St. Paul daily globe., 1888-03-10
RAPID RECRUITING.
Capt. Garretty Makes Good Time
in Filling an Order--Army Notes.

in Filling an Order--Army Notes.
A telegram from the headquarters of
the general recruiting service was yes
terday received by Capt. Frank d. Gar
retty, Seventeenth infantry, recruiting
officer in this city, directing him to pre-
pare and report to the department COM
mander eight mounted service recruits,
for assignment to the First cavalry.
With that expedition for which Capt.
Garretty is somewhat noted, the men
demanded were prepared, the necessary
issues of clothing and equipments made
and the detachment reported to Gen.
Ruger by 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
They have been assigned to Troops
and l. at Fort Buford, Dak., and will
leave for their station via the Northern
Pacific railway this morning. Capt.
Garretty states that the majority Of
men who apply to him for enlistment
express preference for the cavalry
service, and from the large number of
applicants who daily throng his recruit
ing rendezvous on Wabasha street he is
securing some splendid specimens of
physical manhood, many of whom are
young men of more than ordinary in
telligence.
Second Lieut.. Robert j. Duff, Eighth
cavalry, has been specially assigned to
duty in the quartermaster' department,
and charged with the direction of the
removal of the remains of deceased Of
ficers and soldiers from the cemetery at
Fort Stockton to the national cemetery
at San Antonio, Tex.
The promotion of Second Lieut..
Percy E. Trippe, Tenth cavalry, to be
first lieutenant of Troop d, car lies him
to Fort Grant, Ariz.
Owing to continued ill health Col.
Romeyn B. Ayres. Second artillery, has
been obliged to relinquish the command
of his regiment and avail himself of a
leave of absence. Col. Ayres will be
retired for age Dec. 20, 1889. '.:'-' 3,
AS the result of fall, Assistant Adjt..
Gen. William ID. Whipple, us. army,
is suffering from broken knee cap,
which threatens to conine him to his
room for some time to come.
Much Indignation is expressed by the
friends of Gen. Nelson A. Miles at the
prevailing rumOr that he caused apeti-
tion for his appointment to the grade of
major general, OH the occasion of a
vacancy, to be presented to President
Cleveland. Those in position to know
emphatically and Indignantly deny the
report.
Capt. Henry III. Humphrey, Fifteenth
infantry. is registered at department
headquarters Oh leave of absence from
Fort Buford, Oak.
Maj. Israel o. Dewey, paymaster U.
S. A, was yesterday under the law
placed upon the retired list. Maj
Dewey entered the service as an addi-
tiOnal paymaSter of volunteers in May,
1864. He was born i'll Vermont, and ap-
pointed from New Hampshire to the
regular army in January, 1867.
Capt. e. l.. Randall, Fifth infantry, is
president, and Second Lieut.. j. A. Har-
man, Seventh cavalry, judge advocate
of court martial ordered to convene at
Fort Keogh, Mont.
On the request of his company COM
mander, Second Lieut.. Haydn S. Cole,
Third infantry, has been relieved of the
duties of cOmmiSsary, ,Ordance and signal
officer at Fort Custer, Mont, and Or
dered to report for duty with his COM
pany. First Lieut.. Frank A. Edwards,
First cavalry, has been assigned to the
duties relinquiShed by Lieut.. Cole.
Col. George Gibson, Fifth infantry.
commanding Fort Keogh, Mont, arrived
in St. Paul yesterday, and is registered
at department headquarters. Col. Glib
son is enjoying brief leave of absence
i'll pursuit of much needed rest from
official cares.
Upon the recommendation of his
company commander, Private William
Graf is appointed corporal in Company
K, Third infantry, at Fort Shaw, Mont.
Under instructions from the superin-
tendent Of the the general recruiting ser
ing officer at st. Paul, forwarded on
Tuesday evening last to Fort Assina-
boine, Mont, eleven mounted service
recruits for assignment to the troops of
the First cavalry stationed at that post.