The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26

When the civil war came he threw
M his commission i'm the army to east
his fortunes with those of his state.
and was at once made acknowledgement
on he stan of General Ewell.
Later he was appointed colonel of the
lSt Virginia cavalry. He was a brig
adler-general i'm 1853. and a major
general i'm September Of the same year.
General Lee was not quite 30 wears
or age when the last Kicker of the
confederacy went out in the darkness
OF defeat, and the sensible manner in
which he accepted the situation and
went through the reconstruction" pc
Rod made him especially popular in The
North.
In 1888. he was elected governor Of
Virginia. 1t was during President
CleNeland'S administration hat he was
appointed consul general at Havana, a
post he filled with such courage and
tact that he was retained by the Nc
kinley administration. When William
J. Sewell of New Jersey declined To be
made m~aJor-general. preferring To re-
tain his seat i'm the senate. the appoint
ment went To Matthew G. Butler of
South Carolina. Butler may be called
a bona fide civilian; hat is, he is not a
West Point man, and his soldering
was limited to the rebellion. He rose
TO be a confederate m~ajor-general,
with a splendid reputation for gal
lantry and ability.
Butler comes of good American fight
inC stock. Oliver Hazard Perry, who
wor the first victory over the British
fleet on Lake Erie. in 1913. was his
uncle.
Major-General John r. Brooke. who
the LIST corps and the de-
partment of the Gulf, enlisted i'm the
volunteer army when the call for men
came i'm 1861. and was made a captain
i'm the 4th Pennsylvania infantry. He
was mustered ou July &c. 1866. and
two days later entered the permanent
establishment with the rank of lieuten- |
.ant-colonel.
Two very gallant officers. Major
Generals Wade and Wilson. report To
General Brooke for duty. Wade is one
OF the youngest Of the newly appointed |
men, a cavalry officer or the very finest
with "A distinguished war record. /
which, since the close OF the rebellion. |
has been added To by his services i'm
the West against the Indians. He was
a first lieutenant Of cavalry i'm 1861. and
rose 10 be- a brigadier-general i'm the
army i'm 1897.
II was a part of General Wilson's
that effected the capture of
Davis.
Wilson was born in Illinois, i'm Sep
TENDER. 1887, and entered West Point
before he had reached his 10th year,
graduating in 1860. He was assigned
To the engineer corps. and was present
al the bombardment of Fort Pulaski.
ln' afterwards took part i'm the bat
III, Of South Mountain and Antietam.
In November of 1862 he was appointed
4 lieutenan,-colonel Of volunteers. and
his regiment operated before
Richmond.
He was transferred To the Army Of
he Potomac in 1864. and had
If "A cavalry division during the Shen-
indoah campaign. subsequently, he
vas placed in of a cavalry
'orps i'm the department Of the Missis-
ippi, where he rendered yaIuable sup
,ort To sherman and Thomas and was
With the former during his famous
march to the sea.
Al the close of the war he was a
no ~jor-general of volunteers, and when
he reorganization OF the army took
lace he accepted a observation-disclosures
commission in the regular service. In
ST. he retired from the army and en-
cred civil life. Z
General Coppinger. who commands
he 9Th army corps. was BORN i'm Ire I
md some So years age. His first SOL I
iering was done in Italy as an officer {
n the papal guards. He came TO this I
ountry at the breaking out Of the ,
ivIl war and secured an appointment (
5 captain In an infantry regiment.
rowing himself a brave and skilful Z
He was made colonel Of the e
Isl New York cavalry. When peace I