Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-05

he entered the regular service as second
airy, 1866, and was promoted to be first
lieutenant and captain by July of that year.
He was appointed to the staff as major and
assistant adjutant general on July 1. 1881
ana appointed lieutenant colonel in August
1898.
AT the outbreak Of the war with Spain
he was appointed brigadier general and
commanded the third expedition to Manila,
Pm1ppine Islands. He has participated in
all the prominent operations in the Island
OF Luzon and was promoted a major gen.
erai OF volunteers after the battle of Ma
mia, August IL. 1898. He has been in COM
mand of the I'd Division of the Sth Army
Corps in the Philippine Islands since his
promotion as major general, and has been
actively engaged in all the principal opera
tons against the insurgent forces. He is
the son of the late Justice Macarthur OF
the District Supreme Court.
Gen. Young.
General Young wak born January ., 1910,
and entered the volunteers as a private IN
the 18th PENNSYLVANIA Infantry on April %
1861. He was appointed a captain of the
4th Pennsylvania Cavalry September 6,
1851, and served with distinction throughout
the war; rising to the position of colonel,
Whlch was held by him when mustered out
July L. 1860. He was brevetted brigadier
general of volunteers at the close of the
civli war for gallant and meritor.ous ser
wees during the campaign terminating with
of General Lee. His services during the
civil war were with the Army of the Poto-
mac.
He entered the regular army as second
lieutenant of the 18th Infantry May II,
lS66, and upon the reorganization in July
he was appointed captain in the Sth Cav
AIRY. HIS regular army rank at the present
time is colonel of the Sd Cavalry He re-
ceived brevets for service in the war of the
rebellion for gallant and meritorious SER
vices in action at Sulphur Springs. Va, and
further brevets for gallant and meritorious
services in the battle of Sailors creek, Va.
and at Amelia Springs, Va.
AT the outbreak of the war with Spain
he was appointed a brigadier general of
ter's expedition to Cuba, being in charge
of one of the brigades in the cavalry div
sion. 1t was General Youngs brigade
which made the first advance after General
Skaters army landed, and fought the bat
tie of Las Guasimas. General Young was
promoted to be major general Of volunteers
for his services in that action.
Upon returning to the United States he
commanded the I'd Corps until the close of
the war with Spain and the discharge of
the volunteers caused the disarmament of
the corps.
Gen. Ludlow.
General Ludlow was born November ~,
1913. He entered the Military Academy in
1850, and graduated June II, 1854, and was
appointed a first lieutenant of engineers.
Within few days more than a month af-
ter his graduation he had participated in
battle and was brevetted for gallant and
meritorious services in the defense of AL
latcona Pass; he was also brevctted major
and lieutenant colonel for meritoriouS SER
vice in the campaign through Georgia in
1864, and for similar services in the cam
patgn of the CarolinaS, closing the rebellion.
He was chief engineer of the 10Th Army
Corps and of the Army of Georgia in 1861
1866.
His services since the close of the rebel
lion have been connected entirely with en-
gineer work, and he has occupied many
important POSITIONS, being al one time
chief engineer of the, Philadelphia water
department, and also Engineer Commission
er of the District Of Columbia in 1886.
At the outbreak of the war with Spain
he was appointed a+brlgadier general of
volunteers, and went to Tampa chief
engineer of the United States forces. He
accompanied General Skaters expedition
to Santiago and participated in the battle
of Ell Caney and in the siege of Santiago,
commanding brigade.
Gen. Bates.
Gen. John c. Bates. who has been ap-
pointed major general of volunteers to the
vacancy created by the death of Maj Gen
Lawton, was born August 26, 1912.
He entered the regular service May IA,
1861, as first lieutenant in the 11th Infan-
try, and rose by regular promotion to lie
colonel of the ID Infantry He was bre-
Vetted major and lieutenant colonel for
faithful and mertorious services in the
field and for gallant and meritorious SER
vices during the operations resulting in the
fall of Richmond, Va, and the surrender of
the army under General Lee. He served
with his regiment in the Army of the Poto-
mac from 1861 to 1S65 His subsequent ser
vice has been an extended one on the west
ern frontier.
AT the outbreak of the war with Spain
hn IA.
volunteers and went to the large camp at
Chickamauga Park where he commanded a
brigade. He accompanied General Skaters
expedition to Cuba and participated in the
battle of Ell Caney and the subsequent
siege of Santiago. He was promoted to be
major general of volunteers July g. 1898
and upon the close of the war with Spain
was honorably mustered out as major gen.
cIal of volunteers on April 49, 1899, by rea-
son of the reduction in the forces.
He returned to Cuba and commanded the
department of Santa Clara until May 1899
when he was sent to the Philippine Islands,
10 the Sulu Islands, and it was through his
diplomacy and good tact that the treaty
with the Suus was brought about.
Gen. Wheaton.
Gen Lloyd Wheaton was born July 49,
1888, and entered the volunteer service as
first sergeant of the Sth Illinois Volunteers
April 90 1861, He served with his regiment
throughout the war, rising to the rank of
lieutenant colonel on November %, 1864,
and was honorably mustered out with that
rank in 1866. He was brevetted colonel of
volunteers for faithful and meritorious SER
vices during the campaign against the city
of Mobile in its defcnses.
He entered the regular service as cap
tain of the oath Infantry in July 1sGi
and rose by regular promotion to be colonel
OF the goth Infantry in February 1899.
He was awarded medal of honor for dis
tipSuished gallantry in the assault On Fort
BlaKely, Alabama, April 8, 1865, leading
the right wing of his regiment sprInging
through an cmbrasure against a strong fire
OF artillery and musketry, being the first
10 enter the works, while serving as lieu
tenant colonel of his regiment
He has had an extended experience on
the frontier from the British border to the
Gulf of Mexico.
At the outbreak Of the Spanish war he
was appointed Il brigadier general of volun
teers. He did not participate in the SANTA
go campaign. but subsequently went to
Cuba in command of his brigade. He was
relieved from duty there and proceeded 10
Manila. where ne was placed in Command
of brigade of the sth Army Corps He
has operated with marked distinction
throughout the camuaien against Tho i,