. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . 188S, when he was reap-pointed to the same position by President Cleveland, andresigned the position in 1889. While in the bureau hewas promoted to captain, and in leaving this positionhe was ordered the same year to command the newcruiser Baltimore, and served with her in the NorthAtlantic, European, and South Pacific Stations. During his command of the Baltimore, he carriedback to Stockholm, Sweden, the remains of the late JohnEricsson, the distinguished inventor of the was in command of the Baltimorecomplicat
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . 188S, when he was reap-pointed to the same position by President Cleveland, andresigned the position in 1889. While in the bureau hewas promoted to captain, and in leaving this positionhe was ordered the same year to command the newcruiser Baltimore, and served with her in the NorthAtlantic, European, and South Pacific Stations. During his command of the Baltimore, he carriedback to Stockholm, Sweden, the remains of the late JohnEricsson, the distinguished inventor of the was in command of the Baltimorecomplications and troubles at ValparaisoI891. He is at present on light-house duty as inspector of theThird Light-House District at Tompkinsville, New Schley has received two gold medals for his ser-vices, and from his native State, Maryland, a gold chro-nometer watch for services in the expedition which foundand rescued Lieutenant Greely and the survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay in the Polar regions. during the Chili, 368 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular). MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN M. SCHOFIELD, Major-General John M. Schofield (commandingthe army) was born in New York September 29, 1831,and graduated at the Military Academy July 1, was promoted brevet second lieutenant of artillerythe same day, and second lieutenant First Artillery,August 31, 1853. He served at Fort Moultrie in 1853,and in Florida in 1854-55, as acting assistant professorof philosophy, and assistant professor of the same atthe Military Academy from 1856 to i860. He was onleave of absence as professor of physics, at WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1860-61, and whenthe war of the Rebellion commenced was made muster-ing officer for the State of Missouri, from April 20 toMay 20, 1861. He was major of the First Missouri In-fantry, April 26; captain, First U. S. Artillery, May 14;brigadier-general of volunteers, November 21 ; brigadier-general of Missouri State Militia, November 26,
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