The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02


the army building. He succeeded Gen.
Otis and preceded Gen. Kobbe.
Born in New York in 1912 Edward
M. Hayes entered the army at the
early age of thirteen in Cleveland,
/ Ohio. His boyhood service was with
| Col. Lee and Capt. Kirby Smith in
| Texas until 1860, during which time he
| took part in several engagements with
the Indians.
He had already completed one mill
| tary career, had retired, and was at
| tending school in Cleveland when the
! Civil war broke out. He then, at the
age of nineteen. obtained a commits
| sion as second lieutenant of the Tenth
Ohio cavalry. He was mustered out at
| the close of the war, when he was
/ tWenty-three years old, as captain and
! brevet general major United States
volunteers.
In February. 1856, he was appointed
| to the regular army as second lieu
! tenant of the Fifth cavalry. There
after he was regularly promoted and
was made colonel of the Thirteenth
| cavalry in 1901. In March of the next
| year he came up from Fort Meade, S.
D., where he had been stationed, to as
sumo command of this department.
! His assignment began March 25, 1902,
and ended April rs.
While on duty with his regiment he
| had been engaged in nearly all of the
Indian campaigns from 1866 to 1898.
He also saw service in Cuba and the
Philippines as a valuable commander
! of cavalry.
Col. Hayes reached the grade of
brigadier general Jan. 16, 1903, and was
then retired from active service. His
latest address is Little Rock, Ark.
Gen. William A. kobbe
AS commander of the department Of
| Dakota, not to speak of his admirable
| services elsewhere, Gen. William A.
| Kobbe was remarkable for the alter
mating, "teeter board administration
| conducted by himself and Col. Jacob
Kline. Within less than two years
| from April, 1902, to January, 1904
| these two officers each held control Of
! the department during four successive
| terms.
Gen. Kobbe was born in New York
city on May 10, 1840 From the age of
fourteen to that of twenty-five his
!! education was carried on in Germany,
where he studied mining engineering.
| He enlisted as a private in the Sew
enth New York regiment in 1862, and
at the close of the Civil war was mus
| tered out with the rank of captain in
| the One Hundred and Seventh eighth
| New York infantry
On ST. Patricks day. 1866, he was APP
pointed a second lieutenant in the
| Nineteenth United States infantry
| Six years later he was transferred to
the Third artillery. April 6, 1885, he
! obtained his captaincy, thus passing
| nineteen years as lieutenant-a
striking contrast to the good luck OF
many young lieutenantS who secured
| the same advancement, after the Span
ish war, within period of i've years.
! While an officer of the Third ar
] tillery, Lieut.. Kobbe was graduated, in
1873. at the United States artillery
| school,
Just before the Spanish war he was
made major of his battery. few
months later he was appointed colonel
! of the Thirty-fifth United States vol
unteer infantry In October, 1899, he
| was promoted to be brigadier general
| of volunteers for service in the Mololos
campaign in the Philippine islands. In
| January, 1900, he commanded an ex-
petition to Southern Luzon. In the
! following March Gen. Kobbe was ap-
| pointed military governor of the pro-
| vince of Albay, LuZon, and OF Catan-
! duanes island and also temporary
governor of the islands of Samas and
Leyte; soon afterwards he opened the
hemp ports" to commerce.
On the reorganization of the army,
\ n v,
pointed one of the new brigadier gen.
erals. In April, 1902, he was assigned
/ to the command of this department.
Thereafter, as mentioned, he alternated
with Col. Kline until the 18th day Of
/ last January, when Gen. Kobbe was
succeeded by Col. Joseph III. Dorst.
Last May, Gen. Kobbe, at the age of
sixty-fo years, retired by operation
of law" He has since been living in
st. Paul.
Gen. Jacob Kline
Gen. Jacob Kline, alternately at the
! head of the department with Gen.
Kobbe, was also a volunteer. He was
/ born in the same year as was Gen.
! Kobbe-1S40-bu in the state of
Pennsylvania. He entered the regular
! army from civil life, and was COM
missioned first lieutenant Of the Six
teenth infantry in 1861. He was pro-
! NOTED to be captain in 1864. He was
brevetted captain for gallantry at Shi-
lob and major for gallantry in the At
lanta campaign.
In 1887 he became major of the
Twenty-fourth infantry; lieutenant
colonel of the Ninth infantry in 1892,
/ and colonel Of the Twenty-first In
fantry April 80, 1897 May 27, 1898,
he was appointed brigadier general of
volunteers, rank from which he was
hOnOrably discharged In March 1889
/ While still attached to the Twenty
first infantry Col. Kline began his
first term at the army building Sept.
%, 1902, and ended his last term there
Jan. 26, 1904
Although not quite sixty four years
old, Col. Kline was promoted, few
months ago, TO the grade of brigadler
general, and was then placed upon the
retired list. He is still a resident OF
st. Paul.
Col. Joseph n. Dorst
Col Joseph H. Dorst. in temporary
command of the department for some
thing less than a month last winter,
was the youngest officer that had ever
been SO honored since the department
was established nearly forty years ago.
Col. Dorst was born, about 1855, in
Kentucky, but was appointed from In
diana to West Point in 1869. After
graduation he was commissioned sec
ond lieutenant of the Fourth cavalry
in June, 1873. He became first lieu