New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-29
TO RETIRE FROM THE ARMY IN 'oI.
MANY PROMINENT OFFICERS REACH THE AG
limit prKING THE COMING YEAR.

MANY PROMINENT OFFICERS REACH THE AGE
LIMIT DURING THE COMING YEAR.
Washington Dec o. (Special.-Therc will bc eleven
retirement, for age IN the Army during 1891. nearly
,onble the number Of l-9O and most of these retire
mrnts are Of prominent officers. There are two ocrr
Of the grade Of bdradier general six who are coonc'
one major and a captain. divided iOnr in the stan ami
even I'm the line. No rctlrcments for axe occur dur
ING 1871 in the Adjutant Generals Department. the
Inspector Generals Department. Judge NdVocate-"en
cral', Department. Pay Department corp, OF Eng
ncers or the Cavalry. In the Corp, of Engineers no
,uch retirement takes place before 500. when there
are five officers who reach the age Of sixty four among
them General +. l.. Casey.
The general officer 10 retire in 1901 Is Brgadicr
General John Gibbon. at present IN command Of the
Division Of the Pacific. lie is graduate o. the Nil
tary Academy and an officer IN the Mexican war.
lie was at one time on Mcdowell staff, and was en-
gagged in Grants Richmond campaign. subsequently
ne commanded the Twenty fourth Army Cops. lie
Ina, had some Indian experience. He rctrcs on April
20 Another brgader general to retire VIII be Gen
cral = V Benct. chief Of ordnance. on January 80.
lie has held his present Office since June ISL having
entered the Ordnance Department on graduation from
the Military Academy in lrio. Ills early service was
a. member Of various important Boards, aS Instructor
At West Point and Ordnance duty, while his late
career has been devoted 10 pcrcctng his corps which
he leaves In an efficient condition
The single colonel Of staf who retircs is Colonel
W. r. Vollun, who is stationed In New-iork City, and
who is acting chief medical purveyor, pending the
>enae's confirmation Of his appointment last August
lie was candidate for the surgeon generalshp after
Dr. Bsxter's death. lie IS a New.iork man and has a
long, active record lie Is at present president OF the
Army Medical Board In NcwYork He rctlres on
september IL. Another staff officer who reres Is
Captain II. J. Haynesworth. Quartermasters Depart
ment who appointed from civil life In 1889 He
retires on October 23. He Is on duty In Buffalo.
OF the seven retircments In the line. one Is In the
Artillery that OF Colonel H. g. Gibson I'd Artillery,
who is stationed at the Washington Barracks. d. c.
lie will be sixty-four years Of age on May - lie
entered the service cadet In 1913, and became a
second lieutenant In the ID Artillery IN 1ei7, attaining
the rank Of colonel IN 1883 His record goes back to
the Mexican War, while his service In the Civil War
was active and prominent. gaining for MN the bcves
of major Lieutenant colonel colonel and brlgader-
general .,. , ,, T.,
1891 Colonel Henry VI. Black, I'D Infantry. who
retires January 10, III the Mexican Wir, com
| mandant OF cadets at West Point IN is6iOS and III
various parts Of the country since with his regiment
his present station being san Antonio. Tex Colonel
Henry Douglass 10th Infantry, who retires In March