National Republican., 1883-12-14
REWARDS OF MERIT.
The Senate VIII Consider the Nominations
OF the O1ieiaIs Named Below.

OF the OfnoisIs Named Below.
The President sent tho following nominations to
the senate yesterdays
Col. samuel B. Holab,rd, assistant quartermas-
ter general. TO be quanCrmasIor general, with
rank Of brlgader general.
Lieut.. Col. Judson u. bingham, deputy quarter
master general to be colonel aud assistant quar-
Lieut.. Col. Alexander j. Perry. deputy quarter
master general, TO be colonel aud assistant quar-
MaIs. ~ /. Ludineton, James NJ. Moore, and
Benjamin Q. Card, quartermaAtors, TO be leuten-
ant coonels aud depnty quartermasters general.
Capts. Charles w. Foster, JOhn III. Belcher. Ezra
b. Kirk, and Amos s. Kimball assistant quarter
masters, TO be majors and quartermasters:
First Lieuts. Daniel IL. Floyd 18th In
fantry; Charles II. ingalls,, 9th infantry George L.
Pond, sth cavalry, aud Second Lieut.. VIM. s. Pat
ten, 18Th infantry, to be captains and assistant
Col. Robert Murray assistant surgeon general
to be brlgadier general and surgeon general
Maj. John Moore surgeon, 10 be Lieutenant
colonel aud assistant medical purveyor
capt. Richard y. Vickery, assistant surgeon, TO
be MAJOR and surgeon,
| Capt. Michael V. Sheridan. 7th cavalry, TO be
major and assistant adjutant general.
First Lieut.. James q. Ayres, to be captain OF
ordnance.
Second Lieut.. Douglas A. Howard, Sd artillery,
| to be first lieutenant of ordnance.
| Maj. Loomis L. Langdon, to be lieutenant
colonel I'd artillery; Capt. Chas. B. Throckmorton,
Of 4th artillery, 10 be major I'd artillery; First
| Lieut. VIM. p. Vose to be captain I'd artillery
Second Lieuts. Victor H. Bridgman, Erasmus N.
Weaver, jr and Eli D. Hoyle TO be first lieutenants
| I'd artillery.
Lieut.. COL Horatlo G. Gibson of I'd artillery to
Foster to be first lieutenant I'd artillery.
| Lieut.. Col. Clermont l.. Best to be colonel 4th
artillery; Maj. John Mendenhall, of LIST artillery,
to be lieutenant colonel 4th artillery First Lieuts
| John F. Story and Geo. q. Greenough to be cap
tains ith artillery Second Lieuts. Clarence Deems
Lieut.. Col John Hamilton to be colonel 9th
| artillery: Maj. Henry W. Closson 10 be Lieutenant
colonel 9th artillery; Capt Marcus L; Miller, OF
samuel NJ. Mills to be captain Second Lieut.. VIM.
| r. Hamilton TO be first lieutenant.
lieutgnant colonel 7h infantry; First Lieut. Rob-,
G. Armstrong to be captain 7tn infantry; Second
Lleuts Frank de L. Carrington and Charles G.
| Starr to be first lieutenants 7th infantry.
First Lieut.. Abner Haines, jr to be captain ID
infantry; Second Lieut.. Vim. q. Muhlenburg to be
First Lieut.. VIM. Mitchell to be captain Sd in
fantry; Second Lieuts. Fayette w. Roe and Lorenzo
| w. Cooke TO be first lieutenauts.
| Maj. Melville A. Cochran, OF 18th infunty to be
| lieutenant colonel 9TH infantry Capt. David
krause of 1ith infantry, to be major 9th infantry;
First Lieut. Edmund Rice to be captain 9th in
| lieutenant 9th infantry.
First Lieut.. Charles G. Penney to be captain
H. Crowell to be captain 6tn infintry Second
Leuts Charles II. Ingalls, and Charles Byrne to
be first lieutenants 9th infantry.
Capt Alfred 4. Smith, of the Sth infantry, to be
major 7th infantry.
| First Lieut.. james W. Powell to be captain Sth
Infantry; Second Lieut.. Henry johnson, IT,, TO bo
| first lieutenant Sth infantry.
Lieut. Col, John S. Mason, of the Goth Infantry,
to be colonel 9th infantry; First Lieut. (adjutant)
| William b. Pense 70 be captain 9th infantry; Sec
! ond Lieuts. Thomas s. McCaleb and George
Palmer to be first lieu,enants 9th infantry.
| Capt. Hamilton s. Hawkins, of the 9th infantry,
to be major 10Th infantry; First Lieut.. Edwin o.
Gibson TO be captain 10th infantry: Second Lieuts.
stephen Y. seyburn and Bogardus Eldridge to be
first lieutenanis 10Th infantry
Capt. Simon Snyder, of 9th infantry, to be major
| l1th infantry.
Capt. William H. Penrose, Of Sd infantry, to be
Second Lieut.. George r. Cecil to be first lieuten.
| ant OF 18th in ntantry.
tain l4ih infantry; Second Lieuts. RichardT Yeat-
man, George L. i. Patterson, and Robert A. Lowell
| TO be first leutenants 14th infantry.
Lieut.. Col. Joseph N.G. Whistler, OF 9th infantry,
| to be colonel 15lh infantry.
Lieut.. Col. Matthew NJ. Blunt, of 25th infantry,
to be colonel 10th infantry First Lieut.. (AdjutanO
| William IL. Vinal TO be captain 10th lnantry;
| Second Lieuts Eugene Cushmun, William Las
| Mai John j. Coppiuger, of 10Th infantry, to be
Lieutenant colonel 18Th infantry; Second Lieut.,
Charles Ii. Cabauiss, jr to be trst Lieutenant 1St Ii
Mai Caleb r. Layton, of 9th infantry to be lieu
tenant colonel 2Oth infantry.
First Lieut.. Thos: Ii. Bradley to be captain 2lst
| infantry; Second Lieuts. Chas. Ii. Bonester aud
Edward S. Farrow to be first lieutenants 2lst in
| fantry
| TO be captain 22d infantry; Second Lieut.. Medad
G. Martin TO be first lieutenant 22d infantry.
| Second Lieut.. James b. Lockwood 10 be first
| lieutenant SD infantry
Second Lieut.. Charles Dodge, jr. TO be first lieu
| tenant 18th infantry.
Mai David H. Brotherton, Of 7th infantry, to be
lieutenant colonel 25th infantry; Capt. Frederick
Mears. Of 9th infantry, to be major 25th infantry
| Second Lieut.. John McMartin 10 be first lieuten-
| ant 25th infantry.
The Rev. John Vaughan Lewis, of New York, to
Capt.Wiliiam ii. Bell, commissary of subsistence,
| to be major and commissary of subsistence.
| Henry G. Sharpe, of New York, late second lieu
tenant 4th infantry, to be captain and commissary
Capts. Lewis c. overman, Alexander NJ. Mill er,
| and Milton B. Adams TO be majors.
| First Lieuts Carl f. Palfrey, William ii. Bixby,
aud Henry $. Taber to be captains.
Second Lieuts. James g.. Warren, Edward Burr,
| and Oscar I. Crosby 10 be first lieutenants.
Second Lieut.. Alfred NJ Fuller to be first lieu
''tS Capt. Samuel B. M. Young, of sth cavalry and
George a. Purinston, of 9th cavalry, TO be majors
First Lieut. Charles Mortonl to be captain Sd
| cavalry.
| Beach, aud Arthur c. Duoal, Sd cavalry, TO be
first lientenants Sd cavalry;
First Lieut. Abram Il. Wood, 4th cavalry, to be
second Lieut., Abel l.. Smith, 4th cavalry. to be
first lieutenant 4th cavalry.
| Second Lieut.. Edwin Il. Andrews to be first
| lieutenant 9th cavalry.
Mai. Andrew W Evans, of the Sd cavalry. to be
| lieutenant COlonel Wn cavalry MAJ. Joseph u.
Iiford, to be lieutenant colonel 7th cavalry; Capt
John E. Tourtelotte to be major 9Th cavalry; First
Lieut.. Winfield S. Edgerly, TO be captain 7th cav.
airy; Second Lieut.. Herbert j. Slocum to be first
| lieutenant 7th cavalry.
Lieut.. Col. Elmer OTIS, of the 7th cavalry, TO be
colonel sth cavalry First Lieut., Edmund Luf to
| be captain Sth cavalry Second Lieut. Josiah IL.
| King TO be first Lieutenant Sth cavalry.
First Lieut. Eugene ID. Dmmick 10 be captain
9th cavalry; Second Lieut. Matthias W. Day TO bo
first lieutenant 9th cavalry; Second Lieut. Walter
| l., Finley to 10 first lieutenant0 9TH cavalry.
First Lieut. Charles l.. Cooper TO he captain 10th
cavalry; Second Lieut. John Bigelow, jr., 10 be
| first lieutenant 10th cavalry.
Capt. John |. Rodgers OF the ID artillery, TO bc
major lSt artillery; First Lieut., Richard q. Snaw
10 DO captain 1st artillery; Second Lieut.. John
! " White to be first Lieutenant LIST artillery.
CONFIRMATION.
The senate In executive session yesterday con-
| hrmed the nomination OF william Livingston, Jr.,
to be collector of customs at Detroit, Mich.
SCROLLS, toys favors, scraps, Sc, RtJ Jay Gould
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