The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-23
davs - 'our Gays some Of six. eight, ten and u
'onie LOT two OF three wcs.a
promotions and Re+;A

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promotions and RetinAs
nnu INIT General Wheaton was M, 49,.
- IL the I'd Gay of April, 1897. He w.s -
neu may 8, 1897. That General 7 w -
n as APPOINTED major general On the 1ltb dav -
may 1897, and he was retired on the Ia+h ~ "
May, the same vear- 'n Jay OK
General Zenas r. Bliss was made q noio- ~.
"a oh the 18th of May, 1897, and he. too u.s -
80 on May p, 1897. General John r prooL.
nc only major general who was Appointed
80 ms appointment was made on Nav % 1907
re-. IS now In the service of the government
Ie nave been appointed ten brigadier generals
~ stan since the coming in Of the present a1.
naais.iatlon. On Sept. IL, 1897, Samuel Brock
"as promoted to the position of brigadier general
IA on Feb. Is, 1893, he was retired. On The -
Oh November, 1897, General w. II. Bell was nada
Dlieaoler general of the staff, and on the 29tb
~. January, 1898, he, too, was retired. On tho
~ Gay OF January, 1898, General S. T. Cushing
was made a brigadier general, and on the 21st Of
april 1898, he was retired.
On April 81, 1898. General w. n Nash >.
hiaoe a Drlgadler general, and on Nav Q of the
list. ~ lux ietheo
on the Sd of May, 1903, General c. P. Eapan
was made a brigadier general, and he is now s,,s.
pended, a fact with which every member Of ths
committee is very familiar, not only of his s,,s.
pension, but Of that which occasioned it.
MT. clark OF Missouri-And is it not true that
ne IS getting his full pay during his holiday?
~ Lie Il " OH a pleasure trim in
the Hawaiian Islands, drawing a salary of S.. 500 q
year. ~
oh the 5oth day of January, 1899, General A. B.
carey was made a brigadier general. and on .Jrlv
4 OF the same year he, too, was retired.
After More Salary.
prefaced my remarks by saying that I was not
crltlclslng the officers themselves, but for a gen
GRAFTON almost this country was in profound
peace, and they received the benefits and emolu-
lnents OF the positions they were then filling. If
they saw tit 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 of the people of this
country a position on the retired list with a high
er grade simply and solely for the purpose of en-
aiding them to draw $1,000 more salary per year
out of the treasury of the United States.
l desire to call the attention of the committee
to the appointment of brigadier generals OF the
line. The first name l see is that of General w.
X. Shafter, who was made a brigadier general on
May 3, 1897, and | will say | believe served LONGER
In the capacity of %brigadier before he was retired
than any of these gentlemen who were or have
been promoted since the present administration
came in. General Shafter was retired Oct. 6, 1899.
l find that General W.. NJ. Graham was made a
brisadier general of the line May 26, 1897, and he
was retired Sept. %, 1898.
| find General James F. Wade was made a briga-
der general May 20, 1897, and he is now in the
service.
General John NJ. Miner was made a brigadier
general on May 26. 1897, and retired June Z, the
same year.
General Arson Mills was made a brigadier gen.
eral June IS, 1887, and he was retired on the 22d
of June, 1897.
| find that General c.. II. Carlton was made a
~brigadier general of the line June %, 1897; that
he served his country il the capacity of briga-
der general from June %, 1897. to the 3Oth Of
June of the same year.
General II. s. Hawkins on the 2Sth OF Septem-
Der, 1898, was made a ~brigadier general and was
retired on the 4th day Of October of the same year.
General Jacob T. Kent was made a brigadier
general on the same day that General Hawkins
was retired, which was Oct. 4. 1898. and he, too,
was retired on the 18th day of October, 1898.
Result of One Vacancy.
I want to say this: 1t appears that one vacancy
was used in such a way that five or six men re-
ceiyed promotion by reason CT 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
a short time until he stepped down and out and
another wes appointed to take his place.
General ". $. Worth was made a ~brigadier gen.
eral Oct. 80. 1893, and on the 9th day of Novem-
Der of the same year was retired. General W. NJ.
Wherry was made a brigadier general Jan. 7, 1899,
and on Jan. Is, 1899, he was placed upon the re-
tired list. General j. II. Patterson was made a
brigadier general on the 18th of January, 1899,
and 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 a brigadier
genera Feb. s. 1899, served his country in that
rank for a period of five days, or until Feb. 10,
1899, when he was placed upon the retired list.
! General NJ. 2. Miller was made a brigadler general
March IS, 1899, and served as such only until
March q of the same year, when he was placed
on the retired list. General E. V. Sumner was
made a brigadier general of the line March q,
1859, served in that capacity only TIL March 81
OF the same year, when he was placed upon the
retired list. General T. n. Anderson was made a
brigadier general March 81, 1899; was placed on
the retired list Jan. q, 1900.
General Tor One Day.
General A. c.. NJ. Pennington was made a brlga-
dier general Oct. 16. 1899, and on the next day,
Oct. II, 1899, was placed upon the retired list.
General Royal T.. Frank was made a bflgadler
general Oct. Il, 1899, being the same day General
Pennington was retired, and on the following
day, Oct. Is, 1899, was placed upon the retired
list. General L. II. Carpenter was made a briga-
der general of the line Oct. IS, 1893, being also
the same dav General Frank was retired, and was
placed on the retired list Oct. 10, 1899. General
S. Oyenslline was made a brigadler general OCT.
10. 1899, and retired Oct. 20 OF the same year
He served in the capacity OF brigadler genera LOT
q period of one day. General d. W. Burke was
- . brieadier general Oct. 20, 1899. and placed
,,on the retired list Oct. q Of the same year.
He. too, served in the capacity OF OrlGauler gen
eral for a period Of one day only.
So | might go down through this long hst anu
ypoDtioD General T.. IL. hcliOsB o"N "NHNi
Carnontpr. Who have been promoted TO the RANK
of brieadicr general and soon retired atter a very
brief service in the rank to which they hao oeeh
promoted. r,.ny y,
As members have observed, a great many "
those officers have been retired, some on the mex,
dow after their promotion, some after having seiseu
,brco tour or five days and some atter having
sorvod only a month. | call attention 10 th1s mat
tnr for tie purpose of showing that wnte ouf
triends ~ tie other side are procialniinS 'neii pa
tr;o,;s,n they are at the same time getting ii
thoir friends all the high positions IN sight.
Comes Out For Bryan.
The power of tcrse anu cohuehseu
statement IS one Of the most aluaoie
nossessed by either speaker OF "illei'
The Philadelphia Times Coiohei 49, =.
.ndor NcClure's paper, is one oi 'ne
most famous newspapers I'D Tue ~
II claims to be independent III poii'rc1'
In 1896 it supported Mckinney "ltn
n,n,t enthusiasm and cohSuniiha'
oh;litv. It has recently come OUT 10
prvan and gives its reasons ior .ne
foitl, il has in the following nisoio"
IhiSA =, Nth tOaIlDC allO