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NLY seven officers of
the United States ar
my now living have re
ceived commissions,
other than brevets, for
specific distinguished
service, and have had
the fucts concerning
the service for which
the honor was con
ferred set forth in the
co in in i s s I o n s them
selves. One of these
U the service for which that morning together. Two officers
"whiM II the uunor was con" ho rode wlln Unwfcr Colonels Mor
gcpM ferred set forth in the rls and Dyrnes, were killed at the gen
officers is Ma, Gen. John II. Brooke, who was
given his rank as a brigadier general of volun
teers years ago "for distinguished services dur
ing the battles of the Old Wilderness and
Spottsylvania Court House, Va."
Among the officers who' bear Gen. Brooke
compuny in the mutter of having been special
ly recognized by gifts of commissions for gal-
GZNMZJES WAS IMW4mi720NrJUm Iff TX&
lant sorvlces, are Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. lilies
and MaJ. Gen. Wesley Morrltt.
Gen. Brooke goes from Washington to Flor
ida in the fall. The cold of the northern win
ter strikes Into his wounds, and as this old sol
dier has more than his share of wounds he Is
In pain all over his body when they begin hurt
ing in unison. At the battle of Gettysburg he
commanded the Fourth brigade of the Second
Army corps, and at an early stage of the light
a ball struck him In the left leg, shattering the
bone. Brooko went through the battle with
only one good leg, but when asked afterward
how this was possible, ho said that his horse
had four good legs, and that as a consequence
he could spare at least one of his own.
It was at Cold Harbor that the general re
ceived the injury of which it was thought he
would die, but his constitution came to his aid
and he pulled through. It is a curious coinci
dence that Gen. Miles and Gen. Brooke took
part together in three campaigns as general
officers. Their brigades were side by side at
Cold Harbor, and later, in the Sioux war which
was waged in the country about Fine Itldge
agency, Miles and Brooke, the one a major gen
eral and the other a brigadier general, led tho
forces in the field against Kicking Bear, Short
Bull and their Ognllalla and Brule Sioux fol
lowing. In the Spanish-American war Miles
and Brooke campaigned together in Porto
Rico.
It was at the Spottsylvania Court House tight
In which Gen. Brooke so distinguished himself
as to gain from his superior officers the com
mendation which resulted in adding a grade
to his rank. By a bit of hard, dashing work
he captured two batteries of field guns that
were playing havoc with one of the flanks of
the union army, and the general had a part
In the capturo of nearly the whole of John
son's division of the confederate force.
Gen. Brooke was an eyewitness at Spott
sylvania of the heroic bravery of Gen. Robert
E, Lee, who, as Gen. Brooke tells it, "seeing
disaster all along the line, rqdo out barehead
ed In front of his men and sat, dauntless, on
his horse, setting an example of bravery to his
following. 'Get back, Gen. Lee!' his soldiers
shouted, and when finally the confederate chief
tain turned slowly to tho rear his men came on
to the charge with a gallantry and a force that
checked our advance and saved the remnant of
their army from destruction."
At Cold Harbor, Lee was firmly Intrenched
and Grant's method of getting at him was by
direct assault from the front. Gen. Brooko
hasn't much to say about the battle of Cold
Harbor. This Is what he does say: "My com
mand took part In a direct assault on the
works. We went at it, but as McDougall and
Byrnes did not get up at once, we were
(mashed back for our pains by Hill and Breck-
COrrfiGr QY wnrw iCK&un.
en ridge. We dldn i go buck far, only
to a little elevation where wo took up
a position to re-form. Now If you
want to know anything elite about the
battle, you'll have to aok Borne chap
who did not get poked In the abdomen
with a bunch of shrapnel as I did."
Mtlfta nnrt tlrnnba moHn th a fihama
eral s aide by a part of the same
"bunch of shrapnel" that "poked"
Brooke in the abdomen. Gen. Miles
was a conspicuous figure on the field
during that fight, always in front and
in the thick of things, and yet escap
ing without a scratch.
Possibly it was lucky for Oen.
Brooke that the shrapnel found him
when it did. lie was no nearer the
r
grave with the awful
wound lu his body, per
haps, than he would have
been if, unscatched at the
beginning of the fight, he
had been able with his
men to continue the rush
ing of the confederate
works all through that day
of death. As another has
written it: "Time and
again the federal troops
rushed the works at Cold
Harbor always to be re
pulsed with raurdoroua
loss by the cool fire of the
southern soldiers, it Is
reckoned that on this fa
tal day In the charges
alone, 5,000 union troop
ers went down."
Honorablo mention
camo to John It. Brooke
for gallant services at
Antletam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg and on
tho fields of the battles already named He
was a volunteer officer, but the character of
his service had been such that at the close of
tho war ho was made a lieutenant colonel of
regulars.
During his western service Brooke fought
every tribe of Indians thtit had tho heart to
take the warpath against the regulars. Ills
Indian fighting ended when on a winter morn
ing In the year 1891, 6,000 Sioux, after warring
for a month, wore driven by the forces of
Miles and Brooke Into Pine Itldge agency,
where they surrendered.
When the Spanish-American war broke out
Gen. Brooke was In command of the depart
ment of the Missouri, with headquarters In
Chicago. He was ordered to take charge of
tho military camp at Chlckamauga park. La
ter he led an army corps to Porto Rico, ex
pecting a fight but not getting it. There was
a skirmish or two, but the campaign practical
ly was bloodless. At one time it appeared that
a battle was Imminent, but a courier reached
the army with the news of tho signing of the
peace protocol. "I rather think," Gen. Brooke
said recently, "that my men were a little bit
disappointed at being called off, but It could
not be helped."
Gen. Brooke was the first military governor
of the Island of Cuba under American occu
pation. He laid tho base upon the solid walls
of which others built, to the gaining credit for
tho superstructure when much of the praise
should have been given to the foundation.
There were men having the good of tho
service at heart who feared that Charles F.
Humphrey, until recently quartermaster gen
eral of the United States army, might bo
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placed upon the retired, list by order of Presi
dent Roosevelt before he had reached the age
at which retirement Is compulsory. The men
who hold this fear probably did not know Mr.
Roosevelt.
Quartermaster General Humphrey Is In
Washington. In July. 11 years ago, he was a
colonel and quartermaster stationed at Santi
ago, Cuba. Humphrey Is a veteran of the civ
il war and of the Indian wars. There came to
him a lieutenant colonel of the volunteer cav
alry, known as the "Rough Riders." This lieu
tenant colonel wanted transportation for his
troops and wanted it "bad and quick," for the
bottling war was over and the fever had laid
its grip on the men.
Col. Humphrey knew his duty and he knew
thnt In transportation matters as in other
matters, the troops must be considered in line
of precedence, and In line of orders. There
were other officers ahead of the lieutenant col
onel of Rough Riders.
The fighting in the field was c"one. There
was another fight with words as the missiles
of warfare. The old colonel of regulars told
the young lieutenant colonel of volunteers a
few things In good old veteran language. The
young lieutenant colonel of volunteers retort
ed to the old colonel of regulars In language in
keeping with that which Is now called the lire
strenuous. The veteran knew the service and
he knew his orders, and the recruit was given
his transportation for his troops when it was
proper for him to havo It, and not one minute
earlier.
.There are persons who say that the warm
est five minutes of the whole campaign in Cu
ba were the five minutes In which Col. Charles
F. Humphrey talked to Theodore Roosevelt,
Glf. c?omn 3ROOJQ,
and Theodore Roosevelt talked back
to Charles F. Humphrey.
Only recently the lieutenant colonel
of volunteers, who wanted transporta
tion for his troops, and wanted it "bad
and quick," and who didn't get it un
til the coolnel and quartermaster was
good and ready, was the commander-in-chief
of the United States army and
the man who refused to give the
Rough Riders precedence was bis
subordinate. It should be said right
here, however, that when the opportu
nity came Col. Humphrey was made a
brigadier general by order of Mr.
Roosevelt, who Jumped the man who
once had come so close to swearing at
him that no one could tell the differ
ence, over the heads of seven other
officers, to give him the place.
As has been said, it was feared that
the president might retire' Gen.
Humphrey, as he had a right to retire
him, because the general bad seen 30
years of service, in order that another
officer might be promoted. The fear
passed. Probably there was never any
reason for its extstence excepting the
thought held by some foolish ones
that the president had neither forgot
ten nor forgiven what the old cam
palener once said to him.
From private to brigadier general ia
the promotion history, through the va
rious ranks, of course, of Charles F,
Humphrey. He showed not long ago
that the lessons of quick action taught
hiin on the battlefield have not been
lost to memory.
Gen. Humphrey did n bold thing
when the report of the Insurrection In
Cuba reached Washington. Secretary
Taft ordered the troops to make ready
to go to the island. The sanction of
President Roosevelt was needed to
make the order effective. The presi
dent was at sea on Admiral Evans'
battleship, watching the maneuver
off Oyster Bay. Hours would elapse
before the president could be reached.
Meanwhile, Gen. Humphrey, as chlel
quartermaster of the army, acting on
his own Initiative, chartered the necessary transports foi
the troops and held them until word could be re
ccived from the president.
If the president had declined to sanction Secretary
Taft's order, and as a result, the transports had not been
needed, tho bill for their day's service would have been
rendered to the government, which, in the way of gov
ernments, probably would have repudiated it, and 11
would have taken some years of Gen. Humhrey's pay tc
have satisfied the ship owners.
Many officers would have refused to telegraph orderi
chartering the transports before it was known definitely
that they were to be used. Gen. Humphrey took th
chance. As a result the ships were ready when th
troops were ready, and there was not an hour's delay in
the program of Intervention in Cuba. In his messagi
page the president speaks of the preparations for send
tag tho army to Cuba as "faultless." The chief word ol
praise belonged to the quartermaster general.
In the Cuban campaign of 1898, Col. Humphrey b
was then a colonel had troubles of his own. The quar
terniaster'a depnrtment should not be confused with tb
commissary department, as It frequently is confused it
the mind of the civilian. Col. Humphrey did not hav
embalmed beef troubles, but he did have other troubles
He knew what was needed for the soldiers' use in a sub
tropical climate in summer, and he did more effectlvi
long-range directing than any other man in the service
The government wasn't prepared for the Spanlsh-Amer
lean war, but Humphrey, by sheer force of hammering lu
telegra8. succeeded In inducing the department author!
ties at the capital to send him light-weight un
dershlrts ror the troops, Instead of bearsklr
Jackets and rabbit-skin caps, with a thousant
or two woolen blankets thrown In. A vas
quantity of material sent to Cuba before th'
officers at the front could stop its shipment
was much better fitted for a polar expedltlor
than tor a campaign under a tropical sun.
Humphrey went into the civil war us a prt
vate of artillery, when he was a mere boy. H
has been in a hundred battles and has beet
brevetted for conspicuous personal gallantrj
on the field. He U perhaps the bluffest sol
dler In the army, and he is also one of thi
best.
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Miss Mary Boylo O'Reilly, secretary of tht
children's institutions department, is giving i
course of lectures on kindred subjects, such at
truancy, the Juvenile courts, and so on, in Bos
ton. She says that many homes are of sue!
character that weaklings are bred in them, and
that a large class of children think themselvej
Justified In playing truant In order to eari
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