Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-10-09

uf General Scbo. GEN. FRANK WHEATON.
field, and 1t was generally believed that
secretary Blaine would have been gratifed
hN the appointment of his son In. law, Col.
onrl Coppingrr. However, as Colonel
Wheaton ranked the other applicants, hi4
selection 10y the president has produced nd
asprrltic-. The career of thu man. too
amply warranted the promotion.
General Wheaton was horn In RhoL
Island May :. lSeE After preliminary
education he took special course in civil
engineering at Brown university, and be.
fore he was eighteen years old was ap
pointed an assistant ON the United States
and Mexico boundary survey. He did
much other government work of the same
nature, and became n first lieutenant Of
cavalry IN lSt5. He was On duty during
the Kansas border troubles Of 1874. and did
much toward quelling the disturbances in.
cldcnt thereto lie also part icipated in
the Cheyenne expedition af 1857 and the
Utah expedition of iSss. t'pon the break.
ing out ot hostiliti,~ ,strn the north
aud south l.ieutyf d Wheaton was ON
duty Rt the New York state Headquarters
lie received the appointment ~ lieutenant
colonel. Second Hhclc Island volunteers,
and joined his regiment in the field during
July, 1851 For his gallant conduct at the
battle OF Bull Kun, where he commanded
the regiment, lac was made colonel lie
also took part in nearly all the battles
along the Potomac and James rivers up TO
the time of Lees surrender.
From 1872 to 1865 he was a brigade and
division commander, and in ls65 aud lsa
he had charge Of the troops in the terrific
ries"f'Nrbraska, Dakota and Montana His
promotion in the regular army from the
time ~ his appointment as first lieutenant,
IN iSii was comparatively rapid In 1861
he became n captain Ia the Fourth cav.
airy, in 1879 lieutenant colonel Of the
Thirty ninth infantry and colonel Of the
Second infantry IN iSGa, with the brevet ~
major general for his services throughout
the war Ills hrcvet Of major general OF
volunteers be- had received in lSli. for his
gallant services at Opequnn. Fishers Hill
and Middleton. Va. General Wheaton
will be retired from active service May 3,
1897 The either hrigadicr generals Of the
regular army arr David $. Stanley, ap
pointed March, 1884. Thomas H. Ringer
appointed september, issj. Wesley Mer-
ritt appointed April. 1871; John r. Brooke,
appointed April, lsSs: Alexander Med.
McCook, appointed December. 1880
OF tluse General Stanley il the senior,
but il Is impossible for him 10 go any
higher, as the longevity act will operate
To retire him June l. lsl2. when he will
have attained he age of sixty-four years.
General Stanley hns been denominated ''an
idral western soldier and cavalryman,"
and the designation has not been misap-
piled. Born In Cedar Valley, O., June |,
ISIS, lac was graduated from West Point
In iSla. He became second lieutenant of
the Second Dragons. and In 1873 assisted
n
route along tile thirty-iifih parallel of lati.
tude. In isla he became first lieutenant
and in lsil captain His life during this
time had been passed on the frontier in the
saddle, and he there earned the reputation
for gallantry and military sagacity which
he has since - we'll sustained. Captain
Stanley was appointed brigadier general of
volunteers in September, isii He was fire.
qucntly complimented ia orders during the
civil war. In November, lssi2 he was sent
a peg higher up 10y being made major gen
erai Of volunteers
General Stanley participated IN nearly
all the battles during the campaign
against Atlanta, and behaved with con
spicuous gaIlantry When General Thorn
as was ordered to- Nashville to prepare the
place for defense, Stanley was put in
charge ~ the Army ~ the Cumberland
lie was severely wounded III the battle of
Franklin. After the close Of the war,
Staulcys command accompanied Sheri
dams army tn The Rio Grnnde at the time
of the MaNimilian- Mexican trouble. In
isaB when he was mustered out OF the
volunteer service, Stanley. who had only
gained the rank of major in the regular
army, was made colonel lie had nj.
ready received several brcyefs, including
one as major general. for gailantry. The
general has been in the west almost con.
tinuously since ls'6 In 1884, when he was
appointed briradier general. he was as.
signed "a the command of the Department
OF Texas. where he has remained ever
since,