Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1898, Page 11

THE EVEN NG STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1898-12 PAGES. ae = = a a ee en ee a The Peer ececcccsesooes Pe ereecoreccce Peewee apes “e T pS . . . . . . ° . . . . . . . . het 4 the sale wiil (Tomorrow’s Program) HIS “Trade Sale’’ merchants. OMORROW'S program includes 211 La- dies’, Misses’ and Children’s Tailor-Made Garments, from New York’s leading pro- ducer. They are all this season’s most chic Coats and Suits, offered in many instances at less than the price paid for making alone. they are all the expensive man-made garinents. Coat, iliustrated above, tells you of the correctly small 1¢ superior man-tailored appearance. > thoroughly appreciate the difference between these high= ents and the usual cheap imitations. between a vulgar’and a refined woman. ie best can be yours at even less prices than for the receive the respectful attention it is the eutcome of a combination of the manufacturers’ and importers’ needs and the purchas- ing power of leading New York, Philadeiphia and Washington-- Palais Royal- most important shopping news of late years is the result. The Note “Trade Sale” THE PALAIS ROYAL. Pe ooeerceorecscosoos Seedeedeadeatenteeedeate: Sateeteteteeteeteet Sheteadeateetees a a eS : : . ° PS e . ° . ° . ° . ° . . . . ° . ° . . . . . . . . . . . . ° . . . . . . . . . eee oeeerervccoes But you need to There’s as much And now that Coats fc Coats ie $Q € $ 4,8 ‘oats for for Sto Coa for for S8 Coats. | | | $15 Coats for $16 Coats for sige | $13 Coats for $12 Coats for $1t Coats for ‘oy? $18 Coats for § 7 for $7 Coats. | r for $6 Coats. | for $5 : Coats. i | (0) for $4 Coats. for $4 Coats. for $4 Coats. le m every priced la g ladies who z $4.98 for $8 Coats. $6. ISSES* Coats, in sizes 12 to 16 years, are respect equal to the highest. i garments—in styles to suit tall and short, stout and $4.98 for $10 Coats. $3.98 for $8 Coats. for $10 Ceats. ( eae Coats, as in the illustration above, and many other styles suitable for those 8 to 14 years of age. 79 for $6 Coats. $2. $1.98 for $5 Coats. S $25 to $40 Suits, Mr. Keen, Delaney mad Choice for only $15. ‘Choice for only Ladies’ Silk Lined Cloth Suits. “ID and perhaps a few other expert tailors could reproduce these Suits — but such ready-made garments have never before been offered in Washington. They are exquisitely of best shrunk wool cloths and are lined with heavy taffeta silk from neck band to s Man-tailored Suits, The making worth $15. SeaoGoabe roeteeeteatonetoetontontentnetet teeter sedtontontoeteeseetentestencenrensneseetestentesseronseatenteeseeseesnesn seated soeseeseesersenseeseege Rs see rt hem. Plaid and as in the illustrations. Only too few of them. | Separate Waists and Skirts. $5.44 for $7.50 quality Ik Waists ripe velvet bound. $6.79 for $10 and $12 Black Brocaded Silk and Satin Skirts; rustleine lined, Sestesserondontonteatestectortesdeateeceatensententessesgerongeatoateeteetnetentetteeseeteete gente to come. $6.59 for | Taffeta Silk Waists. eight of these—and no more $10 quality Only Silk and Satin $9 -98 for $15 Brocaded 2 black and colors. garments are these. sonteedoeteoton Skirts, in Superb $8.59 for ch ice of the ten E made of double-faced cloth. at S12 to $18 each. of two apes wit 24 Ladies’ Capes. glish Golf Capes, Imported to retail $3 i 0. Te Iskin Collai discount Furriers’ Furs. 25 per cent discount—one-quarter off the price marked on the garment prices are reduced prices. is now marked on a Real you select. And marked a ss se so $11.98 ar 2 heads and 8 tails | count and $8.99 buy arked on a Black ny Soe worth it Searf with Peduet dis- it. $16.50 as cunt makes it only A. LISNER, é Sa a a a se BRUTALITY TO THE CUBANS. fon was held by the <y afternoon for two hours, the subject under discus- This proceeding { presented by 3 the result een himself and a Mr. 1 presenting the 2 that Mr. had but re- tler a most island. Se time. ic report of t Morgan and in thirty- ad spent more or less prosecutio’ 3 outside of Ha- effort made to and he de- both as a result of the cruelty of nish troops and for the lack of ared th-> there was no evi- provinc g of a more liberal of these unfortunate people un- iministration of Gen. Blance than there had been under the Weyler regime, and said that the people in general were in just as deplorable a condition now as they had been before the change. In no case e the reconcentrados allowed to go out- side the military pests to collect food, and while there wae seme effort im certain in- The Palais Royal. is now marked on Stone Mart regularly was — G and 11th Streets. a ee as se ts ts ee a ae eT a oo a a a a a a ee Seedesgentesgete marked cn a Muff ¢ » Muff 54.98 Teal sealokin and ». ‘the | mouttion. ‘The discount makes J only $3.74 for it. Book News. G7 Conan_ Doyle's A Desert Drama,"” 88e here, oes stances to grow creps in the immediate vt- cinity of the garrisons, these crop areas dia not extend mcre than 500 yards from the forts. He added that if the peuple were allowed to get out they could get enough to eat to keep soul and body to- gether, but that when even smali children attempted to go outside of the guard lines they were shot down as ruthlessly as if they were enemies in arms. He said that he had seen women and children abused by the Spanish soldiery, and that a favorite pastime seemed to be to kick the women tas if they were dogs. Mr. Koop a at Senator an’s scheme of autonom le istry, and pronous it a failure from one end of the 4sland to another. He said thac business Was at a standstill throughout the country, that few crops were growing, nd that desolation and ruin stared the traveler in the face wherever he went. AS consequence, property was much depre- clated in value and the people were greatly discouraged. He said that the general es- timate was that the war had already re- suited in the loss of 600,000 lives, and Mr. Koop himself did not consider these figures exaggerated. There was some Comment upon the docu- ment by Senators Morgan, Gallinger and on, but no official action was taken. nator Mason said the statement was no more than he had expected to hear, and nator Gallinger declared that the picture drawn was a deplorable one. He said that two years ago he had advised that the United States should intervene to put a stop to the war, and that every develop- ment since had confirmed the wisdom of the suggestion then made. —__-2+_____ For threatening to kill Minnie Wright, colored, Robert McPhereon, also colored, was today sent to jail for four months by Judge Scott. RELIEVING THE CUBANS. What Was Done With a Small Amount of Money. Charles W. Russeli, assistant Unite’ States attorney in the Department of Jus- tice, has received a letter from United States Consul Barker at Sagua la Grande, Cuba, acknowledging the receipt of relief money for the starving inhabitants of the isiand. Mr. Russell investigated condi- ticns on the island last fall.and about two veeks ago received a letter from Consyl Barker appealirg for supplies. This letter was given to the press. That received yesterday read as follow: “My Dear Mr. Russell: To show you the quick response cmanating from the inter- view you gave the press of the United States I have received from Philadelphia, Boston and other points in Massachusetts and Ccn- necticut $625. With this small sum, by the good management of an excellent com- mittee of ladies and gentlemen, we have provided the sick with seventy blankets and sixteen cots, as also two cases condensed milk, 178 garments for woinen and chil- dren, consisting of light underwear and calico dresses, the ladies buying the mate- rials, and sewing day and night to get them ready for use. “In addition, I have issued rations of jerked beef, rice, lard, harina (hominy) and crackers to feed them comfortably four days, to seventy-three families, numbering all told 356 not counting chil- dren under seven years of age. This done, without having received any money, any Supplies sent to Havana, as General Lee Tas not been able, with what has reached him, to provide for all the destitute im- mediately surrounding him.” ———__ - e+ —____ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers, NATIONAL-EMBLEMIT OH TO Ceremony of Presénttattion by Children of Americare Révolution, AN ADDRESS BY MEM: c. H. SLOCOMB Comment by the National Presi- dent of the Society. “(q+ INCIDENT OF INTEREST The beautiful cxeretses connected with the return and presentation for the year 1896 of the national emblem of the Children of the American Revolution on Washing- ton’s birthday at Columbia Theater were especially interesting. By. the escort of the Nelly Custis Society of Washington, D. C., inthe absence of any Connecticut delegates, preceded by the Henderson Drum Corps, the national em- blem was borne up proudly to the platform, where Mra. Danfel Léthrop, the national president, received it on its annual return. In the absence~of serious illness of the state director of Connecticut, Mrs. C. H. Slocomb, the president’ of tae Bridgeport Society of Connecticut, received the e1 blem from the young bearers as_ the: marched up to the*platform, returning it to the netional president, who handed it to the first member of the National So- ciety, Margaret M. Lothrop of Concord, Mass., who placed it in the standard. History of Banner. Mrs. Slocomb's address on the return of the banner contained the following: “We Connecticut Children of the Amer- ican Revolution return to you a second time our national banner, ready to pro- gress another step onward and upward in its Inevitable destiny. Its present sojourn with us has not been inglorio: When, last February, Mrs. Weed, regent of the Nerwalk Chapter, so graciously received this emblem from the president in our be- half, she told you that ‘it represented our strength in numbers and future interest in our important organization.’ She pointed to the glowing red of its strenmer resenting our enthusiasm; to the evidence of pure and lofty purpose, a the blue as representative of the truth and ice of our ples. And we have red to prove that she counted not the sterling qualities of her *childre ‘Sent forth from your convention, bear- its gracious honors to us, the banner reached New London in safety, and thence was returned to its first home on the bat- tle ground of Groton Heights, under the shadow of the monument sacred to the un- dying memories of tionary heroes. there to await acti rvice. It had not long to iie enfolded i velvet cushions. The ‘children’ of Connecticu: determined to welcome it back by’a grand ‘emblem fu- bilee,” and selected the state's Arbor day, May 7, for the cc ; and in proof of their gratitude for another successful year decided to give their state nine beautiful trees, and plant them on Groton Heights that day, these to ineiude a baby Charter Oak, grandchild of the great historic passed; Jike man into sfratef. the ju: But Ten’ Responded. “Our thirtecn societies ummoned, with stars and stripes, s and drums, martial drill and patriotic songs.’ bore aloft your em- blem in their midst and threw to a mighty Lreeze its lovely streamers. Each society in turn came forward and bestowed its ‘purse’ (for the pubéhase of these tre reciting at the same! time such noble pa- trioiic quotations that this banner wouRt surely repeat each.to you were it gifted with aught but mute. eloquence! “Some weeks elapsed before the emblem rad another ‘outing,’ for we supposed it was to show Its ‘bravery’ of ‘red, white and blue’ only on occasions of actual pa- triotic memorial work completed for state and county, but these long, sunny weeks were not without patriotic results. [ts handsome case, standing erect in the Mon- ument House (where about 4,000 visitors registered during the summer months) at- tracted atention and inquiries. Then, nat- urally, its story followed, ,and thus it taught its daily lesson. “The 21st of June the Thomas Avery So- elety of Poquonnce cailed for the ‘national emblem’ and summoned the neighboring societies to witness the culmination of their patriotic industry. To this little band of twenty-two workers it was confided as they stcod at the village church door; thence our procession moved out to the quaint old graveyard, a half mile distant, nestled at the foot of a mighty granite ledge. Oh! si quietly lay the ‘early set- lers’ there beneath the long whispering grasses and gently moving tree shadows that one hesitated to tread in and out among the moss-grown tombstones, to the only new and radiant one, bedecked with flowers, and the erection of which, to a hero’s memory, the banner had come to celebrate. Time fails to tell of these in- teresting details. But they can be read in society's report. ‘The Col. Wm. Ledyard Seciety of Gro- ton called together all neighboring societies for a Fourth of July celebration on July and, of course, ‘the national emblem’ presided over their rejoicing and festivities and calmly listened to a youthful George Washington proclaim the Declaration Independence to a large audience, sur- rounded by flags and music and all the panoply of American patriotism. Memorial Guise. “The next outing came once again in solemn memorial guise. The ‘Willlam La- tham, Jr.'s,’ of Stonington, the historic ‘Little Powder Monkey's’ band of twenty- one members had been ‘up and doing,’ and rejoiced to summon the emblem to be pres- ent at the fulfillment of their proudest ambition, the erection of a stone over Sergt. Daniel Stanton’s neglected grave, in North Stonington, on August 26. After a short journey by rail and a long drive through a country blessed with vistas of land and sea, islands, sounds and bays, hills, dales, forests and lovely ponds, mak ing beauty on all sides, we mounted high- er and higher into a fine rolling country many miles inland, there to find awaiting us on the slope of a gentle hill the group of young patriots guarding the gateway to ‘God's Acre,’ reserved through many generations for the Stanton family. The society officers and ‘children’ led the way to the fine boulder they had placed, over which lay draped the ‘Star Spangled Ban- ner’ and beside this reposed your emblem, over the ashes of Hero Stanton, while they unveiled and dedicated their com- pleted work amid nature's charming and Teposeful aspect. The grasshoppers chirp- ed welcome and the birds joined to praise as the sweet young voices gave forth ‘My Corntry, 'Tis of Thee.’ Inspired by the enthusiasm and devotion of this patriotic band, a stranger fram the western land, in search of his ancestors, went to great pains and expense to clear out the de- crepit overgrowth of»years and straighten the leaning headstones of lang syne that the plot might be ready for this momen- tous occasion. Surely our emblem approv- ed that day. House of a Hero. “September 6 the ‘Stephen Hempsteads’, admirable in both. system and patriotic work, were ready to show the national em- blem, and why it hada right to wave its ‘red, white and blue’ for them. Their so- ciety had worked, saved and sacrificed to surprise New London. by placing an endur- ing tablet to mark the house in which their intrepid hero had lived. The picture there presented to your banner was an old house, beautifully decorated without and within, surrounded by grass and shaded by fine old trees, under which were seated an assem- bly of interested citizens, as well as many societies 6f the C. A, R. The ceremontes were dignified and delightful. A lovely group of ‘Stephen Hempstead’ youths and maidens unveiled the handsome ‘record in bronze of this patriot's life. The banXer here found something else interesting, a mass of brilliaat color! bordered of ae gold, em! shield of ae surcharged with clinging grape es, beast beneath the motto ‘Que Trans- and r4 tulit Sustinet’ (“He who transplanted will sustain’), Connecticut's sublime declaration of faith inherent with her Puritanism, com- pleting the newly- te HELP OTHERS. And Hence They Give Good Advice About How tc . Make Life Happier. “A man is known by the company he keeps.” Above are the pletures of two well-known and | | Safe Cure with great advantage and dertved much benefit from its nse, and unbesitatingly recom- mend it my friends.” 5 . e Rt. . Bishoy y cee Se tere fy Oe aie ete ta ab SER) aa leepeahiege!upee this wallet: Ihr Mania GAB Edward Wilson, D.D., LD., and the other is | y pave known « who have been perma J. BE. Rankin, D.D., LL.D. President of | nently cured of at of the kidneys end url- ard University, Washington, D. These | nary th of Warner's Sat gentlcmen have secured the high positions they bold and the confidence which every one has in them through the fidelity they have shown to | humanity and the canse they represent. ‘They are men who have the confidence of all who know them; men who love humanity and seek by every means in their power to do everything to benefit It, It is notable, though not strange, that both these en have found great help and assistance source, . one of the great nan the r patriotic frier ‘the might display to ths national emblem’ before it should pass on to others who may be found worthier in point of numbers, or societte For the quantity and quality of their work, Con- necticut’s children will cede ‘the palm’ to none! Yh! patriot’s genius and guide, good- Seek other children of the Amer: of when again Con- bye revolution to tell necticut bestirs h 3 cieties and reap fresh laurels in the front ranks.” President's Comment. The natio. president said: The splen- did record of Connecticut meets my lov and admiration; I wish I could have the space to record it he I accept with lov and appre tion the return of the embl and I present it anew to the stat? ‘gest number of societies for Ma husetts, having eigh B York following with fir- i sachusetts, therefore, I pre- ational emblem for 1585, trusting that s 1 be worthy of it and bear it aloft as the banner of progress for all the oung people of our land.” YOtrs Maria M, Neale, the state director of Ma: chuset' then received the in glowing patriotic words of ins and premise, and this beautiful and lating incldent closed in a round of plause. Se goa THE COURTS. Equity Ccurt No. 1—Justice Cox. ate of Martin P. ing; auditor's report ratified. Clark agt. Widmayer; Jacob Franz admitted as party complainant. MeKee agt. aura M. Humphre Grealish agt. Greal- ish: commission ordered to issue. Stewart " Stewart; sale decreed, with Henry G Wagner, trustee,, to sell. In re The Payne, Vesper Isabel, Lucy Taylor, Benj. Taylor, Catherine Smith, Frank Sacket inquisitions in lunacy confirmed. In re Wm. R. Truxton; Julia P. Truxton appointed committee. Hood agt. Fry; rule on Chas. C. Tucker, returrable February 28, granted. Hitchcock agt. Hitchcock; payment of coun- gel fees ordered. “Mitchell agt. Essex; r straining order continued in part. Slack agt. Dunlap; commission ordered to issue. 7 uity Court No. 2—Justice Hagner. Satie Lege Sexton; testimony before J. A. Clark, examiner, ordered taken. Brown fagt. Brown; order reopening cause and commission issued to take further testimo- Wilson agt. Wilson; order requiring defendant to restore certain papers to files of this court. Keefer agt. Keefer; divorce a vin. mat. granted. Circuit Court No. 1—Justice Cole, Danenhower agt. Tompkins; judgment on verdict for defendant for costs. Rapp eg. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company; on trial. Criminal Court No. 1—Chief Justice Bing- ham. United States agt. James J. Schenck; larceny; defendant withdraws plea of not guilty and pleads guilty. United States agt Jno. Monohon and Wm. Aitdorter; larceny; nolle pros. United States agt. Saml. Banks and Charles Banks; larceny from the per- gon; sentence, jail ten months. United States agt. Chas. Banks; do.; sentence, New Jersey state prison for three years. United States agt. Benj. Hatton; receiving stolen property; nolle pros. United States agt. Wm. L. Altdorfer and Jno. J. Kavannaugh; violating section 5431 R. S. U. S.; verdict, not guilty. Criminal Court No. 2—Justice Bradley. United States agt. Henry Corprall; recet ing stolen property; forfeiture of recogniz- ance set aside upon payment of costs. Jas. L. Heiskell agt. Washington Chemical Com- pany; on trial. ned Loeal Patents. Patents were issued today to the follow- ing residents of the District of Columbia: J. E. Blomen, assignor of one-half to the Jovitt Manufactusing Company; making ex- plosives. Carl Barns, assignor of one-half to 3. L. Atkins; machine for measuring variable angles between rotating bodies. D. A. McKnight; elastic tire for vehicles and elastic-tired wheel. John H. Snapp; racing harness attach- ment. Vernon C. Tasker; breech-loading ord- nance. —_—___-e+__ Question of Responsibility. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: Mr. Robert T. Lincoln is reported in last night’s Star, in respect to the Maine dis- aster, as being positive, “assuming a mine exploded by a fanatic or by accident, that would be the end of the affair. In neither case would the slightest Mability attach to Spain.” A So, if a man-trap set by a stile catches one who ts rightfully there, he who set the trap goes scot free. It is to be hoped Mr. Lincoln did not say that; but if he did, think of it, if we had made him President cn account of his name! And he has been Secretary of War and minister to England, HHARLES JAMES. too. . February 22, 1898. —_— Delegates of Board of Trade. President T. W. Noyes of the Washington board of trade has appointed Dr. Samuel Cc. Busey ard Dr. J. B. Gregg Custis dele- and 8. G. Cornwell. | | \ organs by in similar co: ling. This rem- nanity, to recom: highest use of bu nd.”* 2 Men like Bishop Wilson and Dr Kk things « y love men Rankin do net h they are nd women and de. to see them morally, better. Thousands moment tempt RUMORS IN CONGRES o |) Reported Change in the President's Cuben Policy. © Disaster, Less excitement and mo shown about Congress today in contemplat- ing the Cuban situation. There appears to be a general feeling that a crisis is soon to reached. It is reported among members that the President has reached the end of the policy which he has heretofore followed, and that a termination of the s in Cuba wiil be insisted upon. ‘The statement is made positively that be- fore the disaster to the Maine the Presi- dent was preparing a message to be sent to Congress in transmitting the information respecting Cuba, which had been called for by both houses, and that in this message he would have announced his conclusion that the so-called Spanish reforms in Cuba had not been a success, and that it would be proper for this country to intervene to put an end to the struggle. According to this statement, the message gravity Is Bele : | would have been sent to Congress had not Humphreys; pro confesso against heirs of the disaster to the Maine occurred, and that now action has been suspended until the in- vestigation into that disaster has been con- cluded. After that, it is sald, steps will be taken to end the Cuban war, no matter What the cause of the destruction of the Maine is found to have been, though the na- ture of the steps taken will depend upon the disclosures of the inquiry now in prog- Tess. The feeling is very general that there must be a speedy conclusion of the Cuban war, but the manner of its ending is a matter of doubt. Early action by the administration is now expected by those who have not heretofore believed that the President would interfere. This change of opinion is based on information which, it scems, is be- ing cautiously given out among men in Con- gress. The solemnity with which the address of Washington was read in the Senate yester- day; the large attendance and the profound attention given to the reading, and the em- phasis with which the warning to prepare for war in time of peace was read and the manner in which it was received, were sig- nificant of sentiment of the Senate and the feeling of gravity which prevails. A resolution offered by Mr. Morgan im- mediately after the reading of the address, directing the naval committee to consider the question of constructing a mighty battle hip to be named the George Washington, was adopted without an opposing voice. Unanimous consent was at once given for the consideration of Mr. Hawley’s measure providing for an addition of two regiments of artillery, and the act of Mr. Bate in af- terward protesting against any increase of the army seemed to come as a shock en- tirely discordant with the sentiment per- vading the Senate. Purchasing Their Freedom. Two members of the cabinet hawe ex- pressed to a representative of The Star their belief that there is no truth in the story that President McKinley will pro- pose to Spain to allow the Cubans to pur- chase their freedom. Both of these men are close enough to the chief executive to know whether he has entertained such ideas. They know that he has never spoken of this proposition either at a cabinet meet- ing or to them personally. They do not be- leve that he has arrived at any sudden de- termination of this kind. They say that { is unlike him to jump hastily at an affair. In the wide field of speculation which such @ proposition opens there is only one theory in official circles upon which it is thought the President would likely proceed in proposing this to Spain. That theory is that the proposition is a peaceful one, in line with the policy of the government so far. If refused by Spain, as it would al- most certainly be, the President would have one more reason to add to the string which he has accumulated and will finally use to force Spain to relinquish her bloody course in the island, and to uphold this country in the course to be pursued in forcing Spain to that position. ‘To Follow an Old Maxim. In many quarters the bellef is gaining ground that the President wishes to follow the old maxim of the law applied to cases of men on charge for murder—that the de- fendant rust prove that he evaded a fight as long as possible, and finally forcibly act- ed as a last resort. In his course since the 4th of last March the President has placed Spain in position of refusing to follow pathways suggested to her that might have ended the war. He has given time for Spain to demonstrate her ability to put a stop to the conflict. He has done many things, it is argued, to prevent hostilities between. the two countries. After having made a last effort to bring about peace he can then command peace, at the same time | e men innumerable who have been wort who pre less than formerly; who feel a lack of ambition when they should be ener and whe do net know the 1 is ease for all that ts, kidney Mi Th whe lack appetit virtually a burde nds, and not realize the rises from female Kidneys. To all suc . nperfect outspoken werds above a blessing, and nobl na men as the such frank IMPORTANT ARMY CHANGE. Breck as chang: being th will . Corbin to that m retirement of Gene having the his years, eral Breck in the arm adjutant omparatively pointed to that 1897, when a vacar the statutory n Adjutant born Middlebor- Mass., February eighth generas , Plymouth ISM, and r tion of Edwan Breck, who came to Dor- chester, Mass., from Ashton, England, in 16 He was graduated from the Miiltary Academy July 1, 1855, and apjoinied second lieutenant, isi Artidery, on that date. His firs. military service was in the campaign against the Seminoie Indians, in Florida, in 1855-56, after which he was transferred to cuty at Fort Moultrie, Sonth Carolina, and then to Fort McHenry, Maryland. In 139 he was transferred to duty in the extreme southwest and marched with his troops from Helena, Ark., to Fort Clark, Texas. 3 After a short service at that post he w again transferred to duty at Fort Moulir: where he remained until 18, in which y: he was detailed to the Military Academy assistant professor of and ethics, and subsequ cipal professor of those sition he held till Dec meantime he was prom Ist Artillery appointed general, and most creditably He was the field as ist Army Corps and the Rappahannock “occupation of the expedition to tercept the retr General Ja In July, the adjutant general's o city, where he rem of rolis, blanks and the enlisted men of th teer forces, and of the records of discon- tinued commands and the aration aid publication of the volu: registers. At the close of the war brevettad, lieutenant colonel, and. Subsequently he was brevet Giligent, faithful and meritorious services in the adjutant general's department dur- ing the rebellion,” and in March, 1865, he was made brevet brigadier general of th» United States army for general services during the civil war. m June, 1870, he served six years a3 adjutant general of the division of the Pa- cific at San Francisco, during which timo he was also mustering and disbursing offi- cer at that post. He was next engaged for one year on special duty in connection with the recruiting service in the division of the Pacific. He was absent for three months on leave during 1877, at the expiration of which leave he served for one month’ as adjutant general of the Department of East, New York city. In December, 1 he was detailed to duty in this city, sistant to the adjutant general, and mained here until October, 1880, when he was assigned to duty as adjutant gener: of the Department of Dakota. from Oc‘o- ber, 1880, to June, 1885, and of ae Dep: ment of the Platte, to August, 1889. Returning to Washington in 1889, he served as assistant to the adjutant genera! until Decembef, 1892, when he was assign -d to special duty at the Army building, New York city, to February, 1893, in connec’ with the revision of army regulations From February, 1893, to October, 1895, } served as adjutant general of the Dep: ment of the East, at Governor's Island, ¥., and when Major General Miles was © s- signed to the command of the army, tn ©c- tober, 1895, General Breck was assigned to duty as adjutant general at headquar'ers of the army, in this city, and acted in that