The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-30
Rose Gen. Arthur 1[scArthur, Cover.
nor General Of the Philippines.
WILL Be HEAD OF THE ARMY
Before he -setires-was Acting Colo
mel Of the Twsnty-fourth WILSON,
sin at Twenty-KnOwn as a Brave
uad Fearless Fighter.

ton, has had the chief direction Of the
field operations against the followers Of
AEuInaldo during the last two yeart.
The death Of Lawton and the departure
Of Otis, therefore. brings Macarthur In
natural succession to the most import
mt position in the held operations Of
the military administration. Moreover
as the youngest major general OF the
line. he is likely in time to come to the
chief command Of the United States
army.
For both of these reasons General
Macarthur is the most interesting fig
ure in the military circles of the couns
trva the present time. Like the pres
emit head of,the army, General Miles.
Macarthur is not a graduate Of West
Point. In fact, he had no opportunity
10 receive the instructions of the gov
eminent military academy, for he be-
gan his military lessons upon the bat
tleaeId at the age when boys ordinarily
enter that institution. He has been a
fighter all his life. and has had a mill
tary training such as few men in the
army have been able to obtain.
Arthur Macarthur Is the Alternative
name Of the new governor general of tbs
Philippines, and 1t sufficiently declares
his Scotch descent. HIS boyhood was
spent in Milwaukee, Wis, where his
father was a judge, and it was there. in
his eighteenth year, that the outbreak
Of the civil war fired his heart with
military ambition.
Studied Hardee Carefully.
BY close application to Hnrdee's Tao
tics, then the manual of the United
states army. young Macarthur master.
ed the latricacles Of Infantry drill. and
on the organization OF the Twenty
fourth wisconsin regiment, which was
known in the Union army as the mill
waukteo regiment. he became one of Its
drill masters, although holding no ofrl-
cIal position. So well equipped did he
prove himself for this work that on the
departure Of the regiment for the front
many Of It's officers and men petitioned
the governor Of the, state to appoint
him adjutant OF the regiment. The re-
quest was granted, and the boy of elgh-
teen went to the war as a regimental
adjutant with the rank OF first lIeuter-
ant.
Some OF the older officers ridlculed the
idea OF placing beardless boy in so I'M
porLant a position, and were inclined 20
class him with the "tin" soldiers who
had secured stan appointments by
means Of political influence. Before the
regiment had been In service month il
was pItted against General Kirby
Smiths confederate veterans in sharp
engagement at Chaplin Hills Ky. The
GOODNESS of the young adjutant and his
reckless exposure to danger while con-
veying his commands to and fro won
the admiration Of all who witnessed it,
and Macarthur was never again refer
red to as ':tin" soldier.
was at Stone River.
The Twenty-tourth Wisconsin was iE
the thickest of sheridan's fight at Stone
river, and on that occasion 1t was COM
manded by the major of the regiment,
assisted by Adjutaut Macarthur. The
brigade Of which the regiment formed
4 part was attacked in the rear on ac-
count OF the turning OF the right flank
OF the Union line. General Joshua Sill.
the brigade commander, was killed at
the beginning of the battle, and during
the course Of the dayt the brigade form
ed in line under fire seven times. The
Twenty.fourth Wisconsin lost half Its
men, but Macarthur came through
without scratch. and his daring work
made him the hero Of the regiment
from that time forward. In his official
report Of the battle Major Htbbard
sald:
ITO the adjutant OF the regiment am
more than Indebted for his aid and et-
1icIent service rendered during the en-
gagements. bespeak for him an honor
able military career
Great Goodness Of Macarthur.
Colonel Grensel. who had charge of the
brigade after General Sill fell, also mem
toned Adju,ant Macarthur as display:
Ing great coolness and presence Oh
mind"
At the battle Of Missionary Ridge the
Twenty -iluEth Wisconsin advanced up
steep hill In n charge to which that OF
San Juan has been likeHed. The ground
was go rough and broken that the men
could not maintain their line, and they
were exposed 10 a raklng fire from the
enemy's gun. but they carried the
heights. MacArthur's part in that affalr
Is related by n record in the war depart
meut, which reads:
Medal OF honor awarded to Arthur
Macarthur for GOODNESS and conspicu-
ou1 bravery in action In saizlng the coll
Oys Of his regiment at Q critical moment
and planting them on the captured
works on the crest OF Missionary Ridge
Tenn, November rs, 1858, while serving
as FIRST Lieutenant and ndjutnnt, Twen-
y-tourth Wisconsin infantry"
Commanded the Decimated Regiment.
Major Macarthur, although only 20,
commanded the decimnted regiment at
the battle OF KeResaW mountain ana
throughout the remainder OF the year
1851 until he won new lRurels and re-
ce.ved serious wound in the famous
battle Of Franklin. II is curious tact
that up 10 that time, although constant
IS and sometimes recklessly exposing
himself to danger. he had been struck
but once. That was at Kenesaw. where
he was saved possibly from a iatal
wound by n packet Of letters which ne
carried In his breast pocket.
The brigade, OF which the Twenty
fourth Wisconsin, under Macarthur,
formed a part, reached Franklin after
twelve hours OF forced marching, ana
was cngaged in the battle there almost