St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-25
REGULAR ARMY NOTES.

Maj. James Biddle is relieved of the CON-
mand of Fort Myer.
By direction of the secretary of war the
order directing Maj. William Drum to duty at
ST. Paul is revoked.
First Lieut.. Rufus P Brown, of the Fourth
infantry, will return from Washington to his
station at Columbus barracks, o.
Private George o. Vanatta, c, Seventh cav
airy, now in custody of civil authorities, will
be discharged without character.
Col. j. NJ. Moon 0nd Lieut.. p. Leary, Jr.,
left Smelling Saturday on hunting leave. J"
They will be absent about three days.
By direction OF the secretary of war the re-
tirement, by operation of law, of Col. J. n.
G. Whistler, Fifteenth infantry,is announced.
First Lieut.. Henry E. Waterman, corps of
engineers, will be relieved from duty at Will
let's Point and will proceed to Chattanooga,
Tenn, reporting to Col. J. NJ. Barlow for Or
derS.
First Lieut.. Eugene J. Spencer, of the
corps of engineers. will be relieved from duty
as chief engineer officer of the department of
Arizona and will report to Maj. Amos Stick
ney at Louisville, KY.
First Lieut., Edward Burr, corps of engi-
neers, will be relieved from duty at Wilett's
Point, and will proceed to Vancouver bar
racks, w. T.. and report as chief, engineers
Office OF the department of Columbia.
A furough of four months is granted Pri-
vste G.. W. Dahler, u, Eleventh infantry; of
six months to Sergt. P. Maloney, HI, Third
cavalry, with permission to go beyond the sea,
and to Sergt. w. Snow, A, Eighth cavalry, of
four months.
Maj. Oswald II. Ernst, corps of engineers,
will be relieved from his present duties by
Mai. Alexander NJ. Miller, and will take sta
ton at Galveston. Tex, relieving Maj. Sam
uel Mansfield of the charge of river and har-
Dor improvements.
Official notification was received yesterday
at headquarters department OF Dakota Of the
following promotions: Capt. David d. Van
volzah, of the Twentv-hfth infantry, to be
major of the Twentieth infantry, vice Maj.
J. G. Bates who is appointed lieutenant col
Onel of the Thirteenth infantry; First Lieut..
Owen J Sweet, of the Twenty-fifth infantry,
promoted to captain of d company of the
same regiment. Capt. Sweet will go to
Meade. Second Lieut.. Carroll A. Devol,
Twenty-f1fth infantry, to be first lieuteua Mt
in the same regiment. This will bring Lieut..
Devol to Smelling. 1t is thought that Maj.
Vanvolzah will go to AsSniboine as second
in command.
A general court martial is appointed to
meet at Fort Custer, Mont, at 10 O'Clock q. m.
on Thursday, the 2Sth day of October 1856.
for the trial of such persons as may be
brought before it by authority from these
headquarters. The detail for the court is:
Capt. James A. Snyder, Third infantry; Capt.
Max Wesendorf, First cavalry; Capt. Frank
X. Upham, First cavalry; Capt Melville G.
Wilkinson, Third infantry; Capt Frazier A.
Bouteile, First cavalry; First Lieut.. Lorenzo
w. Cook, Third infantry; First Lieut.. James
E. Pitcher, medical department; First Lieut..
Jacob G. Galbraith, First cavalry; Second
Lieut.. Haydn S. Cole Third infantry; Second
Lieut.. George L. Byram, First cavalry, judge
advocate.