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HIS MISSION no FRANCE.
General Grant on nAXn e one nece Hand, tie
be e written authority IN respect to
sewa te 'osher una i ttter S aeeradlt
Ing him to the United States Minister
4, Trs, pa mn, General en-, sehofeld decided 10
His arrival ut Paris bnd been preceded
a. few days by information Of his coming.
VI With the l,. assertion that his mission was
ehGeaa ff Took ocs !" nnr Il
CURED few days 'a aer his snrya Go
aia1lns to the nhc R n fris.dsh ipee Ss
General Scnoncld was soon enabled TO
make plain to the French government
the situation .,. as viewed in this country.
Just cause OF offense which would neoes.
sarily have been gwen by an attempt.to
convey Tie he, SANE, information through
s,!lt was that, upon the. opening session
of the Legislative corps. the Emperor, am
nounecd his determination to withdraw
| the French .army from Mexico.
This result having been reported to Mr..
Seward and General Grant by mall, there
being at that time no cable across the
Atlnntic,. Information was returned that
the result was satisfactory aud no need
I existed for General schofeld to remain
longer In Europe whercupon lie returned
| to the United States. In due time. and
otter some further diplomatic correspon-
dence on the subject the French army
was withdrawn from Mexico. according
TO the Empefbrs promises and the great
danger was averted of rupture of the
friendly relations that had existed SO
long between the United States and
France.
UNDER THE RECONSTRUCTION
ACTS.
a few months after his return to the
United States General Schcheld was ns-
signed to the command OF the Military
Department of Virginia, and was CHARGED
with the execution OF the reconstruction
laws. under which State governments in
the former seceding States werc finally
organized. In the execution of these
laws by his Just. firm and courageous
conduct. the state OF Virginia was saved
from the great evils that marked the
hasty reconstruction In other seeding
States.
MADE SECRETARY, OF WAR.
shortly after the approval by Congress
OF this conservative course In Virginia.
the controversy between the President
and the War Departmenet arose. which
resulted in the attempted removal OF Sec
rotary Staunton and the impeachment OF
President Johnson
When the articles OF impeachment were
rejected General schofleld was. nominate
ed as Secretary Of War, and he was
eeonirmed by nearly unanimous vote OF
which threatened TO rck.ndle the flame
of n Civil War in form far more deplor-
able than the sectional war jus. closed
General Schofeld's duties as Secretary
OF War were discharged IN such n man
ner as to receive the commentator of
all parties.
eral Schotield remained in TIE. war Office
several days. after the Presidents In
long time, President Grant had made
known his Intention to offer the war
finally seen that this would not be com
patble with The. promotion which he
wished 70 give him in tn, regular army.
nominated and confirmed as major
general In the army. Since then General
sShofleld has compounded IN suceesson
graphical divisions q the eountr ao While
he was In command OF the Department
OF the Pacific, with headauarters at San
Francisco; in 1872; General schoneid was
sion to the Hawaiian Islands. At that
time the question OF annexation had been
thoroughly ngitated. and such statesmen
had expressed themselves on the subject
Although General Schofelds report was
never never published, II Is known that he
derived from the annexation of the
Islands from military standpoint. That
| such were his views is shown in letter.
evidently based his report, ,wr;tter,
py secretary Fish. in 1873. in which he
1T Is very clear that this government
cannot be expected to assent 10 their
transfer from the present control TO that
OF any powerful maritime or CONNER
cal nation. Such transfer to mari
time power would threaten military
surveillance in the Pacific similar to that
which Bermuda has afforded in the At
iantic." 80 ''' o.
IN COMMAND OF THE ARMY.
General Schoheld was in command of
the Department of the, East with head
Sheridan died, in August. 1875. when ne
was transferred to Washington, and
placed IN command of the army a re-
spoonsible duty, which he has executed
MIN Viii pronounced success ever since. In
ward for his long. varied and dIstin-
guished services, he was. upon the earn
est recommendation of the President and
Dy special act of Congress, given the
RANK ~, OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Since he has been In command of the
army he has been called on to perform
many delicate and important duties in
cludlng the suppression OF several Indian
out preaks. and In guarding the interests
or the government In various conflicts
between labor and capital
The successful employment of Federal
LI0Irces IN ayertng serious trouble at
chicago during the great labor riots was
mainly mainly due to his wise Judgment and dis
Gf 81 e, PRESIDENTS Harrison, and Cleve-
wisdom and discretion, and were guided
almost entirely by his advice in the en-
ployment of the Federal forces for the
n V,1f Jo,