Show MILITARY NOTES Personal I mention and Leave froii Headquarters Second Lieutenant Jonn L Barbour Seventh Infantry is relieved from duty at Fort Laramie Wyoming and will proceed pro-ceed to Fort McKinney Wyoming and report for duty with his company Leave of absence for one month to take effect when his services can be spared by his post commander with permission per-mission to apply for an extension of one month is granted First Lieutenant C 11 Truett Twentyfirst Infantry Fort Di Chesne Utah At the request of the commanding general gen-eral Department of the Missouri the commanding officer Fort D A Russell Wyoming will send Private John Lov ett troop B Sixth cavalry now in confinement con-finement at that post charged with desertion in charge of a noncommissioned noncommis-sioned officer and one private as guard to Fort Leavenworth Kansas Fiftyfive officers of the army on time active ac-tive and retired list died during 1886 while only thirtyseven deaths were recorded re-corded in 1885 The resignations of officers from the army were nine in 1886 and the same number in 1885 There was not a single dismissal from the army in 1886 Furloughs have been granted for two months to Private Edward Gunshen company D Fifth Infantry and Privates William Bang and Lawrence Bendmon company K Eleventh Infantry and for three months to Private William Barker company B Third Infantry The new regulation just issued by the Secretary of War requiring that regimental regi-mental staff details be made only for a term of four years appears to meet with general approval among the officers stationed here There are a a matter of course some objections made to it by some a to the advisability of these changes among the regimental staff but these views seem to be held only by a minority and the older officers The order will have the effect of relieving thirty four first lieutenants from such duty at once and a number will be relieved during dur-ing the year as their four years term expires ex-pires |