Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-12-01

An Interesting sketch Of His
Military and Civic Career.
ME- LIKES NEW MEXICO.

personally the sfrtvai OF zen. kuEcne n.
Carr In this city. and in,ima,sd that l. h
more than likely tina, the we'll known
army officer, now on the retired list,
would make Albuquerque his future
home, a brief sketch Of tho general will
be read with interest
Gen. Carr was born In Rrie county,
New York. He entered West Point In
ists. and graduated In 1860 He then
enlisted In the regiment u Mounted
rinsmen aud served on tho great plains
In is62-ba. In th- fall of 1854 be vas
woandsd In . aght with Aesoslsro
kpaches. near ri Psso, Teas. He was
promoted into the First cavalry, and
RAISED in 1865, when jefferson Davis was
secretary ot war He served again on
the plAius In Indian territory aud Kansas
until the war between the states broke
out During the war he was engaged In
the battle Of Wilson Greek aud In the
battle OF Pea Ridge, where he was hit
three times, aud for which he was pro-
mo,cd TO b- brigadier general OF volun-
tecrs and received brcve, In the rcgu-
lar army. He has recently been awarded
the congressional medal Of honor. He
commanded = division in the vicksburg
csmpeigu-commsnde the left wing Of
the six,-euth army corps, aud then the
cavalry Of the district Of Little Rick, 10
1853 To 1865 be Was Engaged In bat,lcs II
Saline. Prairie D'Anne. Poison springs,
Camden and Jenkins Ferry aud Also en-
gagged In the siege Of Spanish Fort and
capture Of Mobile.
since the war Gen. Carr has served
almost Continuously In the wet. He was
engaged In the battle Of Beaver Creek.
Oct. Is. 1858, and Chalk Bluff, Oct. rs,
= few dAys later. driving the Indians gu,
Of Kansas. lie was In winter campaign
Of 1868, aud in nine hgh,s at kle-
phAnt Rock and Spring creek, and
at Republican, Kansas, In the spring ol
1869. He was in the battle Of summit
Springs, Col July IL, 1889. where he an
initiated Oh. Dog Soldier band. For
this service hs received resolutions OF
thanks from the legislatures Of Colorado
and Nebraska. He served In Arisons
from 1871 10 1874. In the expedition OF
the Big Horn and Yellowstone In 1915, he
engaged In the battle Of Slim Buttss
then again In Arizona In 1876, battle Of
Cibucu In 1889, and the detsnse Of Fort
Apache ssms year. He made an exps-
ditiou Ansr Victoria, the bloodthirty
Apache, into New and Old Mexico IN 1880
served In New MEXICO from 1884 10 1890
commanding the district part Of the Moe,
and receiving vote II thanks from tbs
Legislature Of New Mexico Sor his man.
agement Of the Navajo Indians. Ans,
this he went 70 the Pine Ridge campaign
and since then, especially during this
year. he has BEEN interested In ranehins
| d. Rev aeKico.
Cen. Carr has during his hong and Va.
red ceresr ct different times been ~m.
ployed In the affair. Of civil government
particularly during ,hs territorial times
In Kansas and its admission a. state,
aud has always been arm and consist
ent advocate Of the sovereignty Of the
people.
He has always believed that there
ough, 70 be tyo more regiments stationed
In New Mexico aud has recommended Ia
several annual reports thaa there should
be more military departments, the head
quarters Of which would naturally be the
most important cities, such - Albuquer-
que, where supplies could be obtained
and convenient for Travelling.
As Tine Cirsks states above, Gen.
Carr expects TO make his home In New
Mexico, probably In this city, He has
confidence In the great future Of the ter
ritory, which In bound 70 como with the
development Of its many valuable 70.
sources.