Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-06
SECRETARY LAMONT.
A Member of President Cleveland's 8
Cabinet Visits Santa Fe to
Inspect Fort Marcy-A
Rising Man.

Santa Fe had the honor of entertaining
distinguished company of visitors this
morning. The party was composed of
Secretary of War Danie 8. Lamont and
wife, Quartermaster General Batchelder,
U. s. A.; Capt. G. w. Davis, U. s. A., and
Surgeon General Bryan, of New York.
The gentlemen travelled in private train
and are on tour of inspection of the
different posts throughout the country.
Their stay in this city was a short one,
but gavethe secretary and his companions
ample time to inspect Fort Marcy. Their
train arrived at the Santa Fe depot at s
o'clock and departed for Colorado Springs
little after II o'clock.
The entire battalion stationed at Fort
Marcy, accompanied by the band, under
command of Capt. Kirkman, met the
visitors at the depot and escorted them
to the quarters of Col. Pearson, where
they breakfasted. AS the procession
neared the post the regulation salute of
nineteen guns was fired from old Fort
Marcy.
INSPECTED THE TROOPS.
After breakfast the secretary and his
party were escorted by Col. Pearson and
staff and Gov. Thornton to the
Fort Marcy parade grounds, where a
review and inspection of the troops
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review, minutely inspected the different
buildings of the fort, after which the
party was driven to the depot.
groundless rumor was given currency
during the visit of the secretary to the
effect that it was for the purpose of TAX
ing steps toward the abandonment of Ft.
Marcy. The visitors declared that the tour
was one of inspection only, and that there
was not the least foundation for such
rumor.
WILL NOT MEET CROKER.
Secretary Lamont when seen by re-
porter for the New MEXICAN was very
busy with the inspection, and had only
time to deny in most emphatic terms a
telegram from New York city to the effect
that he would meet Richard Croker, chief
of Tammany Hall, in Colorado, for a
political conference. The secretary de-
clared that the telegram was the first
news he had received in regard to any
meeting Of Croker and himself.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY.
Daniel Lamont, next to ex-Secretary of
the Navy Whitney, is the most unique
figure upon the political stage of to-day.
He is of short stature, but possessers a
massive head and a countenance whose
every line is indicative of character and
firm determination to persevere in that
which he believes to be right. One look
at the face of the man is enough to in
spire confidence in him. 1t is not hard
to understand his popularity. He is one
of the most affable and approachable of
men, there being nothing whatever stiff
about him. He is often called the power
behind the throne, and by many consid-
cred the strongest member of President
Cleveland's cabinet. He is inancier Of
undoubted ability, and has made snug
fortune out of his investments in New
York street railway stocks in connection
with ex-Secretary Whitney and Others.
The full name of the secretary is Dan
iel Scott Lamont and he was born in
Cortlandville, N. Y, February 8, 1851.
He is of Scotch descent; was educated at
the McGrawville academy and Union col
lege, New York. He became legislative
reporter and managing editor of the AL
bany Argus, of which he was one of the
pronr;atore for acme vears. On January
l, 1883, he was appointed private and
military secretary to Governor Grover
Cleveland, of New York, which position
he held until March l, 1885, when Presi.
dent Cleveland was first inducted into
Office. He acted as private secretary to
President Cleveland during his entire
first administration and when Mr.. Cleve-
land was elected for second time Mr..
Lamont was appointed secretary Of war,
which post he now holds. He entered
upon his duties March 6, 1898. The en-
viable record he is making is destined to
bring him still more prominently before
the people within the next few years.
DISTINGUISHED RECORD.
Richard N. Bachelor, brigadier-gen-
general, was born in New Hampshire and
entered the volunteer service rs 1st lieu
tenant and quartermaster of the 18th
New Hampshire regiment May 2, 1861;
was promoted to the captaincy August 2,
1861; was again promoted to lieutenant
colonel January l, 1868, and colonel
August 2, 1864; was breveted brigadier-