Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
GEN. MILES RETiRES.
Famous Fighter Will Be Succeeded b.
General S. 3. M. Young.

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Washington, Aug. 1O.-Secretary
Root Will today announce the reure-
ident from active service of Genera
Miles, the commanding general of the
, army General Miles has prepared q
farewell address TO the army which will
also be issued today, when ne lays
down his sword. General y. Il. Nj.
Young Will succeed General Miles as
commanding general. but VIII hold the
office only six weeks, as II will be abol-
ished upon the retirement OF General
Miles.
General Young will assume the du-
! ties OF chief of the general army staff
August Is, and to all intents and pur-
poses he will be commanding general.
To him will belong the N OF being
the last commanding general and the
first chief of staff.
General Miles entered the army as a
volunteer officer OF the Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry when only p
years old. He served with
during the civil war, and at the age or
% was in command OF a brigade. He
also won fame as an Indian fighter on
the plains after the close or the war.
lie was a born fighter and was des-
perately wounded in two battles, and
was breveted brigadier general for dis
tinguished services In the battles OF the
old wilderness and S~pottsylvania
court house. He was awarded a medal
OF honor for distinguished gallantry IN
the battle OF Charlottesville, while
holding with his command a line or
rifle pits against a strong force or the
enemy until he was severely wounded.
lie was placed in charge of JEFFERSON
Davis when the latter was q prisoner
OF war. With his command he forced
the surrender OF Geronimo and or many
other noted Indian chiefs.
MIlos Leaves Quarters.
General Miles quarters will be
turned over to -. general staff, ana
the room now occupied by General
Miles as his private Office will be used
for the meetings OF the staff. In or
der to be near the secretary of war,
General Young will make his a
quarters In the room ccupied by Gen
eEal Corbin, which adJoins that OF the
secretary.
This room was the scene OF many
interesting events during the Spanish
war. In this oom General Corbin
scent many nights waiting for I'M
portant messages from General Shaf-
ter in Cuba, and it was here that Lieu
tenan Colonel Roosevelt, after receiv-.
ing his commission in the Rough
Riders, told General Corbin goodby
before departing for Tampa.
General Corbin will be assigned
'>AANA''
quarters on the same floor, but fur-
Their down the main corridor of the
building. The removal of General Cor
bins office does not mean that his IN
nuenCe in army matters will be any the
less. lie has been assigned to duty
with the general staff, and as the next
ranking officer to General Young VIII
In reality he assistant chief OF the
staff. For the present he viii also re-
lain his position at the head Of the ad-
jutant generals department, n
though a gradual merger Of the two
Offices may take place, 1t Is not in
tended there shall be any Immediate
change.
There Will be a number or important
changes as the result OF the retirement
of General Miles. General Gillespie,
chief Of engineers, Will in all probable
lty succeed him as president OF the
board OF ordnance and Notifications,