The National tribune., 1899-10-19
PERSONAL.
QUESTION

physician of st. Joseph, Mo, says that
ex-senator John J. Ingalls, has cancer Of
the throat, and will never recover. His
throat pains him a great deal. He has
gone to Mexico, expecting to find relief from
the climate.
Comradc G.. A. Norton, formerly of the
1st Me. Cav, and now resident Of Hart
ford Conn, has shown that the veterans
are not back numbers by n long shot.
He went with some friends to New York to
see the yacht race, and got on board a
large steamer that was advertising to
carry passengers at 81 apiece. Some 800
men and women took passage. Shortly
after the boat pulled out it developed that
4 gang Of New York gamblers had pos
session of the boat. They set up gam
bling devices on all the decks, and began
fleeing the passengers. They did not
stop at this, but began insulting the ladies
and robbing the passengers OF field-glaSses,
etc. The climax was reached when the
boat reached Sandy Hook and would not
go any farther. Capt. Norton, who had
lost an arm on the battlefield, became the
leader of the indignant passengers, and,
Ueading a committee, approached the
Captain, who claimed that he must turn
back, because he had no coal, and there
was something wrong with one of the
steam-pipcs. He could do nothing with
the gamblers, because he said they had
chartered the boat. He became very in
sulting to the committee, but they made it
50 hot for him that he became alarmed,
pulled off his uniform, and hid in the coal
hole Another man came up and claimed
to be the Captain, and finally another,
until there We're four. Capt. Norton took
command of everything, ordered the jack
to be lowered TO half-mast, the flag to be
hoisted union down. and distress signals
to be sounded by the whistle. He also
ordered the rouict tables and other gam
bling paraphernalia to be thrown over
board, which was done. The gamblers
and the boats crew tried to resist and re-
store the flags, when a lively fight ensued,
in which the gamblers were badly whipped
and forced to secrcte themselves. The
distress signals finally received attention,
and when tie vessel got back to the pier
there was Il squad of police waiting, who
arrested the men whom Comrade Norton
pointed out.
Jerry Simpson is the one Popuist leader
who came out of the whirl with substan-
tial sum to the good. He started into pub
lie life with fine ranch at Medicine Lodge,
which he had built up off an original home
stead entry, and had 400 or SEQ cattle. He
was estimated in the commercial agency as
worth 100000. Then he had eight years
in Congress, with about $500 year. in
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of which he saved, and consequently re-
tired to his ranch with something like
$500 Of the usufruct Of his statesman
ship.
Comrade Andrew Munger, the captor
of Jeff Davis, lives at Marcellus, Mich,
and has been drawing n paltry little pension
Of &c. and that only for two years. He
was an unsuccessful applicant for the
postoffice at his place.
Gen. Shafter retired from the Regular
Army last Monday, with the rank of Briga-
dier-Gcneral, Oh account of his having
reached the age Of "a. He still retains his
rank of Major-General of Volunteers, aud
will probably continue to do so for some
time, on account of the Department desiring
him to remain on duty at San Francisco.
and care for the returning volunteers, in
which work he has given much satisfaction
His retirement from the rank of Brigadier-
General will be taken advantage of to pro-
mote to the rank of Brigadier- General and
retire five Colonels, who have had more
than 50 years of service, and who distin-
guishcd themselves in the Spanish war
These are: Col Royal T. Frank, 1st U. S.
Art; Col. Samuel Ovcnshine. 23d U. s.;
Col. A. C. Pennington. I'd U. S. Art; Col
Louis Fl. Carpenter, 5th u. S. Cav. and Col
Daniel w. Burke, nth U. S. All of these
promise to retire Immediately after receiving
their promotion, and the process will require
but few weeks 'Ihen VIII come up the
serious question of whom to promote for the
permanent rank of Brigadier-G General 1t
is entirely within the Presidents preroga-
tive to select any one he pleaSes for Briga-
dier-General, subject to the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. There are q great num-
ber of officers who deserve the promotion,
and would make efficient Brigadiers. But
there are only three who are mentioned as
likely TO be those from whom the selection
will be made. These are LawtOn, Mac
Arthur and Wood, who are all Major-Gen-
erals of Volunteers, though their rank in the
Regular Army differs very greatly. Law
ton is Colonel in the lnspector-GeneraPs
Bureau, Macarthur is Lieutenant
Colonel in the AdmtaIit-General's Bureau,
and Wood is n Captain IN the Surgeon
Generals Bureau. = If the President should
go outside of the Regular Army he would
probably take either Funston or Wheeler,
but this is not considered likely. Opinion
inclines in favor of Macarthur being the
lucky man, and in that event Gen. Lawton
would be promoted upon the retirement of
Gen. Thos. NJ. Anderson, next January.
In the event of Macarthur being thus pro-
NOTED, he will stand good chance of being
Commander of the United States Army for
two years before he retires in June, 1909.
Gen. Merritt will retire June 16, 1900;
Gems. Brooks and Otis in 1902, and Gen
Miles in 1903.
Gen. Jas. F. Wade will succeed Gen.
Miles as Commander of the United States
Army in 1903, and continue till 1907, when
he will have to retire.
Inspector General breckenridge has gone
on an official tour to Alaska.