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and regimental quartermaster.
One last year he spent as captain of F Company, Fourth Infantry, at Humboldt Bay.
Then he left the army, resigning July 31, 1854.
Such were his moves and removes.
Of his doings the tale is equally brief.
He was known for his exploits with horses.
Otherwise he was unknown save to the very few brought by chance or duty into familiarity with him. To provincial blood and environment he added an extraordinary personal powerlessness to express himself or go through his manners.
In fact, he had no manners, which is far better than having bad ones, to be sure; and a certain something in him seems to have held even the most familiar at a distance.
But even Georgetown and Galena found him wanting; and this social dumbness did not wholly wear off until he had been twice President and had travelled round the world.
Boston. Small, Maynard and Company. 1901.
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