Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-30
'lELEGRAPHlC.
Niles IN COMMAND.
VIII Succeed SchOn'ld as Lieutenant
General Of ih, U. S. Army
The GENERALS MILITARY RECORD
,,r,iay Lamou, Declines to MAKE
Apy statement Regarding tho
prospective Appointment

yrw YORK, Sept. 2o.-Thefo Is now
..,onser any doubt that M%,.oen'
s,,,.. 4. 10 succeed Lleut.-1eu. ecno'
inc office Of general In COM
fine United States army. Gen.
~,,.. made 4 statement Of tho TACT To-
~, a reprrsvntative OF the As'oo'-
n,p,,,.saying that ho WIS Informed
~. pfo,ldenp. determination 10
,.,a, him On Friday by tho secfe-
~, Of war, whom he met In lhls city
~ ,s,cial appointment at the Metro
Paisss,ai Miles IL n native OF Ma'aa-
...i,. having been bora In West
.n s.''s, On August 3, 1899. In 1891 he
ia,nsd the Tweniy-seconu Mnssase nu
80 volunteers and served ,nIousnou'
ny Rsbeluon with great disnnchgn'
IL sislinqulshod himself sarly ia ms
sa,o.r in the Army OF tho Potomac
IA took part in every engagement Ok
-, one IN 10 Lees surrender ~ Ap.
wv as',ox Gen. Miles distinguished
,a,,sIi IN particular ut Spottslyvsnia.
s,,.etIn1 the "bloody angle on the
.,.',I no broke the enenIy's line, Iout.
Kim and captured Lieut.. Gen.
n,,htoi Johnson ana his division
Al Five Forks Miles saved tho day
he canning 10 tho rescue VI shoridsn's
sSv.lfy anu wsTren'a Filth corps.
fjsnefal Nilsa's promotion was
,,srt,d by uomewhAt exceptionally
Ind slridca, only about u year elaps'
~, b.iofe no was made lieutenant
colonel OF tue blStJ-hfst New foik
Infantry, and n month laler, Sspi' D.
ls6s, he was made colonel OF The SAME
regiment. Ia 1864 he attained Tue RAM,
Of bflgadief general Of volunteer, and
,afly 10 the following year obtained
M commission NJ major general OF
volunteers. In 1866 no was mustered
tut Of the volunteer service AMI placed
In command Of the Fourth United
state Infantry, In whion he remained
ln 1869, when he was Transferred to
The Fun Infantry
Altogether the new commander has
had a varied military experiences.
Since tho war he Has been bes, known
az an Indian lighter. He did nnc
Wofk a, the Indian Territory expedi.
ion iuls73. In 1915 he drove Sitting
Bull over tho Canadian border, captur.
log number OF noted warriors, sud
also succeeded In making prisoners OF
Chief Joseph anu the Nsk Percos. In
1875 he defeated and captured band
ui Bannocks 10 Yellowstone park.
Not long after this he succeeded In
Bringing IN Sitting Bull. aud thus was
more factor than any other man IN
The settlement OF Montana anu DA.
kola, la 1856 he captured Geronimo
aud bis band OF Apaohos In Arizona.
His most recent claim 10 public Mt.
tenlion was tho part he took In sup
Pressing the Chicago strike of the
American Railway union last year.
GENERAL Mllss vas commissioned
bttyel bfigadier.gensral March ., 1867.
bflsadieI-genefal, December, 1850,
aud mlI0f.general IN 1890, when he
vas hssigned to the command oi tho
division OF the Missouri, which he 70.
llnquished last year, to take command
VI this division, ON the retirement OF
Malpf.Gsnstal .. q. Howard. In mp.
peAiance hs IL one OF tho most stall
wAfi. sturdy mon In the service. lilo
Il over tlx feet tall and does not look
biz nily.odd years.
wAsnIsGTOS, sept. 20.-Secretary
Lamont declined 10 maze any state
men, tonight regarding Gen. MileR's
Irrespective appointment TO succeed
ecu. Seoneli as general OF tho army,
but hi. appointment IL generally re-
gatded here as certain. Il, IL thought
III, commission Will issue within few
daJt and that he will tneTeupon come
10 Warrington Mt once.