Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-02-23
Feb. 90, 1855.
Gen. Scott.

The President of the L S. ha, approved
the bill for creating Gen. Scott, Lieutenant
General of the Army. Tho bill as well as
that of 1898 to which there is reference, is
given below. If military services could ever
justify such an act, those Of Gen. Scott do SO.
The country will applaud it, as much as they
despiscd tho attempt, of his enemies to in
jure him in ls47, by an effort to get bill
passed giving the President the power to APP
point q Lieut.. General with the intent
that political partisan should be placed
over the heads of both Scott and Taylor.
General Scott 10 now an old man. lie was
born in 1856, and has been in the service of
his country since 1908. Many willing has
made light of what General Winfield Scott
has casually said. No enemy in the field
ever dared to think lightly of what he under
took TO do. His administrative powers where
ever put to the test, have always been shown
so be of the highest order and he is ac-
knowledged by all to be one Of the greatest
captains of the age. We do not believe his
superior can be named
The following incident is related concerning
the passage of this bill. Upon ascertaining
the vote, Col. Preston drove to the War De-
partment, where he announced the intclli-
gence to Scott. The General dropped his
head for a moment, and tears were trickling
down his checks. His reply was worthy of
his fame, and was precisely as follows LET
no man say hereafter, that his country is un-
grateful to ono who has served her faith
fully"
A Resolution authorizing the President Of the
United States to confer the title Of Lieutenant
general by brevet for eminent services
Resolved BY the Senate and House Of Representatives.
ofthe United States Of America IN Congress assemblsd,
that the grade Of leutenant-gen be, and the
same is hereby, revived in the army of the United
States, in order that when, in the lopinion of the
President and Senate it shall be deemed proper to
acknowledge eminent services of MAORI general of
| the army in the late war with Mexico in the mode
already provided for in subordinate grades, the
grade Of leutenant-general may be specially con-
ferred by brevet and by brevet only, TO take rank
from the date of such service services Propiisd
hovtper, That when the said grade of lieutenant.
general shall have been filled and have become
vacant, this joint resolution shall thereafter expire
and be Of no effect
| The section of the act of Congress which
established the grade of lieutenant general
was passed on the 2sth of May, 1898, and il
as follows, Fifth Congress, session 2, chapter
AZ 1889:
| SEC. S. A.d Be- II further ,1act,i. That whenever
the President shall deem it expedient he is hereb,
empowered to appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, a commander of the army
which may be raised by virtue of this act and who
being commissioned ~ lieutenant general, may b,
authorized to command the armies Of the mite,
States, and shall be entitled to the following pa,
and emoluments, viz, $3.50 monthly pay, ST.
monthly allowances for forage, when the same shall
not be provided by the United States, and foGtl
rations per day, or money in lieu thereof at III,
current price-who shall have authority to appoint
from time to time, such number Of aids no
exceeding four, and secretaries, exceeding two
she may judge proper, each to have the rank, pa.
and emoluments of d lieutenant colonel
The Mexican war transplred in tho yea,
ls47, and the pay Of an officer with the ranl
Of lieutonant-general, as provided in the ac
of 1898, from that date to the present, woulc
amount to more than fifty thousand dollars
1t will be seen that there is attached to tn
grade of lieutenant general a staff of 81
persons - four lieutenant colonies, and tw
secretaries each with the rank and pay of
/, lieutenant colonel - Wash Union, Feb, IA