Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-06
THE NEW ARMY PROMOTIONS.
Gen. Pope Made Major General and
Col Mckenzie a Full-FIedged Brig
adler

Gen. Pope Made Major General and
Col Mckenzie Full-FIedged Brig
adler.
The president last week made the desig.
nations ofmajor and brigadiar generals, the
first being Gen. John Pope and the last, Col.
r. 8. Mckenzie. The choice was IN accord
ance with general expectation. Asto Pope
doubt for weeks although the friends OF
Fitz John Porter made desperate effort to
defeat him, and concentrated their forces on
Terry, who was on Porter's side in the
old controversy. With the case of Nc
Kenzie it was different. There was no per-
sonal squabbling about it, but merely ques-
ton OF policy as to whether the old colonels
Hunt and Getty, should be promoted and
then retired ut once, or an active brigadier
general made q. once without reference to
personal favors but simply from public
view of the question.
BY the promotion of Col. Mackenzie to be
brigadier general Lieut. Col. William B. Roy
all, Third cavalry, will become colonel ofthe
Fourth cavalry; Maj. David R. Clsndenin,
Eight cavalry; will be lieutenant colonel OF
the Third cavalry; Capt. Frederick Van Vliet,
Third cavalry, will be major of the Eight
cavalry; First Lieut. John G. Bourke, Third
cavalry, will become captain, and Second
Lieut.. John NJ Porter, Third cavalry, first
lieutenant.
The recsrd of Brigadier Gen. Ronald 8.
Mackenzie reads as follows: Second lieuten-
ent engineers, 18th of June, 1862; brevet
first Lieutenant. 10Th of August, 1882, for
gallant and meritorious service in the battle
of Manassas, Va, first Lieutenant engin-
GERS, Sd OF March, 1863, brevet captain, Sd
of March, 1863, for gallant and meritorious
service in the battle of Charlottesville,
Va; brevet major 4th of.Tuly, 1852, for gal
liant and meritorious service in the battle o!
| Gettysburg, Pa; captain engineers, 9th OF
November, 1853; brevet lieutenant colonel,
| 18th of June, 1884, for gallant and meri tori,
| Gus service befo, Petersburg, Va: colonel
Connecticut artillery 10th OF July, 1884;
| ct colonel, 18th of October, 1884, for gallant
| and notorious service in the battle OF
| Cedar Creek, Va; trigadier general of vol.
| unteers the 10Th of October, 1854, for gal.
| liant and meritorious service in the battles o.
Opequan, Fishers Hill and Middletown
Va; brevet brigadier general on the 18th oil
| March, 1855, for gallant and meritoriou'
| service in the field during the war. Must
cred out of volunteer service Jan. 10. 1865
colonel Forty first infantry, 9th March, 1857
| transferred to Twent y-fourth infantry 15tf
March, 1850; transferred to Fourth cavalry
10 December, 1870 Brig. Gen. Macke .zi'
was born in Nav York and was appointed
| at large.
Maj-Gen John Pope was born at Louis
| vile, KY, March l6, 1928. Hegraduated a
| West Point among the first in his class. Tn
record reads as follows: Erevet secons
| lieutenant, typographical engineers, 1912
second lieutenant, May 8, 1916, Brevet frs
| lieutenant, Sept. %, 1916, for gallant ant
| meritorious conduct in the several conflict
at Monterey, Mex, breyet captain, Feb. %
le47, for gallant and meritorous conduct il
the battle of Buena Vista, Mex, first lieuten
ant typographical engineers, March 8, 1883
captain. July l, 1855; brigadier general vol
unteers, May II, 1861; major general volun
teers, March 81 1851; brigadier general Unite
States army July "a 1862; brevet msjo
general 18th March, 1855, tor gallant ant
meritorio IS service at the capture of islam
Number Ten; mustered out af the vellntee
service Sept l, 1896. Gen. Pope has bril-
liant war record, having aided, subsequen
| to the capture of1sland 20. 10, in the car
| ture of Corinth, and afterward had charge @
successful expedition south Of that poin1
He was then transferred to the depa1Tnler
OF the Potomac participated in the secon
battle of Bull Run and rendered distinguish
ed service in the Shenandoah valley. II
has been, up to the time of his promotion
commanding the Departm ent ofthe Missoul
| with headquarters at Fort Leavenworth.