St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-16
REGULAR ARMY NOTES.

Col. Bend. of the First Minnesota National
guards, was q visitor at headquarters yester-
day.
Mai. Fl. A. Theaker Fifteenth infantry, ar
rived at Fort Randall on Sunday and assumed
command.
Capt. j. r. Myrick, aide-de-oamp to Gen.
Terry, will proceed to Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. on public service.
The leave of absence of one month granted
Lieut.. Col. Joseph G. Tilford, Seventh cav
airy, Is extended fifteen days.
Leave of absence of two months, to take
effect Nov. l, 1886, is granted Capt. II. II.
Humphreys, Fifteenth infantry, Fort BufOrd,
Oak.
Leave of absence of two months, to take
effect Nov. s. 1856, is granted Second Lieut..
w. N. Huges, Thirteenth infantry, Leav-
enworth.
Second Lieut.. James B. Aleshere, First
cavalry, proceeds from Huntleys Station,
Montana, to the camp at Pompey's Pillar on
public service.
First Lieut.. Hugh L. Scott, Seventh cav
airy, from Fort Meade, is placed on board
of survey appointed by the secretary of war
at Philadelphia.
Leave of absence of two months, with per-
mission TO apply to the adjutant general OF
the army for a two months extension, IS
granted First Lieut.. j Fl. Philbrick, Eleventh
infantry, of Fort Sully.
Lieut.. Col. ]. j. Van Horn, who reinquished
the command of Smelling yesterday, will re-
main at the post as second in command. 1t
should be said that he turned over the post
and troops to his successor in the best of or
der and discipline.
The new commanding officer at Fort Shell
ing, Col. George l.. Andrews, Twenty-tifth
infantry, and Mrs. Andrews, have arrived at
the post. The post commandments quarters
having been injured by fire in August so that
q month oOmnlntn
repairs, the colonel and his wife will remain
as the guests of Lieut.. and Mrs. George An
drews Jr, during that time.
general court-martial is appointed to
meet at Fort Sisseto n, OAK, at 10 o'clock
Wednesday, the 10th of October. Detail for
the court: Maj. Frederick Mears, Twenty
fifth infantry; Capt David Schooley, Twenty
fifth infantry; First Lieut. Henry P. Ritzius,
Twenty-ffth infantry; First Lieut.. John Nc
Martin, Twenty infantry; First Lieut..
John L. Phillips, medical department; Sec
ond Lieut. James o. Green, Twenty-ffth in
fantry; Capt Washington l. Sanborn, Twen-
ty-fifth infantry, judge advocate.
The printed order removing the headquar-
ters of the department to st. Paul was re-
ceived yesterday. 1t is in the following
words; Agreeable with the provisions con-
tanned in section 6, of an act of congress ap-
proved June Is, 1878, making appropriations
for the support of the army for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1879, and for other pur-
poses. the headquarters of the division of the
Pacific and the department of California will
be transferred to the city Of San Francisco,
and the headquarters department of Dakota
will be transferred from Fort Smelling, Min
nesota, to st. Paul. Minnesota. The trans
fers above ordered will go into effect
Nov. l, 1885, The attention of division and de-
partment commanders is called to paragraph
10 of the regulations, whereby the
staff of such commanders is limited to GER
tain number of officers. whose duties are
therein specified, and which, under no cir
cumstances, must be exceeded.