, 1873-01-12

III eG5y lnOdB OF occurring anu p1o4oubinb
tho. aanka, with a line Of extreme
open order, having each file more than ar arms
length asunder. Washington then met his
problem, and prescribed the conditions under
which Wayne was to advance; and the coase-
qusnce was the ontiro overthrow Of the savages,
and the peaceable occupation and immediate
settlement OF the whole Of Ohio.
The States arc now being called upon by Con-
gresB to contribute each two statues to tho
National Capitol. II Ohio undertakes to do this
deliserer and Greater, one Of those statues will
DO that Of Anthony Wayne.
"General-in- Chief =" Was tho next title para
mount after Washington became President. It
IVES first held by General
who served from 1853 to 1891. There were hut
1,400 troops in the army when he took command
ut Cincinnati III 1890. His career wnB briof end
ing1orious. He WAS tried by cou1 t-martial, and
resigned his commission January !, 1872.
The third Generll-in- Chief SO called, Was
ARTHUR ST. CLAIR,
who held the place but q little while, anu was
the subject Of terrific burst Of rage from
President Washington, when St. Clair had lost
nearly all his army near the Miami villages.
He would have beon court-martislled, but WASH
ipetop eaid Tint there was deficiency OF officers
OF rank competent to form such q court in his
cnsc, aud tho poor soldier resigned, ut the age
Of Sc, after twenty years' unsuccessful but con-
scicntions service, and lie died unpaid, and near-
IL unpitied.
The next General-in-C Chief, so styled, Was
ANTHONY WAYNE,
who mover lost HIS commission By death OF
resignation, but died with it in his pocket.
Wayne was surveyor, well educated, well-mar-
ried, and with fair political abilities. His Eery-
ices in tie Revolution wero almost uniformly
good, but he nearly received court-mertial on
account Of tho massacre OF PaoG. He was ono
Of the fathers Of the canal system OF America,
which Washington 1T first had 10 fifth in.
JAMES WILKINSON.
who, as ha7o snid, WAS Geuernl-fu-Chief until
1872 excepting year or mora when, war being
immiuont with France e1-Prcsident Washing
ton was chosen from his Eetirement to take
the head Of our armies with the title Of "Iieu-
tenant General" This title was one peg less
than his former rank OF Ge,-cra1, which he had
held when the nation WAS without an Executive.
lfr. Albums now being President and Command
cr-in-Chief, Washington deferred to him, and
WAS named only Lieutenant General:
During three years, Major General
HENRY DEARBORN
WAS ranking officer of tho army. He lived four
years longer than Wilkinson, and WAC born six
years earlier. When he was taken from the COM
maud Of the Northern Army, in 1873, General
Armstrong said: ".The command Of that army is
q burden too heavy for General Dearborn to
carry with advantage to the nation or credit to
himself"
H.
was Gcneral-in- Chief. He wss Pennsylyanis
Quaker, who cut his eyo-teeth in New York,
where the State gave him q commission. He
died in Washington City in 1928, and his body ia
huriod here in tho Go1greazoInal Gsmetery 3s aa!.
OF the Rebellion. His battles we're fought on
the niagara frontier, where We never obtained
much glory, and lie WAS General in an unusually
peaceful period, as became his education and
theology.
Tho next General in Chief was
ALEXANDER MAcoMB,
who is buried close by General Brown. He vas
born in Detroit, OF fur-trader, aud was raised
in New York. He was with Wilkinson in the
>great battle wAs Plattsburg. During the thir-
teen years OF his commandership, there Was little
to fight about except the Indians.
Next came old General
Scott WAS General-in- Chief from 1871 to 1861;
for him the brevet rank Of Lieutenant General
was revived by the courtesy Of Frank Pierce,
who defeated him, in 1855. His all-suf6cient
effort was the campaign from Vera Cruz to Mex
leo. But he had the cut OF professional man,
had great intoning effect upon the army; and
his military publications, based upon his OBJ
seryationa in Europe, show him to have been
capable soldier. 1t must DO observed, however,
that the nation experienced it's noblest growth
in science aud liberality during his period, and
he was part and d product of this suspicious
time.
General scotts happy acquiescence with the
Union, which can never be accused OF estlmat-
ing his value too slightly, crowned bis great age
sense and aensibility, he also had q vast amount
Of ee1fehnesa. His domestic life WAS not as
pleasant rs Wi}kinEon'e, nor his parental at1ec-
tions rs deep and perennial. He was calcu-
lating child OF fortune. the most luxurious Of
all our Generals, and would cheat at long whist
il he played with the Goddess OF Liberty. Will
kinBon, who dlsliked him,-indeed, despised
him, unl suspended him at one time,-wrote in
his memoirs terrific account OF the old chap,
and OF his duel before Natchez where he says
that, when Scott fired, be ducked his nntagon-
ists, bali. II Mr.. Wilkinson Las been great
many years covered up with reproach, it is in
part because General Scott, whom ho ecorclled
through the whole three volumes of his me-
1861. Scotts own autobiography attacks Will
kinson nearly forty years after his DEATH
It ia to bo hoped that General Delknap's sug-
gestion will clear away Hpace by which We can
put atide the last third Of century, and, disin-
te1ring Wilkinson, disinter also what Justice
belongs to his name.
RANK AND THE ou1SEA's STAMP.
The Commanders given above wore all Major
Generals except two, who appear to have been
Brigadiors even while Generals-in-Chief. Major
General Grant was made Lieutenant General.
Finally Washington'e grade Of General Has re-
viyed, at the close Of the rebellion, and con-
ferred upon him. For this there was ample
reason, bnt there was no good reason for con-
tinuing that grade after General Grant became
President,-not because General Sherman
Was not meritorions, and in tho highest degree
talented and efficient; but, in the due course OF
thinga, the title Of General should have boen
left open, 60 a. to merit some such unusual
casea as those OF the chief hero Of tile Revolu-
ton, and OF the 1ecoyerer Of the Union in civil
war.
THE MAN IN ST. MIGUEL
James Wilkineon, whosc name has suggested
this letter, WAS born in Calvert County, on the
Patu1cnt River, OF Maryland, Of an old and
landed family. His father purchased, about
ITO yenrs ago, 500 acres Of land, aftcrward COM
pretending much Of tho present City Of Wash
ington but WilkinBon'1 mother objected to re-
moyal to that wilderness place, and the valuable
property was transferred to > ne;ghbor.
Wilkinson studied medicine IN Philadelphia,
but, having q natural genius for the
army, he ehou1dered q firelock at
Georgetown, now in the District Of Columbia in
1775, and, when the Battle OF Eiecds Hill came,
he refuaed to wait until tho regiment
waa perfected, but pushed or afnglc-handed to
Boston, where Greene made him an Aide, and
Washington gave hin, a Captaircy; and the first