The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-07
GEN. J0HNSTON'S CAREER
IN ARMY NOTABLE ONE;
ACTIVE IN PRIVATE LIFE

Since his resignation from the army, IN /
January. 1903. Gen. Johnston has resided /
in Washington. For years previous. dur
ing the latter part of his military service !
in the Adjutant Generals Office he had
made this city his home.
He q q member Of the Chevy Chase. !
Metropolitan. and Army and Navy clubs.
a vestryman at St Thomas Episcopal
Church. and a member OF the board OF
directors and OF the executive committee
of the Washington Lean and Trust Com
pany.
Because Of his acknowledged abilities
In the organization and details Of large
military movements. including parades.
no invariably has been called on TO assist
lin the arrangements for inauguration
parades In this city for years. He was
the principal assistant TO the chief mar
shals and practically organized and man
aged the parades on the occasions OF the
inauguations OF Presidents Cleveland In
1893 Mckinley In 1891 and 1901. Roosevelt
in 1896. and Taft in 1909. He was chief OF
star TO the chief marshal at most OF
these military functions.
Managed Inaugural Paradss.
His excellent services as chief OF staff
TO the grand marshal at the inauguration
Of President Taft brought forth favorable
comment from many OF those who were
thrown IN contact with him.
He also organized the Grant Monument
parade in New York City in Apra 1897;
the military parade at the ST. Louis Ex-
position. in April. 1903. and innumerable
1 parades In this city IN connection with
! the dedication of statues OF military and
naval heroes.
! Gen. and Mrs. Johnstons family con-
1 sists Of their son-in-law and daughter,
Capt. George T. Summerlln. L. S. A. re
tired and Mrs Summerlin
Their home. I'll Massachusetts avenue,
was built by former Senator Edmunds
Of Vermont and occupied by him for
several years.
! Gen. Johnston made most creditable
record in the army. covering period Of
nearly thirty years. Born in Allegheny.
Pa. February %. 1858. he was graduated
from the United States Military Academy
/ In June. 1879, and from the Infantry and
Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth.
Kans.. in 1888 He was an honor gradu-
ate at the latter institution.
In Field Service.
His first field service was in the Eighth
/ Cavalry, in which he served as second
lieutenant. first lieutenant and captain.
from June, 1879, until .dav 1898, period
/ of nineteen years. In May. 1893, he was
transferred to the Adjutant Generals
Department. with the rank Of major.
He served continuously and efficiently
In that department until January, 1904
when he was appointed a brigadier gen.
eral Of the line by President Roosevelt
In special recognition OF meritorious
services in the various military duties
assigned HIM
He held the rank Of lieutenant colonel
at the time of his promotion to brigade
rank. He served few weeks only in
the latter capacity. when he resigned to
devote his energies to the management
of the large estate of his father-in-law.
Mr. Vandegrift, of Pittsburg. recently
deceased.
While attached to the Eighth Cavalry
Gen Johnston had hard and dangerous
service on the Western frontier from 1879
until 1897. Most of those sixteen years
were spent by him in exciting cam
paigns against hostile Indians in Texas
and South Dakota.
From 1883 TO 1855 he was instructor in
the art of war and military engineering
at the Infantry and Cavalry School at
Fort Leavenworth.
Served at West Point.
From 1887 to 1881 he was instructor in
history, law, and tactics at the West
Point Military Academy. From 1898 to
1895 he was in charge of mounted in
struction at the cavalry depot Jefferson
Barracks. No
During the Spanish war he was on duty
in the Adjutant Generals Office at the
War Department and performed pro-
digiOus work. He had special charge Of
the organization and muster in and out
Iof all the volunteer forces raised for
service in that short war, as well as of
the volunteers raised for the Philippine
insurrection from 1898 to 1901
Subsequently he was in charge of the
reorganization of the recruiting service
Of the regular army incident to the au-
thorized Increase. In the Summer of 1902
he attended the extensive maneuvers OF
the German army as a representative of
the United States army and was enter
tanned by Emperor William He made
; reports of those maneuvers which are re-
garded as classics at the War Depart
ment