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bR|G..GEN OODO
RET|RES; 81 YEARS
OLD YES7ERDA'
Gallant Old Warrior Winds "
Brilliant Career as Cavalry
Commander in Mexico.

Washington, July 26.-The of1cia
life of a gallant old warrior expire
to-day. when. by reason of the fac
that this is the cath anniversary of h
birth. Brig. Gen. George y. Dodd, tn
commander of the cavalry brigade o
the punitive expedition into Mexic #
last spring, was retired from activ
service. In the ordinary routine o
military affairs General Dodd woul
have been retired with the rank o
colonel Only a few weeks ago, b
order of the President. the higher ram
of brigadier-gcneral was conferred
upon him in recognition of his dis
tinguished services in Mexico. particu
larly his cavalry dash at Guerrero las
March, when he went into successful |
action against a superior force of ban{
dts after ride of 81 miles in II hours
In the 30 years of his service in th1
regulars, "Dare-Dcvir Dodd al he il
Familiarity known has seen as much
hard fighting Is any officer Of the servi
ice. He is a native Of Pennsylvanid
and was appointed to the military
academy from that State. Immediately
after his graduation in 1876 he wa]
assigned as a second lieutenant to thd
famous Third cavalry, tho command
that has seen more hard service on thd
border in the past four years than any
| regiment in the army.
At West Point his classmates in
cluded Hugh l.. Scott. now a major
general and chief of the general staff
Brig. Gen. Ernest A. Darlington, the
Inspector general Of the army. anc
Herbert W. Slocum. now commanding
| the 18th cavalry. the attack upon
which at Columbus. New Mexico. was
the immediate cause of the expedition
being sent into Mexico last spring.
The first 10 years Of General Dodd's
service We're 10 years Of never-ceasine
activity for the most part in action.
against the hostile Indians of the Far
West. He served through the Powde,
river expedition in 1877. helped to keer
the Indians of the Red Cloud agency
quiet in 1873. won the commentator
OF his superiors for gallant service If
the Ute expedition in 1879. was in com
mand of a famous company of scout!
in the Arizona outbreak of 1885, ant
helped suppress Indian disturbances II
what is now the State of Oklahoma IL
November. 1898.
General Dodd was a captain in TIT
3rd cavalry in the Spanish War. H
was in the battle of san Juan and par
ticipated in the siege and operation
against Santiago. He was commended
for gallantry in the face Of the enem,
in the Santiago campaign. When h
returned to the United States in TIL
latter part of 1898 he was sent t.
Fort Ethan Allen. VT. for a tour o
duty. which lasted but a few weeks
when he was ordered to the Philip
pines. where he participated in tn
expedition sent into northern Luzol
under Major-General Young. In thi
expedition he took part in 10 battles
: and again won the commendation o
his superiors for gallant and meritori
GUS work. He was recommended b.
General Young for brevet-major 70
gallant conduct in action at Sal
Nicolas. p. I.
General Dodd returned to the Uni
ted States from the Philippines in 100
and again was sent for a tour of dut
at Fort Ethan Allen. He was ordere
West in 1903 to command Fort As
siniboine, Mont. July %, 1904. he wa
made Northumberland and as
signed as second in command of tn
18th cavalry, one of the two famou
negro mounted commands of the regu
lar army. He was made n colonel I
April. 1905 and put in command of tn
12th cavalry.
He was commanding the SecOn
cavalry brigade on the border at tn
time of the Columbus raid. Whe
President Wilson ordered General Fun
. ston to send a punitive expedition int
, Mexico he promptly gave the comman
of the forces to Dodd for he knew, a
his brother officers expressed il at til
time. that old Dodd was the man VIII
could successfully cope with the Mex
can bandits II anNhndN Cnnldn