in Idaho, and some of them applied last
week at Fort Boise for relief and obtained
three days rations and shelter.
Troop c, LIST Cavalry, has been released
from duty in the Department of Arizona,
and assigned to duty at Walla Walla. Its
officers are Capt. Henry Wagner, lst It.
Thos. Carney, 2nd 1t. James B. Aleshire.
Leon Lambertine, private in the LIST Cav
airy, who was not long ago arrested on the
stage while performing for deserving guard
duty, at Fort Walla Walla, committed sui
eide in the guard-house. 1t is thought he
was demented.
The work of reconstructing the old ordi-
nance storehouse to adapt it for use as de-
partment headquarter building will be
shortly commenced and pushed forward with
all the vigor that the limited means availa-
BILE will admit Of.
The post quartermaster at Fort Walla
Walla has been directed to ship the neces-
sary packing apparatus to Fort Townsend
to enable the commanding officer at that
post to have a survey made of the surround
ings and Typographical features Of that Sec
tion of the country.
Men desiring to serve Uncle Sam at the
very liberal figures and splendid inducements
ample opportunity to don the uniform as re-
cruitng officer has been designated for each
post in the department, for either branch Of
the service within its limits.
A detachment of 60 recruits for the LIST
Cavalry arrived at thispos on Saturday eve
ming in charge of Major John Green, LIST
Cavalry. and left for Walla Walla on Mon
day morning under command of Capt. j. Q.
Adams, lst Cavalry. Major Green will re-
turn to his station at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo.
The infant child of Gen. o. d. Greene
Adjt. Gen. of the Department, died on Sun
day night, and was buried on Monday. The
General and his family has the sympathy o.
all in their bereavement. Another of the
children is slightly affected. but it is hopec
that the disease, diphtheria, is mild in thi'
case.
| In our last issue We noticed the appear
ance of the Army Register for 1881, and in
tended to give the names of all ten oficeri
Of the army who were brevetted for ICON
spicuous gallantry" in the war of the rebel
lion, but through an oversight several names
were omitted. Among them was that Of ouI
esteemed friend Capt. II. H. Pierce, Adju'
tant 2lst Infantry, who received this dis
tinguished and distinguishing brevet for the
gallant defense of his battery in January,
1865. on James river, Va, againstan assault
by three rebel ironclads and several smaller
vessels aided by 25 heavy guns in land
batteries. Our unintentional omission oil
the name of Capt. Pierce induces MS to sin.
gle him out now for special mention, not
only for his gallantry in war, but for the
nobler achievements of enriching the litera.
e 4. L.. - la
Of the great epic of Virgil yet presented to
the English speaking people. We now give
the list in full of the ten officers in the army
of the United States who have brevets fol-
Conspicuous gallantry:"
Henry A. Morrow, Col. 2lst Infantry.
George H. Forsyth, 1t. Col. 4th Cavalry.
Albert p. Morrow, Major 9th Cavalry.
Henry H. Pierce, Adjutant 2lst Infsntry.
Romeyn B. Ayres, Col. 2nd Artillery.
Charles Sellmer, lat 1t. Sd Artillery.
Henry C. Merriam, 1t. Col. End Inf.
Samuel McConihe. Capt. l4th Infantry.
Samuel w. Crawford, Brig. Gen. retired.
Samuel X. Schwenk, Capt. retired.
A large proportion Of the hundreds Of brs-
vsts conferred was for ''gallantry aud NOR
itorious services" in battle, but now and
then We end the language somewhat varied,
no doubt, to express the merits Of the case.
John J. Gregg. Col. retired. has brevst
for gallant and distinguished service" BE-
fore Richmond. Innis d. Palmer, Col. ~
tired. has two brevsts for gallantry in the
battles Of Contrsras, Cherubusco. and Cha
pultspse. Mexico. bssidss four brevets for
services in TIE civil war. Capt Merritt
Barbar. 10th Inf, flor having borne him
self with distinguished gallantry sincs May.
and particularly in the engagement At
Cedar creek" There arc 400 officers on the
retired list and 2lSl on the activs lat max