Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-26

serving in that capacity until 1889. when
he was made superintendent of the mill
tary academy, where he served until 1893,
when he was again made superintendent of
such until the 1st of February, 1897.
when he was appointed brigadier general,
chief of engineers.
Major Stephen =. Mills, inspector general
United States army, recorder of the COM
mission, was born in New York; appoint
ed 10 the military academy from Illinois;
Twelfth infantry. becoming a captain in
this regiment in 1886 and in July, 1898, was
appointed major general and inspector
general United States army.
Major Mills served in a number of In
dian wars in the West from 1878 to 1882;
was military attache to the Scandinavian
jor General Ruger; was engaged in The
revision of drill regulations.
He has been q director in every new road
that has been built into the city since the
war; and is now director of the Georgia
Central. He was a director in both of the
great eXpositions. He was one of four COM
missoners that built the splendid new cap
itol in Atlanta for $1,9OO00O. Captain How
ell has been a member of four national
Democratic conventions, commencing in 1876.
He was appointed consul to Manchester,
England by President Cleveland during his
first term and declined the place on ac-
count of his business.
Colonel James a. Sexton was born in Chi
cago. He enlisted for three months on the
18th day of April 1861. When II years of
age he re-enisted in the Fifty-first Illinois
infantry volunteer regiment. May, 1862, he
was commissioned first lieutenant in the
Sixty-seventh regiment, Illinois infantry;
was transferred to Seventy-second Illinois,
accepting captaincy of company re
cruited under the auspices of the Y. NJ. c.
A, which became ID" company of what
was known as the First board of trade
regiment He was assigned to Ransom 5
brigade, MacArthur's division, Seventeenth
army corps, Army of the Tennessee, and
participated in all the campaigns, marches,
battles and siegeS of that army:
s;d,roI IN me e Iail OF 1864 the regiment was as
Rugers division, Twenty-third army corps,
of the Cumberland. on this campaign
General schoteld commanded the army
on its retreat from Atlanta to Nashville.
AS reglmentai commander, Colonel Sexton
commanded this regiment at the battles of
Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nash
Vllle and throughout that campaign. Col
oneI Sexton was assigned to staff duty, be-
ing detailed on the staff of Major General
A. j. smith as acting provost marshal cf
tne Sixteenth Army corps. and remained on
his staff until August y, 1865. Colonel Sex
ton then settled in Lowndes comfy, Ala,
Where he purchased a plantation.
In 1861 he sold out his interests in the
south and returned to Chicago and en-
gagged in the foundry business under the
flrm name of ]. A. and T. S. Sexton After
the chicago fire in ISL the firm name was
changed to and known Cribben. Sexton
d Co. 1t has been eminently successful
During SeXton's army service he was
WOUNDED 1our times and was mentioned In
the report and general orders of his SUI
perlor officers several times. Three of his
sons enlisted in the volunteer army for
the present war with Spain.
Colonel Sexton has been a public spirited
citizen and always active in every effort
made for the advancement of the city
and Improvement of its citizsns. He has
been Lincoln park commissioner, a pres
idential elector. a trustee OF state insti-
tutions, and is at present the president of
the board of managers of the Soldiers and
Sailors home at Quincy, ILL.,
In April, 1889. President Harrison ap-
pointed him postmaster at Chicago. He
was continued in the office until he re-
signed January l, 1895
richard Weightman,. secretary of the
commission. was born in Washington Oc-
tober, lSi5. He joined the Confederate army
in September, 1861, and served continuous
ly until May, 1865. Was parded at Shreve-
port. For twenty years afttrward he re-
sided in that state, the last thirteen having
been devoted to journalism in New Or
leans. Since 1891 Mr.. Weighman has been
an editorial writer on the Washington
Post.
About the middle of November last Mr.
Weightman was sent by his paper TO in
vestigate and report upon the condition of
affairs in Cuba. His letters from the island
were in exact contradiction of the sensa-
tioDal reports then current He reported
the Cuban civil government a mere thing
of buckram and the insurgdlt armies little
more than marauding bands without CO.
hesion and of no military Importance.