The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-23
PROMOTION FOR WINT.
War Department Is Urged to Make
Him a Brigadier General of
Volunteers-His Career.

Yesterdays Philadelphia Press con-
tanned splendid double column pic
ture of Lieutenant Colonel Theodore 7.
Wint, of this city, and the following
with reference to a movement that is
on foot to make him a brigadier gen.
eral of volunteers:
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore ].
Wint of the Sixth United States cav
airy, one of Scranton's bravest sons,
now en- route for China in command of
his trusty troop. to wage war against
the heather, is being doomed by count
less friends here for promotion as
brigadier general of volunteers.
"A representative soldier of Pennsyl-
vania, possessing all the attributes of
a brave and judiCious leader Colonel
Wint has few peers in the country. Hts
record from boyhOOd up scintillates
with brave deeds. He has engaged in
bloody battles with the Indians, has
encountered and run down desperadoes,
participated in the War of the Rebel
lion, and, side by side with Teddy
Roosevelt, he stormed the heights Of
San Juan hill at the head of his dusky
squadron, the Tenth United States cav
airy, on which occasion he was wound
ed in the thigh by a Mauser bullet. The
country is proud of him, Pennsylvania
is proud of him and his friends, too,
are so proud of him that they have
petitioned the war department for his
promotion to brigader general.
Colonel Wint entered the army dur
ing the Civil war; when but sixteen
years of age, and went through all the
grades by regular promotion. There is
not one mark against his record. His
ability is COnCOmitant with his bravery
and his modesty is in keeping with
the great deeds he has performed.
Friends who are anxious for the
Coloneps promotion have written to
military men Of prominence regarding
Colonel Wint's elevation to brigadler
general. General Joe Wheeler, in whose
command Wint served in Cuba, writes
in part:
I desire to recommend Lieutenant
Theodore ]. Wint, of the Sixth cavalry.
for appointment as brigadier general
of volunteers. He went through the
fight at San Juan: was among the
earliest to reach the crest of San Juan
hill, and was wounded at the CLOSE OF
action, His service was meritorious in
the highest degree during the cam
paign.'
Other letters of similar import writ
ten to friends and to the adjutant gem
eral at Washington We're received from
Lieutenant Colonel $. r. NOrvell, United
states army, retired: Major General
Leonard Wood, Lieutenant Colonel
Baldwin, Tenth cavalry.
Theodore j. Wint, lieutenant colonel,
Six cavalry, United States army, was
| born March 6, 1S45, in Pennsylvania.
on October u, 1861. when a boy of six
teen he enlisted as private in Company
f, Sixth Pennsylvania cavalry. In 1863
he was made a corporal, and in the
same year first lieutenant of the Sixth
| Pennsylvania cavalry.
From 1861 TO 1864 he served in the
following campaigns: Pennsular cam
paign, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Regu-
| lar Cavalry Brigade, 1862; Stoneman's
| raid Beverly Ford, 1868; Reserve Cav
| airy Brigade, Cavalry Corps, Army of
the Potomac, Todds Tavern, Sheri-
| dams raid, Hames' shop, Cold Harbor,
| Trevillian Station and Smithfield.
"On February 20, 1865, he was private
| general in the mounted service. In 1872
! he was made a captain. Almost with
out intermission. from 1865 to 1869, he
was actively engaged in Indian cam
| paigns in Texas, Indian Territory, New
| Mexico Arizona, California, Kansas
! Washington Territory, North Dakota
and Montana. Colonel Wint's services
during the Civil war and since then
on the frontier and in Cuba have been
most credltable,
1.-THE following extract from a letter
exchanged between friends shows Col.
onel Wint's fighting instincts in Cuba;
I'm Colonel Roosevelts article In
Scribner's for either February or March
Of 1899, he speaks of the troops who
were so anxious to get to the front al
San Juan hill that they waded the
pond instead of going around, but doe.
not state, and it is not generally known
that Colonel Wint led those troops.'"