Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-29
RETIRED.
General John M. Schofeld, After a
Long and Honorable Military
Career Lays Down His Work.

Washington, September 2S. - To-
morrow Lieut. Gen. John NJ. Schofeld
rerires from active service and goes on
the retired list after an eventful career
ln times of war and peace For more
than seven years he has been in COM
mand of the IT, S. Army, and since
February Sth last ne has held the ex-
altet rank of Lieutenant General, by
special act of Congress. Gen. SchOfeld
was born i'm Chataqua county, n Y,
september 29th. 1881. and was appoint
ed 90 The Naval Academy from Illinois
i'm 1919. Entering the artillery branch
as a second heuJanant i'm 1853. the out
break of the civil war found him q
captain of the first artillery in 1861
He was in active service in the West
throughout the hOstiliJies. Dur
ing reconstruction times he was in
command of the first military district
Estate of Virginia. for a little over a
year and for ten months was Secretary
OF War from June ID 1868, to March
14th. 1869, I'm which latter year he be-
came q major general. and after com
manling several of the army depart
ments he became commander of the
army in 1855 upon the death of Gen.
Sheridan.
Gen. Schofeld is the last of the vet
I Grams of the war who commanded an
army or fought a battle himself as
I sucD and the record of his active ser
/ vice i'm the field is full of brilliant
achievements. But i'm addition to
I those Le has accomplished IN an adj
1
stautial benefit to the army that his
reputation might safely rest alone on
| them
First of an. ne has always been an
artillery officer and has constantly
/ kept in view the Importance of bring
/ ing this arm of the service up to per-
/ feCtiOn. AS the senior member of the
/ FortifcatiOns Board since its creation,
NE has lost no opportunity to encourage
invention and the development of mod
orn ordnance and coast defense. He
f has irauglrated a system of higher ed
ucation among the younger officers of
+ the ordnance and artillery branches
+ that has had remarkably successful re-
SUITS Young officers who showed spe-
+ c.al aptitude in any way have been sent
I t0 Che arsen8ls by his orders. Lyceum
/ Instruction has been afforded others.
and o. complete instruction in special
/ branches has been given TO nOn-cOm-
/ missioned officers and men by means
/ of pamphlets prepared under the di-
/ rectoDs of Gen. Schofeld by experts in
| each branch.
In the wider field of army reOrgani-
I Z3tiOu che General has played an i'm
pOrtaut par He has for years been
am earnest advocate of the three batal-
I lion organization and to him is owing
I the adoption of the policy of concentra>
tiOn of troops in the great railroad cen
tres and ON exposed points on the
coasts and the ahaudOnments of small
posts To is also q notable fact that
under his administration of the army
has come am end of the Indian wars
that have ravaged the Western country
since it's settlement. which may be at
least in part attributed TO the skillful
handling of the troops that has made
10 manifest 90 even the Indian that
their struggles would De hopeless. In
time of civil disturbances the General
has shown himself q most wise and dis
Greet commander He is largely re-
sp0nsihle for the admirable construc-
tiOn of the posse cOmitatus laws. which
have never been disturbed by the
courts. and during the great labor
strikes of last year it was his wisdom
in the administration of these laws
that prevented any serious conflict be-
tween the National and State authori-
ties while using the army to afford
proper protection to National interests.