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John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXIII (search)
ouri a cordial reception from former Opponents in St. Louis origin of the military school at Fort Riley funeral of General George H. Thomas death of General George G. Meade assigned to the Divisi when I was in the War Department, I ordered a light-artillery school to be established at Fort Riley, Kansas. Also, upon his suggestion, I directed that the four batteries which were to compose thatraids, and thus overcome any objection which might be urged on the ground that the barracks at Fort Riley were needed for cavalry. The school was organized, under Colonel John Hamilton; the batteriese army, a move was made by somebody to get possession of that splendid military reservation of Fort Riley for some other purpose. Hence it became necessary to manifest in some more striking way the iator Plumb of Kansas, to obtain the necessary funds and build a suitable post and establish at Fort Riley a school of cavalry and light artillery. The result finally attained, when I was in command o
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
Fort Moultrie, S. C., S. on duty at, 17, 18; the First Artillery ordered to, 18; artillery target practice at, 18; bombardment of Fort Sumter from, 18 Fort Riley, Kan., establishment of school of cavalry and light artillery at, 426, 427 Fort Sheridan, Ill., establishment of, 454, 455, 493; reinforcement recommended, 498; Lewisburg and Franklin Turnpike, Tenn., Hood's movements near, 208-210, 213 Lieutenant-general, the rank of, 538 Light-artillery school, established at Fort Riley, 426, 427 Limoges, France, the autumn manoeuvers of 1881 at, 451-453; speech by S. at, 452, 453 Lincoln, Abraham, the spirit of charity in, 31; first call, Mo., reported expulsion of Union families from, 93; troubles in, 105 Plumb, Preston B., U. S. Senator, aids in establishing artillery and cavalry school at Fort Riley, 427 Plummer, Col. J. B., action at Fredericktown, Mo., Oct. 21, 1861, 52, 53 Political education, necessity of, 355, 356 Political surgery, 365 Pol