. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . of Visitors to School ofApplication in 1887, and was in Pine Ridge campaign,1890-91, commanding troops in night march from Rush-ville, Nebraska, to the Agency, and his regiment duringthe campaign. At its close he received a copy of a letterto General Brooke, in which the Secretary of War andthe General of the Army express a hope that someopportunity may be presented for the promotion of thismost deserving officer. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in March, 1892. Upon retirement from active service in March, 1891,after ex
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . of Visitors to School ofApplication in 1887, and was in Pine Ridge campaign,1890-91, commanding troops in night march from Rush-ville, Nebraska, to the Agency, and his regiment duringthe campaign. At its close he received a copy of a letterto General Brooke, in which the Secretary of War andthe General of the Army express a hope that someopportunity may be presented for the promotion of thismost deserving officer. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in March, 1892. Upon retirement from active service in March, 1891,after examination by the Bar Committee for the SeventhJudicial District of Montana, he was admitted to the Barof that State. Colonel Butler is the author of an Essay on theIndian Question, honorably mentioned by the Boardof Award of the Military Service Institution for the fall of Sumter he wrote a series of articles inFrench for Parisian and Brussels papers, presenting theUnion side of the question to Continental Europe. 66 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). MAJOR JOHN G. BUTLER. Major John G. Butler (Ordnance Department) wasborn in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1842, andgraduated from the Military Academy June 11, was then promoted second lieutenant of the FourthArtillery, but transferred to the Ordnance DepartmentJanuary 29, 1864. He served during the war of theRebellion, in the Army of the Cumberland, from August,1863, to January, I 864, participating in the campaign ofthat army, and engaged at the battle of Chickamauga,for which he received the following complimentarynotice, in the report of first lieutenant F. L. D. Russell,Fourth Artillery: Lieutenant Butler, the only officerwith me, distinguished himself by his cool and gallantconduct and rendered me the most essential was brevetted first lieutenant for gallant and meri-torious services in the battle of Chickamauga, Sep-tember 20, 1863. Lieutenant Butler was then stationed at Chattanoo
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