The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-13
HEAD OF THE ARMY.
General Schofield and His Bride
on Their Wedding Tour.
DEFENsEs FOR THE SOUND.
General Miles Not Frozen Out, but His
Command Reduced The Army
Does Not Want the Indians.

MaJor-General and Mrs. John NJ schofeld,
Captain C. B. Schofeld Lieutenant 7. n. Bliss
and Lieutenant A. D. Andrews arrived in the
city Yesterday morning and are at the Rainier.
The general and Mrs. schofield are on their
wedding tour, but the former is taking the
opportunity of examining the Sound with .
view TO making recommendations to congress
LOT the construction of coast defsnsss. They
spent the day in seeing the sights Of the city.
The general is q man of good stature, broad
shoulders and rather corpulent figure, wears
gray beard and mustache, has kindly blue eyes
and full face, with rather rudy complexion.
The remark was made of him with some truth
that be looks more like a bank director than
soldier. Mrs. Schofed 10 q young woman OF
face.
In an interview with PosT-INTKLLI6ENcR re-
porter, the general said: 81 am looking at the
country In order TO see what can be done in the
way OF constructing coast deienses. The coast
oil Puget sound looks like q rather difficult one
to defend We shall go to Victoria tomorrow
and return to the Sound next day.
"The statement published this morning that
the reorganization of the military divisions
leaves General Miles without q command 10
erroneous. There were formerly three divisions
with a general each. These have been rear
ranged as departments and General Miles re-
tains his old division as department but 1t is
reduced in size and does not include the Sioux
country. 1t is not true that he has been left
out
"The proposition that the Indians should be
put under the charge of the army is not new
one, for IL has been discussed for the last thirty
years. have no opinion to express on it, for 1t
is the duty of the army to do what it is told.
will say the army does not desire the change, for
that is not the right kind of work for the army.
"The change in the system has had a very
good effect on the army. We are getting better
class OF men and there has been considerable
decrease in the number OF assertions"
General Schefeld il o native of New York, and
will be 60 years old on the 18th of September.
He was graduated at West Point in 1858, in the
same class with Phil Sheridan, James B. Nc
Pherson and John B. Hood. When the war
broke out he entered the volunteer service as
major of the First Missouri Volunteers, and was
appointed chief of staff to General Nathaniel
Lyon, with whom he served in the Missouri
campaign, including the battle of Wilson
Creek, where General Lyon was killed. After
that he was in command of the departments of
Missouri and Ohio, collected forces near Chatta-
nooga for Shermans invasion of Georgia, was in
the Atlanta campaign, helped Thomas to resist
Hoods invasion of Tennessee, and was present
ct the surrender OF Johnston. In June, 1865,
General Schoheld succeeded Edwin n. Stanton
secretary OF war, and was in command of the
division of the Pacific from 1870 to 1876. He was
president Of the board that adopted the present
tactics for the army, went on q special mission
to the Hawaiian islands in 1878. and was presi-
dent of the board of inquiry on the case of Fitz-
John Porter in 1873. General Schofeld will re-
tire from the army In 1895.