Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-08-08
ARMY CAREER CLOSED
Lieutenant General Miles Re-
tires from Active Ser
vice T oday.
CEN. YOUNG To ASSUME DUTIES
Parting Words from Retiring Com.
nander-The Army in the Past and
Its Welfare in the Future-GIorious
Example Set by Washington.

Washington, Aug. S.-Lieutenant
General Nelson A. Miles, commanding
the army, will retire from active ser.
vice at noon, having reached the age
limit of "a years.
Orders have been issued assigning
Lieutenant General Young to the COM
mand of the army until Aug Is, when
he will assume the duties of chief of
staff; assigning Major General Corbin
as president of the soldiers home
board; Brigadier General Gillespie as
president of the board of ordnance
and fortifeation, and assigning Lieu.
tenant General Young as member OF
the Sherman statute commission.
Miles Parting Words.
In relinquishing the command of the
army of the United States to which
he was assigned by the president, Oct
2, 1895, he hereby acknowledges his
appreciation of the fidelity manifested
by the officers and soldiers during the
past eventful years.
To those who were his companions
and associates during one of the great
est of all wars he takes pleasure in
expressing his qualification that they
have lived through the trials and dan
gers of long service to witness the re-
suits of their fortitude, heroism and
their country They have also in
most commendable manner exempt
fed to the younger generation Of sol
diers those principles of discipline
and patriotism which make the army
the protector and defender, and never
the menace, of the nation and its lib
critics.
Perfect Soldier True Citizen.
answering devotion to our govern
ment and the principles upon which
il was established and has been main
tanned is essential to the efficiency OF
the national forces, and especially is
this so in democratic government
where the individual, in order to be
perfect soldier, must first be a true
citizen. The boast that every soldier
of great nation carried a marshals
baton in his knapsack is in a higher
sense more than equaled in signifi-
canoe by the fact that every American
soldier personifies sovereign citizen
ship and may by his own conduct ex-
emplify impartial justice to those who
have never experienced it and the re-
suits of the highest liberty to those
who have been strangers to it.
During the darkest hour of our his
fAr Il Nf A
lean forces demonstrated the gran
deur and nobility of his character by
combating the evil influences then per-
vading the army and by manifesting
the strongest confidence and faith in
the ultimate justice and integrity Of
dom uttered at Newhurg 120 years
ago had the effect of inspiring "unex-
ampled patriotism and patient virtue,
rising superior to the pressure of the
most complicated sufferings" 1t is
one of the glories of our country that
the army has maintained those prin-
ciples for more than century.
Host of Enemies Encountered.
In the discharge of its manifold du-
ties the army has confronted enemies
representing every stage Of human de-
velopment from the highest civiliza-
ton yet obtained to sayagery and bar
barism. 1t has ever been its duty to
observe in war those chivalric and hui
man principles by which inevitable
horrors are so greatly mitigated, while
by unyielding prosecution of warfare
against armed forces its valor has
been demonstrated
All honorable activity and life for
the army must exist within the we'll
defined lines of patriotism, untarnish-
ed honor, sterling integrity, impartial
justice, obedience to rightful author.
ity and incessant warfare against
armed enemies. Always to maintain
truth, honor and justice requires the
highest moral courage, and is equally
as important as fortitude in battle
Drill, discipline and instruction are
but preparatory for the perfection and
efficiency of the army
Must Exemplify Country's Principles.
The events of recent years have
PAatNd upOA tliC IGN ODllSd-
ton. The United States army is now
brought into daily communication with
millions of people to whom its indi-
vidual members of every grade are the
opponents of American civilization. A
serious duty and great honor are
now presented to every officer AMI
namely, to exemplify to those
with whom he comes into contact our
country's principles of equal and ex-
act justice, immunity from violence
equality before the law and the peace
ful use and possession of his own.
Marked changes at different times
have occurred in strength and organi
cation of the army. resulting from di-
verse influences, and various expert
gents have been tried. Time has rec
Tilted errors in the past and will do 50
IT. the future. The lieutenant general
has faith that under all circumstances
the army will maintain its high char
acter and that its future will be as
honorable and glorious as has been
Its history in the past His earnest
solicltude and best wishes will ever
follow the fortunes of the army.