The San Francisco call., 1898-07-22
COL. MORRIS IS RETIRED.
General M. P. Miller Desig- mated as the Officer to Take

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 After over thirty-seven years of faithful and efficient service as an of ficer in the army of the United States Lieutenant Colonel Louis T. Morris. Fourth United States Cavalry. who has been in command of the Presidio for the past four months, has been retired and to-day this officer will turn over the command of the post to Brigadier General Marcus P. Miller. About the first of this month Lieutenant Colonel Morris was ordered before an examin- Ing board, which was a great surprise to him. The sessions of the board are said to have been decidedly warm, as 1t was rumored that the commanding officer was broueht before 1t as re- suit of some petty jealousy existing be- tween himself and Major White, the post surgeon. but this has since been denied. Colonel Morris. besides hav- ing a large and generous heart. was found to have some more serious trou- ble with that organ. and 1t was a fore gone conclusion that the board would recommend that he be retired.
 Colonel Morris has been daily expect
 
 from the service. and yesterday he re- ceived it. The order dates from July 13 but the first notification that the post commander had of it was yester- day. when it came to him in his mall from Washington, D. C.
 General Miller was designated as the officer to take command of the Pre- sidio. and this he will do to-day or tomorrow, and until the formal trans fer of the post is made Colonel Morris will retain command. It is not known whether the department intends to as- sign General Miller to the permanent command of the post, or if his rule will be only temporary. Major J. J. Weis- enburger of the First Battalion, First Washington Regiment, is the ranking officer at the Presidio next to Colonel Morris, and it was supposed that he would assume command of the post upon the retirement of the latter of ficer.
 Colonel Morris war record and also his service in the regular army since the war is one of which he has every right to be justly proud. He entered the army May II. 1861. as a first lieu tenant in the Nineteenth Infantry. September 1, 1864. he was breveted cap- tain for gallant and meritorious ser vices during the Atlanta campaign, and December Is. of the same year, he was breveted major for conspicuous gallan- try in the battle of Nashville The first of these breveted ranks was for mally confirmed February 15. 1865, when Colonel Morris was made cap tain. He then served with the Twenty eighth, Thirty-seventh and Third h. fantry and the Eighth Cavalry, and April Il, 1889. he was made major and transferred to the Third Cavalry. Sub sequently he was promoted to the grade of lieutenant colonel and as signed to the Fourth Cavalry.
 Since the declaration of war with Spain many officers less deserving than Colonel Morris have been promoted and assigned to important duty at the front. but nevertheless the veteran trooper who is now placed on the re- tired list accepts the decree pertaining to himself in a soldierly manner. Many Of his friends in and out of the army entertain the notion, however, that he did not receive the consideration due to a gallant and capable soldier, who had gained honors on the field of bat tie. He can retire, nevertheless, with the sense of having performed his duty in the field and in garrison. If the petty jealousies of the service or the underhand work of a clique hastened his retirement he will not burden him. self on that account with a load of re- sentiment. Colonel Morris recognizes that life is too short and fame too fleet ing for one to quarrel with destiny. TROORS AT THE PRESIDIO