The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12

throw them into such confusion thu = s.
fed in disorder. before Shefidan's go
attack. This, in brief, IL the stos3 s2z;
Sheridan tells IL. In his ofih.ial s16ssS1
July /. 1SSa, Gen. Sheridan calls atta1I1sss
TO Aiger's great gallantry." and GS1s
" directed Capt Alger with two 197ss.SS
panies OF the Second Iowa and ava 49,
panies Of my own regiment, 4 cASSs
them In the rear. This was hatiso
done"
81 Gen. Alger subsequently comma nj - =. +
Fifth Michigan Cavalry. and was w,rnis5
In the Gettysburg campaign. HI ss2
Ment participated in the several o.
made at Gettysburg July l. m w.
1854. ne was special commissions
the war department in connkction
the presidents amnesty prOcInUnt ~ 81;
September 10. 1863. Gen. Kiipatrick 80
that the enemy was repulsed ~ a. as
Alger of the Fifth Michigan, Re lsSi
the advance. October q. 1885, 0en e. III
ter reports Alger as conducting 1 cSS1
daring In the extreme" Sheridn1 4
ported. June IL. 1854. that Alger tooS ~
In the cavalry engagement Of Jp1 Il
which he describes as ny far IL -
brilliant one of the present car lE
He describes Col. Ayers rqGlnoet =
ganantiy charging down the 0ktuQy,lle
II
men. but they were finally surfuun6 -
had to give them up." This. u Sn
Torbert explains In his report, ~ y
TO the embarrassment the regiment
ed In taking care OF so much car
property. Though they were xurroQ
most or the regiment came In. Col
and few men calamity cut thelr
through column OF the enemy q
lines that afternoon"
Col. Alger vas also In the famoua -
in which Gen. J. f. r. Stuart Was q
OF this fight Gen. Custer says In a.
fetal report OF The operations OF Nj Il
1854: The edge OF the wood naaft1 n
my front was held by the eneuysn ~
mounted men. wis poured a heavy ~ 1S
my lines until the Fifth and Sixth lrff's
gan were ordered 20 eitsmount Al Il
the enemy from bib position. ~ n Il
did In the most gallant mann6R Ix "
Col. Aiger, OF the Ftth. and ~ f1i
OF the SIXTH In hi report CT 7foa
says: Although this Campaign ~ -
a severe and fatiEuing one, the roGln6
has not lost the service OF fnAS q
disease" In the roster " the Ar "a
the Potomac, January 81, lsS4, Col.
is reported in command Of the Seconf
xade. Kilpatriek's divishn, SHEET
cavalry corps. He subsequently.
maflHSu tne rITst nflKa0c "a duty ~
ing the left of Grants army. He y ~
toned as taking part In the ,peratioG II
Northwestern Virginia In the fall
Gen. Alger while In the erv.c1 80
charged on enc occasion will aheen1 3
himself from his command In taskfn11
without obtaining proper leave 4 ahc5
from hts superior officer. The fats Il 5
that. while very i'll. Gen Aiger - Z u
TO the hospital at Annapolis from lasro
Ferry. by order of DIR. Wooster. e r.
geoii OF Gen. Clusters brigade. a. I'll
never knew that there was any IT.
ton that he was reported absent. Mt
leave Until 1858 The affidavit Of11
Wooster that Gen. Alger was SEM ~
him Is on file In the war departsnenE1
this affidavit DIR. Wooster says .hat
any one is TO blame he himself h IT,
person. The large number Of ol0cX
coming from Santiago sent by the
geons could just as properly be cixnD<
with abscnce without leave In the M
manner Gen. Weaver. calling the atfsns
ton Of the secretary of war u that facts1
cited II as a case exactly like Gen Alssrs
case, and an order was issued BY the var
department legalizing such leaves q ~
Eencc. Tbs was Away a custom snSfR
the late war. and is being eonstautly 0oAes
through this war.