El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-10
ONLY one CIVIL
WAR OFFICER LEFT
Col. Glen Is the Man-CoI
West Has a Medal of
HOnor-Army News.

Washington. D. c., Jan. 1O.-There is
! only one civil war officer on the active
/ iSt Of the army today, Col. John l.
! Ctem, quartermaster corps, the senior
I OFFICER of his rank in that branch Of
/ Ihe service. Col elem will not retire
/ Tor age until August 13, 1915.
Col. Frank West, commanding the
/ I'd cavalry and Fort Bliss is one of
the very few officers in the army who
mas medal of honor, awarded him by
congress for bravery in action against
/ Commissions of Officers.
The army has been amazingly re-
J constituted in its corps of officers since
/ the Spanish war. Out of it's present
INST OF Officers no less than 3474 have
SooS SG me service since January i,
1898 In other words IS percent of the
commissioned personnel have been SOL
alers less than Is years. Only 967, less
1 than thousand, were in the army
! prior 20 the war with Spain.
General Officers.
among the IS line generals on the
active list of the army there is not
one who participated in the civil war,
the last one, Brig.-Gen- Daniel H
! Brush, having retired for age last
May. In the list are Is graduates of
the military academy at West Point
All the major-generals are West
POINTERS with the exception of Maj
army as an assistant surgeon, and
MaJ.-Gen. William W. WOtherspOOn,
l who entered the service from civil life.
? There are two cavalry officers among
and william H. Carter. There is one
artillery officer in the list Arthur
Thomas H. Barry and William W
| w otnerspoon- Among the brigadier-
! generals of the line, there are four
former cavalry officers, three artillery
J officers and six infantry officers.
Changes in the Active List.
During 1912 the active list of the
army lost III officers by deaths. resig-
nations, retirements and dismissals. In
1911. los officers left the active list:
IN 1910, 102; in 1909. 1873; in 1908, 139;
In 1907. 100, and in 1906, 153.
As Sc West Point cadets were gradu-
aJed and appointed to the army last
year, there is a net gain to the active
RMS IS an increase of six over the
net gain of 1911. There were on Janu-
airy 1, 1913, 1921 gradUtes of West
Point on the active list of the army
considerably less than One-half of all
the officers.
Appointments to the Army.
Two hundred and twenty-six new Of
tieers Were appointed in the army in
the calendar year 1912. OF that num-
Der 1S4 were commissioned second
heutenants, and of the AZ other ap-
polntments, IS went to the medical
corps as first ieutenants, and four
were chaplains. Ninety-siX of the ap-
Pointments were graduates of West
Point, 16 were from the ranks in the
army, and 135 were from civil life
Four OF those credited to civil life were
former midshipmen.
designations.
The number Of officers who resigned
their commissions in the army in 1912
Jumped TO II, as against II in the pre-
ceding year. OF those who resigned
last year, four were captains, seven
We're first Heutenants, five were sec
Ond lieutenants, and one was a chan
lain One officer who left the service.
medical corps first lieutenant was
later reappointed. Seven of those who
resigned were graduates of West
Point two were from the army, and
eight were from civil life
As a result of the 1912 trials two
oftlcers were dismissed from the ser
wee, five being dismissed in all dur
ing the year, three having been tried
IN 1911 An officer was sentenced TO
olsInlSsal, put his sentence was com
muted by the president to the loss of
90 mes IN grade; another was also
sentenced to dismissal. but the presi-
dent changed the decision of the court
six months.
Coming Retirements.
III Inns year president elect Wilson !
VIII have an opportunity of appoint
ing four brlgadier generals of the line.
as four officers of that rank will re- |
tire for age. President TAFT has 80
acknowledgements to appoint or o1e 70 |
succeed Gen. George s. Anderson Who
etired on october 16 last and an
other TO take the place Of Gen. Ed !
ward ). McCiernand. who retired on 4
December % The following are tia
gen raj; officers who will retire I'd
S SeS,,, thls year year, B3rTIg- Gen Walter s
Of California. April rs: Frederick A. |
Smith, department of the Missouri |
May Is; Edgar Y. Steever. deDarfneDf |
of Texas, August 20: Ralph X Howl /
department of the Lakes. October o
Col Alexander O. Brodie. former
governor of Arizona, viii be retired |
during the year on November n
Reber May be Elevated.
It IS reported that Mai Samuel Pc
Der. former chief signal officer Of fbe |
department of Texas, a soninlaw Of
Cen Nelson a Miles, is to be made
chief of the signal corps of the army
He is one of the officers Prominently
mentioned for the place.
The name of First Lieut. Frederick /
Mears, I'd cavalry. has been placed on /
the list of detached officers. and the I
name Of First Lieut.. William G. Meade
cavalry, removed therefrom. Lieut.. /
name of First Lieut. VIM. G. Meade. |
Meade is assigned TO the I'd cavalry. !
and upon his relief from recruiting
duJy viii join regiment.
New Campaign Hat.
The war department is now working J
on modification OF the campaign hat.
Il has been decided TO dispense with
the stiff brim and If possible, that the
crown will be enlarged slightly. The
orlm Of the new campaign hat will be
0I about the same stiffness of the hat
worn by the cowboys. IT will be stiff
& oil r,rTl