The herald., 1898-09-26

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Is, 1851: promoted to brigadier general OF
volunteers September 8. 1861, and major
general United States volunteers July II.
iS62 Ho was in command OF brigade
during the operations In Kentucky In ls6l'
Of q division in the Tennessee and Missis-
eipp: campaign of February-June, 1862. and
Of the First army corps In the advance INTO
Kentucky which resulted in the battle OF
Perrysville. He was In command OF the
right wing of the Fourteenth army corps
In the Tennessee campaign in 1s62-6S. in
cluding the battle of Stone river, and OF
the Twentieth army corps at the battle OF
Chickamauga. He was engaged In the de-
fense of the capital at the time OF Earlys
raid, and in 1866 was sent with the JOINT
commission of congress to investigate IN
dian affairs In the west. At the close of tho
war he was appointed lieutenant colonel
of the Twenty-sixth infantry and served
for many years on the staff of Gen. w. 1.
Sherman. He became colonel Of the sixth
infantry in 1880, commanded the infantry
and cavalry school at Fort Leavenwortn'
Kan; was appointed brigadier general, U.
&. A.. in 1890; promoted major general IN
1884, and retired on April %, 1885, He was
selected by President Cleveland as the oHl-
c,al representative of the United States
at the coronation of the czar IN 1886.
Gen. j. M. Wilson
Brig, Gen. John NJ Wilson, CHIEF OF en-
pineers. U. S. A., was born in the District
of Columbie appointed from washington
territory to the military academy, gradu-
ated in 1860, and after serving short time
IN ordnance and artillery was assigned 20
the engineer corps. He served throughout
the civil war, first as an engineer, after
ward as On inspector general, and was en-
gaged in many battles Of the war. At the
close of the war he returned to engineer
ing and was in charge of many important
duties. In 1886 he became superintendent or
public buildings and grounds at the capi-
tai, serving in this capacity until 1882,
when he was made superintendent OF the
military academy where he served until
1898 when he was again made superintend-
ent of public buildings and grounds and
served as such until February l, 1897, when
he was appointed brigadier general, chief
of engineers.
Major S. G. Mills
Major Stephen C. Mills. inspector gen.
eral, u. s. A., recorder of the commission,
was born in New York; appointed to the
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In 1877, was assigned to the Twelfth infan-
try, becoming captain in this regiment in
1896 and in July. 1898. was appointed major
general and inspector general. U. s. A.
Major Mills served in a number of Indian
wars in the west from 1873 to 1882 was mill
tary attache to the Scandinavian countries,
and as an aide de camp of Major General
Ruger was engaged in the revision Of drill
regulations
Col. Charles Denby
Charles DENLY was born in 1880 at Mount
Ivy, Va, was a student at Georgetown
university, and Is a IL. D. of that insti-
tute; graduated at the Virginia military
institute; taught school in Alabama two
years; took up his residence at Evansville,
Ind, in 1873, and has ever since resided
there; Is by profession lawyer; was lieu-
tenant colonel In the Forty-second Indiana
and afterward colonel of the regiment Of
Indiana volunteers and later colonel of
the Eighteenth regiment Indiana volun-
teers; was appointed by President Cleve-
land minister to China on April g. 1889, and
remained in that capacity at Peking until
July II, 1898.
Gen. J. A. Brewer
General James Adam Beaver was born
in Percy county, Pennsylvania, October 81,
1887; graduated at Jefferson college, IN
Western Pennsylvania, in 1856; studied law
and was admitted to the bar in 1859, and
practiced law at Bellefonte He belongs
to a military company Of which Governor
Curtis was captain, and when the Civil
war broke out entered the Union army at
the first call for three months: after the
expiration of the term he re-entered the
army as Neutenant-colonel of the Forty
fifth Pennsylvania. After brief service
with the Forty fifth, he was offered the
command of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania
infantry, and joined the Army Of the Po-
tomac just after the battle of Fredericks-
burg. At Charlottesville he was shot
through the body; after his recovery he
rejo.ned his regiment and was again shot
at Spottsylvania and Cold HarboY. At
the first assault of Petersburg he was ter
r.bly wounded by a shell. He returned to
the brigade and at Reanis station lost his
leg. This was August Is, 1884, and of course
ended General Beavers military service
He was mustered out on account OF
wounds. General Beavers career since the
war Is so well known that it Is hardly nee
essary to recap!tulate it. He was elected
governor of Pennsylvania In 1896 and since
the end of his term. January, 1888, has prac-
ticed law until the creation Of the new ap-
pellate court Of Pennsylvania, of which he
was a member.
Gen. U. A. Woodbury.
General Urban A. Woodbury. Of Burling-
ton, VT. was born in New Hampshire July
Ii, 1888; moved to Vermont in 1910; was
graduated in the common schools; grad
uated IN medicine from the University of
Vermont in 1859; enlisted in company H
Second Vermont volunteers, In May 1861
was promoted corporal and first sergeant
1861: taken prisoner and sent to Richmond
paroled in October, 1861 recruited and
drilled troops In Vermont until excha nged
in November, 1862; captain IN Eleventh
Vermont volunteers from December, 1862,
to June, 1863; lieutenant and captain Of
VermontR. c. from June, 1863 to close Of
war; mayor of Burlington, 1Ss5-S8 leuten-
ant-governor of Vermont. 1894 to 1896; colo
mel on Governor Babcock's staff from 1884
to 1896.
Capt. E. P. Howell
Captain Evan p. Howell was born IN
Georgia, near Atlanta, in 1889. He finished
his education at the Georgia military in
stitute and the Lumpkin law school, He
practiced law for year, and entered the
Confederate army as orderly sergeant in
1861 in the First Georgia regiment Of vol
unteers He was promoted to second lieu