Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-22
GEN. GIBSON RETIRED,

HiS Long and Honorable Service in the
Army-His Farewell Order.
Col. Horatio Gates Gibson, commanding the
third artillery, with headquarters at Washing
ton barracks, was today placed on the retired
list of the army on account Of age. He was
born in Maryland May 70, 1897, and
entered the Military Academy July 1, 1s4s;
graduated and was appointed brevet second
lieutenant. second artillery, July l. 1s47: second
lieutenant, third artillery, 9Th September, Is47;
first lieutenant, 26th May, 1851; captain. 14th
May, 1861; major, 9Th February. 1857; lieuten..
ant colonel, second artillery. 18th April, 1882;
colonel, third artillery. LIST December, 1885,
He was brevetted major, to date 5th May, 1862,
for gallant and meritorious services in the bat
tie Of Williamsburg, Va; lieutenant colonel.
18th September, for Antietam, Md; colonel,
18th March, 1866, for gallant services during
the war.
In the volunteer service he was made lieu
tenant colonel, second Ohio artillery, August 1,
1868, and colonel on the 18th of the same
month; breyet brigadier general March I8.
1865; honorablv mustered out August %, 1865
Nearly every one in Washington is familiar
with the gallant form Of the general, as he has
been stationed at the "barracks' for several
years and appeared in command Of the troops
upon many occasions.
His retirement will promote Lieut.. Col La
Rhett L. Livingston and Maj Edmund c.
cambridge of the same regiment to be colonel
and lieutenant colonel respectively. Capt.
Frank b. Hamilton of the second will be pro-
NOTED major of the third. First Lieut.. Louis
v. Caziare of the second will be promoted to
captain Of that regiment and Second Lieut..
Louis Ostheim will be promoted to be first lieu
tenant of the second.
Col. Gibson issued farewell order yesterday
ITO his command, expressing qualification at
being succeeded by so worthy and capable an
officer as Col Livingston, Of long, gallant
faithful and meritorious service.
In his order he says that he has been identi-
lied with the regiment for q full half century
and his heart and home have ever been with it.
He was with it from the days of his youth
in 1871, when it proudly marched the streets of
Baltimore under Ringeold, to its last salute on
the banks OF the Potomac, under Lancaster to
the pioneers Of the golden land. From the
citadel OF Mexico to the peaceful scenes on the
Potomac the retiring officer SAYS the ties of
association have never been broken. He shared
all its vicissitudee, enjoyed its fortunes and
labored for its benefit The colonel then re-
views the glorious record of the regiment in
various fields and tells Of its deeds of bravery
Purry. D'Wolf, william Wall, ColviIle J. Minor.
Washington, George Taylor, Horace B. Field
and Richard b. Smith; of its heroes high in
fame, William I. Sherman, George H. Thomas,
John F. Reynolds and Henry J. Hunt: Of those
distinguished in the rank Of service, Ord and
Sherman, Burnside andAyers, Anderson and
Hardie, Braxton. Bragg and Charles S. winder;
Of Thomas Childs, Henry de Hart, Ringgold,
Randolph Ridgeley, Martin Burke, Edward J.
Steptoe, Hachaliah Brown, Isaac w. Patton,
George p. Andrews, John Lendrum, Robert n
Scott, Burton, Richard Arnold, Philip Swart-
wood, Sergt- Young, Charles LANCE, Daniel
Munger and William r. Gorham; Of its colonies,
Macomb and Sherman, Gethy and De Russy,
Armstead, Gates and Dent; Of these the retir-
ing colonial spoaks in Worda of aloouenca