Evening star., 1899-01-30
THE PAYMASTER GENERAL
Retirement of Gen. Stanton On Account OF
Age.
silver Loving Cup Presented by Hi,
Assoc tes-Gen. Asa ID. Carey to
BE His Successor.

Gen. Thaddeus H Stanton. payma ster
general of the army, was retired at noon
today in conformity with the age require
ments Of the service. The occasion was
taken advantage of by the officers of the
paymaster's department in Washington to
present their retiring chief with a silver
loving cup as mark of their personal re-
gard and their appreciation of his public
service. The ceremony was conducted in
General Stanton's office shortly after the
stroke of Il. The room was filed with his
old army friends and associates while the
doorways were crowded with the clerks and
other subord:nates OF the office
Major George ". Baird made a brief ad-
dress, alluding to General Slanton's long
term of active service. extending from the
beginning of the civil war through all of
the Indian wars of the west, and conclud-
ing with the recent successful war with
Spain. During all this time, Major Baird
remarked, the paymaster generals Office
had always been fully competent in the
discharge of all its duties and had never
even been suggested the subject of Off
cial investigation. OF the 81, $4,000 that
had been disbursed by General Stanton. not
a single cent had ever gone astray nor been
subject to official question.
At the conclusion Of the address, Major
CCffin. on behalf of the officers committee,
placed handsome silver loving cup on
General Stanton's desk. The cup bore the
following inscription:
Presented to Brigadier General Thaddeus
H Stanton, Paymaster General, L. S.
Army, by the Officers of the Pay Depart
mept on Duty at Washington, d. c. A
testimonial of Affection and Esteem, Jan.
Both, lS99.''
General Stanton responded. thanking his
fellow officers for the hearty support they
had always accorded him. and ended by
presenting to them Colonel Carey, his sue
ceSsor in office.
The New Paymaster General.
Gen. Asl B. Carey. who succeeds Gen.
Stanton as paymaster general of the army,
is a veteran of the civil war and one Of
the oldest officers of the army. He was
born in Connecticut July H. 1888. and was
appointed to the Military Academy from
that state July l. 1854. Graduating four
wears later, he was brevetted second lieu
tenant. 9th Infantry, and remained with
that regiment until October -, 1855, when
he was made second lieutenant of the Tth
Infantry. From September. 1858. until May
% 1859, he was statioEed at Fort Colum
bus. New York. In the last named year ne
conducted recruits on the overland march
to Utah, and remained with his regiment
at Camp Floyd. Utah Shortly afterward
he was transferred to Albuquerque. n. NJ,
and was In the field esccrting supply train
to the Navajo expedition in November, lS6o.
He remained at Albuquerque as acting
assistant quartermaster and acting commits
safy of subsistence until August. 1861. when
he was made acting commissary of subsist-
ence at Fort Union, N. M, where he was
stationed until 1868. except when he was
absent in the field in command of Com
pany A. 9Th Infantry. and engaged in the
action at Apache Canon, n. M, from April
3B to 2S 1862. For gallant and meritorious
services in that battle he was brevetted
major. having previously reached the grade
of captain of infantry October 1861, He
was chief quartermaster of the Navajo
expedition and in command of Fort Candy.
N. ID, from July, 1852 to May, 1864 after
which he chief quartermaster of the
Department of New Mexico and engaged
in various other important military duties
in that territory until September 1867. He
was commissary of musters and superin-
tendent of the volunteer recruiting service
In that vicinity. and was brevetted lieuten-
ant colonel for distinguished services in
the war against the Navajo Indians, who
were particularly warlike and troublesome
about that time.
After a short service at ST. Paul, Mimi.
master in October of that year, and was
assigned to duty as paymaster at St Louis
He next served successfully at Chicago,
Santa Fe, Washington, D. c. San Fran
cisco, New York city and at Boston He
was on duty In the Office of the paymaster
general at Washington from June 1874 un-,
til October. 1885. and he was at San Fran
cisco about four years. During mors re-
cent years he has served successfully as
| chief paynaaster in the departments of the
East. at Nsw York; Of Dakota at St Paul.
and OF the Lakes, at Chicago. He became