New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-24
GENERAL 1. ". GprErY'S AMBITION

Boston IIerad's Washington litter
When General ,clofch lclires, in $50, II !. a. =,
most a matter If course that he shall b. VIII
command Of the Army by 'enc''u ,,,n" on hlnrlv
who ha, worn maj generals unll"In "" h IN
H., rctirrd IN I9o3. anA The only two officers nov
holding a generals commission |H' W." ,Idi',,J',.'' "
living be on the active list, VII ~ w Ghrrckin.
Grccly. who rcircS in 1905, ana 'n,'pn w ,.iIi lac
ridge who r.trS I'm 1906. Meantime mr. w. sue
%S o' ,%TaS in HeJdm T., i3oa and ono T. follow
slholcM in l-03. The neXt rre,u1nr. o.ncI;,I Of
the Amy lie viii also have h" app'intm' IT. ~. {"
chief Of engineers, m adJutat general, q Hu" "rn
eral and paNma>tcr = neral, a All l' oho'I So"
h"ldnc these grad, win be retired between MarCh
some hriradcr general viii be- promoted 10 succeed
Howard in i-2 Al that Is hccaeI ,a ar t t major
generals commission I'm 1-H5. or In the ensuing eI-ht
wears to 4 distinguish himself rs 10 force his WAY
Now it appears that for som" years past nc GnM
man who has clearly what theie Is j. an nI,
possibilities Is Bricadicr General Ad0lphus W "reeN
f. dav he holds the Office of chief signal Officer, WIN
little TO do and bill is pending in congress TO TN
Of major. Not the best vantage ground one WON. No
from which t. ar t,t tine e,. co oInc now VI h" "s
too limited function, for the rank Of It's chri males
Greedy great force in the Army. Grecly Is G'i ,
p RANT lie rcalzcs that the stan "rSa|.,i,t,n vi
the Army is obsolete as the Continental Uniform.
and that a. II i, going on now. II Is SIMPLY E"lhe
Ia slnasi rs soon a. intelligence and force are
combined in Conere,, in favor Of reforming IT, IhH
find Greedy at ihe head Of the stan reorganization
when il comes. lie i power In Congress. ana nc
stands nearer 10 Grover Cleveland tSlmr people may
not think this worth mcntionng than any other oh'er
Of the Army. -, ..t,
For wears past there has been vague idea cirruIat
Ing about the War Department that 4 buie'i OF min
alV Information. generally called Il bureau OF
intelligence was needed there. To most people tllS
would merely suggest the gathering ana arranging oi
f,cts Of inheritance 10 the Army. GRADUALLY our
officers have been learning what genuine np-iodHi"
bureau of military infolma ION conducted on IN" lin"N
Of The T'russan Great General stan, would Signify
in This country The chief # Our general stan would
inevitably ride straight ON to the command OF the
United states Army lie would br the man who had
worked ont In advance all possible military campaigns.
as we'll a the organizing scnu, OF the whole cslab-
lishment. ,
About q year ago the gentlemen In the adluant-
generals Office experienced great shock Thcy
learned 10 their asiOnl,hmcnt that General A. W.
Greedy had written TO secretary Proctor 10 remind him
that under existing law. the Information business be
longcd the signal Corps. nice little provision
was found in the law under which a secretary dis
posed 10 do II might have turned the business over
t. him. Then there WAS rafting OF the dry bones
I'm the Adiutant Generals Office. and forthwith tn
bureau Of information became large and prom
incnt feature Of that branch Of the service. They felt
was necessary to actually do something AT once,
freely wOuld get the whole thing away from them.
Grecy has rot given mp the idea Of obtaining control
Of the information bureau and he is the most per
slstent and rclcss worker in the Army to-day.