The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-12
WHO GENERAL SKATER IS

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oa its way TO Cuba. IS one q tAe noted
characters in the United States army.
For more than eighteen years he was the
colonel Of the First iafantry. and waited
~ ;hat time for 4 promotioa that aid
not come. During those long and snus.y
years Colonel Shafter saw men promoted
ever his head who had received their
| commissions as colonies long after BE had
received his Colonel Skaters long years
OF waiting became a proveTa OF the array.
Now he is getting the reward OF his pa.
thence by being seut al the head OF ere
OF the most remarkable expeditions tn
The history Of the country. and n seine re-
speets OF the history Of the world
General Shafter Is one OF the brlliiant
soldiers Or the army OK the United States
recruited from civil life. He Is not wsst
Pointer. he WAS born IN Michigan tn 1875,
being two years Older than Senator Bur
rows. who was afterwards his school
master az Gun Prairie Seminary IN Kali
amazoo. Soon after the great rebellion IN
the south had set the country on nre.
young William and his brother john
Shsfier. enlisted ia volunteer regiment
and were OF 20 the war They we're ire
sons OF a Michigan farmer. William Ru-
fus entered the volunteer army with a
first ueuteuant's commission in the Sew
euth Michigan Infantry under date Of Au-
gust =. 1851. ON September = u the same
year he was made MAJOR Of the Nine
teenth Michigan. which regiment Of IN
fantry he helped 10 organize. ON June s.
1ss3. he was promoted 10 the rank q lieu
Al
be was made colonel - the Seventeenth
United States CoIored .sautry Just be-
fore the close Or the var ne was given
the brevet rank 81 brisadier general
Ills record duriu gthe strife between the
north and the south was brilliant re
took part in the siege % Yorktown. N
the action Of West Point and IN the bat
Ties 81 Fair Oaks. Savage Station. Glen
dale and Malvern Hill He was also "a
the action 81 Thompson station. Team.
and IN March. Iss3 he was taken prisoner
and restored 20 has army by an exchange.
after two months OF lie with the Confed-
/ crates.
When peace WAS declared william Ru-
fns Shafter and john shafter, zsho had
meanwhile fought weu and earned to
rank % captain. returned % their "a
theirs farm en- Michigan near GaIssbufr.
Both had become fascinated with the
game % war. and for the be marches.
the thrilling fights and flights. and tbs
odOr 81 The guns. work on the farm was
very prosalc substitute. William ard
John both applied 70 ihe government fos
comm ssions 3n the rcgufTr army May
were ;hc soldiers who fr4t az they dtd.
and who also applied FOR stations ~ reg
aiar officers in The army Or peace Weary
months rolled by and uSe oH ths farm
YVES becoming almosf an unbearzble bur
den when notice one day was received
by the brothers from the secretary =
war ordering thern 20 81 T,oais 20 Be exc
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