St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-16
REGULAR .FsMY NEWS.
A List of Recent Promotions ani
Other Changes 4 Inong Officers ane

A List of Recent Promotions and
Other Changes Enong Officers and
Men.
Leave of absence for two months is granted
to Assistant Surgeon Charles C. Barnes, Z.
S. a.
On surgeons certificate the sick leave of
Second Lieut. Charles L. Steele, Eighteenth
| infantry, is extended one month.
Leave of absence, on surgeons certificate
of disability. for six months is granted to
Capt. JohnaF. Morrison, Tenth cavalry.
The leave of absence of First Lieut.. Eugene
Cushman, of the Sixteenth infantry, is ex-
tended two months.
Leave of absence for one mouth. with per-
mission to apply to the division commander
for one months extension is granted Col. N.
A. NJ Dudley, First cavalry at Fort Custer. n
Under the authority Of the division COM
manding officer Fort Buford will give fur
Tough of two months to Private Thomas
Lynch, company G, Fifteenth infantry, with
permission to go to Boston, Mass.
Maj. Ben F. Pope, surgeon, is relieved from
duty in the surgeon generals Office at Wash
ington, and will report to the president of the
army medical examining board as member
and recorder of the board.
On the mutual application of the officers
concerned, transfers are announced in the
Sixth Infantry OF First Lieut.. George l.. Scott
Char.es B. Gatewood from troop D to troop
III.
First Lieut.. James s. Petit, First infantry,
who was recently shot in WASHINGTON on the
evening preceding that set for his marriage,
and whose wedding was celebrated later, has
Il sick leave of four months, to date from
Nov. 26.
The following promotions are ann Ounced
from the Office of the adjutant general: Adj
ditional Second Lieut.. Charles S. Richie, corps
Of engineer, to be full second lieutenant,
vice Sanford, promoted; Capt. James f.
Gregory, corps of eng ineers to be major,
vice Gillespie, promoted; First Lieut.. VIII
Lard Young, corps Of engineers. to be captain,
wee Gregory, promo ed; First Lieut.. Lowell
a. ChambelI in, FL st art llcry, to be captain,
vice Taylor, deceased; Second Lieut. James
G. Sanford, cGrps of engineers, to be first
lieutenant, vice Young, promoted; Second
Lieut.. James Z. Runcie to be first lieutenant
First artil cry, vice Chamberlain, promoted.
Tae following decisions and rulings have
been prOmu lgated from the Office of the diu-
tant general: Extra duty pay MAY be paid to
enlisted meu OF the Ordnance the same as to
other enlisted men; il is not usual nor
proper to arraign pris Ter before court
martial while in iroEs, but the fact that
prisoner is 50 arraiged does not inyaldate
the proceedings; reGimertM quartermaster
sergeants Will be allowed Sleeping-car ac-
Communications while travelling on uty with
out trool s: the cost of the soldiers hand
book viii not be charged to the soldier when
lost without his fault; the decision relative
to employment of enlisted men us orderlies,
does not warrant the detail of enlisted men
on daily duty as grCons to mounted officers:
details Oh daily duty should be made only for
military duty.
b. direction of the secretary of war the
retirement on the S-h inst. is announced of
Col. George l.. FeDiger, assistant paymaster
general, and also on the same date OF Col.
Luther P. Bradley, OF the Fifteenth infantry.
The vacancy left By the retirement of Col.
Febiger will probably promote Lieut. Col.
Rodney Smith, deputy paymsster general,
now stationed in San Francisco. as he Is the
next in rank. Col Febiger until recently was
the chief paymaster in the division of the
Missouri, with headquarters at Chicago. tits
likely that the place of Lieut.. Col. Smith will
be filled by Maj. William Il. Gibson. The re-
trelnent of Col. Luther Bradley, Of the Fiji
teenth infantry, promotes Lieut.. Col. Robert
S. Lamotte, of the Twelfth infantry. to be
colonel OF the Thirteenth, and Maj. William
T. Drum, of the Fourteenth, to be lieutenant
colonel of the Twelfth infantry. Col. Drum
was detailed as inspector general of this de-
partment with Office at st. Paul, but the de-
tail was revoked. He has just re1oined from
sick leave at his post, Whipple barracks.