The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-10-24

was appointed major general on the 1lth day Of
May, 1897, and he was retired on the 7ith day Of
May, the same year.
General Zenas II. Bliss was made a major gen.
eral on the 18th OF May. 1897. and he. too was re-
tired ON May %. 1897. General John II. Brooke
Is the only major general who was appointed
and his appointment was made on May %, 1907
that Is now In the service Of the government
There have been appointed ten brigadier generali
OF the stan since the coming in Of the present adj
ministration. On Sept IL, 1897, Samuel Breck
was promoted to the position Of brigader general,
and on Feb. 25. 1898, he was retired. On the l4th
OF November, 1897. General w. III. Bell was made
brigadier general Of the staff. and on the 2sti
OF January. lsoS, he. too. was retired. On the
2sth day Of January. 1893, General s. r. Cushine
was made brigadier general, and on the 2lst Of
April. lS9S, he was retired.
On April 21. lsos General W. ii. Nash was
made brigsdicr general. and on May 2 Of the
same year he. too. was placed upon the retired
list.
On the Sd Of May. 1898. General c. p. Eagan
was made brisadier general, and he is now sus
pended. fact with which every member OF this
committee Is very familiar. not only Of his sus.
pension. but Of that which occasioned il.
Mr.. Clark OF Missouri-And is 1t not true that
he Is getting his full pay during his holidays
Mr.. Jett-fes lie is now on pleasure trim IN
the Hawaiian Islands, drawing q salary Of $500
year.
On the soth day Of Janur.,. 1899. General A. b.
Carey was made q brikadier general, and on July
IL OF the same year he, too. was retired.
After More SALARY.
] prefaced my remarks by saving that vas not
cfiticixng the officers themselves, but for q gen.
eration almost this country was in profound
peace. and they received the benefits and emolu.
menfs OF the positions they were then dlling. II
they saw at to cast their lot with the army, they
oa9nf TO be willing to take upon themselves the
incidents and burdens of the army without asking
at the hands OF congress or OF the people Of this
country position on the retired list with high.
a. grade simply and solely for the purpose of en-.
aoiing them to draw $500 more salary per year
out OF the treasury Of the United States.
desire to call the attention OF the committee
to the appointment Of bhgadier generals Of the
line. The first Fame I see Is that Of General w.
n shaffer. who was made brigadier general on
May 8, 1897. and will say believe served longer
In the capacity Of brigader before he was retired
than any OF these gentlemen who were or have
oeen promoted since the present administration
came In. General Shafter was retired Oct 9. 1900.
and that General W. N. Graham was made q
brigadier general Of the line May Il. 1897, and he
vas retired Sept. 2s 1893.
i nnd General James F. Wade was made a briga.
der ycneral May 20. 1907. and he 10 now in the
service.
General John n. Mizner was made q briradier
general on May 20. 1897. and retired June Z, the
ame year.
General Anson Mills was made briradicr gen.
eral June 10. 1897. and he was retired on the 2od
Of June. 1907.
and that General G. II. Carlto, was made .
brisadier general OF the line June 2s, 1897: that
hs served his country In the capacity OF briga.
der general from June 2s. 1907, 10 the 30th Of
June Of the same year. -
General II. s. Hawkins on the 2sth Of Septem.
Der. lsos was made brigadicr general and was
retired on the 9Th day Of October OF the same wear
General Jacob +. Kent was made q brigadier
general on the same day that General Hawkins
was retired, which was Oct. 4, 1903, and ne. too.
was retired on the 18th day Of October, 1893.
Result OF One Vacancy.
want to say this: II appears thnt one vacancy
was used In such way th9t Eve or six men re.
ceived promotion by reason OF the fact that one
vacancy had alone been created, and when one
general was promoted to the high position OF brig.
adler general he only acted in that capacity for
short time until he stepped down and out and
another was appointed to take his place.
General W. 8. Worth was made brigadier zen.
eral Oct. 20. ls0s. and on the 9th day Of Noyem.
Der OF the same year was retired. General w. NJ
Wherry was made brigadier general Jan. z, 1892
ana on Jan. Is. 1900, he was placed upon the re.
tired list. General j. H. Patterson was made q
brigadier general on the 18th OF January, 1890.
apd served In that capacity only till the 9Th day
placed upon the retired list
General William Sinclair was ade a briradier
general Feb. 8. 1890. served his country in that
rank tor period OF five days, or until Feb l3
1899. when he was placed upon the retired list
General N. p Miller was made brigadier general
March Is. 1890. and served as such only until
March ~ OF the same year, when he was placed
on the retired list. General T.. " Sumner was
made brgadier general OF the line March o.
served v.lv al
OF the sar'e year. when he was placed upon the
retired list. General T. NJ. Anderson was made n
brisadier general March 81, 1890; was placed ON
the retired list Jan. 81, 1900.
General For One Day.
General A. c. NJ. Pennington was made briga.
dier general Oct. 10. 1870. and on the next day,
Oct. IL. ls09 was placed upon the retired list.
General Royal 4. Frank was made brigader
general Oct. IL. 1890. being the same day General
Pennington was retired, and on the following
day, Oct IS, 1909. was placed upon the retired
list General l.. II. Carpenter was made briga.
der general OF the line Oct. IS, 1890, being also
The same day General Frank was retired, and was
placed on the retired list Oct. 10. 1909. General
g. Ovenshine was made . brigadier general Oct
10. 1899. and retired Oct. 20 Of the same year.
He served in the capacity Of brigader general for
period OF one day. General ID. W. Burke was
made brigadier general Oct. 20. 1890. and placed
ePVh iist Oct. Zl OF the same year.
He. too. served in the capacity Of brigadier gen.
eral for period Of one day only.
SO might go down through this long list and
mention General +. r. Kellogg and General G. 8.
Carpenter, who have been promoted to the rank
OF brigadier general and soon retired after very
brief service In the rank to which they had been
promoted.
As members have observed. q great many OF
these officers have been retired. some on the next
day after their promotion. after having served
three. four or five dsys and some after having
served only month. ] call attention to this mat.
ter for the purpose OF showing that while our
friends on the other side arc proclaming their pa
uiotism they are at the same time getting for
their friends all the high positions in sight.
Comes Out For Bryan.
The power Of terse and condensed
statement IS one Of the most valuable
possessed by either speaker or writer.
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