Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-11
All to Go on Retired List but
One.
Had 40 YEARS SERVICE
ALL VETERANS OF THE WAR OF
THE REBELLION.
Promotion Of Colonels Farley, Foote,
Baird, Mansfield, McCrea, Higgins,
Goodale, Furey and Moore.

ing named officers to the rank OF brfgadier
general:
Colonel James p. Farley, Ordnance Corps.
Colonel Morris C. Foote, 18th Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel George W. Baird, pay
department
Colonel Samuel W. Mansfield Corps OF
Engineers.
Colonel TulIy McCrea Artillery Corps
Colonel Ell L. Higgins, ID Cavalry.
Colonel G. A. Goodale. 18th Infantry.
John v. Furey, assistant quartermaster
general.
Colonel Francis Moore. nth Cavalry.
All Of the above officers are to retire, with
the exception Of Colonel Moore.
Joseph P. Farley.
Colonel Farley served during the war OF
the rebellion, 1851 to 1855, and at various
ordnance depots In the United States to
date.
He took part in the operations against
Charleston, 8. c., June to August. 1858, be-
ing engaged in the descent upon Morris
Island, July 10, 1868: bombardment OF Fort
Wagner. July Is. 1858, and siege OF Fort
Wagner to August 22 1883 and with the
armies operating against Richmond, Sep
TENDER 4. 1854. to March II. 1855.
Morris g. Foote.
Colonel Foote served through the penin-
sula campaign, Army OF the Potomac; was
a prisoner of war, April 20 to December IA.
1854. at Libby prison. Va: Macon. Ga;
Charleston, 8. c.. and Columbia, 8. c.; was
among the 600 officers prisoners Of war, at
Charleston. 8. c.. placed under fire OF our
mortar batteries on Morris Island, to stop
the sheHing Of the city, and was the only
officer wounded. Escaped from prison at
Columbia, 8. c.. in 1854. Served In Black
nat % pndo
ers May 20 to October Ii. 1875. and in
charge Of Brule Sioux Indian agency July
to October. 1875; in the field against hostile
Indians, November. 1876. to January, 1879.
July to October, 1886: served In the south
west to 1891, and In New York to 1898; San
tiago campaign. June to August. 1seS;
Philippine Islands, May to July. 1900; China
to December, 1901, and from August. 1901.
to date. He took part in the engagements
at Suffolk, Va; Blackwater, Va; Kinston,
N. c.: Whitehall. N. c.; Goldsboro'. N. G.;
1864; Petersburg, Va; Little Sailors creek.
Virginia; Sioux campaigns. 1876 and 1877:
Geronimo campaign, 1885; San Juan, Cuba,
1898; all engagements in China in which
the American troops were engaged.
George W. Baird.
Colonel Baird served with the 10th Army
Corps and in the department Of the south
to the end Of the civil war. With his reg1-
ment on the western frontier to 1879 Has
performed the duties Of a paymaster from
1870 to date. He took part in the Apache
expedition. April to May. 1859; battle of
Red river. Texas. August 80. 1874; expedi-
ton to Indian territory. September. 1874, to
February, 1875: Yellowstone expedition,
Montana, January. 1877, to April, 1878; en-
gagged with Nee Perez Indians at Bear Paw
mountain. Montana, September 80, 1877. In
hnv oNyv JIy,do
Samuel NJ. Mansfield.
Colonel Mansfield served during the war
of the rebellion on the staff Of General
Mansfield in the operations of the depart
ment Of the gulf. to August, 1858; from 1883
to the present time he has been in charge OF
important engineering works pertaining to
cific coasts. Among his engagements were
the combat Of Irish Bend, La, April IA,
1853; skirrnish near Port Hudson. La. May
"a to %, 1853; siege of Port Hudson. May
q to July 8. participating in the assaults
Of May q and June IA. 1863
Tully McCrea.
Colonel McCrea served in the field during
the war Of the rebellion (severely wounded
at the battle Of Olustee Fla, February 20.
1864, and with his regiment at various ar
tillery posts continuously thereafter up to
November, 1900, with the exception Of two
details to the United States Military Acad-
envy, October, 1864. to June. 1866. and Sep
TENDER, 1868, to August, 1872; on duty as
deputy governor Of the Soldiers Home.
Washington. D. c.. August, 1872. to July,
1875; and in Pennsylvania during the labor
strikes, July-October. 1877. En- route to
and in the Philippine Islands from Novem-
ber 1900, to December, 1901: at Fort Flag
Ter. Wash. at the present time. He was In
the peninsula campaign, July to August,
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vember, 1852. being engaged In the battle Of
Antietam, September II, 1862: Rappahan-
mock campaign, December, 1862. to June,
1853. being engaged in the battles OF Fred
ericksburg, December ID, 1862; Chancellors-
ville May to 4. 1858: Pennsylvania cam
paign, June to July, 1853: battle Of Gettys-
burg. July %. 1858. and pursuit Of enemy
to Warrenton, Va; battle of Olustee, Fla.
wounded: suppressing railroad disturbances
in Pennsylvania. July to October, 1877.
Eli L. Higgins.
Colonel Higgins served with the Army Of
the Cumberland during the civil war. In
Alaska 1868 to 1870; at various stations.
principally on western frontier. to $780,
Aid-de-camp to General Miles, 1890 to 1896
Did not serve out Of the United States dur
ing the Standardization war; was with
regiment in Chinese expedition in 1901, and
in Philippine Islands November. 1901. to De-
C6mDer, I90l. IN the UnlteQ STATES TO GATE.
He was in the battle Of Mill Springs and In
the operations of the Army Of the Cumber-
land; wounded and taken prisoner at the
battle OF Chickamauga, Ga, September,
1853: paroled October. 1868; Indian campaign
$780,
John v. Furey.
Colonel Furey served with New York vol
unteers as enlisted man April. 1851, to Sep
TENDER, 1862; out of service to April 7, 1854
On duty in quartermaster generals Office
1S.4 to 1867, and at various quarternaster
depots throughout the United States to
date. He was with the Sioux expedition
In Wyoming. May. 1876. to January, 1877.
0reenleaf A. Goodale.
Colonel Goodale served during the war
of the rebellion with the Army of the Po-
tomac Colonel Goodale's service was with
the 23d Infantry from 1885 to 1899. serving
at various posts throughout the United
States, having only one detail Of two years
from his regiment during this period. In
the Philippine Islands from October, 1898,
to June. 1901. Now with his regiment in the
United States
He was at the siege of Yorktown; with
Hancock's Brigade at Lees Mills. Williams
burg GOldburg'S Farm. Savage Station.