The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-29

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S-TomorroN
! Lieutenant General John NJ. Schofield
goes on the retired list, after an event
1ul career in war and peace. More than
seven vars he has been in command OF
the army and since February Sth last
mas held the exalted rank of lieutenant
general, by special act of Congress-
General Schofield was born in CHATEAU
qua county, n. Y, September 49, 1881, and
was appointed to the naval academy from
Illinois in 1919. Entering the artillery
outbreak of the civil war found him a
captain OF the first artillery in 1861. He
was IN active service in the west through
out the hosdlittes, and in 1854 was a brig
adler-general in command of the Army
OF the Cumberland. During reconstruc-
tlon tunes, he was in command of the
Hrst military district Estate of Virginia.
Tor a little over a year, and for ten
months was secretary of war from June
Il. 1868 to March IA, 1859, in which latter
year he became major-general, and af-
partments he became commander of the
army in 1888 upon the death of General
Sheridan.
Last of the Veterans.
General Scho1eld is the last of the vet
Grams of the war who commanded the
army, who fought a battle himself as
Such, and the record of his active service
ments. But. in addition to those, he has
accomplished in an administrative way
matters of such substantial benefit to the
army that his reputation might safely
rest alone on them.
First of all he has been an artillery
ofhcer, and has kept constantly in view
the Importance of bringing this arm or
the service up. to perfection. AS the sem
Tor member of the fertilization board
since its creation, he has lost no oppor-
tunfty to encourage invention, and the
Alr1AV- e
coast defense. He has inaugurated a sys-
TEN of higher education among the
younger officers of this ordnance and ar
tillery branches that has had remarkable
successful results. Young officers who
showed special aptitude in the schools
have been sent to the arsenals by his or
ders. Lyceum instruction has been afford
ed others, and a complete instruction in
special branches has been given to nom
commissioned officers and men by means
OF pamphlets prepared under the direction
of General Schofeld by experts in each
branch.
Army Reorganization.
In the wider field of army organization,
the general has played an important
part? He has for years been an earnest
advocate for the three battalion organi-
cations, and to him is owing the adoption
of the policy of concentration Of troops
in the great railroad centres and on eX-
posed points in the coasts and the aban-
donment of small posts 1t is also a not
able Tact that under his administration
of the army has come an end. of the In
dian wars that have ravaged the western
country since it's settlement, which may
be at least in part attributed to the skill
full handling of the troops that has made
it manifest to even the Indians that their
struggles were hopeless. Now in time of
civil disturbances. the general has shown
himself a most wise and discreet COM
mander. He is largely responsible for the
admirable construction of the posse COM
liable laws, which have never been dis
turbed 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
between the national and state authori-
ties while using the army to afford pro-
per protection to national interests.