Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-08-14
Captain Brown.

The University of Tennessee is to be
congratulated upon the detail of Cap.
tain George Leroy Brown, 18th In.
fantry, U. S. A.. now stationed at
Whipple Barricks, Arizonia, to the
position of Commandant of Cadets and
Professor of Military Science and Tae-
tics, to succeed Lieut.. L. d. Tyson at
the expiration of his detail in Septem.
Der next. There were quite q number
of applicants for the place, but Captain
Brown was SO highly recommended
that the University looked carefully
into his record and, finding it a very
fine one, through President Dabney
at Washington, made a strong and
long continued effort to secure his
detail.
1t is a rare thing for Captain in the
Army to be detailed to College duty.
as that is generally considered a part
of a Lieutenant's education. 1t is only
done in Captain Browns case because
his last college detail was cut short by
his taking the Pine Ridge Indian Agen.
CIV IN 1871 at the special request of the
War Department, which wished to sup
press threatened Indian uprisings there.
His orders were to prevent a second
ghost dance" at all hazards, which
he did, managing the affair very sue
cessfully and coming through the
ordeal with flying colors. He continued
his service at the Pine Ridge Agency
until July, 1893, when he was ordered
to Whipple Barracks, Arizona, his
present station.
captain Brown is a man about forty
hVe years OF age. He entered West
Point in July, 1868, and graduated
June ID, 1872, and was promoted in the
Army to Second Lieutenant. 18th In.
fantry. With the exception of two
brief leaves of absence he was in &C.
tive service in Texas and Dakota until
1881, when he entered his first College
detail of four years and was promoted
to First Lieutenant October 90. 1882.
1t was during his detail as Professor of
Military Science at Delaware College,
Newark, Delaware, that on December
20, 1890, he was made Captain. His
college work at Delaware was of the
highest order and o brought his de.
partment up to a high standard.
one OF his warmest admirers is the
distinguished Captain Pratt, Superin.
tendent OF the Indian School at Car
Isle, Pennsylvania, who has known
MIN Intimately for twenty years and
who places him at the head of the
list Of officers situated to give practi
cal military instruction in colleges. No
less distinguished parsonage than Theo.
lore Roosevelt, Police Commissioner
of New York City, writes, II feel that
1t would be a fortunate thing for any
institution to get Captain Brown as an
instructor"
In addition to his skill and expert.
ence in military affairs, Captain Brown
is spoken of as a man of sterling Der.
sonal character, and very successful
in dealing with young men. He is an
earnest Christian gentleman, whose
record proves him to be a brave soldier.
a good disciplinarlan, a capable ex-
ecutive officer, and a fine military
instructor. These characteristics, to-
gether with his clever personality, and
charming family, consisting of his
wife, two sons, and two daughters,
two of whom are prepared for college,
make this detail a valuable one to the
University and a pleasing addition to
the Faculty of the institution.