The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-14
ARMY CHANGES.
Our Light Battery is to be Replaced-Gen
McCOok not on Good Terms with his
Commander.

The Army and Nary Journal of March S,
publishes General Schofeld's order for
changes of station among several regi-
ments. These changes involves the loss of
Light Battery D, Fifth Artillery, and the
gain of light battery of the First Artil-
lery, not yet designated, at Fort Douglas
The change, which occurs about May 1st,
renders necessary the departure of Major
Kenzie, and Lieutenants Sage, Hancock
and McGlachlan. The Journal comments
as follows:
The army breathes easier The anxiously
awaited order making changes in stations
of regiments has made its appearance, as
will be observed by reference to the APP
propriate columns of this issue. 1t will also
be observed that the majority of the changes
were correctly foreshadowed by the
Journal. The regiments involved are the
First artillery, which, after an absence of
nine years, comes east to take station now
occupied by the Fifth in New York harbor
and vicinity. The Fifth, after over nine
years in their present location, goes for
their first time on the Pacific SLOPE 1t
was the Intention originally to transfer
the Third from Washington and Baltimore
to the posts vacated by the Fifth, and have
the First relieve the Third, but that pro-
gramme has been abandoned for, at least.
the present year.
The interchange within the division of
the Pacific, between the Second and Fourth
cavalry, was not anticipated. These
regiments have not changed since
June, 1884. The infantry, changes, with
one exception, are as we predicted. The
Twenty third, after q tour in the vicinity
of the lakes of nearly seven years, is going
to Texas to relieve the six companies Of
the Nineteenth, now at San Antonio, or
dered north to take the stations now occu-
pied by the Twenty third, to be joined by
the remaining four companies now at
| Mount Vernon barracks Barrancas and
Jackson. With the exception of the four
companies last mentioned which came into
the Division of the Atlantic last year, the
| Nineteenth has been in Texas since No
vember, 1881. The Fifteenth infantry has
| been in the department of Dakota since
November, 1883. 1t is DOW ordered to the
Division of the Atlantic. The head
| quarters and six companies will remain in
the department of Dakota until quarters
are provided for them, probably in the vi
cinity of New York. No troops are to be
ordered to relieve the Fifteenth. The
posts at present occupied by that regiment
will probably be abandoned. These changes
are to occur. during the early summer
months. In order that the expense of
| transportation may be reduced to the mini
mum, the artillery and cavalry regiments
will not remove their horses and heavy
equipments. The movements, it Is thought,
will involve an expense for transportation
of about S250,000
| Cur own McCook seems to be in water,
more or less hot, as will be seen from the
following clipping from the Journal: Gen
eral Wesley Merritt will, it is expected,
about May l, moving day, transfer the
headquarters, Department of the Missouri,
from Fort Leavenworth to st. Louis
Efforts are being made, we understand,
to locate the headquarters in or near Kan
sas city, but if they are to be moved at all
st. Louis would seem to be the proper
place. 1t has been known for some time
that the relations between General Merritt
and Colonel McCook have not been alto
gether harmonious. A delegation from ST.
Louis was at the war department on Thurs
day in the interest of their city, and it is
understood to be the choice of General
Merritt