The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-10-02
SchoEIELp RETlREs.
The Lieutenant General of the Army Lays
Down His Ofice Because of Age-Sketch
Of HiA CareeY.

The Lieutenant General of the Army Lays
Down His Office Because of Age-Sketch
of His Career.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-The rank OF
lieutenant general Of the army expired
with the retirement at noon Sunday OF
John McAllister Schofield, he then
having attained the age limit of "a
years. This title was revived in favor
of Gen. Schofeld by special act OF
congress last February and had pre-
viously been bestowed but three times
on Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
By reason of this extinction Of title,
Mai. Gen. Miles as senior officer OF that
rank will become the major general
commanding the army, but the retire
ment will not, as is usual in such cases,
promote any Junior officer.
Gen. Schoheld was born in Chautauqua county,
NY, in 1881. He was appointed cadet at
West Point from Illinois in lSi9 being gradu-
ated four years later and assigned to duty ut
Fort Moultrie S. c., as brevet second lieuten-
ant of artillery From 1855 to 1850 he was as
Slstant professor of natural and experimental
philosophy at the military academy, having IN
the meantime been made full-hedged lenten-
unit, and subsequently professor OF physics AT
the Western University, Mt St Louis. Al the
outbreak of the war he was detailed as muster
ing officer for Missouri and commissionedmalor
of the First Missouri volunteers. In May, 1901,
he became captain of the first artillery ana
few months later chief Of stan to Gen. Lyon,
taking part in the engagements at Dug Spring,
Curran Postofico and Wilson'S Creek, at the
last named place Gcn. Lyon being killed In
April 1863 he attained the rank of major gen.
eral of volunteers and was assigned, early in
the following year, to command the army OF the
Ohio which formed the left wing of Shermans
army and participated in the famous march TO
the sea ard its numerous battles.
In November 1854 he was made brigadler
general in the regular army and commanded
the department Of North Carolina, where MS
services in the war ended. In 1865 Gen Scho-
field was sent on special diplomatic mission
20 France in connection with the establishment
Of the Macmillan government in Mexico, the
result of which was an understanding by the
two countries that the French withdraw their
troops from Mexican soil. On returning from
Europe he commanded the department of the
Potomac until June, 1858, when he entered the
cabinet Of President as secretary OF war re-
tanning that portfolio until March 4, 1869, when
he was made major general and placed in COM
mand OF the department of the Missouri, and
later, OF the division OF the Paclnc III was uur-
ing his command Of the Pacific division (whlc1
he held until 1870 that he was sent by PreSi'
dent Grant on special mission to the Hawai-
ian islands in search OF information the ques'
tion OF annexation being then under considera'
ton Gen. Schofeld commanded various de-
partments until 1888, when he succeeded Lieut.
Gen Sheridan as major general commanding
the army.
Mai. Gen. Nelson A. Miles has beer
told by President Cleveland that h'
has been chosen as the successor t.
Gen. Schofeld in the command of thu
army. Gen. Miles was seen by re
porter and said that he had beer
Officially informed by the president o
his appointment to the command OF thu
army