Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1884 — GEN. SHERMAN. [ARTICLE]

GEN. SHERMAN.

The President’s Order Announcing HisRetirement. The President, on the Bth Inst., issued the following order, announcing the retirement of Gen. Sherman: Gen. William T. Sherman, General of the Army, having this day reached the age of 64 years, is, in accordance to law, placed on the retired list of the army without restriction of pay and aßowances. The announcement of the severance from the command of the army of one who has been for so many years its distinguished chief can but awaken in the minds not only of the army but of the people of the United States, mingled emotions of regret and gratitude—regret at the withdrawal from active military service of an officer whose lofty sense of duty has been a model for all soldiers since he first entered the army, July, 1840, and gratitude freshly awakened for the services of incalculable value rendered by him in the war for the Union, which his great military genius and daring did so much to end. The President deems this a fitting occasion to give expression in this manner to the gratitude felt toward Gen. Sherman by his fellow-citizens, and to the hope that Providence may grant him many years of health and happiness in relief from the active duties of his profession.

cHESTER A. ARTHUR.