Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-22
BRIG. GEN. HARR|ES
SEEKS RETIREMENT
CONTINUED from First Page.)

only living asset transferred with the
property He remained on the Post
for several months and then became
member of the reportorial staff OF The
Evening Star. AS such he reported the
Sioux campaign in the vicinity of Pine
Ridge in 1901, the Homestead strike
of 1892 and the railroad riots in Chi
cago in 1892 and 1894.
At the time when Gen. Ordway was
engaged in the effort to obtain legis-
latlon to bring about the organization
Of the N. G. D. c. there was active CO.
operation between him and Gen. Har-
cussed and then commenced relation
ship of the most intimate sort.
In 1899 he was appointed staff ser
geant on the general non-commissioned
staff He served as such for about
ficient rifle shot, was promoted to a
first lieutenancy, and became inspect
or OF rife practice Of the I'd Battalion.
at that time commanded by Maj Fred
Bracket In July, 1892, he was desig-
mated in general orders to be assistant
inspector general of rifle practice. and
IN November of the same year was
commissioned major and inspector gen.
eral of rifle practice.
Rifle practice did not. however. oc-
cupy Maj. Harries attention to the ex-
clusion Of other important matters rel
alive to the guard.
Possessing the complete confidence OF
in every phase of the situation, locally
and generally. which could possibly
concern the citizen soldiery here or
elsewhere. During 1S95-6-7 he was the
legislative agent of the brigade, and as
such rendered services which earned
for him the sincere thanks of Gen. Ord
way and other Westinghouse. to
whom the National Treasury had long
been indebted for money advanced for
the support of the brigade.
Prominent Outside Of Guard.
Outside of his activities in military
matters, Gen. Harries was at that time
a member Of the board Of school trustees,
a member of the board of managers Of the
Associated Charities, a director OF the
Sanitary Improvement Company and
much interested in a number Of other
organizations and efforts to improve local
conditions.
Gen. Harries was for many years a
member Of the executive department Of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company, and was for several years the
vice president and general manager of
that corporation. He resigned from this
position in September, 1911. to join the
staff Of H. NJ. Byllesby & Co. engineers,
Of Chicago.
Gen. Harries' interest in electrical
NldttcTS was ucNclOpSu III lllS city pc-
ginning in the latter sos. At that time
he was prominent in newspaper work,
and his duties put him in close touch
with the then existing problems of
street railway traffic, that he became
fully conversant with the details of the
experiments of the Metropolitan Rail-
| road Company to operate cars by the
use Of storage batteries. Following
this he made a careful study of the use
of electrical current for transportation
purposes, and this resulted in his be-
coming president of the Metropolitan
Company in 1896.
Although his field of activity in the
business world was constantly increas-
ing, Gen. Harries found time to take a
lively interest and to participate active
ly in work of the citizen soldiery of
the National Capital. At the outbreak
of the Standardization war he or
ganized and saw active service in the
field as colonel of the LIST District of
Columbia Infantry. United States Vol
unteers
Invariably an earnest worker in the