SIXTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

Major George W. Schofield, of the 10th Cavalry, to be lieutenant colonel, December 30, 1881, vice Price, deceased.

1st Lieutenant Gilbert E. Overton, to be captain, December 30, 1881, vice McLellan, promoted to the 10th Cavalry. [Troop L.]

2d Lieutenant Benjamin H. Cheever, jr., to be 1st lieutenant, December 30, 1881, vice Overton, promoted. [Troop F.]

SEVENTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

2d Lieutenant Albert J. Russell, to be 1st lieutenant, November 30, 1881, vice Hare, appointed quartermaster. [Troop I.]

NINTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

2d Lieutenant John F. Guilfoyle, to be 1st lieutenant, November 1, 1881, vice Hugo, dismissed. [Troop D.]

TENTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

Captain Curwen B. McLellan, of the 6th Cavalry, to be major, December 30, 1881, vice Schofield, promoted to the 6th Cavalry.

1st Lieutenant Robert G. Smither, adjutant, to be captain, November 18, 1881, vice Spencer, dismissed. [Troop B.]

2d Lieutenant George H. Evans, to be 1st lieutenant, November 18, 1881, vice Morrison, appointed adjutant. [Troop F.]

SECOND REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.

2d Lieutenant Lotus Niles, to be 1st lieutenant, January 29, 1882, vice Howard, resigned. [Battery H.]

THIRD REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.

2d Lieutenant Heman Dowd, to be 1st lieutenant, November 1, 1881, vice Wolcott, resigned. [Battery B.]

FOURTH REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.

2d Lieutenant George L. Anderson, to be 1st lieutenant, November 11, 1881, vice Quinan, resigned. [Battery E.]

FIFTH REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.

Additional 2d Lieutenant Albert C. Blunt, of the 3d Artillery, to be 2d lieutenant, October 29, 1881, vice Ives, deceased. [Battery M.]

FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

1st Lieutenant Joseph Keeffe, to be captain, February 4, 1882, vice Ferris, deceased. [Company I.]

2d Lieutenant Charles W. Mason, to be 1st lieutenant, February 4, 1882, vice Keeffe, promoted. [Company G.]

FIFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Huston, jr., of the 6th Infantry, to be colonel, February 6, 1882, vice Lugenbeel, retired from active service.

Captain Richard L. Morris, of the 18th Infantry, to be major, February 6, 1882, vice Ilges, promoted to the 18th Infantry.

SIXTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

Major Nathan W. Osborne, of the 15th Infantry, to be lieutenant colonel, February 6, 1882, vice Huston, promoted to the 5th Infantry. EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

1st Lieutenant Folliot A. Whitney, adjutant, to be captain, February 6, 1882, vice Brayton, promoted to the 15th Infantry. [Company A.]

NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

Lieutenant Colonel James Van Voast, of the 16th Infantry, to be colonel, February 20, 1882, vice King, retired from active service.

TWELFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

2d Lieutenant Robert K. Evans, to be 1st lieutenant, January 8, 1882, vice Allen, deceased. [Company D.]

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

Captain George M. Brayton, of the 8th Infantry, to be major, February 6, 1832, vice Osborne, promoted to the 6th Infantry.

1st Lieutenant Stephen R. Stafford, to be captain, January 31, 1882, vice Jewett, promoted to the 16th Infantry. [Company D.]

2d Lieutenant David D. Mitchell, to be 1st lieutenant, January 31, 1882, vice Stafford, promoted. [Company C.]

SIXTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

Major Alfred L. Hough, of the 22d Infantry, to be lieutenant colonel, February 20, 1882, vice Van Voast, promoted to the 9th Infantry. Captain Horace Jewett, of the 15th Infantry, to be major, January 31, 1882, vice Webb, deceased.

EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

Major Guido Ilges, of the 5th Infantry, to be lieutenant colonel, February 6, 1882, vice Black, promoted to the 23d Infantry.

1st Lieutenant George N. Bomford, to be captain, February 6, 1882, vice Morris, promoted to the 5th Infantry. [Company D.]

1st Lieutenant William A. Miller, to be captain, February 20, 1882, vice Smith, promoted to the 22d Infantry. [Company G.]

2d Lieutenant William B. Wheeler, to be 1st lieutenant, February 6, 1882, vice Bomford, promoted. [Company B.]

2d Lieutenant Oliver B. Warwick, to be 1st lieutenant, February 20, 1882, vice Miller, promoted. [Company K.]

TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

Captain Edward W. Smith, of the 18th Infantry, to be major, February 20, 1882, vice Hough, promoted to the 16th Infantry.

TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Black, of the 18th Infantry, to be colonel, February 6, 1882, vice Haller, retired from active service.

II..APPOINTMENTS.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.

Colonel Daniel H. Rucker, assistant quartermaster general, to be Quartermaster General with the rank of brigadier general, February 13, 1882, vice Meigs, retired from active service.

Colonel Rufus Ingalls, assistant quartermaster general, to be Quartermaster General with the rank of brigadier general, February 23, 1882, vice Rucker, retired from active service.

1st Lieutenant George H. Cook, of the 19th Infantry, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, February 10, 1882, vice Howell, wholly retired from the service.

1st Lieutenant Forrest H. Hathaway, of the 5th Infantry, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, February 13, 1882, vice McGonnigle, promoted.

1st Lieutenant Joshua W. Jacobs, of the 7th Infantry, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, March 8, 1882, vice Bradley, deceased.

1st Lieutenant Charles Bird, of the 23d Infantry, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, March 14, 1882, vice Grimes, promoted.

PAY DEPARTMENT.

Major William B. Rochester, paymaster, to be Paymaster General with the rank of brigadier general, February 17, 1882, vice Brown, retired from active service.

William F. Tucker, jr., of Illinois, to be paymaster with the rank of major, February 21, 1882, vice Rochester, appointed Paymaster General. John C. Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania, to be paymaster with the rank of major, March 20, 1882, vice Potter, promoted.

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

2d Lieutenant William B. Gordon, of the 4th Artillery, to be 1st lieutenant, November 4, 1881, vice Lyle, promoted.

SIGNAL CORPS.

Sergeant William D. Wright, of the Signal Service, to be 2d lieutenant, January 27, 1882, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Frank Greene, of the Signal Service, to be 2d lieutenant, January 27, 1882, to fill an original vacancy.

RE-APPOINTED.

In accordance with an act of Congress approved March 4, 1882.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.

William H. Gill, of New Jersey (late military store-keeper), to be military store-keeper with the rank of captain, March 25, 1882, with rank from June 12, 1858, the date of his former commission.

III..TRANSFERS.

Lieutenant Colonel George P. Andrews, from the 4th Artillery to the 1st Artillery, October 27, 1881.

Lieutenant Colonel Clermont L. Best, from the 1st Artillery to the 4th Artillery, October 27, 1881.

2d Lieutenant Wallis O. Clark, from the 6th Cavalry to the 12th Infantry, February 13, 1882. [Company A.]

2d Lieutenant E. Farnsworth Willcox, from the 12th Infantry to the 6th Cavalry, February 13, 1882. [Company L.]

2d Lieutenant Alexander T. Dean, from the 25th Infantry to the 4th Cavalry, February 13, 1882, vice McDonald, promoted. [Company H.] 2d Lieutenant John B. McDonald, from the 25th Infantry to the 10th Cavalry, March 2, 1882, vice Evans, promoted. [Company E.]

IV.. RETIRED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE.

Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs, Quartermaster General, February 6, 1882, being over sixty-two years of age.

Brigadier General Nathan W. Brown, Paymaster General, February 6, 1882, being over sixty-two years of age.

Brigadier General Daniel H. Rucker, Quartermaster General, February 23, 1882, at his own request, having served over forty years and being over sixty-two years of age.

Colonel John H. King, 9th Infantry, February 20, 1882, at his own request, being over sixty-two years of age.

Colonel Granville O. Haller, 23d Infantry, February 6, 1882, being over sixty-two years of age.

Colonel Pinkney Lugenbeel, 5th Infantry, February 6, 1882, being over sixty-two years of age.

Chaplain and Professor John Forsyth, Military Academy, December 12, 1881, being over sixty-two years of age.

V..CASUALTIES.
RESIGNED (8).

Captain Elliott Coues, assistant surgeon, November 17, 1881. 1st Lieutenant Clarence O. Howard, 2d Artillery, January 29, 1882. 1st Lieutenant Christopher C. Wolcott, 3d Artillery, November 1, 1881. 1st Lieutenant William R. Quinan, 4th Artillery, November 11, 1881. 1st Lieutenant Forrest H. Hathaway, 5th Infantry, February 22, 1882 (his line commission only).

1st Lieutenant Charles Bird, 23d Infantry, March 20, 1882 (his line commission only).

2d Lieutenant William B. Gordon, 4th Artillery, January 12, 1882 (his line commission only).

2d Lieutenant John P. Jefferson, 5th Artillery, February 15, 1882.

COMMISSIONS VACATED BY NEW APPOINTMENT (3).

By Brigadier General Daniel H. Rucker, Quartermaster General, his commission of assistant quartermaster general with the rank of colonel, February 16, 1882.

By Brigadier General William B. Rochester, Paymaster General, his commission of paymaster with the rank of major, February 18, 1882. By Brigadier General Rufus Ingalls, Quartermaster General, his commission of assistant quartermaster general with the rank of colonel, March 10, 1882.

DIED (21).

Colonel John S. Simonson (retired), December 5, 1881, at New Albany, Indiana.

Colonel Edwin B. Babbitt (retired), December 10, 1881, at Fort Monroe, Virginia.