The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-08
AGEIN THE ARMY.


IN 3385 the Seniors ana juniors. e a5
The Oldest Captain on the active List.
of. thasarmys. isgG Capt. :-P ollocl, Of, the,
21st Infantry; evil be 65 years old.
during the month. The Oldest Lieu
tenant is P. p. Barnard, OF the 9Th.
Oalavery, who is 81, being twenty years
older than his Colonel. The oldest
Lieutenant Of Artillery is F. O. Nichols,
Of the LIST, who: is 81 years Of age. The
senior Major on the active list in point
Of years is Edward Collins, Of the 9th
Infantry. who is SO years. He entered
he service in 1916 as a private in the
battalion Of engineers, and has been in
the service ever since that time. Bre-
vet Brig. Gen. Joseph N. q. Whistler,
Of the 9th Infantry, is the Oldest Lieu.
tenant Colonel in the line Of the army;
he!is 81; and Lieu: Col. John Hamli.
ton, of the 9Th, who is 81, is the Oldest.
Of his grade in the artillery. Gen. 81,
Hunt, the senior Colonel Of artillery,
now retired, will be IS years Of agej
during this month. Gen.. Gilbert,
Colonel of the 18th Infantry, is the old:
est colonel, of his arm Of the service, be.
ing 60, and John p Hatch, of the "a
Cavalry; is the SENIOR in years in The.
cavalry. The youngest Major General
lis Schofeld, and the eldest is Pope.
who ID go. Hancock is SO; hetretires in
1888. Mackenzie is the youngest Bri.
sgadier General in the army; he is now
As and retired, and Miles, the next, i.
40. While promotion is slower in SOME
respects in$onr army than in any mil
itary service in Europe, yet. there Ii
neither in England nor con the CONT
nent" an officer Of Cen. Mackenziei
age, outside Of royal blood !, = who has
attained his rank. Anger Is the oldest
Brigadier General and is So. IA Brig
adler General will be appointed next
year; . Major General and o. {Brigadier
in 1886, and likewise in 1888.
The youngest Colonel Of artillery il
Ayres; Of cavalry, Merits, il
s48; and of infantry, Pennypack er, who
u is AZ Tie youngest Lieu tenant Colonel
on the staff of the army lis u. M. Whit
temore, Of the ordnance, and Nor.
row, of the old Cavalry, is the young.
est Lieutenant Colonel III the line. s.
I q. Tillman, professor Of chemistry,
mineralogy and geology ct West Point,
has the correlatiye rank Of Lieutenant
Colonel he is SO years old, the young
est Of the grade in the United States
army. The youngest Major in the army
is William 3. Smith, OF the Pays De.
partmant, who. lis sc; George r. Smith,
OF the 18th Infantry, who graduated
from West Point in 1875, is q few
months older. o tho W. Budd, who
graduated from West Point in 1873, il
the youngest Captain Of Cavalry, and
IF. ". Green, and Carl i. Palfrey are
the youngest in the Crops Of Engineers.
The average Of age of Captains Of Ar.
tillery ID -. and II cavalry and infant
~ about Al. In the general staff Of the
army tho youngest general officer ia
Gen. Benet, Chief of Ordnance, who is
81, and the senior in date Of commits
sions; Adjutant General Drum and
Surgeon General Crane are SO years
( old, and Paynaster General Rochester
and Oommiasnry General Macfeeley ara
30. Tho oldest retired fHoer Of the
Army Is Gen. w. 81. Harvey, who ives
born in the last century, and who en-.
tered the seryice ia 1871 He lives al
{ st. Louis, and Is accounted the wealth.
lest man 10 the army. &