The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-26
CASHIFRFD FOR NOT
BEING DULY POSTED
Story of One Army Officers
Rapid Rise and AnOther'S
Downfall.

The name "Consuelo A. Seoane," in
current military orders relative to the
garrison at Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming,
this department, suggests enormously
that Miss Susan B. Anthony has tri-
umphed, and that the tender sex has
been at last permitted to draw small
swords in defense of home and hus-
band.
But this Consuelo is not a replica
heroine of George Sands romance; she
is he, tO-Wit, First Lieutenant SeOane,
Company c, Third infantry Nor is he
even foreign, like his name. He's a ma
tive of Virginia.
So far from showing that there's
something in a name, Lieut.. Seoane has
achieved record for most masculine
advancement in his profession of arms.
On the army register he's described as
a graduate of the general service and
staff college," a distinction of which
every officer is proud, indicating, as it
does, his fitness for assignments de-
handing unusual experiences.
Moreover, this proficiency was at
! tanned by Lieut.. Seoane within seven
years after he entered the service as a
private. His record is: Private Troop
G, Third cavalry, Jan. 20, 1895; second
lieutenant Forty first United States in
fantry, Aug. Il, 1899; second lieuten-
ant, Third cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901; first
lieutenant, Third cavalry, Jan. 80, 1908;
graduate general service and staff col
lege, 1903
The Importance that the war depart
ment places upon the additional mill
tary education granted at the general
service college, Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, to graduates of West Point and
to other officers, has been emphasized
of late. In a notable instance a young
officer studying at the general service
college was cOurt-martialed and SEN
fenced to be discharged from the army
for getting some black marks in
scholarship.
Lieutenant Was Not Posted.
This student officer was First Lieu
tenant Leonard T. Baker. He was
charged with conduct unbecoming an
officer" and the charge was supported
by nine specifications. Specification No.
1 alleged that, having been properly
detailed by competent authority to I'M
dergO instruction at the general service
and staff college, and having reported
at said college and entered upon the
performance of his duties, he did,
through lack Of proper diligence and
application, neglect and fail to prepare
himself in a satisfactory manner for
examination on the subject of small
arms firing regulations" I'm conse-
quelce VI SuCn neglect, continued
Specification 2, Lieut.. Baker failed to
pass satisfactory examination in said
subject" Specifications and 5 main
tanned that the lieutenant wasn't up
on infantry DRILL; Specifications Z, and
., that he couldn't make good on "en-
gineering (theOreticaD
Found guilty Of the charge, and of
eight specifications out of nine, Lieut.
Baker would have been dismissed from
the army, in accordance with the YER
dict of the cOurt-martial, had not
President Roosevelt announced that ''in
view of the recommendations to Glenn
ency that have been submitted, the
sentence, although approved, will be
committed, so that Lieut.. Bakers name
viii be placed at the foot Of the list of
first Heutenants of infantry, and he
will forfeit to the United States $50 a
month of his pay for period of fifteen
months"
The order adds: In publishing the
action taken in this case the secretary
of war wishes to cau the attention of
officers to the Importance of conform
ing their actions to the requirements of
the department in respect of military
education