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lishment, securing his majority in the
Ninth cavalry. In 1879 he was made
lieutenant colonel of the Tenth cavalry.
Eight wears afterwards he was pro-
! noted to be colonel of the Fifth cav
airy.
May 26, 1897, he was appointed
brigadier general. A few days later he
was transferred to the command of the
department of Dakota.
At the beginning of the war against
Spain he surrendered his office, April
10, 1898, to Col. j. M. Bacon, of the
Seventh cavalry. May Gen. Wade
was named major general of volunteers,
| a commission that he retained until
June of the following year. Before
that time he was placed at the head of
the American commission appointed to
arrange for the evacuation Of Cuba.
In January, 1899, he was made military
governor of the island.
The very next month he was sent to
st. Paul to resume command of this
department.. He remained here two
years-until Feb 81, 1901 He was
then transferred to Manila. where he is
| now commander of the entire division
of the Philippines. 1t is said that he
will soon be succeeded by Adjt Gen.
Corbin, now in command of the depart
ment of the East
Gen. Wade may look forward to fur
ther promotion. He will not be obliged
to retire before April, 1907.
Gen. John M. Bacon
Gen. John M. Bacon, who assumed
command of the department when Gen.
Wade was called to the Spanish war,
is a Kentuckian. He was born April
II, 1914. AT the age of eighteen he en-
tered the Union ranks as a trooper of
the Eleventh Kentucky cavalry Sept.
%, 1862 He was transferred to the
Fourth Kentucky cavalry two months
later. In February, 1863, he had OBJ
tanned his commission as first lieuten-
ant. Six weeks were sufficient to make
him captain. In November, 1854, he
was again promoted, and was assigned
as major to the United States volun-
teers. He secured a brevet by his gall
lantry at the siege of Resaea, Ga.
After the war his first commission.
dated July %, 1885, was that of cap
tain in the Ninth cavalry. Like many
officers of that period, he was obliged
to wait long for further advancement.
But he got his majority in the Seventh
cavalry, after eighteen years, April IA.
1884. Calamity in service against the
Texan Indians brought him another
brevet in 1890. He was made lieuten-
ant colonel of the First cavalry April
Z, 1898. and colonel of the Eighth caval-
ry June 20, 1897.
Still in command of the Eighth
cavalry, Col. Bacon took charge of this
department in April, 1898. He was
made brigadier general of volunteers
May 4, 1898, and remained here until
the following February. In October, 1898.
he led the expedition that suppressed
small rising of the Chippewas at
Leech Lake, Mimi The affair was not
concluded without a skirmish in which
Maj. Wilkinson and several other mem
berS of Gen. Bacon's detachment lost
their lives.
On leaving st. Paul Gen. Bacon was
transferred to Cuba, with headquarters
at Nuevitas. few months later he
was retired, at his own request, with
the rank of colonel, in accordance with
the statute granting the right of volun-
| tary retirement after thirty years
service.
| Gen. Bacon is now in California.
Gen. EIweII S. Otis
The last major general to command
the department was Gen. Elwell S.
| Otis.
He is a native of Maryland, having
been born at Frederick City on March
| 25, 1888 During his childhood his
| parents removed to Rochester, N. Y.
He was graduated from the University
of Rochester in 1858 and from the
Harvard law school in 1861.
| In the summer of 1862 he recruited at
! Rochester a company of the One Hun
| dred and Fortieth New York infantry,
with which he served throughout the
| Civil war. He was brevetted colonel
| and brigadier general of volunteers
! for gallantry at Spottsylvania and dis
| tinguished services at Chapel House.
He was promoted to be lieutenant
colonel of his regiment in October,
1863. He was subsequently made
! colonel, but never assumed that rank.
He was honorably mustered out Of the
volunteer service Jan. "a, 1855, by reason
of a wound received in battle.
Jan. %, 1856, he was commissioned
lieutenant colonel of the Twenty
| infantry. The next year he was bre-
vetted colonel. He became colonel
of the Twentieth infantry in February,
1880. He served against the Indians
from 1867 to 1881. 1t was then that he
established the school of cavalry and
/ infantry at Fort Leavenworth Kan, an
institution that he commanded until
1885. He was promoted to be briga-
der general Nov. %, 1898.
] May 4, 1893, he was appointed major
| general of volunteers and assigned to
| duty at San Francisco in connection
/ with mobolizing recruits and forward
/ ulS lHcIIl " the L ultppAHCo. ne SldFl-
ed himself for Manila in July, 1898, and
relieved Maj. Gen. Merritt Aug. 20,
1898, as commanding general of the
Philippines forces and governor of the
islands. Gen. Otis conducted opera
lions against the insurgents and per-
formed the duties of military governor
until May 5, 1900. He was member
of the United States Philippine COM
! mission during 1899.
After his return to the United States
Gen. Otis was appointed major general,
June 6, 1900. He became commander
of the department of the lakes in De-
tober of the same year. The follow
ing February he came to st. Paul.
| where he directed the administration
of this department until March 25, 1902.
| Then he retired "by operation of law"
having attained the age of sixty-four
| years.
| Gen. Otis has returned to his boyhood
home, Rochester, N. Y.
Gen. Edward M. Hayes
A month and day was the inter-
esting limit of Gen. Hayes reign at