St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-04
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS.
Changes Among the Regular
Army Officers-The Eighth Cav

Army Officers-The Eighth Cav
airy.
The president on Monday last sent to
the senate the following nominations:
Lieut.. Col. Edwin G. Mason, Fourth in
fantrY, to be colonel of the Third in
fantry,. vice Brooke, promoted; Mai.
frederick MearS, Twenty-fifth infantry,
to be Northumberland of the Fourth
infantry, vice Mason, promoted; Capt.
Evan Miles. Twenty-frst infantry, to
be major of the Twenty-ffth infantry,
vice Mears, promoted; First Lieut.. 10
seph w. Duncan, Twenty-frst infantry,
to be captain, same regiment, vice
Miles, promoted; and Second Lieut..
Lawrence j. Hearn, Twenty-frst in
fantry, to be first lieutenant. same regi-
ment, vice Duncan, promoted.
Brigadier General John r. Brooke,
United States army, recently promoted
from colonel Third infantry, passed
through st. Paul yesterday, en- route to
assume command of the department of
the Platte, the headquarters of which
are at Omaha, Neb. The general is ac-
! companied by his wife and her sister,
Mrs. Hall. The party left st. Paul by
the 6 o'clock train last evening, for
Omaha, and to-day Gen. Crook will re-
linquish into the hands of his successor
the care of one of the most important
and best cared for departments in pos
session of the government.
The orders of the war department in
the matter of the transfer to the depart
ment of Dakota of the Eighth cavalry,
ney shall be made by marching. In con-
sequence of this stipulation the war
office is being deluged with applications
for leaves of absence from officers too
decrepit to endure the fatigues of the
transfer indicated-Such applications
being made for brief periods of leave
and to cover the time consumed by the
necessary travel of the regiment to its
new station.
If the views of Gen. Sheridan are
supplemented by prompt action by the
secretary of war it is likely that some of
the Eighth's officers will soon find
themselves on the retired list. In the
language Of Maj. Carson: "There are
field officers in this regiment who can
not mount their horses without aid
and who could not sit in the saddle
when hoisted into it for an hour, and
their company line officers SO crippled
that they cannot march five miles with
their comrades"
First Lieut.. Frank A. Edwards, First
cavalry, acting commiSsary of subSist-
ence at Fort Custer, Mont, has been au-
thoriZed by the department commander
to send to public depository at St. Paul
all subsistence funds he may have on
Misunderstanding sufficient for the pur-
chase of liquid coffee and fresh beef for
the battalion of the Third infantry
when changing station, and paving all
outstanding indebtednesS-to be placed
to the credit of the chief commisSary of
subsistence of the department of Da-
kota.
The acting ordnance officer at Fort
Smelling has been directed to invoice to
the commanding officer of Company G,
TWenty-fifth infantry, five Springfield
rifles, caliber forty-five; and. to the COM
manding officer of Company |, Twenty
fifth infantry, 5000 rifle bullets, caliber
forty-fve, 5000 cartridge primers and
sixty pounds of musket powder.
Private Edward Boyle, Company II,
Third infantry. has been convicted and
sentenced 10 confinement. at Fort Shaw,
Mont, by court martial upon the charge
of taking, without permission, horse,
the property of citizen, and INDUCING
in a ride to the town of Sun River.
distant from the post about five miles.
Private Boyle's excuse was, that he de-
sired to attend church.
Capt. William S. MeCaskey, Twen-
tieth infantry, Fort ASsinniboine,
Mont, arrived in st Paul yesterday
afternoon, and is registered at depart
ment headquarters. The captain is re-
turning from four months vacation,
and is IN command of a detachment of
recruits, which he is conducting to
Fort Assinnibone for assignment to his
regiment.
Capt. Henry 81, Humphreys, Fifteenth
infantry, Fort Buford, Oak, is reg
istered at department headquarters,
with quarters at the Ryan. Capt
Humphreys is returning to his station
after having spent an enjoyable yaca-
ton of two months among friends in
the East.
First Lieuts. G. L. Hodges and Red
mOnd Tully. and Second LieutS. George
P. Ahern and Thomas IL. Mcclure,
Twenty-fifth infantry, constitute the
detail for a court martial ordered to con-
vene at Fort Smelling.
The department commander has
authorized the suspension of target
practice at the post of Fort Meade, OAK,
during the current month