The times., 1898-07-29


els out Of the Confederacy was bril-
liant ending of the campaign in the
West The skill and success with which
Wilson handled this large body of horse
men demonstrated Grants wisdom in Sc
lecting him for this important command
AT this time Gen. Wilson was only q
years of age, and the l., 600 cavalrymen
VINO Swung into their saddles at the
sound Of his bugal were mostly young
sters frcm 20 10 25 years Of age, though
| all seasoned veterans of three or more
! years service. ii was a part of this
force that captured Jefferson Davis.
Gen. Wilson was made a major general
| of volunteers before the war and received
! commission as lieutenant colonel in the
permanent establishment in 1866. He re-
signed from the Amy in 1870, and until
the opening of the present war was en-
gagged in railroad and engineering opera
tions. He was appointed major general
| of volunteers early in May and assigned
TO the First Corps. Although now 81
] years Of age, he looks ten years younger
and is still capable of performing the
| hardest sort of service.
| Gen Wilson's brigade commanders are
| Oswald Fl. Ernst, Peter c. Hams and
| Frederick D. Grant Gen. Ernst. a fine
and thorough soldier. was born in Ohio
/ in 1872. and was graduated al West Point
| in 1864. in time to perform considerable
| service as officer of engineers during
! the closing year of the Civil War. He is
one of the few officers of the regular
army who have served In Spain, having
! been sent there in 1870 as astronomer to
the commission dispatched by the United
| States Government TO observe the solar
| eclipse. Since March, 1893, he has been
| superintendent of the military academy,
with the rank of colonel.
| Gen Hams is another brilliant ,.iember
| of the corps OF engineers. A native OF
4 Philadelphia, he was graduated at West
1 Point in 1861, and first saw service in the
/ Civil War as junior lieutenant in the
| Second Artillery. Early in 1862 he was
transferred 10 the engineers with which
arm he has since served. His war record
| is Of the best. and three breVets for gal
/ iantry bear witness 10 his whereabout
between 1861 and 1865. Since the war he
4 has been engaged on various works of a
! civil and military nature, and his reputa-
/ ton in his corps is second to none.
| Gen. Grant IS the eldest son of
! Ulysses s. Grant. He was graduated at
| West Point in 1s71, made a lieutenant IN
| the Fourth Cavalry, and a little later ap-
pointed aide on the staff Of Gen. Sher-
! idan. He resigned from the army in 1881.
! and has since made his home in this city.
| He went TO the front in May as colonel
of the Fourteenth New York. and soon
eral Of volunteers by President Mckinley.
Two Of the regiments in Gen. Grant 5
| brigade were recruited in Kentucky, and
il may be justly regarded as one of
! the notable incidents of this precedent
| making war that the son of L. S. Grant
| should lead TO battle the first Southern
troops sent into active service.
/ Gen George A Garrettson. whose bri-
gade, composed Of the Sixth Massachu-
setts and the Sixth Illinois Volunteers,
! forms 4 part Of Gen. Miles's advance
! guard. saw service during a portion OF
| the Civil War as a private in an Ohio
| regiment. He entered West Point in 1853
and was graduated four years later. He
| served as a lieutenant OF artillery until
1870 when he resigned and has since been
| engaged in civil pursuits.
The First Brigade of the Second Divis-
ion Of the Fourth Army Corps, sent for
ward from Tampa, and which includes
| the Fifth Eleventh and Nineteenth In
fantrv and the Fifth Cavalry. Is COM
manded by Brig Gen. Theodore Schwan.
a soldier Of long experience and proved
skill and capacity. Gen, Schwan was
born in Germany. but came 10 America in
his youth, and in 1857 enlisted as private
in Company X of the Tenth Infantry.
During the next half dozen years he went
through most of the nOn-commissioned
/ grades. and in October, 1868 was appoint
ed second lieutenant. His Civil War rec
ord IS Of the best, and he holds two bre-
vets for gallant and meritorlous serv-
! ices" He attained the rank OF captain
In March. 1866. and during the following
twenty years performed much arduous
work on the frontier. Since July, 1896, he
! has been attached TO the adjutant Sener-
1 ais department Gen. Scnwan is a firm
and vigilant officer and one who gener-
ally manages 10 find his way where the
fighting is hottest
cen NIiles's chief of artillery is Brig,
Gen John l. Rodgers, one of the ablesi
of living artillerists. Gen. Rodgers was
appointed TO West Point from Pennsyl-
yania in 1856 and was graduated In 1851
close 10 the head OF his class. During the
Civil War he was in constant and active
service with the Second Artillery. attain
ing the rank OF captain in 1864. lie wa:
promoted to be major in 1888 and lieu
tenant colonel in 1894. and has held ms
coIoneIcy. with command of the Fifth
Artillery, since June of last year. Gen
/ Rodgers looks like a Presbyterian elder
} but is most at home where the big guns
bark loudest-
THE man from the ranks" predomi
rares among the field officers of the regu
lars. which form the backbone of Gen
I Afi!es's command. Lieut.. Col. Samuel NJ
Wbites!de. Of the Sixth Cavalry, entered
the service as a private in 1855, but ros
! in the first year Of the Civil War 10 IN
grade of lieutenant, and at Its close re
/, ! ceived the brevets of captain and ma1o
for faithful and meritorious services.
: He reached the actual rank of captain
IN 1866. and from 1850 until 1895 was
major in the lighting Seventh" He ha
!. been Lieutenant colonel of the Fifth sine
y October, 1885. and now stands first on IN
l list for promotion. Those who know mir
best believe that he viii come back from
Porto Rico q brigadier general
Lieut. Col. Henry 3. Freeman, OF IN
Tenth Infantry. IS another grizZled vete
ran who has fought his way up from IN
Z bottom round Of the ladder. Born j.
~ Ohio. he entered the service as a pri
vate in the reglf1-nt Of which he is nov
4 commander in July 1876, and rose durini
: I the next ten years TO the grade of cap
! ( tain Brevets for Murfreesboro and Chick
u aTnauga and medal of honor for Ston
! River bear witness to his services durin
Il the Civil War. He attained his majorit
in 1891 and has held his present rank sine
January, 1885.
e Col. Isaac d. de Russy, Of the Elevent
infantry. entered the service as a lieu
tenant in 1861 but Lieut.. Col. Charles {
T Hood began. like Whiteside and Freeman
= in the ranks, serving during the war a
private, corporal sergeant, lieutenant an
Il captain of Ohio volunteers. In 1866 he en-
y tered the permanent establishment a
T captain in the Forty-first Infantry. ii
K was transferred to the Twenty-fourth In
O fantry in 1869. and made major of tn
e Seventh in 1892 He has been lieutenan
= colonel Of the Nineteenth since Januar
; Of last year.
e There are several men of mark anon
4 rfrzrr af7i n