Camp Jones, Flat Top Mountain. — Cold, dull, and P.
M., rainy. Drilled A. M. Rode with Adjutant Avery and practiced pistol firing
in the P. M.
Lieutenant-Colonel Paxton of the cavalry called to see me
about Lieutenant Fordyce. Would he do for captain? Is he not too fond of
liquor? My reply was favorable. He says he has three vacancies in the regiment.
Captain Waller seduced Colonel Burgess' daughter; had to resign in consequence.
I recommended both Avery and Bottsford for captains of cavalry; both would make
good captains. Only one will probably be commissioned. While I dislike to lose
either, I feel they are entitled to promotion and are not likely to get it
here.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 291
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