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Army Retired List
II IL Interesting % n0ts taat 81 the
oGleerH who took part III tie Maxican
war there are asfIl twenty-five % tha
retired Hist 0f the arEay af the present
time, says the New York Post. on this
number seven are West Point gradu-
ates. and the other fftean were either
appointed from eis8 life or served ID
the ranks during that conflict and
later were given commissions
Capt Napoleon j. r Dana has ne
honor Of being the Oldest graduate e
the MiIifaFy. Academy now on the ~
tired list. kaving entered that insti-
tut1oD in 1885, He is followed b.
MAJ. Gen. Thomas J. Weed. who en-
tered IN 1871; Big. Gems. James
0akes and Marcus u. L. Simpson.
and LdeuL-Col Henry D. Hendep-
shot, who entered In 1872; Maj .-Gen.
Orlando B. Wilcox and Bng-Gen-
HOratio @. Gibson, who began their
service IN 1913. All Of these sficers
served with credit in the Mexican war.
and received an advance In grade this
year for eiyil-war service, with tho
exception OF Capt Dana, who resigne8
from the service IN 1855 as a captain
In the aRaTteFnasterB department.
and who, through Congressional Iegis-
lation, was reappointed an assistant
quartermsster with the rank Of cap
tain, August 2, 1894 Nine days iataR
be was placed on the retired list. and
therefore does not receive any beneat
from the law passed this spring. He
also served throughout the civil var
IN the volunteer service, receiving ne
. rank 81 ma5or-geDsrai.
Maj Gen. Lawrencs P. Graham y
the eldest oEicer In point of service
On the restirsd list Of the army. havs
ing been appointed q second Ileutsnana
in the Second Dragons. October IL
1887. that is. no less than Eixty-seven
years ago. He IL closely followed hB
MAJ. Gen. Daniel IT. Rneker, who wam
appointed . second lieutenant IN tho
First Dragons 3fteen days later. Gen.
Rncker IL older In years than Gem.
r Graham, having been born in 1811s
and the latter In 1915. Then follow
LieWt.-Col. Thomas J. Eckerson, wh@
/ wan ~ WAAN&eE ANNAAA 41Al1 AAAAAA AAHaAAA4
. when be was appointed military saors-
| keeper q1artermasteE. with the rank
= 81 captain; Maj.-Gen. Robert Murray
and Brig Gen. John =. Head. sur.
!, gsona. 1876: Maj Gen. Richard q.
Drum. who was private in tie va.
! unteers In 1S4a. and who was app0lna.
"a q second lieutenant Of infaHtEy n
: 1881; Gel. Edward Collins. who Waa
/. q Brivats from 1876 70 1881. when ~
. was commissioned q first lieutenant -
infantry; Col. John Green, who was
4 a private from 1876 to 1855. when he
was appointed a second lieutenant a
= the Second Dragons; MAI. Williams
4 Fletcher. who was q private In tha
= volunteers and regulars from 1855 un'
4 an 1881. being appointed a weeona
n lieutenant Of Infantry On that year.
Col. George b. Dandy. who was 4
private IN lsAT and Is48 thea a ca
Oct az West Point until 1852. again 4
private from 1854 until 1857, when N
n was appointed q second lieutenant n
artillery; Brig.-G Elisha l. BaIlE
ee surgeon, 1s4T; Liaut-Cel AlbeF2 y
D. Kaufman, who was q private frou
II 1s4T until 1858. being then appolntsd
o. captain ef volunteers and made I
he aFst lieutenant OF cavalry In 1854
be Mat. John Miller. who was 4 prixael
IN the volunteers ana regulars fro1
1877 until 1850, when be wan commits
sIsned a second lieutenant OF tnean
20 try; Bird. Gems. JShn T. Summers an
M Jehn Campbell surgeons Is48
Is All of the oEieers were On duty auE
ing the Mexican war. Gel Kauhmal
m. served sixteen years In the ranks Be
w fore being commissioned II IL ssl
An dem nowadays that an enlisted maj
81 who succeeds in getting a cOmmiasiol
be has served over i've years In til
By ranks.