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Show BROOKE TO RETIRE. SifellH lr mi ill Oeneral Will Leave Activo Service in, JJ. ' &V jM Army on Monday. Fir jl, . aH Washington, July 19 A general or- RK , AVf M der has been prepared nt thn War de- f I I f) T MP partment retiring MaJ -Oen. John R. f 3 k 7 ftfe Iliooke, who will reach the ago limit J jl It I ft jkI of 61 years on Monday, tho 21st. With w " 4 J tbe exception of Clcn. Miles. Oen. ' 1, I'M Ilrooko Ib the only ofllccr on the activo , ifd list or tho army Ahn reached the grado j S j 4R1 nf llrlgadler-llcnernl during tho Civil I , ) 9 war He had a distinguished military ; .IBB record during the civil wnr, entering , 'K kjgl ns n volunteer Captain Ho was made ,i, i iVEm a Lleulennnt-Coloncl In the regulars !1 i) JflH nt tho time of Ihe reorganization In Jjf ji JiH ISM, and has been advanced In regular Y ' j jl order to be Major-Oeneral. Efforts I i tiilkt Svera made by his friends during the tl el) ' iM last session of Congress to havo a bill 5 IrJ ftt passed allowing him to retire with tho u Ita rank of Llcutennnt-Oeneral but the r) 1 JIB, bill failed. ; ' ! Um Gen. llrooke became a Mnjor-Oeneral -Ji H a year before tho war with Bpaln. 1 If 3'HJ When hostilities began he was ordered JJ, rj nWM to command tho largo rendezvous iljl t&l camp at Chlckamauga. He went on t'1 tl , (U tho expedition to Porto Itlco. and after t , i(' ' iH the peace protocol ho was made chair 'ujiJ Wmn man nf the evacuation commission In , i. J SH Cuba. He waa then deslgnnted Oov- , !! I D ernnr-Oeneral of Ciibi. holding the pa. i i.ijj 3 H sltlon until rsllovcd by Oen. Wood, iffi ''Tl i 1 Since that time Oen llrooke has been J't' n!flM 1 In commnnd of the Department of the fi,n'lltfG B Hnst with headquarters at Governor's !' i 'C'fH 1 I-land. 4 !f ,n a |