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In the campaign around Petersburg
the young general participated in
nearly every important action. Here
he received his fourth wound and
•won another brevet as Major Gener
al, bestowed in the fall of 1865, for
“highly meritorious and distinguish
ed conduct throughout the campaign
and particularly for bravery and val
uable services at Reams Station.
His last service in the war was to
pursue Lee’s forces to their surren
der at Appomattox, -winning Grant’s
highest praise. He was then given
command of eastern Maryland and
Virginia and at Fortress Monroe was
given the custody of Jefferson Da
vis, after the plot which resulted
in the assassination of Lincoln. Sev
unpleasant duties resulted from this
task, which brought sharp criticism
at the time from southern statesmen
who charged him with having used
unduly harsh measures to safeguard
the prisoner, among which -was the
shackeling of Mr. Davis.
“Jefferson Davis was not held and
arrested for being President of the
Confederate States, “General Miles
said in defending himself, “but was
captured for his part in the great
plot which aimed at the deaths of
Lincoln, Seward, Grant and many
other prominent government leaders.
A rewiard of $100,000 was posted by
President Johnson for Davis’ cap
ture, and I was ordered to use every
precaution in imprisoning him. He
was later released under a similar
bond and died of old age twenty
two years after.”
At the age of 26 Miles was mus
tered out of the Volunteers, when
the war ceased, and was recommis
sioned Colonel in the regular estab
lishment. After commanding the de
partment of Maryland and Virginia,
he was detailed to command the de
partment of North Carolina, and
here showed his great ability in
the tasks of peace-time reconstruc
tion, far more difficult than those
of war.
His Indian service began in 1870.
He then embarked on campaigns
which were to bring to a close the
Indian wars which had lasted thru
all the history of the country. He
won the thanks of the legislatures
of four western states, and the ranks,
in succession, of Brigadier and Ma
jor General in the regular army.
The name of Miles is woven into
the romance of the West.
He met, fought and defeated the
Cheyennes, Comanches and Kiowas,
in the southwest. He chastised and
subjugated the Sioux in the north
west, driving Sitting Bull out of his
•country. He made a forced march
of 160 miles in the winter of 1877,
wiien the temperature at times drop
ped to 40 degrees below zero, and
capturd Chief Joseph and his Nez
Perces who had long caused the
government trouble.
Crazy Horse, Lame Deer, Spotted
Eagle, Elk Horn, Broad Road, Nat
chez and other Indian chiefs quailed
before his advances. Geronimo and
his bloody Apaches, when chased and
cornered by Miles, refused to capitu
late unless they could do so to Miles
personally. He conquerer the last
great Indian uprising, in 1890, dur
ing which Sitting Bull, was shot,
and the other rebellious Indians
meekly surrendered when they heard
that it was the “Big Chief Bear
Coat” who was on their irail.
It was interesting to note that
serving under Miles at this time
were Captain Anson Mills, later a
famous general, and a young second
lieutenant who was afterwards to
skyrocket to fame and the command
of the army, Leonard A. Wood.
Miles’ tactics in treating with the
Indians had their mild as well as
bloody phases. He advocated kind
ness to them and always made it a
point to place in charge of their
agencies and reservations officers
noted for their integrity, to guard
the Indians from thefts and other
depredations. So successful was his
system that it was quite generally
adopted by the government upon his
recommendation.
Nor is subjugation of the Indian
the only debt the government, and
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especially the settlers of the west,
owes to General Miles. With char
acteristic foresight, he saw that in
time the great western plains would
be settled by westward-moving col
onists, and years before reclamation
by irrigation was thought of, he had
reported on the fesi'bility of this pro
ject to the government, and recom- !
mended spreading the nourishing
waters on the arid land. General
Miles always prided himself on be
ing “the father of irrigation and rec
lamation.”
In 1894 Miles was called to subdue
the historic Chicago railroad strike.
He handled the crisis with such tact |
and executive ability that he won
further renown.
President Cleveland rewarded the j
General's distinguished services by
appointing hfm commanding general
of the United States army. He was
then 56 years old. During his ten
ure in office he represented the army ;
as observer in the Turko-Grecian I
war, and at Queen Victoria’s diamond |
ubilee in 1897.
W<hen the war with Spain brok
>ut, Miles found he had several in*
luential foes in the administration,
tnd it is said they prevented his
aking active command in the field
n Cuba. However, he was sent to
dose the campaign at Santiago, and
hen went to Porto Rico.
At the age of 60 he was raised
o the rank of Lieutenant General,
he sixth army officer to bear that
'ank.
Political enemies were now rife in
he army. Miles was in opposition
o the administration. He was de
dared to have taken the stand that
is commander of the army he was
he supreme military power of the
country and w’as therefore unwili
ng to take orders from the admin
istration. Forgetting, it was said, the
powers of the President as comman
ier-in-cfhief, the fiery war horse was
constantly Quarreling with the Pres
ident and Secretaries of War. He
juarreled with President Cleveland
md his war secretary, Larnont; with
McKinley and Secretary Alger, and
Kith Rosevelt and Root.
He was officially reprimanded for
publicity endorsing Admiral Dewey's
report in the Schley case, and be
cause of strained relations with
Roosevelt, he wras sent, shortly before
retiring, to make a tour of the world
to inspect armies of other powers.
On his 64th birthday, having reach
ed the age of retirement, but yet
never an old man, General Miles
was retired from office without the
appreciation and praise customary
toward retiring commanders.
He retained his fighting spirit,
however, and maintained his military
connections by becoming Adjutant
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