Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-01

GENERAL PLEAsANToN. TON who ioaoan
table hermit in Washington CITY. He
occupies small room in the old Grea.
son House, and for months together l.
seen only by those who attend To his
daily wants. He was almost a hermit |
when the bill came before congress 70
retlre him as a brigadier general.
ne had been major general in com.
mand OF the cavalry corps of the Army
OF the Potomac; he had fought the first
real cavalry fight of the war at Rrandy
station, June IL, 1868; had met and
thwarted the advance of the enemy mon
Gettysburg, holding Lees army in doubt
ana allegiance until Meades infantry
came up to fight the decisive battle Of
Inc war, and had never been found
wanting when duty and patriotism re-.
CURED his presence either in camn or in
Inc held. de won his spurs as far back
as the battle of Resaca de la Palma in
the war with Mexico, when as Eep+en.
AM ana adJutant of Colonel Mays bat.
TALON he earned well deserved special
mention in the official reports of that
most remarkable engagement. General t
Aschary Taylor, afterward president il
Old Aach"-was especially fond of ,
nln, and In recognition of his gallant
services recommended him for brevets +,
and promotion.
For all this and subsequent work ne
Of internal revenue and
'ubtreasurer, he fully expected the rank
u Drigadier retired, and when congress
merely gave him the rank of retired
MAJOR OF cavalry he felt it keenly. Even
ms much, it is said, was due to the
crehuous exertions of ex-confederat.
who had known him il,
the old army before the war" He was
orn IN Washington, June z, 1924. and
'as graduated from West Point in 1874
the same class with General Grant
lie entered the army after the usnal
ave OF absence on Nov. 3. 1915. 70.
7ived a commission as second heutenan+
the Second dragons, with which he
as ever after identified His record
lows several promotions for "gafIant
al merltorious conduct" beginning ar
alo Alto and ending with the last con.
Gu with Price in Missouri. His record
lrlng the civil war was uniformly
as all readers know, and he
as commissioned as major general for
lportant achievements, and with tbe ~.
'plause of the whole nation. Yet he vi
as retired with his old regular army
of cavalry.
General Pleasanton is said to have
yer sworn profanely ia his life, but in
early service he always used the
me OF his commanding general as an
th--so his Great Scott" of Mexican
III days has become a national excla-
ltlon. few years later he began 70
ear by historic names, and his s'Great
9sar's ghostP' has likewise taken tbe She
bic fancy. A few years ago his
'ther started the laughabie chine
IS cure craze, and the general was
rlbly annoyed by its attribution to
n Great Scott, SIR" he would ex.
i'm. mo, sir. 1 am not the man. No Ant
That is my brother, a militia ma.
general, who lives in PHILADELPHIA
eat Caesars ghost, man, what do Won
g me forf Who do you think l ann
Eat Caesars ghost, no, sirs'
lie was especially exasperated in Paris TTr
en- scientists called to ask him about " l.
Tor, as he once expressed 1t: "The
pie here and over there seemed TO
w more about blue glass than they
about the men, the real men, who
lmanded our armies during the war
found EN-! Blue glass? No. sirl
at CRsars ghost, eonfound emf" Pub
Q was never married, and thoupb
-ormly courteous to ladies expressed
cided preference for the society of
l. His only companion for several
s was Mr.. Greason, or, as he cased G.
self, could Gieason," the Irishman Gan
kept the hotel. Since that person.
h the general has steadily grown
9 reserved. He treats old comrades
politeness, but does not return
calls or answer their letters. Some
ago he gave up smoking. He
r used liquor to any great extent, -
lnnot ride horseback now, and his Il.
pleasure is in reading.