The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16
GEN. CORBTN RETIRES.
Gen. cArthur Succeeds Him as Lieu
tenRnt-GeneraI OF the Army,

Ocus "AthTNluE FucCUNua III" "
tenRnt-(seneral OF the Army,
WAsHISGToN, Sept. 15.-This is the sixty
fourth birthday Of Lieut. Gen. Henry &.
Corbin, the ranking officer OF the United
States Army. and in accordance with law
he was retired from active service on ac-
count Of age with three-fourths pay He
will be succeeded as observation-disclosures by
Major-Gen. Arthur Macarthur. Gen. Cor
bin will be relieved Of the command Of the
Northern division by M~ajor-Gen. A. W.
Greedy. Gen. Macarthur is in command
Of the Pacific division. The rank Of Lieu
~tenant-G General does not carry with it the
command of the army, that position having
expired with the retirement of Lieut.. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles.
Gen. Corbin has had a very interesting
career and has frequently been in the public
eve. Few men have been so bitterly at
tackled as he, and few have had to u a
| supreme degree the confidence Of Presidents
and Others high in authority. zen Corbin
was a farmers boy. He was born in Ohio
and is fond Of telling nov as a mere lad
ne would travel down to Columbus on a
9 loaded with garden truck and dispose
Of it at market.
While still in his teens Gen. Corbin be-
came a s~choolteacheI, and he was not yet ~
when he was appointed a Second Lieuten-
ant in the Eighty-third Ohio Volunteer
| Infantry. He was just a little over age
when he became a Major in the Fourteenth
United States Colored Infantry, was its
| Lieutenant Colonel when he was 81 and
became its Colonel a few days after his
twenty-third birthday. A few months
later he was honored with the brevet of
a Brigadier-General and in May, 1896,
was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the
Regular army. He served in many civil
war battles and commanded an expedition
against the Confederate guerrilla Hughes.
He received two brevets for gallant and
meritorious services at Decatur and the
battle Of Nashville.
While serving as Lieutenant Colonel Of the
Fourteenth Colored Infantry Gen. COrbin
was tried by court-mcrtial on a charge of
cowardice in the face Of the enemy. This
incident in his life was brought up by his
enemies in an attempt to iniure him Just
after the close Of the war with Spain, and
as a result Of their agitation Cong ress called
for the record in the case, which showed
that Gen. Cor5in had been t~riumphantly
acquitted.
After having been in the Adjutant-G Gen.
erals department as a subordinate for
eighteen years, Gen. Corbin was appointed
ten days after the destruction Of the
Ma inc in Havana harbor, and he again
took up his residence in Washington.
Inc work lone by Gen. Corbin as Adju-
tant-General in the war with Spain, thdPhil-
ippines and the trouble with China was mar
vellous. He was on duty from early morning
until late at night and frequently all night.
That he did the work Of two men there il
no reason TO doubt. Through him all orders
TO officers in the field were sent and he was
constantly suggesting plans to bring tri-
umph TO the American arms. President
Mckinley and Secretaries Alger and Root,
have testified to the tremendous help which
he gave them. 1t was said Of him that he
was always the soldier in his obedience to
authority and was careful never TO criti-
else, even privately. the actions Of his SUI
periors, although he might not agree with
their Judgment. II was this characteristic
OF Gen. Cortin which was responsible for
much of his success as an executive officer.
Gen: COrbin will take up his residence at
Chevy Chase, Md. n suburb OF Washington,
where he IL building a handsome house.
which ia surrounded by extensive grounds.
Mrs. Csrbin. whom the General married in
1901, was Miss Edith Agnes PatteD Of this
CITY,