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GEN. BURLINGTON {;
Who Succeeds Gen. Flusler as Chic

Who Succeeds Gen. Flagler as Chief
OF Ordnance West Virglninn.
or General A. r. Burlington, who has
been appointed by President Mckinley
to succeed the late General Flagler as
chief Of ordnance, the Springfield, Mass,
Republican says: General Burlington is
native of Virginia and was appointed
to the military academy from that state
In 1855. His home was in that part of
the state which Is now West Virginia.
He was made brevet second lieutenant
May 8, 1861, second lieutenant eight
days later, and first lieutenant July az,
Of the came year. He thus began his
military service practically with the
outbreak OF the rebellion and was earn
estly besouGht by the men Of his sec
tion to side with the confcderacy. This
he steadily declined to do, and remajD-
ed In the Union service. He was made
captain March, 1868. and brevet-major
March 10, 1865. for faithful and merito-
rlous service in the ordnance depart
ment. Aside from short service as q
Typographical engineer, he has been
continuously In the ordnance CORPS,
June %, 1874, Captain Burlington became
q major, lieutenant colonel June !, 1881,
and colonel February 2S. 1889. :
Colonel Buflipgton's inventions have
been many. and all have been given to
the national government. He took the
stand that to gain personally by what
he invented would be robbing BENG
factor. He was educated by Uncle
Sam, he said. and provided for by him
for life, and he considered the govern
ment entitled to all he accomplished or
urhinvnn pnrhunS tho aI,,
known Of his inventions is the depress-
ing seacoast gun carriage. Some of the
other inventions and devices he has
given to the United States are the Buff
fington sight, the 80 field gun carriage,
constituting tho modern light artillery
equipment, the metallic carriage for ma
chine guns. the rod bayonet and posi-
tive cam for the Springfield rifles and
the inter colorlng process. None of these
are patented except the depressing car
rlsge, which was patented to protect 1t
from foreigners, but the inventor
caused 1t to be stated in the patent that
the carriage was dedicated to the
United States for its free use. The 80
field gun carriage has all the carriages.
Timber caisson. combined battery,
wagon and forge and artillery store
wagon, and constitutes the modern light
artillery equipment adopted by the
United States government. With 1t the
regular army, national guard and mill
tary colleges are equipped. The car
iriage Is novel In It's features and the
prncticabllity Of Its construction was at
first doubted to some extent. Colonel
Burlington also devised timber for the
siege carriages and additional appurte-
nances for the completion of the field
equipment. The positive cam" was
devised for the Springfield rifle and
makes 1t suitable for the small callbre
and smokeless powder.
The news OF Colonel BufIington's ad-
vancement was very welcome at the
armory. The officers of the post are
glad Of Colonel BufIlnSton's promotion,
not only from warm personal feeling to-
ward him, but also because of his we'll
known interest in the shops here. None
OF the present officers at the armory
served under Colonel Burlington while
he was here. Lieutenant Horney was
on the colonel's staff at Rock Island.
Major W. H. Rexford. who has just left
the armory. was at his post under Colo
mel Burlington. and they were close
friends. The men through the shops
knew that the appointment had been
made almost as soon as 1t was known
at headquarters. All the old employees
were much pleased and the younger
men learned from the older how popu-
lar Colonel Burlington was when here
and in what esteem the employees then
held him. When the day shift quit
work at o'clock. the men hailed those
OF the night shift to pass the news
along, and 1t is doubtful II any appoint
ment has ever been more pleasing to
armorers.