Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-05

AlcuL. Gen. JOIN SCHOuclQ.
Gen. Wherry and Mr.. William p Ennis.
personal friends.
Funeral services will be held at st Au-
gustne and the body will be sent north
in the train leaving at 5:55 pm. Members
of the Loyal Legion and Grand Army of
the Republic have volunteered to act as a
guard of honor pending the removal of the
body to Washington. The burial will be in
Arlington National Cemetery, with full mill
tary honors.
The Military Secretary is making ar
rangements for the military features of
the obsequies of Gen. Schofield. but has
not yet been able to complete the details
in the absence of certain necessary infor-
nation from the family. 1t is announced
that religious services will be held at ST.
Johns p. E. Church Wednesday afternoon
and that the interment will be at Airing
ton.
Native of New York State.
Gen Schoield was born in Chautauqua
county. New York, in 1881. He was APP
pointed cadet at West Point from Illinois
| in 1s49. being graduated four years later
No. 4 in the class with Sheridan and James
B. Mcpherson, and assigned to duty at
Fort Moultrie. South Carolina, as brevet
second lieutenant of artillery.
From 1855 to 1860 he assistant pro-
fessor of natural and experimental philoso-
phy at the Military Academy. having in the
meantime been made full nedged lieu
tenant. and was subsequently professor of
physics at the Western University. in ST.
Louis.
At the outbreak of the he was de-
tailed mastering officer for Missouri and
commissioned major of the LIST Missouri
Volunteers. In May, 1861, he became cap
tain in the 1st Artillery, and a few months
later chief of staff to Gen. Lyon. taking
part In the engagements at Dug Spring,
Curran Post Office and Wilson'S Creek.
Gen. Lyon was killed in the last-named
battle.
Schofield commanded the district of st.
Louis from November 1861 to February,
1862. From September 1862, to April 1863.
he commanded the Army of the Frontier In
southwest Missouri and northwest Kansas.
and forced the confederates south of the
Arkansas river.
Major General Of Volunteers
November %, 1862, he was made a major
general of volunteers. The forces under
| his command operated with great success
In Arkansas as far south Little Rock.
So efficient were the services of the troops
under him that the state Of Missouri was
cleared Of armed bands of partisans and
guerilas. On January 81. 1864, he
signed to the command Of the Department
and Army Of Ohio. and, remained on that
duty until January %, 1865. That army
| opposing Johnston. 1t participated in all
| Of the operations. movements and battles
of the Atlanta campaign.
In October, 1864, General Scholeld was
sent with the ed Corps to report to Cen
| eral Thomas at Nashville, and commanded
| the troops in the field opposed to the con-
| federate General Hood, from November ID
| to December 1, 1854 During this period
his command was engaged In affairs at
Columbia, November Dab, and Spring Hill,
November %; and the battle of Franklin.
on November 80, which resulted in the re-
! pulse of Hood with a loss OF 1.750 killed,
| 1850 wounded and about 100 prisoners. The
entire loss of the Union army in the battle
| was 1900. This campaign. as is well
known, was ended by the decisive victory
gained by General Thomas near Nashville
| on December 1916. in which General Scho-
| field participated with credit. In January.
| 1885, the Army of the Ohio, under COM
with all its material from Clifton. Tex, to
washington, In fourteen days. and trans
ferred to North Carolina by February g.
Testimonial by Congress.
On March ID. 1865. Congress. in recog-
milton Of his gallant and meritorious serv-
| ices in the battle OF Franklin. bestowed
upon General Schofield the brevet rank Of
major general in the regular army. While
he was in command of the Department of
North Carolina and the Army Of the Ohio
| the forces under him captured Fort Ander-
| son February III. 1855; Wilmington, on
the Cape Fear river. on February q, and
Kinston. on the Neuse, on March $40 His
troops formed junction with General
| Sherman at Goidsboro on March %, 1885,
He was present at the surrender OF the
confederate army under Gen. Joseph r.
Johnston at Durhams Station. North Caro-
/ lima, on April %, 1865. and by direction OF
General Sherman the execution of the mill
| tary convention of capitulation was In
trusted to him.
In November 1865, President Lincoln or
dered Gen. SchOfield on mission to Eu-
rope in relation to the presence OF
European troops on the American CONT
nent. The report of Gen. Schofield had
great weight in the further action of the
| administration In maintaining the firm
front which finally resulted in France leay-
| ing Mexican soil. From August 16. 1865,
TO March Is. 1857. Gen Schofield was in
| command of the Department of the Po-
tomac with headquarters at Richmond.
| and Of the first military district of yir-s
| ginia, from March Is. 1867, to June. 1868.
Secretary of War.
On June 2 1868, he was appointed Secre-
tary of War, and continued to discharge
| the duties of that Office until March Il.
1859. He was promoted to the rank OF
major general In the regular army on
March Z. isee. while acting secretary Of