The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. y. CANBY.

ton, be was admitted into the Military Academy
AZ West Point as a cadet during the year 1896.
lie graduated on the 3Oth Of June, 1889, I'm tho
same class with General IIal'eck, the late General
Isaac Stevens, who was killed at Chantilly, Sep
teEber /, 1862; General Riclctts, General Ord,
General L. Paine, Of Illinois, and others He dii
not stand high in grade .n his class; but, as has
been evidenced in the cases of many general
officers Of the present war, this is not always
TO be considered as au indication OF want of
merit
He entered the United states regular army,
with the full rank of second Lieutenant Of n-
bntry, on the lst fJuly 1889, and was attached
70 the % Regiment. lie was appointed assistant
Commissary OF subsistence during the following
October. On the 18th Of June, 1916, he was pro.
NOTED 20 a first lieutenancy, having been ap-
pointed adjutant Of his regiment during the pre-
Vious March, and served in General Rney's rCg-
ment in the Mexican war. In that regiment we
also find the names of the following noted officers
Of the present war Major General Heintzelman,
then captain; Major General Casey, then captain;
Brigadier General Vessels, then captain Brisa-
der General Patrick, then captain; Brigadier
General Lyon, killed in Missouri, August 10,
1861, then first lieutenant; MAJOR General +.
Steele, commanding the Army Of Arkansas, then
second lieutenant, and others. On the Sd Of
March, lSI7, be was appointed assistant adjutant-
general on General Riloys staff, with the rank
Of captain. During the battle OF Cerro Gordo he
was greatly distinguished, aud for his gallant
conduct during the battles Of Conreras and Che
Tubusco he was brevetted major.
This brevet was awarded during August, 1910,
and bears the date of August %, 1917. His con-
duct during the attack upon the De Bclsp gate
ts highly spoken of by his superior officers, and
during the executive session Of March, 1851, he
was awarded the brevet of lieutcnlnt-colonel, to
date from September l3, 1917. lie was promoted
70 the full rank Of captain of the I'd Infantry
during June 1851, but, having been appointed
10 the Adjutant Generals Department as assist
ant sdjutant general, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, he relnquished his rank in the line. On
the Sd Of March, 1885, he was appointed major Of
the 10th United States Infantry new regiment
then organized, under section g. chapter l69 of
the Acts OF Congress approved VI !rch 3, 1855, for
the increase of the regular army Of the United
States.
During 1853, he was in command of Fort
Bridger, Utah Territory, having under his co2-
troll portions of the ID Dragons, and 7th and
10th United States Infantry. He held this post
until 1860, when he was appointed commander of
held command of the camp near Fort Defiance,
New Mexico, at the beginning Of 1861. His second
in command, Brevet Major Sibley, turned traitor
and joined the Rebels during the early stages Of
the Rebellion; and, although occupying post of
great danger in their midst Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel Candy refused to join their ranks, nor
would he leave his post to go North.
When the regular army was increased, under
the proclamation of President Lincoln, the sub
ject of our sketch was promoted to Colonel Of the
10Th Regiment of United States infantry, with
rank and commission from May II, 1861. He
was then placed in command of the military
district or sub-departmGnt Of New Mexico. AS
an instance Of his determination of character, il
may be remembered that during the administra-
tion of this department he suspended the writ Of
Ra5eas corpus throughout New Mexico, and
arrested General Pelham, formerly surveyor
general of that Territory, and Colonel Clements,
and confined them in the guardhouse ut Santa Fe
for giving reasonable information to the Rebc
Texans at Fort Bliss; and on General Pelham
refusing to take the oath of allegiance he was
held in duraucc. Finding he could not hold
Fort Stanton against the superior force Of the
Rebels, he abandoned and destroyed it by fire,
TO prevent its falling into their hands, and con-
centrated his forces at q more important position.
On the 9th Of November, 1861, New Mexico
was made into department. and Colonel Candy
placed at its head, with full powers. How he
administered his trust may be gathered from the
fact that when he left II peace restored within
it, and the United States flag waved over all the
Territory.
On the Dist of February 1852, he commanded
at the famous struggle ofValyerde, or Fort Craig
where he held mis- position with the tenacousness
of a bulldog. lie finally defeated the traitor
Sibley, and drove the Rebsl TtNans out OF the
department.
He was promoted 10 the rank Of brgadiCr-
general the 3lst Of March, 1862, and when General
Carleton arrived at the department, General
Candy was ordered 20 Washington where he
became valuable military assistant to Secretary
Stanton in the War Dep
During the exciting iimc of the riot he was, on
July H., 1863 made commander Of all the United
States troops in the city and hlrborof New York,
and by his energetic measures NJ once aided In
restoring the peace and order Of that city.
General Candy remained in command at New
York until November 1868, when he was relieved
by General Sannard, and ordered TO resume his
position at the War Department
In appearance Geaenl Candy is quiet and gen.
temGnly, seldom engaging in conversation; but
at the same time he W. ars a very determined and
soldierlikc air, lie dresses plain, generally wear
ing no mark OF rank or even showing by his attire
that he bc'oGgs to tue military service.
During the eayly part Of the present year Gene
raj Candy formed one Of the committee selected
10 revise the Articles Of War, after which he
again returned 10 his official duties at the War
Department, from which he was relieved to be
placed in command of the Department of the
West Mississippi lie was on his way up the
White river TO confer with Major General Ere
derrick Steele relative to the destruction of Prices
army in Arkansas, when he received wound
that will probably take him from us. General
Candy was over six feet high, and well built. No
one will feel his loss more keeny than his friend
Hon. j.. NJ. Stanton.
letter from tie Historian Motley Ou the
Election.
Al the visit made to Samuel Hooper last even.