The evening times., 1898-09-21
ARMY ORDERS.
Promotions Announced by the Sec
retary of War.


Promotions Announced by the Sec
retary of War.
The following assignments of officers to
regiments are made by the Secretary OF
| War, under the provisions OF the act Of
1890:
First Lieut.. George w Cole. promoted
from second lieutenant, Second Cavalry,
TO the First Cavalry, Troop L, vice Os-
, borne deceased
Col. William NJ Wherry, promoted from
lieutenant colonel. Second Infantry TO
the Eighth Infantry, vice Yanhorn. de-
ceased.
Lieut.. Col. James NJ. ]. sanno. promot-
ed from major. Third Infantry TO the
Fourth Infantry. vice Bainbridge, retir-
ed
Lieut. Col. William s. McCaskey. pro-
NOTED from major Twentieth Infantry
TO the Second Infantry. vice Wherry.
promoted.
Major Edmund Rice. promoted from
captain, Fifth Infantry, 10 the Third
Infantry. vice Sanno. promoted.
Major Charles c. Penny. promoted
from captain, Sixth Infantry. 10 the
Eighth Infantry. vice Conrad. deceased.
Major William Fl. II. Crowell. promot-
ed from captain. Sixth Infantry. to the
Eleventh Infantry, vice Giibreath, de-
ceased. He will proceed TO join his reg
iment in Porto Rico.
Major George w. H. stouch. promoted
from captain. Third Infantry. to the
Twentieth Infantry, vice McCaskey. pro-
NOTED.
Capt. James A Goodwin promoted
from first lieutenant. Seventh Infantry,
to the Twenty-hfth Infantry. vice Hill,
deceased. The regimental commander
will assign Capt. Goodwin to a company
Capt. Charles L. Collins. promoted
from first lieutenant, Eleventh Infantry,
TO the Twenty-third Infantry, Company ],
vice Heyl, appointed major and assistant
adjutant general.
First Lieut.. Robert s. Offiey. promoted
from second lieutenant. Tenth Infantry,
to the Seventh Infantry, Company /, vice
| Goodin, promoted.
First Lieut.. Edward F KoehIer pro-
NOTED from second lieutenant Ninth In
fantry. to the Fourteenth Infantry, Com
pany 3, vice Little, appointed captain and
commissary of subsistence.
First Lieut.. Murray Baldwin. promoted
| from second lieutenant, Eighteenth Iu-
fantry, TO the Eleventh Infantry. Com
pany F. vice Charles L. Collins. promoted.
| He will remain on duty with the Eight
| eenth Infantry until further orders
| The following transfers are made: Col.
| George NJ. Randall from the Seventeenth
| Infantry to the Eighth Infantry; Col. VIII
| liam NJ. Wherry, from the Eighth Infantry
| to the Seventeenth Infantry. Col Wherry
will proceed to join his regiment at CO.
| lumbus Barracks, Ohio.
Capt. Charles NJ. Truitt Twenty-first
| Infantry, now at Huntsville, Ala, will
| proceed TO join his company.
| Upon the mutual application of the of
| ffcers concerned, the following transfers
| are made: First Lieut.. John F. Preston
| jr., from the Seventh Infantry to the Six
| teenth United States Infantry, Company
E; First Lieut.. Albert b Douworth, from
| the Sixteenth Infantry TO the Seventh
| United States Infantry. Lieut.. Donworth
| will proceed to join the Seventh Infantry
! and the regiment commander will assign
| him to a company.
Capt. Jesse N. Baker. assistant quar-
| termaster of volunteers, will take passage
| on the steamer Panama and proceed
| Herewith on its trip to Porto Rico anG
return, assume charge thereof and per
form such duties pertaining to the quar-
| termaster's department as may be neces
| sary. -',-----
Second Lieut.. Henry c. Moore. Firs
| Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry. having
rendered his resignation, is honorably dis
| charged.
Capt. Patrick II. McCaull commissary
| of subsistence, United States Volunteers
is relieved from duty at Philadelphia
and will proceed to, New York city anC
| report to Col. Charles A. Woodruff as
| sistant commissary general of subsist
ence and purchasing commissary in tha
city, for duty as an assistant in thai
| office.
Upon the mutual application of the off
GERS concerned the following transfers
are made: Capt. William Quinton. from
the Seventh Infantry to the Twenty-fftI
| United States Infantry; Capt. James \
| Goodwin. from the Twenty-fifth Infantry
to the Seventh United States Infantry
| Company X. The commanding Offices
Twenty-fifth Infantry will assign Capt
| Quinton to a company.
Capt. Samuel Baird, assistant quarter
master, recently appointed, will proceec
to Knoxville, Tenn. and report to th'
commanding general of the troops at tina
place for assignment TO duty as assista1
| quartermaster.
Capt. William p Williams. assistan
quartermaster of volunteers. upon arriva
at Newport News. Va. will transfer hi
property responsibility on the steam q
| Panama to Capt. Jesse NJ. Baker, anC
upon completion thereof will return t
this city and report to the quartermaste.
| general of the army for further instruc
| tions.
| capt. Eucud b. frlch, dsSiStdht sur
geon, is relieved from duty at the Pre-
sidio, of San Francisco, Cal, and will re
port to the commanding officer For
Wadsworth, n. Y. for duty at that post
First Lieut. George F. Milton, Sixtf
Regiment, volunteer infantry, has ten
dered his resignation and is honorably
discharged.
Major Henry S. T. Harris, brigade sur
geon, volunteers, is detailed as a mem
ber of the examining board appointed t.
meet at Camp Wikoff Montauk Point
N. Y, vice Major Marshall w. Wood
surgeon, relieved.
The leave of absence granted Brigadiel
| General Richard Comba, Camp Wikoff, n