Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-19
MAJOR GENERALLM scnorIELp.

emergency save a labor crisis could be depended upon to a man. The national guard numbers ll9, 796, to be exact, or an available force of about 100, 900. In case of serious conflict with organized labor it is not likely, in view of the de- velopments of the past few weeks, that fighting orders would be universally obcycd by the citizen soldiers. Just how great q detection would cnsuc ill such case cannot be even estimated, of course.
 Major General John NJ. Schoficld, senior and commanding officer of the army, is stationed at Washington. He is man of middle height, inclined to be stout and with white hair which is be ginning to be thin at the top of his head. His eyes arc light blue ill color and deep set. He wears side whiskers and mustache, and his head is well formed and well set on n pair of good, sturdy shoulders.
 General SchOficld is n native of Chau- tauqua county, N. Y., and was born in 1881. His father was farmer, and the family removed from tho Empire State to Bristol, Ills, while the future gen eral was yet little more than n babe. Be fore the lad had passed his teens a sec ond move was made, this time to Free port. From this town the lad entered West Point i'll lSiS. graduating five years later. He was at once assigned to Fort sioultric and a little later to Scrv- ice in Florida. Between 1853 and the breaking out of the civil war he was assigned much of the time to teaching service ill West Point and Washington university, St. Louis. When Sumter was fired upon ill 1861. he was acting as mastering officer for Missouri, and he entered the contest as major of the First Missouri volunteers
 His fighting qualities were quickly developed, and by reason of special bravery he was very shortly made cap tain of the First artillery. By Nov. 2I, 1861, he had risen to the rank of briga- dier general of volunteers and of tho Missouri militia. In November, 1862, he was appointed major general of vol unteers. His rise to his present rank followed by similar stages, and his pro- motions were won by gallant services in the Army of the Cumberland and during the invasion of Georgia He took part in the battles of Rcsaca, Dallas, Kene- saw Mountain and Kulp's Farm. After the capture of Atlanta he was placed,
 
 that opposed Hood in his advance to- ward Nashville. At this time General Schofield was directly fighting an old classmate. for Hood was in the same West Point class as his Federal adver- sary.
 Then Schofield was made commander of the department of North Carolina, where he had n hand i'll the capture of Fort Anderson and of Wilmington. He 1 joined Sherman at Goldsboro on March 22, 1865, and was ill at the surrender of Johnston at Durham Station, April 26, and executed the military convention of that equalization.
 l When the war was ovCr he was de- tailed for European service till Aug. 16, | 1866, and then commanded the depart ment of the Potomac until March, 1867. During the Belknap imbroglio, from May | 2S, 1868, to March II, 1869, he served as secretary of war. He was then made Q major general of the regular army by President Grant In 1876 he took charge of the West Point academy; in 1881 he was assigned to the division of the Mis- souri. When Hancock died, he was placed in charge of the division of the Atlantic. The first Mrs Schofield died some years ago, and in 1891 the general married Miss Georgia Kilbourne, O young lady who was q great friend of his daughter. He will shortly be retired because of age. and this is greatly re- gretted all around.
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 It was during recent smallpox scaro in Q certain town in the Midlands. | An old lady frnfu fhR cnunfry thpnuht shc would liko to take u cah, but she was rather anxious, having hcard that many | of the cabs had been used to carry small pox patients to the hospitals.
 She asked tho driver whether thcrc was any risk of catching the discaso-
 "Not in the least, mum" answered the cabby. "I'vc had ono of my back wheels vaccinatcd, mum"
 Thus rcassurcd, the old lndy stepped in and proceeded on her way.-Tit- Blts. | We'll Known
 II want you to publish those poems in book forIn," said scOdy looking man tc New York publishcr.
 Publisher-I'u look ovcr them, but cannot promise to bring them out unless Sou havo a well known namo
 Poet-That's all right. My nnmc is known wherever tho English language ts spoken
 .Ah, indecdl What is your namcf''
 "John Smith -"-whitc Plains Weekly Ills Fate
 nwas not far from the big hotel As the moon shonc on the sand, Thatin loves sweet dream he began to swell
 As he firmly held her hand.
 As hc held her hand and began to swell
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 And she hit him quick. and he quickly fell