C.-Position and distribution of troops in the Military Division of the Missouri, comthe latest returns on file in the manded by Lieutenant-General P. H. Sheridan, headquarters Chicago, Ill., taken from Adjutant-General's Office, 1881. Fort Stockton, Tex. At Comanche Springs. Lt. Col. J. F. Wade, 10th San Antonio, Tex.. Total DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTE. Headquarters...... Fort Omaha, Nebr.... Fort Bridger, Wyo. 10 miles from Carter's Cheyenne Depot, Wyo. Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. Fort McKinney, Station. 83 miles from Rock On the line of the Union Pacific R. R. Near mouth of Lara mie River. On Clear Fork Creek. On the line of the Union Pacific R. R. 147 miles north of Green River Station. At Beaver Near Salt Lake City.. Fort Thornburgh, At the new Tte Fort Niobrara, Nebr' 165 miles northwest of, Fort Omaha, Nebr.. 3 miles above Omaha.. Fort Robinson, Nebr' At Red Cloud Agency. Fort Sidney, Nebr.. Near Sidney Station.. Total Cav. Capt. Edwin Pollock, 9th Iuf. Col. A. G. Brackett, 3d Cav. Maj. W. T. Gentry, 9th Inf. Maj. A.W.Evans, 3d Cav Col. Wesley Merritt, 5th Cav. Lt. Col. T. M. Anderson, 9th Inf. Lt. Col. E. C. Mason, 4th Inf. Maj. J. W. Mason, 3d Cay Lt. Col. Daniel Huston, jr., 6th Inf. Col. A. McD. McCook, 6th Inf. Capt. H. S. Hawkins, 6th Inf. Capt. Stephen Baker, 6th Inf. and 22d Inf. 5 16th Inf..... 4 8th Cav., 2d Art., and 20th Inf. 4 10th Cav.and 1. 3 |