Show MERRIAM M TO RETIRE Gen Sates Bates ate to t Assume Command of Department of Colorado Colordo Washington Nov 12 Brigadier Gen General eral erl C Merriam will wi be placed on the retired list ls tomorrow on account of age ag His Hs present prent command comman the de department department t of Colorado will wl be assumed temporarily by Brigadier General J 3 C Bates commanding the department of ot the Missouri It is expected that Major Maor General Generl MacArthur about abut the 1st lt of will vIll wi be assigned to the command of the Colorado Colordo He Heas has ex expressed expressed pressed pre a preference for the and ad the orders will wi be issued Isue when he heis heis is relieved from his present duties dute in inthis Inthis this city as a a member of ot the board of ot brevets brevet Next to General Wade General Mer Merriam Merriam is the ranking brigadier general In the t army amy He H served serve throughout the war of the te rebellion in the volunteers having entered the service as a captain of the t Twentieth Maine Infantry infant He Hew was w a major general of volunteers volunteer dur during durIng ing lug the Spanish war His most con conspicuous service in later years year was in command of ot the troops during the Coeur COur dAlene d labor riots I |