New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-20
col. WTELLE PROMOTED.
MADE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
THE ARMY BY THE PRESIDENT.
ALSO PROMOTED TO THE GRADE or BROADER
GENERAI.-oTHER PROMOTIONS NEW

ALSO PROMOTED TO THE GRADE or BROADER
GExEnA.-orHER PROMOTIONS NEW
GENERALS RECORD
Washington. Aug 1.-THE President to-day APP
ponted Colonel Charles 6. Sawtelle Quarterin's'er-
General of the Army with the rank of brgadiergc"-
eral He succeeds General i. " EaichcId''' WIZ
retired on the 9th of last month
General Sawtcllc was born I'm and appointed from
Maine He was cadet in the Military Acahemy
from June /. 1850. TO July J. lsoi. Nhen NJ ""'
graduated he was appointed brcvct second ieul'h-
ant in the I'd Infantry. In 1871 he entered the quar-
teimaster's Department. and IN 1851 was maze cap
tam and assistant quartermast'r lie r'ach'u INC
rank Of colonel in 1854 He received breVet ranks u
major Northumberland and colonel In March
1865 for faithful and mcriorous services durhs .nr
month for faithful and merltoriCus services III "'
Quartermasters Department during the wiaI . va
The promotion of Colonel SawtoHe created va
cancy in the grade Of captain which inc tr'N1'nss
m. 5;ti Infantry 1t also caused the following pro-
motions in IN" Quarermasters DepaI,inrnv n
V Furey. TO lieutcnant-cooneI, ana captain - ~
Booth, TO major
The promotion of Colonel Sawtelle WAS predicted
BIZ The Tribune early ia May he being recognized as
one of the most competent officers of the quarter
masters Department. Ills appointment to the grade
OF quariermas general with the rank OF prlRa-
dier-gcneral places him ii the highest graz" an"
rank in that corps. and it will have TO be conhrm'd
by the Emitted States Senate when Congress assem-
blos i'm December. General SawieHc VIII MOI" Ms
new Office less than two years, as ne VIII r'ac" li
ogc of retire. cnt sixtv-four. on May 10. lSH Ills
record shows that he served on frontier duty ~ fort
Ripley in S5i5j. the Sioux 'Xpcdiiion III DID, III
Fort Laramie and Fort Pierre, Dakota. " l'"
months I'm lV6. and then at Fort Lcavenworth Kan
sas until he appointed r"gincnth pu'i"'
master Of the 6h Infantry in February 49, serving
No sch tf,l NAV L. 1851. lie served during ih"se
four years in quclling Kansas Disturbances IN 1894
and 1855 in the Utah expedition and IN the mar'h 10
California in 1855 and quartcrmaSter III the MO-
jave expedition TO Arizona in 1880
I'm August 1851. he took charge OF the quarter
masters depot ~ Pcrryville Md, remaining there
tf March, 1862 when he took part in the Virginia
Peninsular campaign TIL September. 1867 Then ne
was appointed chief quartermastor Of the Second
CORPS in the Rappahannock campaign Army OF
the Potomac remaining thcr" till January ~ 1913
After this he was engaged i'm Stonemans rahd
toward Richmond in May. 1853; in the P"nnsyl-
,onia campaign. from June p to August s. 1863,
on which date he was made chief quartermastet
of the Cavalry Bureau at Washington on febrn-
airy l5 1864. he made chief quartermaster OF
min Nav Of that year when he detailed in
charge OF transports and supplies for the relief OF
General Banks's army returning from the Rcn
River and constructed bridge 800 feet long across
the Atchafalaya River, using twenty one ARG
military division of West Mississippi, being en-
gagged in the Mobile campaign and tn" expedition
terminating in the surrender Of the rebel forces
under General Taylor. He was brevctted major
lieutenant colonel and colonel, March l3. MO Tor
faithful and mertorious services during the Rebel
lion and brgader-general for faithful and meri-
torious services in the Quartermasters Department
during the Rebellion.
on January u.s. 1861. he was promoted TO stan
quartermast,r with the rank OF major and served
IN charge the clothing department. and assistant
10 the depot quartcrmaster at New-York CITY IRON,
September O. 1861 to April ~. 1859 Then he served
a. chief quartcrmaster of the Department OF can.
forna until August II. 1872 then quartermaster OF
the Department of the East to November TO- lb!';
then chief quartermastcr Of the Department OF the
East to March 2J 1873. and then of the Department
of the Columbia to April T.. 1881, then as deputy
Guartermas or general he had charge Of IN" De-
parmcnt of the South to April p, 1852, and from
tina, time til october %. 1893. he had charge OF
the military division Of the Atlantic and Depart
mrnt OF the East till October 90 1883 He was then
detailed the Office Of quarermaSter- general at
Washington till September g. 1880 and then was
sent i'm charge Of the general depot Of the Quar-
t.rmaSter's Department in Philadelphia. where he
remained until about year ago. when he was de-
tailed for duty the Department Of the East. with
headquarters in New York where he remained until
! his latest promotion. Ills promotion 10 cOlontl
, WAS on September -. 1891