The times., 1898-06-20
THE LIST OF L|EUTENANTs
Long Expected Regular Army
Appointments Made.
NEW BLOOD In THE SERVICE
sfxtv-seven Different Colleges and
Forfy-six states Represented in
the Lfst-Tbirteen From the Reg
uIar Army-one Hundred and
Ninety-ffEe Men Appointed.

Nfuety-fige Men Appointed.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin gave out the long
fooked-for list of Regular Army second
lieutenants last night.
To the appointment of these second
lieutenants. who will serve in the Regu-
lar Army. to ill vacancies caused by the
act of Congress making three battalion
organization for the infantry arm of the
service and the addition of one second
lieutenant to all batteries when filled TO
war strength, the President and the Sec
retary Of War have given much thought
and careful consideration
The high standard of the young men
selected may be understood in view of
the fact that out Of the las appointed, SO
are known to be college graduates, so of
them honor men of their classes of col
leges having military instructors; in all
representing 81 different institutions.
Forty-eight are now in the volunteer or
militia service, l3 are enlisted men in the
Regular Army.
Never before has there been such
vitality and new blood injected into the
military service. Army officers view with
satisfaction, and West Point men more
than all others, that sixty-seven different
college notions and methods are going to
be put on trial alongside of West Point
and Army methods.
Sergt Walter S. Volkmar, Signal Corps.
CNow second lieutenant United States
Volunteer Signal Corpse
Cor. Percy W. Arnold, Troop F, First
Cavalry.
Cor. William A. Cavenaugh, Company
D, Twentieth Infantry.
Cor George n. Grimes, Troop b, Sec
ond Cavalry.
First Class Private William c. Geiger,
Company E, battalion United States En-
gineers.
sergt. Albert W. Townsend, Troop B,
Third Cavalry
Cor. Robert o. Van Horn, Company c,
Twelfth Infantry.
Private William X McCue, Company B.
Sixth Infantry.
Cor. Campbell King. Troop X. Fifth
Cavalry.
Cor. Henry S wygant, Company c,
Sixth Infantry.
sergt. Daniel Frank Keller, Troop A,
Sixth Cavalry.
Private Easton Ruuedge Gibson, Com
pany D, Twentieth United States Infan-
try.
Civilians
AIabama-William B. Bankhead, grad
uate captain Cadet Corps, University of
Alabama; p G. Clark, honor graduate
Agricultural and Mechanical College Of
Alabama, 1897.
Arkansas-Carron f. Armistead, honor
graduate Arkansas Industrial University,
1893 William Howell, private Company C.
Sixteenth United States Infantry.
California-Charles R. Lloyd, private,
Battery A. Connecticut Volunteers; George
William Bauer, honor graduate Univer-
sity Of California; James Malcolm Gra-
ham, color sergeant cadet company, First
Infantry National Guard, California.
Colorado-Lyman NJ. Bass; Archie ].
Harris, honor graduate Agricultural Col
lege of Colorado.
Connecticut-Ward Cheney, captain
First Connecticut Volunteers; Robert Hall
Campbell Kelton, graduate sergeant Dis
trict OF Columbia High School Cadets;
John Irving Downey, honor graduate
Sheffield Scientific School.
Delaware-Wright Smith, civil engineer;
William Ellis, honor graduate Delaware
College.
FIorida-James B. Taylor, jr., adjutant
Cadet Corps Virginia Military Institute;
W. NJ. Ives. jr., honor graduate Florida
Agricultural College.
det captain, graduate Gordon Institute;
Frederick S. /. Price, honor graduate
North Georgia Agricultural College.
Idaho-Alexander ]. Macnab. jr.. pri-
vate Company d, First Idaho Volunteer
Infantry; Joseph L. GIbreth, honor grad
uate University of Idaho.
Il!nois-CampbeIl E. Babcock, private
First United States Cavalry Volunteers
James E Bell. private Company c. First
Illinois Volunteer Infantry; Robert E.
Firth; Donald McNulta; John Price Ole
son, private National Guard, Illinois
William A Talcott, jr., private Seventy
first New York Volunteers; George Will
liams; Ralph Plumb Brewers, honor
graduate University of Illinois.
Indiana-Harry r. Campbell mechan-
ical and electrical engineer; Victor CARR.
gus. private Indiana Volunteers; Elijaf
B. Martindale jr., graduate Culver Mil
itary Academy; Ivers W. Leonard, cap
tain Indiana Volunteers; William Levi:
Hodgkins, honor graduate Purdue Uni
gersity.
Iowa-James Frederick Howell gradu
ate Cornell University, New York; Harr!
E Whitney, graduate as cadet caotair
Iowa State Normal School; p NJ Shaffer
honor graduate Iowa State Norma
School.
Kansas-Thomas R. Harker, late ser
geant Twentieth United States Infantry
Carl Anson Martin, civil engineer; MARI
Wheeler, honor graduate Kansas Agri
cultural College.
Kentucky-John K. Proctor, Jr., Ben
jamin II. Watkins, graduate Williams
burg Academy Of kentucky: ]. I. Geary
honor graduate Agricultural and Mechan
ical College.
Louisiana-David /. McKrittiek, jr-
civil engineer; Adolphe Hart Huguet
graduate University OF Louisiana; Roger
Philip J. Swire, honor graduate UNIVERSE
ty Of Louisiana.
Maine-William Thomas Brastow, grad
uate University of Maine; Alfred Andrew
Starbird, sergeant Company D, FRS
Maine Volunteers; Joseph Warren Gid
den, Henry Macpherson Merriam, stu
dent Stamford University, Cal.
Maryland-Peter c. Hams, jr.. graduate
United States Naval Academy; Charlie
r. Ramsay, private Fifth Maryland Vol
unteers; Joseph B. Douglas honor grad
uate Of ST. Johns College, Nd.
Massa W. Longstreet