The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-08
LIE SEW sECRErARY OF FAR
General schOneld's Record
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Washington Correspondents of tho Gin
cfnnati Gazette

At any period the change in a de-
partment so well and Loyalty admins
tered as the War Office has been,
would cause general solieitude. At a
time ike the present. it becomes q
matter of great national importance,
and the inquiry on +all sides will be,
what name of man has taken Mr..
STATIONS place?
The circumstances Of the nomina-
ton we're peculiar. The President
was on trial for removing Mr.. Stan
ton when Gen. Schofield's name was
sent to the Senate as Secretary of
War, in place of Mr.. Stanton, remov-
/ ed. No one at the time could explain
it. Gen. Schoieid was fn@the city,
the guest of Gen. Grant, and had not
called upon the President. Further,
he was known to be in thorough ac-
cord with Gen. Grant upon all ques-
tons Of reconstructlen9 aud further
still, his administration ofsafairs In
Virginia had given-great satisfaction
to many Of the extreme Radicals IN
Congress. The nomination was al.
most universally adjudged to be an
attempt, on Mr.. Johnsonis part, to
make a show of support from an Off
Ger of high rankin the army, and at
the same time to throw a bait on the
conservative Republicans of the Sen
ate. 1t is not now believed that the
President then had the least hope
that he would be confirmed, nor that
he now really desires it.. 1t is known
that a good many of those around
him have urged him to withdraw the
nomination atopce, and send In one
of his own partisans.
But the curious statements which
have gaihedoeqrreney through those
| who were the champions of the Pres.
ident's acquittsl, have placed bim in9
a position where he cannot withdraw
SchOfeld's name without placing both
himself and those Republicans in AM
awkward situation.
The estimation in which the Sen
ate holds Gen. Schoield is shown by
the fact that nearly all the prominent
Radicals in 1t earnestly favored his
confirmation The delay Ia their
action was not based upon opposition
to him, but was caused by the fact
1sheve that the President disregarded
the Constitution and law in taking a
course which prevented Mr.. Stanton
from %discharging the duties-of Secre-
tary of War, and this idea they de-
sired to express IN resolution to ac-
company the confirmation.
GEN. sC~HoFIELB's RECORD.
John McAlisterS ehefeld was born
In New York State, September 18th,
1881. He removed with his parents
to Illinois, and was appointed a cadet
at w est Point from thatState in 1849.
He graduated in 1883, and was as
1signed to the Second United States
Artillery. He served in Florida
from 1853 to 1855. In March of this
latter year he was appointed Assistant
Professor of Philosophy at the Mill
tary Academy, and held this position
until June, 1860, when he received
leave Of absence for one year, to Aac-
cept the Professorship of Physics in
the Washington University at st.
Louis Immediately upon the break
ing out of the war, be returned to
military duty; was one OF, the most
active IN. organizing Union troops IN
Missouri, and took a leading part in
the movements which resulted IN
breaking up Camp Jackson.
He rose rapidly into prominence In
the military operations of the State,
was ITS chief mastering officer; then
a Major in its artillery, then Chief OF
Staff toAGeneral Lyon, and with him
at the time Of his death; Immediately
e afterwards commanding a brigade oil
infantry in one of the important &C
tons; then Brigadier General of Mis-
souri, Militia, including ten thousand
in the United States service then In
command of the district ofzSt. Louis
and of Missouri, when he organized
the Army of the Frontier.
aba His troubles IN Missouri have new
err been understood by the country
and his friends always assert that i
arose more from theeunwarranted ust
of his name by the Conservative
THAI from any acts of his own which
could be complained At this day,
the knowledge of-the fact that Mr.
Lincoln sustained=h him 10 many earn
est, private letters, WILDE accepted al
proof that be has been unjustly crit
It cised.
After leaving Missouri he was as
signed to the command of the Third
Division of the Fourteenth Arm,
Corps, displacing a iavorite command
Il er, andthus, to begin with, arOusnl
l. strong prejudice against him, and al
II this at a critical moment, when
d vase thought that sBragg wenjd zat
Template force our lines iat7the .poin
y held byfthis division lula few week
he gainedd the Howe confidence ant
respect of alke both officers aad3sol
: diers,4o an extent scareelgiequalieC
!. in the whole history of the army 0
the CumbeEfand, celebTatedoasy 5tha
, army VOC for GOOD feeling thrOuohnu