The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-16
JOHN CHARLES FREMONT.

JOHN CHARLES
The history of this distinguished iuli,ilunl
who has just been called upon to surrender tn,
command Of the Army of the Union in Missouri
! Is not unfamiliar to our readers Few men oi
his age have held positions 50 prominent ~ h., or
hid equal opportunities OF honorable distinction.
| lie was born at Savannah, Georgia, on the 2lst
day Of January, 1913. Tho usual residence of
| his family, however WIS ia tho city Of Charles
ton, South Carolina. His hthcr h,l passion
for roaming, especially among tho In lian tribes
ANIL the son inherited from him his love ur ~
nance AMI adventure. The ia. her died In 1919,
| leaving widow AMI three chil lrcu-'wn sons
/ and n.daughtcr. The brother aul sister followed
7 al intervals, and in 1917, by the dcccasc Of hia
mother, John Charles became the sole surviving
member Of his family. Through the ad and in-
llucncc Of friend, hc received a good cvllcg @
education, and afterwards, Tor a time, taught
school in Charleston. lie WIS engaged for brief
period in civil engineering, and in 1888, was ap-
| pointed teacher of mathematics AMI instructor
ul the milshpmcn on board the sloop-of-war
Matches in which vessel he sailed, In that clpa-
,,y, 10 the brazilian station. Allcr his re-
lufn he was commissioned ns n professor Of
mathematics in the Navy, AMI assigned to the
tligaic independence.
In 1924 an act was passed authorizing the
| President TO employ two or more skilllul cngin-
| GERS, &C., to make certain surveys of roads and
canals. Resgning his position In the navy,
young Fremont accepted from President Jack
son one Of these appointments, and entered at
once upon his work. On the 9Th of July, 1893
under an act approved two days previously, h,
was commissioned as second Lieutenant of III,
Typographical Engineers. II was in this capa.
city that he obtained his reputation as pcr,c.
ycring, bold and intelligent explorer. The
| history Of his expeditions, rnthcrcd from
| his official reports and from other authentic
! sources, have been written, and arc familiar to
nll Americans. Our space forbids any extended
description Of these explorations, and but littlo
| If the interest connected with them could 10
condensed into this necessarily brief article.
In 1916 and lsl7 Fremont then having adj
| vanccd TO the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, bore
a conspicuous part in connection with stirring
events on the Pacific coast dividing with Com
modore Stockton the honor Of conIucring Cali
l
| fornia. Receiving from the Commodore an np-
| ponimcnt as Military tommandnnt OF tlmt new
territory he "SS"'n'u W 'N'''''' wv
OF that ONCE ann r'''S'd 10 o"'h''o"'''E' VI"
authority ol brB' "'n' ho''h'y, VINO was '','
out by the administration, hut arrived after the
country had 'iectuauy conquered for tlS act
oi hsnooflih"'lnh h' was "'rs''" "'''
| tried Ly military court martial upon
three charSeS ine nrS' was ""''"y' 'io S'''
oh' N'""'"'"'''" ." '"' t'''J"' ''""'"'''y "'' '''
Pe1or 4Ui''' ana tue 'h'''l 'w'''' " "' P''
J"dtce ~ 1''H O'"' ""' "'""y "''P'"''
III" Court pronounced MN gu"'F u" ''''l
specihca''oh "f each 'hars'' n"' ro'on'"'e'''''
MN TO 'h' i'h'oht oo'''"'I"''oh =" '"' i''"-
dent ot the lh'lea States r"r 'h'' 'reo"'-
mcndatl"n OF the Oonr' ana Tor 'h' c""Pp'n''
WIN u ny H'' ir'''u'"'' "'''5 "''' '''''
mss" from Tue ''t,''e' 'oi, ii'"'"' ""' '"-
deoicd 10 'he P''"'"il'y VI MS o'u'',"n D'-
tween wv" S"l'''"' o"'''', "'l"''"H wv
''bH' 10 oo'''''''''i o"' I'''"oy'
great influence oi MS "''''''Su'an'u i''"'' '''
law non in",','' ~
Senator from MlsSouri' 'ol' fremont n"h''
diately resigned MS position as Lieutenant W
'onel, AMI Withdrew from INC Hr'''y'
Not content to remain idle, or TO settle dowr
in the beaten tracts of civilization and i'm
proycmcnt, Colonel Fremont entered upor
another expedition, mainly at his own expense
starting from 81. Louis to cross the Rocky Noun
tlins, on the lolh DAY ol o'lober 1913 faSs'
ing through many perlls and experiencing gre"'
suferings, he reached California in time to par
ticiIatc in the organization Of the slate govern
mcnt, and Was chosen one Of the first United
States Senators. The admission OF tho state
into the Union was consummated on the 9th oI
September 1850, ami on tho subsequent day