The Washington times., 1906-01-31
GENE RAJ BATES To
SUCCEED CHAFFEE
Belongs to the Last Trio
SchOOled i'll Civil War.
TO RETIRE WITHIN YEAR
Major Generals Corbin and Macarthur
Will Then Follow in
Order.
TO RETIRE WITHIN YEAR

The last trio OF United States Army Of
fcers who served their apprenticeships
IN the civil war are about 10 reach the
pinnacle OF rank when All american Of
fcer can achieve. Lieut.. Gen. Adna r.
Chafree goes upon the retired list to-
morrow. He viii be succeeded by Mai.
Gen John G Bates. who. in turn. Will
be followed by STAT. Gen Henry c. Cor
bin and MAJ. Gen. Arthur Macarthur.
both within the year.
After these soldiers shall have re-
hnquished their active duty. the mill
tary head OF the army viii have - be
chosen from among those officers whose
training has been IN the Military Acad-
envy on the Western plains, IL CuDa,
the philippines, or China. But no Of
neer WI be found IN the active list
ranking a lieutenant geuerslsAip who
may claim the prestige and experience
81 the great struggle between the
States.
Bates a Good Officer.
General Chanee. who resigned as chief
Of stan two weeks ago, will retire to-
morrow as lieutenant general. in favor
OF General Bates. Both officers repre-
sent all that was best in the civil war
school Of soldier. Earnest. conscientious.
untiring. and absolutely courageous,
Chaffee was the ideal trooper; Bates.
as an infantryman. represents the sub
staRtiaI backbone of the military estab-
lishment. toward the development Of
which he has done as much as any
man in the army
Lieutenant General Chaffee served as
private and non-commissioned officer
In the Sixth Cavalry from 1851 10 1853,
ana reached the grade or first lieutenant
IN 1855.
i4triDor tho v-,~ - - = a.. 49,
engagements. from the siege of York
town IN 1862, TO Appomattox, in April
lSoo he was twice wounded in the
autumn of 1858, the second time al
Brandy station, but was back with his
regiment inside OF two months
Following the close Of the war, Gen
eral Chaffee went with his regiment.
the sixth Cavalry, TO Texas. and then
Tor a period of more than thirty years
served constantly in the West except
for infrequent Srief furioughs He was
made captain in 1867 and held this
rank until appointed q major in 1888.
lie served in Texas. Arizona, Utah,
wyoming, and Montana, with oeea-
sional duty In the posts IN Nebraska and
Kansas He was brevetted major ana
lieutenant colonel for services in March.
ls5S against the Comanche Indians at
Point Creek, Texas. and for leading a
itious bluffs on the Red river of Texas
in August, 1874, and was further orevet-
ted for gallantry IN action at Big Dry
Wash. Arizona, IN lSs2.
AS lieutenant colonel OF the Third
Cavalry. Cha1ee took his regiment 10
Chickamauga IN 1898 Then he was made
a brigadier Of volunteers, and later, as
a major general Of volunteers, TOOK
command OF a division at Tampa. Fla
Chaffee Commended
General Lawton commended Chaffee
for planning and attacking the Stone
Fort, al Ell Caney, Cuba. He served
through the Santiago campaign. After
bringing his division home. he return
ed TO Cuba as chief OF staff 10 Generals
Brooke and Wood during the American
occupation.
General Chaffee's most notable recent
was his command of the
American troops in the relief OF the
legations at Pekin. for which he Mas
commended by the President After
the China expedition. he commanded the
forces in the Philippines. coming home
to wind up his service as lieutenant
general and chief OF staff
General Bates entered the army as a
lieutenant OF the Eleventh Infantry in
1861. having grown uo and graduated
from college in St Charles county Mis-
soufi. He was on General Neade's staff
from Gettysburg to the close OF the
war. being twice breVetted once as
nsaior and again as lieutenant colonel.
Tor meritoriouS conduct in the campaign
winch ended at ADDOmattoX
The grueling Indian nghtinG school OF
the West was General Bates lot after
the war and he has the record of thirty
years continuous service there without
once coming East He became colonel
OF the Second Infantry in 1892 As a
of volunteers he went to Cuba
IN 1898. and was made major general
On the field in front OF Santiago. As
commander of one wing of the army
he voted not to retreat. in the memor.
able conference called oy General Shaf-
ter. July ?. 1898 He was the junior
officer present. but his advice finally |
carried.