Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-06
directors and of the executive committee
of the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany.

! directors and of the executive committee
of the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany
| Arranged Inaugural Parades.
Because OF his acknowledged abilities
| in the organization and details of large
military movements. including parades
| he invariably has been called on to assist
| In the arrangements for inauguration
parades in this city for many years. He
was the principal assistant to the chief
marshals and practically organized and
managed the parades on the occasions of
the inaigurations Of Presidents Cleveland
in 1893. Mckinley in 1897 and 1901
was chief Of staff to the chief marshal at
most of these military functions.
| His excellent services as chief of staff
to the grand marshal at the Inauguration
| of President Taft brought forth much
| favorable comment from many of those
vino were thrown in contact with him
during their official duties in connection
with the inaugural ceremonies.
He also organized the Grant monument
parade in New York city in April, 1897,
the military parade at the st. Louis ex-
position in April, 1903, and innumerable
parades in this city in connection with
the dedication of statues OF military and
naval heroes.
Family and Home.
| Gen. and Mrs. Johnston's family con-
sists of their son-in-law and daughter.
Capt George T. Summerlin. L. S. A,
retired. and Mrs. Summerln.
| S'her home Pill Massachusetts ave-
nue.. was built by former Senator Ed
| munds of Vermont and occupied by him
by Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant. window OF
Gen. Grant. who spent several happy
years there with her daughter. Mrs. Sar-
toris. and her two daughters and son,
each of whom have since married.
| After Gen. Johnston bought the house
he made many changes. including a
large addition in the rear. which brought
| it up to the spaciousness of other large
residences in its vicinity. Mrs. Town
| sends home and grounds adjoin the
Johnston home on the west.
| Gen. and Mrs. Johnston and their SON.
| in-law and daughter, Capt. and Mrs.
Summerlin, have participated in mark
ed degree in social life. winter or two
tertained a great deal for their young
relative. Miss Alice Vandergrift, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel II. Wander
grift. whose home is now on 18th street.
Creditable Army Record.
record in the army covering a period of
nearly thirty years. Born in Allegheny.
! Pa, February %. 1858, he was graduated
from the United States Military Academy
in June 1873 and from the Infantry and
Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth.
Kan. in 1883 He was an honor graduate
at the latter institution.
/ His first field service was i'm the Sth
| Cavalry, in which he served as second
lieutenant, first lieutenant and captain,
from June. 1879 until May. 1898. a period
of nineteen years In May. 1898, he was
partment. with the rank of major.
| He served continuously and efficiently in
that department until January. 1903. when
he was appointed a brigadier general 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 a few weeks only in
the latter capacity. when he resigned to
! devote his energies t. the management
| of the large estate of his father-in-law,
Mr.. Vandegrift Of Pittsburg. recently de-
ceased.
Old Indian Fighter.
While attached to the Sth Cavalry Cen
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 campaigns
against hostile Indians in Texas and
From 1888 to 1885 he was instructor in
the art of war and military engineering
at the Infantry and Cavalry School at
| Fort LeavenwOrth
From 1887 to 1891 he was instructor in
history. law and tactics at the West
Point Military Academy. From 1893 to
1895 he was in charge of mounted in
struction at the cavalry depot. Jefferson
Barracks, Mo-
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
of all the volunteer forces raised for
service in that snort war, as well as of
the volunteers raised for the Philippine
insurrection from 1893 to 1891.
| 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 1907
he attended the extensive maneuvers OF
the German army as a representative OF
the United States Army and was enter
tained by Emperor William. He made
reports of those maneuvers which are re-
garded as classics at the War Depart