Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-08-23

forty-five years ago Brewster Randall
and family located at GAINESVILLE. One
of his sons, George NJ. was in Pennsyl-
vania when the Civil war began, and at
once enlisted as a private III the Fourth
regiment The following fall he was APP
pointed lieutenant in the regular army,
but in 1864 accepted a commission as
major of the Fourteenth New York ar
tillery and was discharged from that
regiment as lieutenant colonel at the
close of the war, returning to the regu-
lar army as a captain. He has gone
the usual ranks, and reached the rank
of major general Of the regular army
two months ago and will soon take sta
ton at st. Louis as commander of the
northern division, whose headquarters
are in that city. Gen. Randall has Wis
tied relatives and frienls al GAINESVILLE
on many occasions. his last visit occur
ring the first week in August of this
year. His sister, Mrs. Mckenney, re-
sides there. Gen. Randall has long been
looked upon as model soldier. He will
retire for age next October, when Wis
cOnsin will have three major generals
on the retired list and one, Mag. Gen.
Macarthur, on the active list. Maj.
Gen. Thomas II. Ruger was retired for
age in 1897, and like Gen. Story, was a
West Pointer. Randall and Macarthur
are the products of the old volunteer
army.
Brighten Alexander Mckenzie. chief
Of the engineer corps, is Il native Of us
consin, and Brighten. j. W. Barlow,
retired, went to West Point from Wis
consin and was for some time stationed
in Milwaukee, Col William NJ Wallace
of the Fifteenth cavalry was born ID
Wisconsin and served in the Civil war,
because of which he will be retired as q
brigadier general in the near future.
Capt. James A. Cole of the Sixth cavalry
has been examined for promotion to ma
jOr. He was nominated to West Point
from Wisconsin in 1880. Capt. e. r..
Heiberg was a resident of La Crosse
when he went to West Point in 1892.
Maj. Hoel S. Bishop. nephew of the
late Congressman Charles A. Eldredge,
who went to West Point from Fond du
Lac in 1870, will soon reach the rank
of lieutenant colonel. He now belongs
to the Fifth cavalry. Maj W. r. Ham
ilton, son of the late Maj.-Gen. Charles
s. Hamilton of Milwaukee, will in the
natural course, reach the rank of lieuten.
ant colonel in about two years His son,
Second Lieut.. c. S. Hamilton, will soon
be promoted to first lieutenant
Col William I. Duggan of the First
infantry, who for some months has been
commander Of the department of the
lakes, with headquarters at Chicago. will
retire as a brigadier general year from
next April. Col. Duggan began his mill
tary career in Milwaukee with the Zou-
ayes, afterwards commanded by Capt
Joseph 3. Oliver. Lieut.-C Lorenzo
w. Cooke of the Twenty sixth infantry,
who has been stationed in Milwaukee on
recruiting services the past two years,
will return to his regiment in November
In consequence of his having served as
a private through the war. part of the
time in the Twenty-seventh Wisconsin
and the balance of the time in the Thir-
teenth regulars, Uncle Billy Shermans
regiment, he will retire on or before his
sixtyfourth birthday as a brigadier gen
eral Maj. Edward Cheynoweth of the
Seventeenth infantry, recently returned
from the Philippines. He was appointed
to West Point from Wisconsin in 1873
and reached his majority in 1902. He
is q brother of the Madison LAWYER
Capt. Charles G. Treat Of the artillery
corps, son of ex-senator Joseph b. Treat
of Monroe, will reach the rank of major
within the next few months For four
years or more he was on duty at West
Point, where he made an exceptionally
fine record. Capt. Lawson NJ. Fuller.
son of the late Col. Fuller of the engi-
neer corps, who was for some time sta