Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-12
BrigadierC CeneralF.
D. Baldwin, u. S.
Army Arrived
Today.
CANE ON OFFICIAL BUS|.
NESS
Forty-Four Years of Efficient
and Effective Service to
His Credit. Much Of it
Fighting Indians.

Brigadier General Frank d. Bald
win, of the United States Army in
command of the Southwestern Division
which includes the army posts In
Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, New Mex.
leo and Arizona, arrived in Santa Fe
this afternoon at 3 o'clock via the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.
accompanied by an aide de camp.
from Oklahoma City on official bust.
ness, He is the guest of Governor
Hagerman at the Palace Hotel. Up
on the generals arrival in the Capital
City, he was met at the depot by Gov.
ernor Hagerman and the following
members of the Governors staff: Col.
onel ]. d. Sena, Colonel j. A. Massie,
and captain e. G. Abbott, Lieutenants'
A. J. Fischer and W. D. Newcomb,
Sergeant Vaughn and Chairman Ar
thur Seligman of the Board of County
Commissioners.
He will be the guest Of honor at a
dinner to be given by the Governor at
the Palace Hotel tonight at which Ter
ritorial Secretary J. w. Reynolds and
the members of the committee who
went to the depot will be present. The
officers were in uniform at the depot
and will wear uniforms at the dinner
this evening.
Has an Enviable Reputation.
Doll 1uyfn iS q N
ficer of high reputation and Of great
gallantry He entered the service as
a second lieutenant in the Michigan
Horse Guards, September 19, 1861, and
was honorably mustered out on the
27th of November of the same year;
appointed a first lieutenant of the 18th
Michigan Infantry, April IL, 1862 pro
noted to a captaincy oath OF January.
1864 and honorably mustered out on
the 10th of June, 1865. He received
an appointment in the regular army as
a second lieutenant in the 10Th Infau-
try. 23d of February. 1866: was made
a first lieutenant on the same date,
was transferred to the 9th Infantry
on the 21st of September, 1866, 'and
transferred to the 5th Infantry May
10Th. 1863; promoted to captain March
20, 1879 to major on the Goth Of April
1898. and to lieutenant colonel Of the
4th Infantry on the 18th of December
1899 and received his promotion as
colonel on the 26th of July. 1901; was
appointed brigadier general June 9th.
1902.
Something Of His Record.
General Baldwin has made remark
able record for gallantry and military
efficiency during his forty-four years.
of service. In the Civil War he &C.
quilted himself very creditably, al
though very young man. In the reg
ular service he especially saw much
work and hard fighting with Indians
from 1867 to 1880 in Colorado and
Kansas New Mexico, Arizona, In the
Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana.
Gen. Baldwin was with Gen. Miles
who was then colonel Of the 5th In
fantry in the celebrated campaign
against the Cheyennes and Arapa-
hoes in Kansas. The general was one
of the best and most successful Indian
fighters during the Indian troubles In
the western states and territories. At
ter his promotion to a brigadier, he
became commanding general of the
department of the Colorado with head
quarters in Denver and is now com
manding general of the Southwestern
Division with headquarters in Ok
lahoma City, Oklahoma. General
Baldwin is well and favorably known
throughout the southwest and especial
ly in Colorado and New Mexico where
he has many warm admirers and
friends.