Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
FAMOUS ARMY NAMES
Sons of Noted Men Now Hold
ing Commissions.
HAS A beneficial EFFECT
Reminder of Faithful and Distin.
guished Service.
MAKERS OF AMERICANHISTORY
Grant, Sheridan, Miles, Schley,
Chaffee, Lee, Longstreet, Pickett
and Wheeler on List.
TAKERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

i of the names of our many heroes dead
and living. have been retained by their
! descendants on the long roll of the
army. and from the makeup of it today
| the fact may be perpetuated. One of the
ranking general officers in the service
said the other day that the mere rela-
ton of these names in the service had a
most beneficial effect in that the name
! alone was a constant reminder of faith
full and distinguished service. Of gallantry
! in action and, of esprit de corps"
In nearly every arm of the service, in
nearly every regime Mt of cavalry or in
| fantry may be seen a name which has
| helped to make American history bril-
| liant. That history repeats itself re-
! mains to be seen. but there is no doubt
that all of these sons stand ready to re-
peat deeds of valor as glorious as those
of their famous fathers.
Grants Son and Grandson.
Perhaps the most prominent Of these
sons is Frederick Dent Grant, now a
major general and commanding the big
De partment of the East of the Atlantic
division. with HEADQUARTERS at Governors
| island. New York city. Erred Grant,
as he is Familiarity known. was born in
| Missouri, his father being stationed at
St. Louis in 1850. just after his return
| from gallant service on the Mexican bor-
der. especially at Chapultepec. The pres
ent Gen. Grant is also a West Pointer,
and was at the Military Academy from
| 1866 to 1871. when he was appointed a
second lieutenant of cavalry and assigned
| to the 4th Regiment.
Five years afterward he was appointed
"a first lieutenant in the same regiment.
but. me awhile. he held the rank Of lieu
tenant colonel, being aidde-camp to
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan from March II. 1873,
to June 1. 1881. In October of that year
he resigned from the regular service.
The outbreak of the war with Spain
York Infantry, and this evidently was the
| steppingstone for his re-entry into the
| regular army, for twenty-five days after
ward he was appointed brigadier gen.
| eral of volunteers, which commission he
held until he again entered the permanent
establishment, in February, 1901 He was
appointed major general February 8.
| 1905. and it is puzzling to many whether
| he will, before his compulsory retirement
in 1914, reach the top of the military
ladder, as did his illustrious father.
The name of Ulysses S. Grant is being
perpetuated in the army by his grandson,
Ulysses S. Ill, and the son of Gen:
of all the Grants now in the service,
is a lieutenant of engineers and was
star graduate at West Point in 1901,
which gave him his own selection as to
the arm of service he desired to enter. 1t
is strange coincidence that patriotism
should follow both father and son so
| strongly all through life. for each was
born on a national holiday, the father
May 30. and the son July 4.
More Than One Sheridan.
/ Two Sheridans illumine the roll of Of
| icers-Mchael ", brother of the gal
| liant Little Phil" and now on the retired
| list as brigadier general. and the son
| and namesake. Philip Henry, who re-
| sembles his brave father. not only in
| physique. but in force of character.
the 9Th Cavalry. and is an assistant to
| Col. Charles s. Bromwell, superintendent
| of public buildings and grounds in this
| city. During the social season Lieut.
Sheridan can be found on duty during
| the functions at the White House. He
| is also West Pointer.
The names of Sherman and Miles are
| now combined in the American army by
| Sherman Miles, second lieutenant of the
| 18th Cavalry. He is the son of Gen. Nell
son A. Miles. and gets his Christian name
from the maternal side of the family-his
mother: being a daughter of Judge Sher-
| man. who was a brother of John and
| Tecumseh Sherman.
| One arm of the service has been made
| famous by Schley, and the other arm Is
now represented by that admirals son,
| Capt. Thomas Franklin Schley, who Is
| with Ibis regiment, the 23d Infantry, at
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has been in the army for twenty-three
years seven of which was as an enlisted
man in the Signal Corps. while all of his
service as a commissioned officer has been
with the sd Infantry since 1891.
Father a Lieutenant General.
| Under the new organization the second
chief of staff. Adna r. Chaffee, now a
lieutenant general, retired, has a son and
namesake second lieutenant of the 18th
Cavalry and now at Havana, also with
the Cuban army of pacification. Lieut.
| Chaffee was one of the youngest men of
his class at West Point which graduated
| In 1905
| While the fathers of the foregoing
fought on the Union side in the civil war.
| there are many whose fathers fought for
| the Confederacy. and among them the
| most prominent are the Lees. There are
| two representative of this distinguished
| Virginia family now in the army-two
brothers-sons oil the late Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee and grandsons of Robert K. Lee
the famous Confederate leader. who wrote
his surrender forty-two years ago April
last. under a tree at Eppomatox.
Gen. Lees son and namesa..e. Ftz-
hugh. jr.. is also a cavalry officer. being
a captain of the 7th Cavalry, Clusters
| famous old organization. During the war
with Spain he served as first lieutenant
OF engineers lyolunteers). and upon his
| honorable discharge was commissioned a
second. lieutenant of infantry, but as all
the Lees are horsemen he was trans
| ferred to the list Cavalry, and after two
| years service with that regiment was
promoted and assigned to the 18th Cav
| airy.
Fitzhugh lee Represented.
His brother, George Mason Lee. began
! his volunteer service as a lieutenant In
the Both Volunteers, and has seen service
in the Philippines. Upon the muster out
of that regiment he entered the regular
service as second lieutenant OF the 7th
Cavalry, and after two years of duty was
promoted to first lieutenant in the 4th
| Cavalry and transferred to the 7th CAV
| airy in October, 1904, so now both brothers
are members of the same regiment.
| The son and namesake of another noted
| Confederate army leader is James Long,
| street. jr.. another cavalry officer, and
| now a first lieutenant OF the 18th Regi-
ment. Lieut.. Longstreet is on recruit
ing service at Oklahoma City. Okla
/ Again there Is the son and namesake of
the famous Confederate general, Gen. E.
i Pickett. Young Pickett is a major in
the pay department and is now on duty
| as paymaster in this city.
i The name Of Joseph Wheeler should not
be forgotten. While the ex-Confederate
/ cavalry leader. x-Representative in Con-
I gress and later brigadier general in the
| United States Armv rests In historic Ar
lington. his son and namesake is perpet-
uating the name of Fighting Joe." He