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was next in line Of promotion. He was
senior in service to Gen. Ba;chelder, and
quarterInaster general several years ago
He has had 4 long and cred.tabie career in
the army. He was bern in Maine May 40.
1894, and was appointed to the Military
Academy from that state July l. 1880.
Graduated July l, 1854. he was appointed
d second lieutenant of the I'd Infantry, and
year later was transferred to the 9th In
fantry. He served as regmental quarter
master from February Is, 1857, to June 49,
1861. He was appointed first lieutenant
June >, 1850, ard a captain and assistant
quarterm; ster May II, 1S61. In August,
1852, he became an acting lieutenant col
onel IN the quarternlaSter'S department,
and rose through the grades in the regu-
lar establishment until he became colonel
and assistant quartermaSter general, Sep
tCmber T. 1891.
An Excellent War Record.
Gen. Sawtelle has an excellent record for
active service during the civil war. He re-
ceived the brevet rank of major. lieutenant
colonel and colonel March 13, 1865, for
a:thful and meritorious services during
the war and the brcvet rank of b-igadier
general March l3, 1865. for faithful and
meritorious services in the quartermasters
department during the same period.
The official record of his services is as
follows: He served with his regiment in
Minnesota from September, 1854, to July,
1S.3; in Nebraska and in Kansas Qartici-
pating in the Sioux expedition June to Oc
tober, 1850 to April, 1858; on the Utah ex-
petition and on the march to California
to November, 1858: on frontier duty at
posts in California (quartermaster of the
Colorado river expedition, California, Feb
ruary to April, 1850 TO July 10. 1861.
In charge OF quartermaster depot at
Perryvile, Md, August, 1861, to Marc h,
1862; at Fort Monroe, Va, forwarding
troops and supplies to Army of the Poto-
mac, to May, l@j2, and as assistant in
charge Of transportation in that army to
September. 1862; acting chief quartermaster
Army of the Potomac, September to No
vomber ~, 1852; chief luartermaster I'd
Army Corps, November II, 1862, to January
~, 1863; chief Guartermaster right grand di-
vision, Army Of the Potomac, to February
1863. and of the Cavalry Corps to June,
1853; assistant chief quartermaster Army of
the Potomac, June u to August 6, 1863;
chief qGartermaSter of the cavalry bureau
to February 15, 1864; chief quartermaster
United States forces the Rio Grande
Tex, 10 April 30, 1861; in charge of trans
ports and supplies for Gen. Banks army
in the field in Louisiana, to June 6, 1884
Chief quartermaster military division
west Mississippi June g. 1864, to June 2,
1863; of the military division of the south
west to July II, 1866; of the department of
the gulf and fifth military district to Au-
gust, 1867; in charge of clothing depot and
New York city to April, 1869; chief quar-
termaster department of California to Au-
gust, 1872; of the third quartermasters
district, department of the east and di-
vision of the Atlantic. to July, 1874, and
of the first quartermaster's district to Oc-
tober, 1876; post quartermaster at New
York city to November 10, 1877; chief quar-
termaster, department of the east, to
March. 1878; of the department of the
Columbia, also depot quartermaster at
Vancouver. Washington, May IA. 1878, to
April 8, 1881.
Chief quartermaster department of the
south April u, 1881, to April q. 1852; of
the division of the Atlantic and department
Of the east May 1, 1882, to October ~, 1883,
on duty as assistant in office of quarter
september aaesn 20, 1880; depot auartermaster IT.
Philadelphia, Pa, to September 1, 1891,
and at Governors Island, N. Y, as chief
quartermaster department of the east,
which assignment he still holds.
General Sawtelle will retire from the ac-
tive list of the army in May, 1898.