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

tired Nav s lsy1 That General J. W. Torsy:'!
was appointed !.aior general oa the ll;a G2y ci
May 1851. ai.d he retired CT tie 18th d@!' CT
May. The same year.
General Zc.as L. is.;ss WIS i:a<.e major gen
eral on the la;h of Nay. 1897, aa he too, was re-
,ire,i on Nay -. 1891. General JOHN Z. Brooke
is the only Tlajo. general wi:o was appointed
and his appointment was made en- May % 1887
thu. is now in the service CT The government.
There have been appointed ten or;@adie- general:
o; the stat since the coming - CT the present ac'
minis,ra;on. On Scp;. II, 1897, Samuel Bcec.
was promoted to tie position OF brisad:er general,
and on Feb. %. 1893. he was retired. On the l@ih
OF November. 1891. General ". H. Bell was made
brigaGier general Of the staff, and on the 2St:i
OF JaEuarv. lS9S, he, too, was retired. On tht
2st:i day os January. 1885, Genera! S. T. CUSHING:
made brisaGier general, and on the 2ist CT
April. 1855. he was retired.
On April u. 1895. General ". II. Nash wa:
made brigadier general. and on Nay Q; the
same year he, too, vas placed upon the retired
list.
On the Cd o. May. 1895, General c. p Eagan
was ,lade h.iSaiiier general, and he is now suS'
pended. TACT With which every member OF this
committee is very familiar, not only OF bis sas
pension but of that which occasloned 1T.
Mr.. Clark OF Missouri-And is it not true that
he is getting his full pay during his holiday:
Nj. Jett-Yes He is now on 4 pleasure trip II
the Hawaiian Islands, drawing salary OF 500
year
On the soth day Of Janusry. 1899, General A. B.
Carey was made brigadier general. and on July
1a of the same yeaE he, too. was retired
After More SALARY.
pretaced my remarks by saving that ~as not
criticiSng the officers themselves. but for gen.
Grafton almost this country was IN profound
peace. and they received the benefits and cmolu-
rnents of the positions they were then filing II
they saw fit to cast their lot with the army. they
ought to be willing to take upon themselves the
incidents and burdens of the army without asking
at the hands of congress or OK the people OF thia
country position on the retired list with high
er grade simply and solely for the purpose Of en-
abling 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 o. brigadier generals OF the
line The first name see is that of General W.
r. Shafter, who was made brigader general on
Nav 5, 1897, and will say believe served longer
in the capacity Of brgadier before he was retired
than any OF these gentlemen who were or have
been promoted since the present administration
came in General Shafter retired Oct. 6, 1889.
find that General W. NJ Graham was made
br;eadier general of the line May &C. 1897, and he
was retired Sept %, 1895
find General James F. Wade was made briga-
der general May &c, 1897, and he is now in the
service
General John II. Miner was made brgadier
general on May 2S 1897. and retired June :, the
same year.
General Arson Mills was made brigadier gen.
eral June Is. 1897, and he was retired on the 22d
of June. 1897.
find that General c. II. Carlton was made
brigadier general Of tie line June o, 1897; that
tha of hr1er
dier general from June 2S 1897, to the S0th Q!
June of the same year.
General H. S. Hawkins on the 2Sth of Septen1-
Der, 1895. was made brigadier general and was
retired OF the 4th day Of October CT the year
General Jacob F. Ken: was made brigadier
general On the same day that General Hawkins
was retired, which was Oct. 4, 1893. and he, too,
was retired on the 18th day of October 1888.
Result Of One Vacancy.
want to say this: 1t appears that one vacancy
was used in such a way that five 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 vas appointed to take his place.
General ". S Worth was made a brigadier gen.
eral Oct 90, 1895, and on the 9th day of Novem-
Der of the same year was retired. General W. NJ
Wherry was made brigadier general Jan. Z, 1882
and On Jan. IS $780, he was placed upon the re-
tired list. General ]. II. Patterson was made
brigadier general on the 18th of January. 1899,
acd served in that capacity only till the 9th day
of February OF the same year, when he, too, was
placed upon the retired list.
General William Sinclair was made brig2dier
general Feb s. 1859. served his country in that
RAM, Tor period os FIVE days. until Feb 49,
~, ~ @la -tre1 15ct
General NJ. D Miller was made brigadier general
March 10. 1899. and served as such only until
March .. OF the same year, when he was placed
on the retired list. General +. y. Sumner was
made a brigadier general OF the line March 81.
1859, served in that capacity only TIL March 60
OF the sane year. when he was placed upon the
retired list General 7. N. Anderson was made a
brigat.ier general March 81. 1899; was placed On
the retired list Jan. 81, 1860
General For One Day.
General A. c. VI. Pennington was made brlga-
die- general Oct l3 1890 and on the next day,
Oct. L. 1899, was placed upon the retired list
General Royal I. Frank was made b-iGad:er
general Oct l.. 1859. being tie same day General
Pennington was retired, and on the following
day, Oct. 1s, 1899, was placed upon the retired
list General L. II. Carpenter was made brlga-
dier general OF the line Oct. is, 1850, being also
the same cay GSCcral FRANK was Ictiteo dlio Wa
placed on the retired list Oct. 10, 1899. General
S. Ovenshire made a brigadier general Oct
le, 1852 and retired Oct % Of the sane year.
He served in the capacity of brigadier general for
a period of one day. General D. w. Burke was
made brigadier general Oct. 20. 1880, and placed
upon the retired list Oct. 81 OF the same year
He. tco, served in the capacity OF brigadier gen
eral for period Of one day only.
So l might go down through this long list and
mention General f. R. Kellogg and General G. S.
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, great many OF
these officers have been retired. some on the next
day after their promotion, after having served
three, four or FIVE days and some after having
served OILY month. l call attention to this mat
ter for tie purpose OF showing that while our
friends on the other side p7oclaimins their pa
trioyism they are at the same time getting Tor
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.
The Philadelphia Times, Colonel Alex
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