El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-22

1879, aud served with reg ment In
Texas, leave March % to June so, 1850,
and August 26. 1880. to March q,
1881 to May 81, 1881; commanding
dian Territory, to November, 1882: on
duty at Fort Concho, Texas, to July,
1882; at Fort Davis, Texas, ION Leave
October e. 1888, to January 2, 1884,
to April l. 1885; commanding post OF
Fort Thomas, Arizona, to August 26.
1856; on leave to March q, 1887; on
duty at Fort Grant, Arizona being
frequently in field to September "a,
1888; on sick leave to May, 1889; on
fcers of the Interior department in
surveys, (before congressional COM
mittee in this city, January to March,
1907 to April 2, 1890, and on leave and
under orders July, 1890.
He joined the 4th Cavalry, July Ii,
1890, and served at the Preside and
San Francisco. California to October
81, 1891; commanding regiment and
post of Fort Walla Walla, Washing
ton. to February II, 1898.
He joined the 3rd Cavalry, February
%, 1898, and commanded it and the
post of Fort Mcintosh, Texas, to June
81, 1898, and the post of Fort Reno,
Oklahoma, to August IL, 1893; on leave
to October 26, 1893, and since then on
duty as Commissioner of the U. S. In
ternational Boundary Commission of
the United States and Mexico.
(Signed.) GEO. D. RUGGLES.
Adjutant General
Addition to the record of Colonel
Arson Mills, United States army, not
included in the adjutant generals GER
tificate OF military service: He left
West Point in 1857, went to the from
tier of Texas and engaged in engineer
ing and land surveying; laid out the
first plan of the city of Ell Paso; in
1859 was surveyor to the boundary
commission establishing the boundary
ritory, aud Texas; in February, 1861,
on submission to the popular vote of
the state of Texas, the question of
| "Separation' or ssNo Separation he
cast one of the lonely two votes in the
county of Ell Paso against separation,
to 9S5 for separation; in March, 1861,
he abandoned the the state, going to
Washington, and there Joined the
military organization known as the
''Cassius M. Clay" guards, quartered.
armed, and equipped by the United
States government. and served there
protecting federal officers and proper
ty, until relieved by volunteer forces
called out by the president. On May
| IA, 1861, was appointed first lieutenant
| 18th infantry on the following recon-
mendation from the then first class at
the military academy:
U. S. MILITARY ACADEMY, !
WEST POINT, N. Y. April 80, 1861.
LORENZO THOMAS, Acknowledgement,
Washington, d. g.
Dear Strive, the undersigned,
members of the first class at the Unit
ed States military academy, respect
fully recommend to your favorable con
sideration the claims of Mr.. Arson
| Mills, an applicant for q commission
as second lieutenant in the United
States army.
| Mr.. Mills was formerly member,
| for nearly two years, of the class pre-
cediug ours, when he resigned.
During that time his habits and
character cOnformed to the Strictest
military propriety and discipline, and
we feel assured that he would be an
bonor to the service and that it's iu-
terests would bepromoted by his ap
pointment.
Respectfully submitted,
James F. Mcqueen, Chas. E. Hazlet,
Henry b. Noble, Francis A. Davies,
John A. Rogers, j. w. Barlow, w. A.
Eiderkin, A. r. Cnambliss. Emory UL-
ton, Eugene B. Beaumont, j. Ford
Kent, J. s, Poland, Adleibert Ames,
A. r. Burlington, G. E. Patterson,
Leonard Martin, Sheldon Sturgeon,
Wright Rives, Chas. G. Campbell, NJ.
F. Watson, Ohio F. Rice; Erskene Git
tings, Franklin Howard, Chas. Henry
Gibson, j. H. Shipper, H. A. Dupont,
J. Benson Williams, Chas. M. K. Leo
ser, r. l.. Eastman, Leroy l.. James,
Guy v. Henry, N. w. Henry, John
Adair, Jr., Judson Fitzpatrick, S. o.
Sokalski, Samuel N. Benjamin, ]. b.
Ra wfess, L. G. Hoxton.
During the four years of the war he
was never ABSENT either on leave or
from sickness and was present in ali of
the engagements of his regiment.
Fox's "regimental losses" states on
page 3, that his regiment eighteenth
Infantry lost more in killed aad NOR
tally wounded than any other reg: ment
in The regular army and that his COM
pany, II, first battalion (page 42O) lost
more in killed and morally wounded
than any company in his regiment.
He invented the woven cartridge
belt land loom for manufacture) now
adopted and exclusively used by the
army and navy of the United States.
He stands No. "a on the llneal list OF
II colonies in the army.
PRIVATE RESOLUTION-NO. 1.
Joint resolution permitting Arson
Mills, colonel of Third regiment Unit
ed States cavalry, to accep. and exer-
else the functions of boundary COM
missioner on the part of the United
States.
r. solved by the senate of the house
of Representatives Of the U nited States
of America in congress sembled, that
Arson Mills, colonel Third regiu emit
United States cavalry, having been
nominated by the president and con-
firmed by the senate as commissioner
of the United States under the conven-
tiOn between the United States of
America and the United States of
Mexico concluded and slgned by the
contracting parties at the city of WASTE
ington March first, eighteen hundred
aDd eighty-nine, is hereby permitted
to accept and exercise the functions
of said Office of commissioner; provId-
ed, said officer shall continue to receive
his emoluments in pay and allowances
as colonel in the army while holding
said Office of commissioner the same as
he would receive were he performing
such duty under military orders and no