Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-12
ARMY OFFICERS AGES.
Who are the Seniors and Who the Younge,,
Are.
Washington Correspondence o. tae Boston
Traveller


Washington Correspondence o. iae Boston
Traveller.
The oldest captain on the active list
Of the orny i Capt. Pollock, of the
Iwenty-iir.t Infantry. He will be
siNty-fpur years old liz September next.
He was colonel of volunteers during
the War and came into the aimy rs Il
first lieutenant in 1886. Tire old.st
lieutenant Is Z. L. Barnard, of the
tllth Cavalry, who IS sixty-three. be
ing twenty Years older than Isis
colonel. he also came into the
regular service from the volunteers
"here he was Il captain and
assistant, The oldest lieutenant of
artillery Is +. {. Nichols, OF the First.
VINO Is SIXTY, He WAS a major of vol.
unteers. he senior nIaj.r on The
active list in point OF years * Edward
Collins, OF the First infantry, who is
nity-nine. He came into the service
~ is4j as . private in the battalion If
engineers, and las been ia the service.
ever since. He was promoted from
sergeant 81 engineers 70 te first ieu-
tenant ot in'a1ty in 1851. The Oldest
lieutenant in the line of the army *
iBrevet Bfi1. Gea. Joseph y. G. Whit.
Ter, OF the Fifth infantry, who is sixty-
one, and Lieut.. Col. Hamilton. Of the
RIM, l. sixty the Oldest Of his grade
in the artillery. Gen. II. Hunt K the
selll"i colonel OF artillery. He viii lie
siAty-tour IN September. Gen. GIN
pert, colonel OF the ; .venteenth iuf.t,-
Try, = the oldest coiune, OF NJ.
arm OF the service being 81, and John
= hh'eh' 81 the Second cavalry Is the
senior III years in the cavalry. Tho
youngest uElor-generaI is ~chofield
anu the oldest is Pope who i 81
Hancock is 81, and retires in IsS,
Mackenzie Is the youngest brigadi,r.
general In Tie arms; he is ~ mud
" ilss the next j. "A Angler is tha
n.d,''t bliSadier general and /, a.
ihefe Viii be II brigadier-gcnera made
III lss'3, a lndor-generAl aud a briga-
dier IN 1856 aud again in ls,S. The
youngest colonel OF artillery il \ yers.
~ cavalry Merritt, who is s. and of
infantry Pennypac.Ser, Who Is 81. The
Youngest lieutenant colonel on the
san OF the army j. j. ". Written ~.
d the ordnance and MORO y OF inc
h cavalry Is the youngest li-lit,n.
iut'colanel ia the line. : h. TlllInnn
pro essor ofchemistry, mineralogy and
zoology ut Nest Point. has me
;prreiativc rank OF lieutenant.
'olonei. He is thirty-iive. and i. |
here'ore, the youngest OF The grad. In /
ne United States army. The yoIInp,si
MAJOR IN the army is William n I
>nIyih of the pay department. who l.
weniy-ninc, and GeLrye II So,th (
atf OF the Twelfth Infantry. who
,rauuated from West Point in ISL he.
hg only few months older i he
Dung. = captain in the cayolrv i
,tho ". Budd, who graduated from
vest Point In lSBS, AMI f. Y. Greeua
M ca'l r. Palfrey are the younp.st
u me corps of engineers. The oSer'
&c OF captains of artillery is fortv.two
ma IN cavalry aud Infantry ahont
irty lnthe general staff OF the army
ne youngest general officer Is General
'ehet, chief OF ordinance. who Is fiftw,
*, and The senior in date al
Dnmlssion. Adjutant- General Drnn,
M Sdrgeon-General Crane
le hity-elght, and Paw
iasitr General Rochester and Com
lissary-Generai Macfcelev are hnib
|. Inc eldest retired officer Of the
my Is Gen. w. :. Harvey. who WAS
lrii IN the last century, aud who on :
req tue army in 1878. He lives m
!. Lnui and is probably tile richest :
an W Tie army. Next To Gen. Har.
~ 10 Years y Gen. Pitcairn. colonel
lht Eighth infantry in 1861. who
lleft'l lhe service in ls21. Gen. HIM. q
! entered in ls22 aud Gen. y. II
itNahder, VIII, was yoIonel az the a
'h.ii Infantry when lac retired grad !
w.. re from the military academy in !
% Cen. Day also graduated la l
: , ana retired as colonel OF the sixth ;
'alllry ~ 1853. While promotion i =
MT ~ some respects in our army !;
-. ~ any service In Europe. VET u
-, 80 = neither in England nor on lie 2
i'ineht an officer OF Gen. McKen- .
hee' outside OF royal blood, who
! attained his rank 800