The Osceola times., 1888-06-02
GENERAL SHERIDAN.

The Great Cavalry Leader and Present
Commander OF the Army In the Presence
of the Arch Enemy--IIis House In order
for the Final Assauit-Iiis Rank VIII DE
with HIm-tsensrai scboiield Next IN
Command.
WAsHNoroS, May 2s-General Sheri-
dams physicians at eight o'clock last
night issued the following bulletin:
The repeated attacks OF partial failure OF the
heart and its eontinsed feeble action have iu-
duccd condition OF the lungs which prevents
the proper aeraton OF the blood. His condition
has hitherto been measurably controlled, but
shows such atendency to recurrence as TO Jusu-
fy the most serious apprchensions II is crit-
cal lie is free from pain, and SO expresses
himself.
At ten o'clock his physicians reported
that no change for the better had taken
place.
The secretiyeuess which has surrounded
General Sheridans sick chamber has
been very unsatisfactory to the many
friends of the distinguished soldier. The
POst4of to-day, commenting on the sub
iect, says:
The thousands OF veterans who followed his
brilliant leadership and fought the brave fight.
and the country at large, eagerly ask for news
OF his condition. As has been truly said he is
the last great figure of the war, yet the public
is barred from all save the most moagrc news.
as IL he was surrounded by the enemy. The
bulletin OF Friday night stated that his normal
pulse was no, yet competent me lical author
ity asserts that II is almost out of reason. The
bulletin stated that the ocdema OF the legs
had been reduced yet last nights bulletin is
entirely silent apon this important point. IL
the oedema is present and increases, II is n
necessary deduction that the heart failure Is
present and increasing. This can not continue
for many hours. Death lies at the bottom OF u
relapse.
One of General Sheridan's aides said
to-day that the false reports In regard to
the patients condition had been given out
because the General has such horror Of
being considered ill. 1t was thought by
members of his family on last Monday that
his illness was only temporary, and that
as there was no necessity for alarm it was
best to keep the true state of affairs from
the public. General Sheridan has suf-
fercd a severe attack before this, but it
has passed off as "indigestion". This
time he has had three serious crises, be-
fore the present one, the first on Monday
night when priest was called to his bed
side to administer the last sacrament;
again on Thursday night, and the third
Friday morning. The last mentioned
created the greatest alarm; nearly PROV
ing fatal; he might have died at any mo-
ment. He rallied, however, and though
he hal many spells of heart trouble, they
grew less as the day wore on.
The nature OF the d isease precludes the
possibility of the patient lying in bed,
and he is forced to get what sleep he can
in a reclining chair. A corps OF army
surgeons are in constant attendance,
taking upon themselves the duties of
nurses. Every point OF attack is watched
with devoted care. Surgeon General
Moore, Drs. O'Reilly, Bryne, Matthews
and Yarrow are in attendance. A Sister
Of Charity from Providence Hospital aids
in the sick chamber, and Mrs. Sheridan is
almost constantly at the bedside.
There is no reason to doubt that Cen
cral Sheridan realizes his critical condi-
tion, for Friday morning he made his will.
He expressed his earnest desire to see his
aged mother who still lives where she
has lived for over fifty years, in the little
town of Somerset, o.
In the event of General Sheridan's
death the command of the army will de-
volve upon the senior Major General,
General Schoheld, who is now in charge
of the Division of the Missouri, with head
quarters at New York. His promotion,
however will carry no increase in rank,
as by the acts of Congress creating the
grades of General and Lieutenant -Gencr-
al. these offices were to cease upon the
death of the officers for whom they were
created. The grade of General was orig
inally established for General Grant as a
mark of recognition for his distinguished
and heroic conduct during the late war.
Upon his elevation TO the Presidential
chair, General Sherman was placed in
command of the army, and Congress,
for the same motives that prevailed in
General Grants case, conferred the same
honor upon him. Various attempts have
been made in late years TO extend the
same honor to General Sheridan, but
none of the measures proposed got be-
yond favorable report by the committee,