El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-21

nimo, while refusing to surrender t
Lawton and be led into Bowie as
prisoner of war, agreed, if the troop
should retire up the valley in the di
rection of Bowie, to follow them vi
| along the mountain range and to sur
render to Miles at Bowie.
, This proposition was agreed to ant
carried out and Geronimo surrendered
HIS Ell PASo FRIENDS.
| Judge Goggin, of Eagle Pass. who il
sitting in the 41st district court here
| knew LawtOn when be was at For
Clark. He related one incident which
| illustrates Lawton's character. The
Judge was standing on the platform al
| from the fort. An omnibus drove up
with Lawton and six other young Of
fcers from the fort. When the vehi-
Gle stopped the officers. with the ex-
| ception of Lawton, aligbted and wa k
ed away. awton remained and help
ed the driver to unload the trunks.
Judge Dean knew Lawton well. he
said: HE WAS one of the most popular
men in the army and was liked by civil
lians just as we'll as he was among
army men. He was jolly good COM
rade."
Major Fewel also knew Lawton when
he was in this section of the country.
He said: 81 met LawtOn in 1886 in the
little room off from the present rarlor
saloon. remember his showing the
company of men his hat which had a
circle of holes shot in the crown by his
wife with her little % revolver. He
explained that she had not shot the
holes in the hat while he had it on.
He was as proud of it as he would have
been of GerOpimO's scalp.
81 afterward called upon him at tn e
war department in Washington and
was courteously and cordially treated.
He was a thorough gentleman as well
as q soldier"
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY.
General Henry w. Lawton was born
in Ohio, but removed to Indiana when
q child. He enlisted as sergeant in
company E, 9th Indiana volunteer in
faItry, April Is, 1861. He was dis
charged in July of the same year, hav-
ing enlisted on the three months call.
he immediately re-enlisted as 1st lieut.
enant OF the Both Indiana infantry. He
was promoted to captain in May, 1872,
to lieutenant colonel in November,
1864; and to q brevet colonel in March,
1865. He was discharged from the SER
vice in Novem Der of the same yesr.
While serving as captain of company
A, Both Indiana infantry, he won a
medal Tor distinguished gallantry In
leading charge of skirmishers against
the enemy's rifle pits, taking them with
their occupants and stubbornly and
successfully resisting two determined
attacks of the enemy to retake the
works, in front of Atlanta, Ca, Aug
ust 3, 1864" He was brigade officer
of the day.
At the close of the civil war Lawton
re- enlisted in the regular service as
End lieutenant in July, 1867. In No
vember, 1869, he wss.transferred to the
oath infantry. January, 1871, he was
transferred to the 4th cavalry. He
was promoted to the rank of captain
In March. 1879. He was made a moi
or in the Inspector generals depart
ment in September, 1888, and lieu
tenant colonel in February, 1889, when
be was made inspector general for this
which includes Califor-
MIA, Arizona and part OF Texas.
He was made brigadier of volunteers
In the war with Spain, and promoted
to be major general of volunteers for
his gallantry in the Santiago cam
paign. His promotion to the rank of
brigadier general of the army came
TOO late to reward him for his able
work in the Philippines.