| Show GIN THE RETIREMENT OF GENERAL SHAFFER 111011 + t G INCA MS r General ttllllam fiats lOb Shafts was urn on the galas ot I 1 V Oetohvr 1t1 and bernut of thor tho-r 10 at Met that II if 1 lho rllo1ne age in tin = r army el the United Slate this other ko Cat r ponenti and < trill even this people who on neither Mi friend nor his Pop porter most oonfee that his life tin top a terrestrial ono Tin conqueror 01 Santiago was born oar v Wade a nigh AYf rIONB t 1 ri4 w a rom 131 ror rorm rwnln 1 ern t to nap I I i 6 o I truk iota > d rju w rn Kt < U > OCIt tti A IIIt IIItm so alAI m I i t fyr r a 1 n v non I ILI niu1 i tot At is In that tallest engln 1 rerp1x e a Nt drug suit GSMCRh1 5 > GrrzRS jslrtrMVLAef uelty t mn will after II t IClh ot October UN Ui Pic I on Hit rrllnd list at the I Atnrk n see armr Owing 10 this fact t n wnt in aw ttrttt hat been awakened In the r 1 i markabh prrtnalliy and arttr ot lit ark Iran who arneralaf our at Iun a7 M S ranpatan and I although lltntral lhaf J luck lr i Ift like alt public into has hit op It OalMbuii lllfh awl hit childhood and youth vrrrt Passed amid died rullural turrounllnn ot ho mode un oontaiual character hero bt woiktil on bra fathtri farm sunburned unit tough ant loan a < hlrkory until the outbreak at the evil war whon both Young Vllllam Kllxfltr and hla broth or john onUIIn a volunteer regiment and want marching oft to camp William Wil-liam Ilufui began hit mllltrr c > mr With a n1 lieutenants commission In the mvtnth Mk > Mtan Infantry amt Ilrlolltr General Danat omtlal retort port of the battle of Pair Oak con taint the following statement bleu tenant Rhartir Seventh Michigan volunteers vol-unteers in chtrit of Ibo pltnttra who was tllihlly wounded but kept 1M Mad turnlthv btatlllful tthlbtllont of totem conduct and InUlllirnl city I iiyTht The young lieutenant was Mon made a major tnl In IHI found himself I prom pro-m l < t to the rink ot lieutenant colon l and n Illllt later a full eotonfl In the Seventeenth ttnltM RtalM Moral la I tanir > Jut Iwforo the cloM ot ln war 1M l wit siren the brevet rank of brl a4ltr Reotrat II was In July ISIS that thafitr was made lltuttnanl rlon > l ot the relay Aril remittent ot rttuMf tptinlrr ant In hat year tin muilrrnl wit I of Ibo 0 0 h2 i Q volunlxr i ervloe for the third time When the array was roorunl In IIU IM wait transferred to the Twenty fourth Infantry and In In was mM colonel of the First Infantry Anone IU friende roionn Knitter cam 10 < its callel I1 0 lllll but In hit role ox i a regimental commending nicer he b cam noted for his rigid Men ot dli ctpllnt It u I said that all Metro and men under hit command were dim llntullhablt by their efficiency general good behavior and ticellenl appear ante on parade During the Indian oimpalgni In Tomas Tom-as and alia during hose In New Met Ira I Colonel Vhafter served with dUllnr lion and to at the outbreak of the 101 l war with Bpaln It was not a matter of surprise to knowing one that he wit Appointed major general 01 votun teer 110 had same time previous 10 this been promoted to the rank of brUxllw general Tht pirlKulin ot his campaign tn I Cuba and the taking 01 11110 am of each recent diM and art 10 well known that they need Aarar lo I b < menllnne here Under a tort ant ome me unprpolo ellenol this robust ntnter resales r warm hears 1 and a stern ernet of duty A habit r clearing just wLat ht Iblnb l hat trhip1 frightened nit many of hit admirer who wooed have Won stemmed ai trund hat they better understood the man Hut ni on nn nay thai Genera 1 PhifUr career bee non Urn n luccrw To MM from an rib t err country U > yon y-on a Michigan farm to unr ol the roual rMpunilbl Hilary positions In fc4 1 circa TRIO GENERAL w I > < M vo ooo ey + a kly cat s a ew y i r1 i cvr iT v sy c dal arM s f M nom won w-on ilia f r r 13 At = 1 VR r 14 Is o I > 1 t II W Y Io rj Olt nJc io ountry service U I no until hint Mangled with file I tnlllurr Instinct M I also 1 an ecelltnt rapacity for builnrai tine In fact III Ii t MM that today Gen ml Shatter ant the Unit barafoottJ farm boy of lalftburx Is l a nllllonalrt all lloo hit l tub been made prtcilcllr br judicious < Invntnunti In Iho lumUrbiy tcrvtt |
