The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-12-07
THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WheD the OAce Was Created and II
development.

development.
Editor National Tribune: To settle
q controversy as to rhetorical facts,
kindly answer the following questions
through the columns Of The National
Tribune:
l. When and by what authority was
the office OF General
created?
2. Who was the first incumbent, and
how long did he serve?
3. Who served in such Office during
the year 1861?
1. When and by what authority was
the 18th U. 8. authorized, and when
and where organized?
.. VINO was Its first Colonel, and how
long did he serve as such ID. Ell
dredge, Boston, Mass.
l, and 8. There were Quartermas-
ters-General during the Revolution
and Gems. Mif1in and Nathaniel Greene
were among them. The office at that
time was. like everything else during the
revolution. crude and inchoate. That
Is, the Quartermaster- General did the
best he could with the means at his
nand. and without much reference to
rules or regulations; in fact. there were
hardly any, because everything had to
be developed, and war on a large scale
was an entirely new thing to the peo.
pie. 1t might be properly said that
benjamin Franklin was the first Quar-.
termaster-General. since with his emil
nent practical ability he organized the
means Of supplying Braddock's army
DuQuesne. The experience so gained
was OF great use in supplying the Con-
tinental army.
After the formation OF the National
Government in 1887 things relating to
the Army went on In q crude and un-
satisfactory way, because there was
really no army for some years A few
men, under the command of Capt John
Doughty. were kept in service to man
some forts and take care Of public
property. The beginning Of the pres
ent Army was in 1889, when the men
serving in the Notifications, ETC., were
made battalion OF artillery, consisting
OF four companies. with one Captain.
two Lieutenants. four Sergeants four
Corporals, two Musicians and 60 pri-
Yates each, and regiment Of infantry
or eight companies was added to these
Each OF the Infantry companies had
one Captain, one Lieutenant, one En-
sign, four Sergeants, four Corporals.
two Musicians and 60 privates. The
act authorized an Adjutant Quarter
master and Paymaster to be taken from
the subalternS Of the line. The Treas
ury Department insisted upon doing
much Of the work Of the Quartermas-
ter and making all purchases for the
Army and Navy, as for every other De-
partment OF the Government.
Properly speaking, the first real
Quartermaster with full powers and
duties was Brighten. Thomas Sidney
Jesup, who was appointed Quartermas-
ter-General upon the reorganization Of
the Army May 8. 1918. He was born
in Virginia, appointed from Ohio. and
had been an infantry officer, rising to
the rank OF Colonel and receiving two
brevets for Chippewa and Niagara. He
held the Office until his death in 1860,
and organized 1t substantially as 1t Is
to-day. The Quartermasters-Ge General
down to and including the war were as
follows:
Thomas Mihiin. Colonel; August.
ITS.
Stephen Moylan. Colonel; June 5.
1776.
Thomas Mimin. Brigadier-General,
Oct. /, 1875.
Nathaniel Greene. Major-General,
March 2, 1878.
Timothy Pickering. Colonel; Aug. s.
1880.
Samuel Hogden. Lieutenant-Colonel;
March 4, 1871.
James o'Hara. Leutenant-colonel;
April 10. 1892.
John Wilkins. Jr., Lieutenant-Col-
onel; June 1, 1896.
1u 5ehn =. , Wi,kins' 1r. Ma'or-GeneraI;
Morgan Lewis. Brigadier-General;
April 1, 1912.
Robert Swartwout, Brigadier- Gener-
al; March Fl. 1913.
James r. Mullany, Colonel: April 20.
1916.
George Gibson. Colonel: April 20.
1916.
William Cumming, Brigadier-Gener-
al; April Is, 1918.
Thos. 8. Jesup. Brigadier-General;
May Is. 1918.
Joseph E. Johnston. Brigadier-Gen-
eral: June %, 1860.
Montgomery c. Mefgs. Brigadier-Gen-
eral, May IL. 1861.
and 5. The 18th U. s. was first or
ganized July 16, 1898, and disbanded
June Is, 1900. At that time regiments
were commanded according to the Brit
ish model by -Colonels. and
Aaron Ogden was observation-disclosures of
the regiment from it's formation to its
discharge. The regiment was again or
ganized Jan. IL. 1872, and continued in
service until May IT, 1915, when it was
consolidated with the 25th, 9th, 29th
and 37th U. 8. to form the 9Th U. s.
The Colonels were Isaac Clark. J. B.
Campbell and Moody Bedel. It was
Feb. II, 1S47. and discharged Aug. IA,
1S4S. The Colonel was A. c. Ramsey.
II was again organized May IA, 1861,
by order of the President, and made
liberalization regiment. Sept. FL.
1866, the I'd battalion became the Goth
Z. 8. and the Sd battalion the 18th U.
s. April II, 1869. the 18th u. s. was
consolidated with the 34th U. s. to form
the 18th u. s. The Colonels were M.
G.. Meigs, e. D. Reyes and w. S. Ketch-
um April 25, 1869. new 18th u. s.
was formed by the consolidation OF the
gath and 10Th U. S., with A. G. Gillem
as Colonel. The present Colonel is AL
bert L. Myer, who was born in New
York and enlisted as q private in Co.
f, Sd battalion, 18th U. S., Oct. 26,
1865, and was promoted to Second
Lieutenant Dec. 8. 1867.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
Mcclellan Medal Found at Salisbury.
Superintendent Edward s. Past, of
the u s National Cemetery Salisbury