Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-07-22
ION INSPECTION
TOUR OF POSTS
Arrival of Gen. Bald
win and Party.
Visits Jerome on Sunday and Will
Visit Other Mining Camps
While on Trip.

A distinguished party of visitors ar
rived on Saturday evening in the pri-
vate car of F. NJ. Murphy, president
of the S. f. p. and P. railroad, as
previously announced in these col
umns. The party consisted of Gen
eral F. ID. Baldwin, in command of
the military department of Colorado
included in which is New Mexico and
Arizona; Col. j. W. Pope, chief
quartermaster of the department;
Lieut.. j. A. Drum, aide of General
Baldwin, and a stenographer of the
general. En- route from Denver a stop
was made when a drive was made to
Fort Wingate and that post inspected
by the officials. On the way from Ash
Fork, the party stopped at the Del
Rio pumping plant, and the source of
supply of the city's water system, as
we'll as its plant for forcing it into
the city reservoir, was inspected.
As this is General Baldwin's first
visit to the posts under his command.
he is familiarizing himself with the
industrial enterprises located in his
department as we'll as with the rail
road systems and with this end in
view, he went to Jerome yesterday for
a visit to the big mine and reduction
plant of the United Verde Copper
company. He will also visit Congress,
Tombstone, Phenix, Morenci and
Clifton and probably other points in
the territory.
This morning he made an official
visit to Whipple and this afternoon he
went out and inspected the target
range. He will leave for the south
tomorrow morning and in addition to
the places mentioned above will
visit Forts Grant and Huachuca.
General Baldwin is Thorough SOL
der, hence does not indulge in much
official talk, but incidentally from his
conversation it would seem as though
he is quite we'll pleased with what he
has thus far seen on his trip and has
been very favorably impressed.
General Baldwin has had quite an
active and distinguished military ca
reer which commenced with the open
ing of the civil war in 1861, when he
entered the service as second lieuten-
ant of the Michigan horse guards,
which was honorabIy mustered out the
same year, when he became first lieu !
tenant of the Nineteenth Michigan
infantry the following year. He was
promoted to captaIncy two years
later and was honorably mustered out
in 1856.
After the close of the civil war, in
1866, he Joined the regular army as
first lieutenant of the Nineteenth in
fantry in which he served until 1869
when he was transferred to the Fifth
infantry in which he was promoted to
the rank of Colonel prior to the out
break of the war with Spain. This
regiment was one of the earliest sent
to the Philippines and it saw much
active service and sharp fighting in
the islands.
General Baldwin was sent against
the Moros at the time of their first
outbreak, and he stormed the forts
and broke the power of the insurrec-
ton. For his services in the islands |
General Baldwin was promoted to the |
rank of brigadier. He returned to
this country last winter apd soon
after his arrival was assigned to the |
command of the department of the |
Colorado to scuceed General Funston,
who had been transferred to the COM
mand of the department of the Column
bia.
General Baldwin was awarded a |
medal under an act of congress for
bravery in the battle of |
Peach Tree Creek, Ga, July 20, 1864, |
while serving as captain of the Nine
teenth Michigan infantry.