No. 60. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, June 28, 1889. The following orders from the War Department are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 27, 1889. By authority of the President of the United States, dated April 20, 1889, the following described tracts of land, having been declared and set apart for that purpose, are proclaimed a military reservation, under the name of the "Military Timber Reservation of Fort Reno, Indian Territory," viz: The southwest of section 15; the south halves of sections 16 and 17; the southeast 1⁄4 of section 18; the east of section 19; all of sections 20 and 21; the west halves of sections 22 and 27; all of sections 28 and 29; the east of section 30; the northeast of section 31; the north halves of sections 32 and 33; and the northwest 1⁄4 of section 34; all in township 12 north, range 4 west of the Indian meridian. REDFIELD PROCTOR, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 27, 1889. By authority of the President of the United States, dated April 20, 1889, the southwest 4 of section 34, township 12 north of range 3, west of the Indian meridian, Indian Territory, and located at a point known as Oklahoma Station, is proclaimed a military reservation under the name of the "Military Reservation of Oklahoma Station, Indian Territory." GENERAL ORDERS, No. 61. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, June 28, 1889. By direction of the Secretary of War the post of Fort Meade, Dakota Territory, is transferred, for the purpose of payment only, to the Department of the Platte. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHOFIELD: OFFICIAL: J. C. KELTON, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 62. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, July 2, 1889. I--Captain Stanhope E. Blunt, Ordnance Department, is hereby relieved from duty at the Headquarters of the Army as inspector of small-arms practice, and will report in person to the Chief of Ord nance. Captain Blunt's services, in connection with the development of an effective system of rifle practice in the Army, have been of the highest importance, and his name will long be honorably connected with this great advance in the military service of the country. II--1st Lieutenant Tasker H. Bliss, 1st Artillery, aide-de-camp, is announced as inspector of small-arms and artillery practice at the Headquarters of the Army, from this date. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHOFIELD: OFFICIAL: J. C. KELTON, Adjutant General. Assistant Adjutant General |