New-York tribune., 1901-09-03
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.
,,>,r AND STAFF FIGHT IN THE Ma
ZINE CORPs-GENERAL HEYWOoD'S
GALLANT SERVICE.
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Washington, September 2
-r,7 GENERAL. HEYWOODS PLACE.-Al-
AZ r. natural course OF events there will be
.,, AZ the head Of the marine corps for
~ -, mo wears much quiet wirepulling is going
ar,ong The ranking officers OF the corps for the
Ol,5 Ol Mace now held by Br1gadier-General Charles
c5 Persons well Informed the subject
ne -, she court martial recently held in New
s@s - not wholly unconnected with the in
- -, ,,oI,tcs so 10 speak in which the corps just
teInatL ponbrojIed As in the army and navy, when
20" 70 iespes arise the fight over the next COM
al sucn "a ,ba marine corps is between the staff
nc line Ostensioly the main sIugeie Is Detween
ccoonei George {. Reid, representing ne stan ana
Goonei james Fopey, representing the line the
sson being that these othcers holo the Sop RANK RANK
- their respective dlNsioIIs IN poLt q Sc We
bsy are next General HeyWood me Oldest oiil-
oers IN ss1 me o09 Colonel Forneys from 1861 The
tI0m ~ from Ohio. and since 1872 has been adJu-
tam and inspected, M ~ fbat Of the general com
wwsnSant Colonel Forney is fennsyiVanlan' a ' ana
,Ton distinction as hghier IN the oiVh WAT
.,,,,rroT-s STAFF OFFICERS.-According to
= noI,t,csl gossip from the inner circles Of the
- che staff is solidly back OF Colonel Reid for
- otiss place when that is vacated by the retire
1 r-. ~ General Haywood. largely for the reason
-. colonel Reids retirement will follow that of
can,rsl Haywood in about six months. and thus
=. vrav would be open for the promotion OF an
". g,orT officer TO the place. Then the friends
Os,ro or three other staff officers would push the
,,os OF their favortes for the big prize. Next in
- 20 Colonel Reid in the stan stands Major
rt.rlss II Lauchheimer. assistant adJutant and
,.,estor. and next TO him is Colonel Frank L.
-.rv ouarterrnaster OF the corps. Major LAUGH
..rer is q Marylander, q graduate OF the Naval
.csdeny and was urged on Secretary Long for
,usge.advocate Of the Schley court OF inquiry II
..s on his initiative that colonel Robert L. Meade
sospty was tried and acquitted by court mar
tia az me DooAis ~ 5rrsi he corps in lSsI 3is
III an
stan Is ~ 1 The stsff oficers-ten in number
were provided for when the corps was reorSanized
tv Congress IN March 1893. BY this same leglsia-
y y Oe he comma ndant was promoted 10 the grade
~ III brgsdier-general Before that time the highest
grade in the corps that OF colonel IL IS hlnted
tthsS n The chief place should not be secured by
,i1s and by the process indicated. then the inhu-
ence Of the STAFF win be exerted in behalf of Major
Sbsyles L McCawley, who entered the corps In
lsg from an important civilian post al me W ash-
ington NAVY Yard, and who. though assigned TO
rSlonel Dennv's department as assistant quar-
termaster is really one Of the Presidents military
aids
LINE OFFICERS EXPBCTANT.-of the Ave
colonels Of the line four talked about as prob
able successors 10 General Haywood These are
Colonels James Forney. Percival c. Pope. Robert
L Meade and Franklin Il Harrington. Every one
NJ them entered the corps IN the COS and, conse-
ouenty all Of them viii reach the retiring age
soon after General Haywood. In length OF service
Colonel Pope a Massa chusetts man, stands next
10 fOrneV.
who is from Tennessee, and last comes Colonel
Harrington who was born and raised in the Dis
trict Of Columbia II OF these land the place.
then three heutenant-c -colonels and one major will
each In turn be brought forward 10 lead the fight
OF the line against the stan. First mentioned
among this list OF eligibles is Leutenant-Colonel
Mancf c. Goodrel appointed from Iowa in 1865
who is now ranking marine officer In the Philip
pines Lieutenant Colonel George F. Elliott, born
in Alabama and appointed from New-York in 1870,
has q number OF influential friends who pushing
his claims IN spite OF the fact that present his
health 10 be failing. The gossips pass over
the claims OF Lieutenant-Colonel Allan c. Kelton
for consideration and bring forward the officer
just beneath him Lieutenant-C Colonel Benjamin r.
Russell who commands the marine barracks in this
TaHian. and entered The service in 1853 A big ieaD
Is then made in the speculation half way through
Ltteton W T. Waller who is now stationed at
The marine barracks et Cavfte Major Waller is a
Ahglnian. His most remarkable feat since he n
tered the service in 1850 the brilliant march he
Ds om ss yesT IsEu e t @ 55 IN the trou6ss in
ana men ne cut MS way through fifty miles OF
just in time 70 render gallant and conspicuous
service In that battle.
GENERAL HEYFOOD'S REMARKABLE REC
ORD-General Charles Haywood commandant Of
the marine corps. typifes IN his record and char
acter the spirit and achievements Of that little
known but remarkable arm Of our regular fighting
force Since the recent wholesale retirenlents for
age in both the army end navy. General Haywood
has the distinction Of holding the oldest commits
sor in either branch OF the military service IL
is an interesting fact that next him i'm this
EpecT stands Admiral George Dewey. II total
length OF service considered, the admiral Of
the navy would be entitled the distinction here
accorded 70 the commandant Of the marine corps,
1or Aomlrsl Dewey entered the Naval Academy
IN l&4, whereas General Haywood entered the
marine corps IN lSjS. by appointment Of President
buchanan. However. General Haywood received
MS commission officer IN April 1858 while
ne nero OF Manila Bay DID not get his until June
VI Inc same year. But II is not only this dis
lnctlon that General HeywOod's fame VIII rest
II history He has a long and brilliant fghting
record. In the background OF the well known
picture or the great Admiral Farragut steaming
INTO Mobile Bay torpedo mines the counter
tnst OF General Haywood. Though at that time
ne was a youth IN years, he had borne himself
SSyYudsst0usly and sklfully, and came out Of the
Ctn War with the brevet rank Of lieutenant
ment OF marines which did the hard hghting on
ne lsthmus OF Panama thirty years ago. and
Nier, oy direct assignment OF President Grant he
sOIlnanoed al the military forces sent quell
eahserous disturbances in Baltimore In appear
SSnce ana manner he Is still young and active. and
oui Tor the law making retirement at a certain
sse mandatory he might remain at the head of
- 80 marine corps twenty years longer. lie has
seeh me corps grow from a mere handful Of men
spenoidlg organized force Of six thousand.
sno even before his enforced retirement he may
hlihess another considera bic increase OF officers
sla men Haoe possible alike by the growing de-
r-encs on the service in the Philippines Guam,
- als'1I!!a Hawaii, Porto Rico and Cuba. and by
,sUuslned as fighting force and peace preseryer
NAusI MS long administration.
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