New-York tribune., 1899-07-07

Washington, July 6.-Brigadier- General '.
seph Wheeler was ordered to-day to report :.
General Otis at Manila for service in the PIN.
ippines
Joseph Wheeler was born in Augusta Ca -
September 10 1885. On his graduation from Wa.
Point in 1853 he was assigned 10 the 5th Dra1on.
with the rank Of second lieutenant. and served 4,
New-Mexico On April p, ls6l. he resigned A.,
commission and made colonel OF the i,,.
Alabama Infantry in the Confederate Army Ar.
the battle OF Shiloh. in which he COMMANDED
brigade and did good work. he was trans.erres >,
the cavalry, and had command Of that par, =,
General Bragg's army in the Kentucky campa,,.
In 1862 ne was commissioned a brigadier-gen.r.,
and year later major general. General Wheel.-.
movements were remarkable for their brIiancs a..
success. He made raids in Western Tenns.,..
fought at Grand River and PerryyIlle and ee.
msnded the cavalry at Murfreesboro
His command was conspicuous at Chickamau..
and after the battle did great damage TO Co.,
Rosecsans's supply trains. 1t is said that the dana,
effected by General Wheeler at this time arnov,,s
to 100000. His charges at Knoxville Mlssior,,-
Ridge and Lookout Mountain were largely eY.c,,-'
In making possible orderly retreats on the nav, :.
the Confederates His most famous work proh.,b
was his continued attacks on General sherm.,,.
Army In the advance to Atlanta. he eommanA..
the cavalry corps OF the Western Confederate A.
until the close Of the war. At that time he W..
senior cavalry officer in the Confederate Army Al
though only twenty-nine years old
Up to 1850 General Wheeler was lawve, a..
cotton planter In that year he elected n "a,
gress from the With Alabama District H,, a..
ton was however, contested. and ne failed 10 q.
cure the seat He elected in 1884, took his a.,
and has been chosen from his district az every suc
ceedng election including that OF 1855. By holal,,
volunteer commission in the Army in the w,,
with SPAIN II was decided that he could not oe,,,r
his seat In the last session Of the LVth Coners..
but on his return from Cuba he was In attendan..
ard exercised the privileges OF an ex-member n.
has an excellent reputation a Representative
and IS held N great popular esteem throughout tas
country '
When the war broke out nothing would sstis,v
Fighting joe or Little Joe" he l. sTes.
tionately called, but that he should 90 the frort
And so. In spite or his sixty-two years. he WA
sent. He made a ma or-general OF yOlluteers
and in the Santiago campaign commanded tho dIs.
mounted cavalry in General Kents division Hov
he occupied one of the most perilous positions Al
the front and contributed much 10 the ycforss
OF that campaign are matters OF recent history
Since the close OF the war General Wheeler has
been made q popular idol in the South and has
received distinguished honors in tie North IN ths
airy Tactics for the Use Of the Cavalry snd
Mounted Infantry. Confederate States Of America
Since the Spanish war he has published a work
entitled THE Santiago Campaign" At It's ON
nencement on June 22 Georgetown University CO.
ferrcd on him the hon )rary degree Of I'll. ~ Ths
influence OF General Wheeler's personality and ths
istration have had great influence IN bottlrg on,
the last lingering traces Of bitterness between "a
North and the South
FULLER ORDERED TO MANILA
Washington July 6.-Lieutenant Lawson " Ful.