The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-05

secoad ohlo cayalrv. lis regiment was
orsereI 70 camp chase. .. 20 reEsoGut and
Fsaf. ard he csnrnarFe8 that post frcm
L,eeeniser. fse2. I'll April. iss3. wBsn re
led cavalry nTtgaIs IN Kentucky,
forming a part % Gen carers
division % the Arrny % The ofto lie took
part IN fae capture * Aonticelio, ~,
May l. fsz. and or June was brevefte1
major FOR commanding IN an action nea,
there lie was engaged = the PURSUIT AM
capture % John Morgan. the cavalry
raider. IN July ISL preventing HIN from
crossing the Ohio, and afterwsrd served as
chief OK cavalry % the Tweufy-thir1 CORPS.
On May :. 1874 he was made brigadier
general ~ volunteers and assigned 20 The
command Of the cavalry division OF the
Army ~ the James. He entered Peters
os-g with his small cavalry command n
Jvns 2 isg4. for which attack he was bre-
voted lieutenant colonel and he Led the
advance % the Wilson raid. which cut Inc
roads leading into Richmond from the
south for more than forty days. on octo-
Der =. f.s4. he was brevstte1 major general
81 volunteers. and IN MARCH, 1855. was as
sigLed 10 the command o. a division %
colorei troops. which he marched into
Richmond on April a lie was brevefted
colonel in the regular service for gallant
AMI rnfTlforious service 81 action on the
Darby town road. Virginia. October I. l,ei.
also brizadier and major general FOR gal
h-nt and merit0ri0us services IN the ne4a
during the war. March Il isha- Gen
kautz was appointed lieutenant colonel y
fhs Thlrty-fourfh infantry In isa. trans
feTred 20 the Fifteenth On fsfs. and COM
Harded the regiment or the New Mexican
frontier uu 1875.
An Ind an Fighter.
He orEanized several expeditions against
tn Mescalfro Apache. who had fed from
their reservation 81 1ss4. and in 1901 sue
ceeGed in ESTABLISHING the tribe on their
reHf rFafion. whore they have since re-
u1ainod June 81 1874 he Vas appointed
colCuei or the Eighth infantry. and Wa
paced incommaud % che department
Arizona ln March. $50. continuing 90 com
uau1 until March. 1s7s when be-
placed in command OF the post a. Angel
island. Cal. remaining there until as
Stirred 20 duty al Fort Niobra-a ia ~.
Jsnuary -. 1891. be was transferred 70
Tort Mckinney. April -. 1871. on
the retirement o. Gen. Gibhon. Col. kautz
was appointed briRadier-genera and sue
ceesled 70 the command Of the department
81 the Columbia. January ;. lS9Z. he was
retired for aRe.
Since then ne has made his home In Sc
attic. During tho latter part OF 1890 Gen
KautZ was made conspicuous by quar-
rel With his department commander Gen.
Brooke Charges were preferred on both
sides. but by the persuasion OF Gen. Scho-
field the charges were Withdrawn and
reconciliation effected.
\ Great 6nvalrvman.
Cen Kautz was n member Of the mill
tary commission which tried the assassins
OF President Lincoln in May and June,
los. and was also the author OF several
works on matters pertaining 10 the army.
among these being The company Clerk
Customs OF Service for Non-Commis-
stoned Officers and Soldiers" and Gus
toms Of Service for Officers" Gen. kautZ
was the ablest and most dashing cavalry
commander in the Army OF the Potomac
after Sheridan. From the time when
Gen. Benjamin r. Butler got bottled up.
as Gen. Grant sardOnically wrote OF his
Intellectual attempts before Petersburg,
Va untn Grant came down through the
Wilderness. Gen. kautZ was constantly
In the saddle. and while j. +. II. Stuart.
the great Confederate cavalry command
er. and others engaged him in skirmishing
they never could get satisfactory night
out of him. During this period, from 1864
TO the fan of Petersburg, Gen. kautz
raided around Petersburg. down on the
Weldon railroad, ana within sight OF Dam
vile, and having command well-mount-
ed on corn-fed animals came 10 be re-
garded as sort of a spurred and sabred
will o the wisp.
An Autobiography.
Gen. kautz once wrote this modest
sketch OF himself II graduated at West
Point In is52. ia the same class with Sheri-
dan and Crook. ! served through the Pu-
get Sound country and Southwestern Ore
gon from 1852 10 1851. and when the war
broke out accepted commission at the
front. | served throughout the rebellion
In both the regular and volunteer service.
and attained the rank OF ma ior general
In 1870 I was appointed lieutenant colonel
OF the Thrty-fourth infantry. then sta
toned In Mississippi and Tennessee. From
1869 until 1874 I served in the Fiji
teenth infantry I'm New Mexico. and
was thereafter promoted 10 the command
Of the department OF Arizona with tho
rank OF colonel Of the Eighth regiment.
After relinqushinE this command / serv-
Ell in California until 1886. afterward in
Arizona for brief period whence | was
transferred 20 the department OF the
Platte In Nebraska. ! Was afterwards
member Of a boar4 OF officers in New
York city which had been appointed 20
examine into certain improvements in
arms I served upon this board until last
April when ] succeeded Gen. Gihhon In
the command OF this department he hav-
ing been retired "