Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Jenụwarị 30, 1889, e buliri Breckinridge n'ọkwá brigadier general na Inspector General of the Army. E buliri ya n'ọkwa Major General nke ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo na Spanish-American War. O jere ozi na ndị ọrụ nke V Corps na Cuba ma tinye aka na agha nke
El Caney na San Juan Hill, ebe o nwere ịnyịnya gbara n'okpuru ya.