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Show P MILES liJJIRSfE f: ' Tti JUMtarr Herord f the Snemsor t I tlw Late Major (icneral 1 (eor(to Crook. I ' Gil. MHE8' BBILLIAST CABEEE. If . Col. Grierton's Promotion-Two Distin- S, guished Soldiers and Successful Indian I fighters Eeceive Promotion. I ' Washington. April 8. The nomina- i tion of Brigadier-(icneral Nelson A. f Miles, at present in command of the j. division of the Pai-ific , to bo major-gen- t eral, meets with the unanimous ap- $ provul of tho California delegation. I Their pleasure, however, is not ninnixed . with regret in view of the almost eer- tain removal of the newly made major- $ general from San Francisco to Chicago, where ho will assume the post made- I vacant by (icneral Crook. The up- I pointment is especially pleasing to 1 army peoplo to whom Miles has en- I dewed himself hy his courage on the t field and the kindness and courage with -which he has always treated his subor- i dinates. tttNERAL MILKS' HECOKU. General Miles was born in Westrnins- ter, Mass., August 8, 188D. He received an academio education, and was en- gauged in mereantilo' pursuits in Boston 1 when the civil war began. On Sepjera- I ter 9. 18H1, he entered the volunteer 5 service as lieutenant in the Twenty- f second Massachusetts infantry, and was 1 commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the t Sixty-first New York volunteers to date 1 from May 81, 18tW. Ho was engaged in t the battles of the peninsula before Rich- Itnond, and at Antietam, and on September Septem-ber 80th was made colonel of his regiment. Colonel Miles fought f 5n all the battles of the army of the Potomac with one excep- I tlon up to the surrender of General S Lee at Appomattox, and was wounded i three times. He received the brevet of brigadier general of volunteers for gal- ( lantry at Chancellorsville, and was ad vanced to the full rank May 12, i for his services at the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania court house. On August 25, 1864. he was be-vetted be-vetted major general of volunteers for f 1iis conduct throughout the Richmond f campaign and valuable service atReam's j station. Ho watt commissioned major I general October 21, 1865, and mustered ; out of volunteer service September, ! 1866, after receiving, on July 28, an ! appointment in the regular army as I 'rolonel of the Fortieth infantry. !' On March 2, 1867, the brevets i f brigadier general and major general, ' U. 8. A., were conferred on him for ! bravery at Chanoellorsvlllo and Spott- ! nylvania. Ho Wlis transferred to tho ! Fifth infantry March 15, -1860. defeated 'the Cheyenne, Kiowa and Comanche Indians on the borders of the staked i plains in 1875, and in 1876 subjugated 1 tho hostile Sioux and oilier Indians in 1 Montana, driving Sitting Bull across I tho Canada border, and thus breaking lip the bands thut were led by him ami ! Cra.y Horse, Lance Deer, Spotted Kagle, Broad Trail, Hump and others. In September he captured the Her. Per-res Per-res under Chief Joseph in northern Montana, and in 1878 captured a band of Bannocks near the Yellowstone Yel-lowstone park. He was commissioned com-missioned brigadier general ?of the United Stales army December 15, 1880; commanded for five years the depart-'luent depart-'luent of the Columbia; in July, 188,1, assigned as-signed to the cominund of tho department depart-ment of the Missouri, and In April, 1886, was transferred to Ari.onft. After a difficult campaign agaiiist tho Apaches tinder Goronimo and Natchez,, ho compelled com-pelled those chiefs to surrender September Sep-tember 4, 1886. For this he received the thanks of tho legislatures of Kan-as, Kan-as, Montana, Now Mexico, and Arizona, Ari-zona, and for his services the citizens of "tho latter territory presented him with a sword of honor at Tucson, November 8, 1889, in the presence of a largo gathering gath-ering of citizens. Sinco that tlmo General Gen-eral Miles has been in command of the division of tho Paeitio, with headquarters headquar-ters at Sau Francisco. GENKKAL BENJAMIN H. GltlKKSON. Tho successor of Goucrul Miles in command of tho Pacific division, will undoubtedly bo General Uenjamin II. liricrsou, late colonel of the tenth cavalry, cav-alry, who has been elevated to a Ijrigadier-gcneralship. General Grier-bon Grier-bon has reason to thank his friends for the inauuorin which they supported lum and resisted tho pressure brought to bear on behalf of General Mcl'ook and Colonel Shatter. He was senior colonel, however, and entitled to the promotion iu every way. General Grlerson is a native of Pittsburg, Pa., and iu the civil war aetod at times as nid-do-eaiup to General Prentiss. He became major of tho Sixth Illinois Volunteer cavalry October, ' 1861, and next April became colonel of that regiment. From that time on lie received promotions in tho volunteer tservicc, reaching the grade of major-general. major-general. His service as a volunteer Mas a brilliant one, and at the closo of the war it earned for him au appointment appoint-ment as colonel of the Tenth cavalry iu tho regular army, which ho has tilled ever since. For live years, beginning iu 1868, he commanded forces stationed ju tho district of tho ludiau territory and engaged iu many skirmishes with tho Kiowas, Coiuanches and Chcyennes. From 1873 until 1881 he was engaged in scouting throughout western Texas and Jcw Mexieo. Ho has been acting as lirigadier-goneral iu command of the 'department of Arizona since the death of General Sheridan. |