Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1894 — MAJ. GEN. SCHOFIELD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAJ. GEN. SCHOFIELD.

TW Man Who Holds the Hlcheet Pocltto* la the United States Army. The calling of the regular army troops to the scene of the recent railroad strike draws special attention to Maj. Gen. Schofield, who holds the highest position in the army, having an authority second only to that of President. John McAllister Schofield was born’ in Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1 1831. He was graduated from the- " United States Military Academy in 1853 and was assigned to duty In South Carolina and Florida. He also held positions as a teacher in important educational Institutions. At the opening of the civil war he entered the volunteer service as Major of the First Missouri Volunteers and was appointed chief of staff to Gen. 1 Nathaniel Lyon. He held one important military position after an-» other, and in 1864 was assigned to the command of the Army of the Ohio. With Gen. Sherman he engaged in the Atlanta campaign ia Georgia, and when the latter started

for tbo sea Schofield was in Tennessee. Here and in other places Schofield showed himself a gallant soldier and won the admiration of all. He was present at the surrender of Johnston's army in 1865, acid was charged with the duty of carrying out certain details of the capitulation. Schofield succeeded Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War in 1868, and held that office for a year, when he was appointed major general ia the United States army. He is at present senior major general, and will be retired next year, as he will at that time reach the age limit.

MAJ. GEN. SCHOFIELD.