New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-10
YOUNG HIGHLY PRAISED.
GOES ON RETIRED LIST.
Chafee Takes HIS Place as Chief
of Staff.
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Washington. Ian Q-Lieutenant General Young
retire.zsn; from active service to-day and ms re
lief by Lieutenant General Cna:lee as chief or the
army General STAFF were the occasion Of notable
demonstration at headquarters Of the high es-
teen in which General Young is held 10y oo'h
OF the military service naval officers on duly
in Washington. well as OF ali Generh hoLIlk
subordnates here nocking TO his office 10 bid MIN
eoodby Secretary Root, in recognition Of General
Young's long and conspicuous career, his uhlaliihs
subordination from the time Of his enlistment as
q private soldier more than forty years ago up 10
to-day and the admirable example ne had set TO
the whole service, marked the event pS 4se~-'ie
the following general order;
The retirement from active service January p
lg94 Of Lieutenant General samuel Is. A. Ao-i 9
he proTisions oI ihe act OF Congress approved
Young will proceed to his home Inc iTaFe! Ell
Joined is necessary for TIE punlic service. ,,,.
q, S+ , ~ yol,rr shared i'm his youth the
labors and dangers of the great civil War Ei1ieE
1861 as private Of the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry
he Fought through the war; was twice wounded in
sction through the Grades OF captain MAJOR
OF the war; was breyetted major for gailsn ant and
gallant and Ineritorous services in action az Aie-l
Springs Va" April ;, 1868 colonel. tor sa-aIil
and me1torious services IN the bafue 9a e@5iO
volunteers. for gallant and meItorious ser' legs
render OF the insurgent army under General h l.
Entering he regular army as q second Lieutenant:
at the close OF the Civil War, he shared equaHy
min ans stremrol,s effort 81 me Indian wars and
bore himself with high credit In many hosu4e ell
He IS especially 10 be distin Iished. and is worthy
q emuls don by the officers who come StieI nm TOT
the unRbated energy and zeal unselnsh oeNotion 70
duty and generous enthusiasm for the good or the
the eoh a ns years Of lis active servde He
manded brigade with distinction IN the SantlaEo
campaign and the fight at Las Gu3simas on
the Path OF June 1895 With great vigor and skill
a, the close Of his sxtieth year in December. 1888
e
division in its march through Northern LUXOR
taTy operations that destroyed the government Of
AginH!do and established American contro! "a Ie
philippines. He was Ngllant aho acuNe as iii-,.iI
governor % Northwestern LuZon, az connahutr OF
the First District Of the Department OF Mortimer!
Iuzon and as commander Of the Department OF
reposs ard dignity Of hga station rather han the
he undertook the difficult and trying task OF the
6rst president Of the Army War College board
reorganiza ton. and became not merely by senior
fly but by merit me FIRST chief OF stan ana aee
into retirement with the respect and esteem OF al
the army in the future than that its officers shall
remember how distinction and the highest rank
seif1seeRng or political or social influence, but
the result Of duty well done. high STANDARD OF
loyalty 10 his corramnder in chief, 10 the army
ELIHU ROOT, Secretary OF War
General George L Gillespie, who has been since
May 1901 chief OF engineers. succeeds General
Chatfee Assistant Chief OF Staff. with the rank
engineeT oifcer has been in line for the highest
place in the army in eighty years. General Macomb
being the last officer IN that branch OF me service
TO occupy such a place.
POSSIBLE RESULTS OF THE CHANGE
Considerable interest attaches the result OF
the formalties OF to-day in the War Department
General Chafree has been practically dlscharging
the duties OF Chief OF StaI for several weeks and
his influence with the Secretary and the President
has been potent that II is part of the inside
the officers promoted and kept the active list
are OF his selection while General Young failed to
obtain promotion for the one officer in whom he
was specially interested. Colonel E. II. Crowder.
siye quality than that OF General Young. Army
e Cash NM IN iiitaST NATURALIZATION II MI Roots
successor, Governor Taft, possesses radical ideas
wishes OF The new Chief II stat
The most noticeable change II departmental at
mosphere is the increase Of what some admirers OF
the new order of things call the military spirit
streets and in public PLACES They are supposed to
nnmeros chanFes atIiI On the a 5s 10 avG1I
Of them wear their uniforms TO and from their
of garrison discipline Throughout the War Depart
eR1 ny ADVICE or GensraI Ghattee the Secretary
and the other Of 1899 imposing silence respecting
81 onloial matters on employees and officials The or
DER Is SO phrased as to possess an ambiguity OF
viii constrIe il as reoUiring wrStten me oreT ron
the head OF the War Department. cOuntersigned
fact that Company Z. Of the JtR fnfantry IS s 9i5e
Goneo al Flattsburg BARRACKS or that the Surgeon
At least. this strategic reticence will probably he
maintained while officers the order
exists The publication in the newspapers OF some
aaT GSand ABOUT me army Of yesteT
IN the press of military projects, no matter how
insignificant, may lead to inVestiga ton T.. Ar
EFFORT 10 ind who has betrayed the confidence OF the
government This has created consternatioa, and
has had the effect OF establishing a wartroe mys-
terry, which goes well with the uniformed officers
who are on duty in Washington IN greater numbers
than ever before in the history OF the army There
are now here in various capacities. 2l9 officers
hbout three times as many there in the
war with Spain. This number IS exclusive Of the