The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-25
Assumes Command of De-
partnrent of the East IN
Place of Gen. Adna r.
Chaffee, Who Comes Here
to ReLfeVe Him.
Fane1UeH Reception at War
Department Attended by
All Officials and Officers
From Nearby Posts.
Distinguished Serbices in Coil
War and in Military Adj
n,inistration Performed BY
Him and His Successor.

11tfIL anu 4LtO OGL(COONfs
Maj Gen. Adna r. Chaffee will sue
coed Maj Gen. Henry c. Corbin as
second member on the general staff to-
morrow. and General Corbin Will re-
place General Chaffee as commander of
the Department of the East
After five years of service at the head
Of the adjutant generals department,
General Corbin viii leave Washington
this afternoon to assume his new duties
at Governors Island in the morning,
and General Chaffee will arrive in
Washington from New York this after
noon preparatory to entering upon his
new work at the War Department.
a farewell reception to General Cor
bin was held at the War Department at
II O'Clock Yesterday morning. All the
officers at the department and the ofi-
GERS at Fort Myer and Washington
Barracks joined with the clerks in the
adjutant generals department in eN-
pressing their regret at General Cor
bins removal to New York.
General Corbin's Record.
General Corbin was soldier of the
civil war. rising 10 the actual rank OF
colonel at the age OF twenty-three ana
also to the brevet rank of brigaoler gen
eral Born in Ohio on September 10, lS42,
he was a little less than twenty years
old when. in the last days OF July, lS6z
he Joined the Eighty-third Ohio Infantry
as a second lieutenant Before the
regiment was mustered into the United
States service Lieutenant Corbin was
transferred TO the Seventy-ninth ono
Infantry. then also in progress OF or
SANITATION at Camp Denison, Ohio.
Early in September. during the critical
condition Of affairs caused by Bragg $
invasion Of Kentucky, the Seventy ninth
WAS hurried TO the front. becoming a
nart Of Gen. II. G. Wrights Army OF
the Ohio. 1t was attached to the brj-
gade Of Gen. w + Ward. which for a
time was subsequently commanded by
Col Benjamin Harrison. afterward
President of the United States
During this period Lieutenant COrbin
was for time detailed on staff duties
az army headQua rters. After Bragg was
driven out Of Kentucky the Seventy
ninth foated into the Army Of the Cum
herIand. .dnder General Rosecrans, and
did garrison duty at Nashville and other
points in that neighborhood. IL was not
engaged ir the battles of MurfreesbOrc
or Chickamauga. Here again Lieuten-
ant Corbin was engaged on stan work
about department headquarters. He
seemed To display especial aptitude for
such duty. and had no trouble in finding
employment. He was promoted to first
lieutenant on May >. 1868 and resigned
on November y. 1863 90 accept a major 5
Commission in the Fourteenth United
States CclOred Infantry.
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
March 4. 1864 just before the beginning
OF the Atlanta campaign he was pro-
NOTED to Lieutenant colonel The regi-
ment stili formed a part OF the Army of
The Cumberland, and was Il large one.
numbering nearly 500 electives. Lieu
tenant Colonel Corbin was in command
OF IL for time early in May. Ii took
part in some OF the opera tons OF the
Atlanta campaign. and was greatly dis
tinguished in the attack OF Gen. Joseph
Wheeler on Dalton. in August. 1864 AZ
Ter Wheeler crossed the river and got on
the railroad in middle Tennessee, the
Fourteenth was hurried back to meet
and aid in repelling him. Afterward il
took post al Chattanooga.
Later. when the Confederate General
Hood moved west TO invade Tennessee
IN the fan. Gen r. S. Granger. who
commanded at Decatur on the Tennes-
see River. called for re-enforcements
The Fourteenth. among other troops,
WAS dispatched 10 that point. arriving
IN time 10 take part an the repulse of
Hoods attacks on October - to y. 1854
The Fourteenth at one time charged gal
lantly. driving back the enemy and
sp7Ring two guns. Lieutenant Colonel
Corbin was conspicuous in all its op-
erauiOns. The regiment here lost five
IL. "a
In Command of Regiment
II took part ia the battle OF Nashvin,
elk weeks later. being part of Gen
James y. Steedmans provisional divis
ion. ia which Col. Thomas J Morgan, OF
the Fourteenth. commanded a brigade
This left Lieutenant Colonel COrbin II
command OF the regiment I'm the battle
OF December Is and l6. 1864. in which
General Hood was disastrously defeated
aud his army completely broken up. Tn,
regiment lost four killed. forty-ont
wounded and twenty missing il wa;
Colonel Morgans report OF this battle
that caused Lieutenant Colonel Corbin'.
trial by court martial subsequently, IL
which Corbiu was most honorably ac
quilted Morgan resigned ON August
Is 1860. and Lieutenant Colonel CorbiT
was made colonel on September %. Aft
or the battle Of Nashville the regiment
was So garrison at various points along
the front until the war was over. and
Was afterward Tor time stationed IL
cast Tennessee II was not mustered
out until Match 26. 1866
Rising in Rank
Colonel corbin wac brevetted a briga
cier general Of volunteers on March H.
Isfs. for meritorious services On MaA
u, 1876, he was appointed a second lieu
Tenant 81 the regular army and assigned
10 The Seventeenth Infantry. On july
p oi the same year he WAS promoted &C
captain IN the Thirty-eighth Infantry
ON November H. lsG9. he WAS transferred
10 the Twenty-fourth Infantry. Or
January IT, 1886, Captain Corbin was ap
pointed major in the Adjutant Cen