ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 90. Washington, October 1, 1877. The following promotions in the Army of the United States, made by the President since the publication of General Orders No. 64, of July 6, 1877, and up to September 30, 1877, are announced :— I...PROMOTIONS. FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. Second Lieutenant Otto L. Hein, to be First Lieutenant, September 30, 1877, vice Brodie, resigned. (Company "M.") Additional Second Lieutenant William C. Brown, of the Second Cavalry, to be Second Lieutenant, July 3, 1877, vice Rains, killed in action. (Company “L.") Additional Second Lieutenant Oscar J. Brown, of the Third Cavalry, to be Second Lieutenant, September 30, 1877, vice Hein, promoted. (Company “I.”) SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. Additional Second Lieutenant Curtis B. Hoppin, of the First Cavalry, to be Second Lieutenant, June 25, 1877, vice Coale, promoted. (Company "C.") THIRD REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. Additional Second Lieutenant George W. Baxter, of the Fifth Cavalry, to be Second Lieutenant, September 16, 1877, vice Hammond, resigned. (Company "H.”) THIRD REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. Additional Second Lieutenant Charles G. Woodward, of the Fourth Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, July 2, 1877, vice Sellmer, promoted. (Battery "H.") FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Additional Second Lieutenant George N. Chase, of the First Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1877, vice Plummer, SEVENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. First Lieutenant Charles A. Coolidge, to be Captain, August 9, 1877, vice Logan, killed in action. (Company "A.") Second Lieutenant Frederick M. H. Kendrick, to be First Lieutenant, August 9, 1877, vice Coolidge, promoted. (Company "A.") Second Lieutenant Charles A. Woodruff, to be First Lieutenant, August 9, 1877, vice Bradley, killed in action. (Company "B.") Second Lieutenant John T. Van Orsdale, to be First Lieutenant, August 19, 1877, vice English, died of wounds. (Company "I.") Additional Second Lieutenant James B. Jackson, of the Fifth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, August 9, 1877, vice Kendrick, promoted. (Company "H.") Additional Second Lieutenant Daniel A. Frederick, of the Tenth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, August 9, 1877, vice Woodruff, promoted. (Company "K.") Additional Second Lieutenant Samuel H. Loder, of the Ninth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, August 19, 1877, vice Van Orsdale, promoted. (Company “D.") NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Additional Second Lieutenant John Baxter, jr., of the Nineteenth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1877, vice Miller, promoted. (Company "I.") TENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Additional Second Lieutenant Henry Kirby, of the Twelfth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, June 20, 1877, vice Chamberlain, deceased. (Company “ F.”) TWELFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Additional Second Lieutenant Stephen C. Mills, of the Seventeenth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, June 30, 1877, vice Haskell, promoted. (Company “ B.”) THIRTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Additional Second Lieutenant Ariosto McCrimmon, of the Sixth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, September 20, 1877, vice Smith. resigned. (Company "D.") FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. First Lieutenant Wilson T. Hartz, to be Captain, August 23, 1877, vice Eckles, dismissed. (Company "K.") First Lieutenant Thomas Blair, to be Captain, August 25, 1877, vice Stewart, dismissed. (Company "H.") Second Lieutenant George K. McGunnegle, to be First Lieutenant, August 23, 1877, vice Hartz, promoted. (Company "D.") Additional Second Lieutenant James A. Maney, of the Sixteenth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, Angust. 23, 1877, vice McGunnegle, promoted. (Company "E.”) Additional Second Lieutenant John F. C. Hegewald, of the Eleventh Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, August 25, 1877, vice Waters, appointed Regimental Adjutant. (Company "D.") EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Additional Second Lieutenant William T. Wood, of the Fourth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, June 30, 1877, vice Barnhart, promoted. (Company "F.") TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Additional Second Lieutenant Francis J. Patten, to be Second Lieutenant, June 17, 1877, vice Cornman, promoted. (Company "A.") II...CASUALTIES. RESIGNED. (3.) First Lieutenant Alexander O. Brodie, First Cavalry, September 30, 1877. Second Lieutenant Charles L. Hammond, Third Cavalry, September 16, 1877. Second Lieutenant Fred. E. Smith, Thirteenth Infantry, September 20, 1877. DIED. (6.) Captain Arthur H. Burnham, Corps of Engineers, at Lowell, Massachusetts, September 12, 1877. Captain William Logan, Seventh Infantry, killed, August 9, 1877, First Lieutenant James H. Bradley, Seventh Infantry, killed, August 9, 1877, in action with Indians at Big Hole Pass, Montana Territory. First Lieutenant William L. English, Seventh Infantry, at Deer Lodge, Montana Territory, August 19, 1877, of wounds received in action with Indians at Big Hole Pass, Montana Territory. Second Lieutenant Sevier M. Rains, First Cavalry, killed, July 3, 1877, in action with Indians at Craig's Mountain, Idaho Territory. Second Lieutenant Henry B. Chamberlain, Tenth Infantry, at Fairfield, Connecticut, June 20, 1877. DISMISSED. (2.) Captain John W. Eckles, Fifteenth Infantry, August 23, 1877. Captain James H. Stewart, Fifteenth Infantry, August 25, 1877. III... Officers have been arranged in the foregoing order to the companies and batteries to which they have succeeded in the natural course of promotion, or to which they have been assigned by competent authority. IV...In case of the death of an officer, it is hereby made the duty of his immediate commanding officer to report the fact at once, direct to this office, stating the cause, date, and place. When an officer away from his command dies in hospital or under treatment, the medical officer in charge will forward the report as above required; if not under treatment by an Army Medical officer. the report will be made by any officer having cognizance of the fact. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL SHERMAN: E. D. TOWNSEND, OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General. Adjutant General. |