The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-08
WARRINGTON.



General Meade.
WASHINGTON, November The fol-
lowing has been issued from the War
Department:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ApJurANr GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 7, 1872.
General Orders No. 96.
The Generalin Chief is pained to an.
nouoce to the Army the death OF
Major General George B. Meade, which
occurred at Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 6,
at $50 P. NJ.
The history of General Meale is so
interuoven with the grea! events OF the
past thirty years that it need not be at
tempted in this connection. Born De-
cember 3lst, 1915, at Csdiz, Spain, his
father being United States consul, he re.
ceived careful education and entered
the Military Academy with the class OF
1881, and graduated in 1885. He
served as Lieutenant Of the Thif !
artillery until October 1885, when he
resigned and engaged in civil engineer
ing. In June lS42 he was reappointei
10 the army in the corps Typographical
engineers and was industriously en-
ployed in the great surveys from Lake
Superior to the Gulf OF Mexico, until
the Mexican war in 1916, where he
rendered most gallant and VAL
able services near the persons
of Generals Tyler and Scott,
When the civil war arose he was among
the first to offer his services. He began
his most brilliant career as Brigadier
General of Volunteers in the Penn
svlvania Reserve Corps, October 81
1861, and was engaged in all the CAM
paigus of the Army of Potomac from
that date until the close Of the war.
He rose through the grades OF di.
vision and corps commanders at
most critical period. Unsolicited
ne was appointed by President
Lincoln on the 2Slh of June,
1863, to Commauder-in-Chief OF the
Army Of the Potomac, then scattered
and moving hastily towards Pennsylva'
MIA to the great battlefield Of Gettys-
burg. at which be commanded and on
the first, second and third days Of July,
won a victory with whose glory and
majestic results bis name will ever be
Unidentified. From that time he COM
manded the Army of the Potomac to
the close of the hostilities. His COM
mission as Major General Of the regu-
lar army was confirmed August Is,
1864, and bv virtue Of this, on the frat
of July, 1865 he was assigned to the
command of the Military Division ofthe
Atlantic with his head quarters at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which post
he had held, with one short period OF
detached service in Georgia, till the day
of his death. -,
Brigadier General Mcdowell will
make all suitable arrangem ents for the
funeral and give public notice. The
officers of the army, generally, are IN
vited to attend. The flags at al posts
within the military division OF the At
lantic will be carried at half-mast
during the day, and fifteen minute guns
will be fired at midday one day after
the receipt OF this order. Officers will
wear the usual badges Of mourning for
thirty days.
Bv order Of General Sherman.
TSiguedl E. D. TOWNSEND,
Adjutant General.
Promotions IN the Army.
The seventh section Of the act OF
july 18th, 1870 provides that no ap.
poiutment to the grade Of Major Gen.
eral shall be made until the number
of officers OF that grade shall be re-
| duced below three and after that time
the number OF Major Generals shall
not exceed three. When that law was
passed the Major Generals were, 81. W.
Halleck. A. 'Burnsides. W. S. Hancock,
and G w. Schofeld. The list is now
reduced to two, consequently there will
he one promotion to the grade OF Major
General. The list Of Brigadier Gen
erals now numbers eight, and are as
follows: Irwin Mcdowell, Department
OF the East; Phillip st. George Crook,
Department Of the Lakes; John Pope,
DEPARTMENT OF Missouri; o. 0. How
ard, Special Indian Service; A. Fl
Terry, Department Of the South; f o.
C. Ord. Department OF the Platte; +.
R. s. Candy. Department OF Texas.
The President has authority to select
any of the Brigadier Generals above
named for promotion. Those well
posted say the choice lies between Terry
and Candy. There will be no promo
ton to the grade of Brigadier General.
In the event OF the reconstruction Of
President Grants Cabinet an earnest
effort will be made to have the colored
element Of the country represented An
article appears 10 this mornings Chron
icle, which is thought to be the entering
wedge in this direction. The colored
Republicans OF the South are unani-
nous on this movement.
The New Public BuiIdings.
Bids for stone for the new public build
ines at ST. Louis will not be awarded
until after the quarries from which the
stone was taken be examined. Super
vising Architect Mullet leaves here
Friday for the purpose OF examining
the ouarries, and immediately OF re
turning his report will be submitted to
the Secretary Of the Treasury. The
awards will then be made.
nuty ON Imports.
Secretary Boutwell, this afternoon
aligned a circular to Collectors Of Gus