Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Military World

1t is regarded as probable that Brig
adler General Frederick Funston, com
manding the department of California,
will be transferred to the command of
the army staff college and special Sc
cret service schools at Fort Leaven-
worth before the beginning of the new
school term on September 1. Major
General Charles B. Hall, the present
commandant at Fort Leavenworth,
will soon retire for age. Major Daniel
H. Boughton, Eleventh cavalry, assist
ant commandant of the army service
schools, has been ordered relieved of
that duty, but he will still retain sta
tion at Fort Leavenworth. It Is prob
| able that Major Boughton will be in
charge of the schools when General
Hall retires until permanent detail
is made by the secretary. The first
commandant of the old infantry and
cavalry school which was started by
General w. I. Sherman in 1881 was
General Elwell S. Otis, who held the
place four years. He was succeeded by
General Thomas H. Ruger, who was in
command one year. General A. McD.
McCook came next, and was at the
head of the school four years. General
Edwin F. Townsend followed him and
was in command four years. General
Hamilton S. Hawkins was the last
commandant of the old infantry and
when 1t suspended at the breaking
out of the Spanish-American war in
1898. The commandants of the new
military schools were General j.
Franklin Bell, now chief of staff, and
General c. B. Hall, the present head.
All commandants of the schools
reached the rank of major general ex-
cept Generals Townsend and Hawkins.
Brigadier General earle A. Wood
ruff. u. S. A, retired, who is the pos
SCISSOR of congressional medal of
honor, has just received from an ex-
Confederate friend In Maryland a
Southern Cross of Honor, on the bar
pin of which are engraved the letters
III. II. M. to G. A. W." Accompany
ing the medal was a letter, of which
the following is an extract: "My dear
friend: I send you a Southern Cross
of Honor. 1t certainly gives me a
great deal of pleasure to do SOL do
not know of any one to whom l would
rather give it than yourself You were
foe that every Confederate soldier
could not help but respect and have
the highest esteem for I have the
greatest admiration for soldier-re-
gardless of the color of his uniform
who will risk his life for his principles.
and have the courage of his convic-
tions. Such a man will always have
my esteem and respect" The sender
served in the Stuart horse artillery,
army of northern Virginia. while
General Woodruff. as a lieutenant of
the Second artillery, served in the
horse artillery, cavalry corps. army of
the Potomac. They were opposed to
each other on many well-contested
field.
A fine, robust soldier after serving
his country faithfully for some time
became greatly reduced in weight,
owing to exposure and scanty rations,
until he was so weak he could hardly
stand. Consequently he got leave of
absence Qurlough) to go home and re-
cuperate. He arrived at his home sta
ton looking very badly. Just as he
stepped off the boat one of his old
friends rushed up to him and said:
"Well, we'll, Pat. 1 am glad to see
you're back from the front" Pat
looked worried and replied: "Begorra,
/ knew was getting thin, but nivver
thought you could see that much"