The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-06

ME Adventsreus Career - the %.
nles velamaeeF Colonel.

Who Aaventureus Career 81 the %.
nles velaaeer Colonel.
When the president appointed Maj. Ed
mund Rice the senior colonel Of volun-
tcers On July s. and assigned him 10 COM
mand the Twenty-sixth infantry to be or
gAnised ~ the Piattsburg barracks. New
York. = brief sketch Of that ofscer's rec
Ord WAS printed in the Tribune. presenting
the chief incidents In his remarkable ca
reer. which led TO his appointment. There
are additional features In hiD career that
are Of interest
Col. Rice was born IN Massachusetts, ON
December :. 1sli. and IL therefore nearly 50
yearH old. He went to the front IN 1851
a. captain In the Nineteenth Massachu-
setts infantry. and was honorabiy muster
ed out IN 1894 NJ lieutenant colonel In that
reeament. TO be appointed frst lieutenant
In the Fortieth regular infantry two years
later. During the civil war he was engage
ed In the battle Of Ballss Hlnff. the PENN
suIar campaign. the hattIec OF Myron's
Point. Fair Oaks. Oak Grove, Peach Or
chard. Aliens Farm. savage Station,
White Oak Swamp. Glendale commanding
the regiment). Malvern Hill. second Nal
vern Hin. Bull Run. South Mountain and
Antietam. where he was severely wounded
and mentioned In orders. He was engage
Cd At the second attack on Frederfcks-
burg (mentioned In the records), In the ac-
ticn at Thoroughfare Gap and the battle
OF Gettysburg (wounded twice and men,
toned In the recordH1. He commanded
his regiment In the Rapidan campaign oe
the Army Of the Potomac. and In the bat
ties at Briatoe Station. BlAckhurn's Ford,
Hobinson's Crossroads and Mine Run: In
the battles Of the wilderness. on May L s
and 7. Spotssylvania on tho sth and 9th.
Laurel Hill on tho 10th and llth, and In
the assault on the angle, 8pottsyivAnia.
on the morning OF May IA 1854 He was
taken prisoner and In North Carolina.
while being conveyed south. he escaped
hy cutting through the door Of freight
and jumping from Il while the train was
under FUN Roadway. He reached tho Union
lines near the Ohio river. after travelling
twenty n:Khta. resting by day. hAv-
ing walked nearly 40 miles. He was sub-
seauentiy engaged In the second batfle OF
Deep Bottom. the battles Of Weldon Rail-
road. Rssin's station and second Hatchers
Run. and was In command ~ Fort Stead
man and batteries IL and Il In front Of Pet
ersburg. He Was present at the surrender
OF the Confederate army 1T Appomattox
Court House.
Among the distinctions attained by Col.
Rice when hostsifstes ceased. In Aprtl 1854.
on the occasion OF the review OF the diff
ferent army corps by Gen. Grant. the
Nineteenth M2s8aCn3eets8s WntCH ne COM
mande<s. was selected by Gen. Meade rs
one OF the two best drilled and disciplined
regiments Of the Army OF the Potomac.
TO drtii before Gems Grant. Meade and
sheridan and the CORPS commanders
Col Rice was attached 10 the headquar-
sers OF the Russian army under the Grand
Duke Nicholas In front OF Pievna: by
command OF the cxar an order granting
him the right TO visit officially the Russian
and Rumansan lines was given him He
was with Gen. SkobsiefY NJ the stcrming
Of Green hill. and attended Gen Gouko.
commanding the .Twenty-s.xth cossacks.
at Dolby Dunk.
For some time after he entered the reg
ular establishment Col. Rice was engaged
I'm psyfec,irg for the free use Of the army
the .rowel hayoues ard stacking swivel.
which he invented. and which came Into
general use upon every rife OF the army.
navy. marine corps ard militia. the swivel
SIN being retained. The bayonet was
subsequently displaced by Cox Rsce's In
trenchsnx haycnet. which h practically the
tool now used.
For the ten years beginning n iS.s Col
Rice was constantly enEaEed In Indian
campaigns. frequently In command OF
large forces He used tire srss oreech-
isaaing cannon against the Indians. and
demonstrated the yaius OF these weapons
In frontier COMMUNICATIVE York Tribune