Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-28
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
FhHorabie Action on Many Militar
PrOmoffous

IfOhOttOnS.
The Senate in executive session yester-
day confirmed the following nominations:
Military: To be commissary of subsist-
ence with rank of majcr-Samuel w. Hay,
Pennsylvania.
subsistence department - Lieut.. Col
Charles Albert Woodruff, to be assistant
&C mmissary general of subsistence, with
The rank of colonel: Major Henry Granville
Sharpe, to be assistant commissary general
of subsistence, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel.
Corps of engineers Major Charles Wal
ker Raymond, to be lieutenant colonel:
Captain William Murray Black, to be ma
ior; First Lieut.. Mason Mathews Patrick
to be captain; Second Lieut.. George Pierce
Howell. to be first lieutenant.
Artillery arm-Ca plain Seden Allen Day
to be major; First Lieut.. Erasmus Morgan
Weaver, jr.. TO be captain: Second Lieut.
Thomas Briggs LamoreuX, to be first lieu
tenant.
Cavalry arm Second Lieut.. Edwin
Barnch Winans, jr., to be first lieutenant
For appointment in the signal corps: To
be colonel-Lieut. Col Henry H. C. Dun
woody.
To be lieutenant colonel-Captain James
Allen.
To be majors-Captains Richard p.
Strong, George P. Scriven. William A.
Glassford, First Lieutenants Joseph Z.
Maxtield Frank Greene. Samuel Reber,
Eugene o. Fecht of Michigan.
To be captains First LieutS George O.
Squier and Eugene Wilson, Second Lieut.
Jasper E. Brady, jr., Mcssrs. Martin l..
Hellinss of Florida, Otto A. Nesmith of
California, Daniel ]. Carr of Connecticut,
Howard A. Giddings of Connecticut Carl
F. Hartman of New Jersey, William II.
Lamar of Maryland and Edward b. Ives
of New York.
To be first lieutenants- Leonard
B. Wildman of Connecticut, John j. Ryan
of Texas, William F. NJ. Rogers of Con-
necticut, and Julien p. Wooten of Georgia.
TO be second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wal
ter l.. Clarke, James r. Steele. Basil o.
Lenoir, James b. Mclaughlin, George c.
Burnell. Victor Shepherd, William NJ. Tai
bott, Messrs. Thomas r. ]. Campbell of the
District of Columbia, Charles II. Gordon of
California, Charles Rogan, jr., of Tennes-
see. Alison ]. Rudd of Minnesota and Will
liam w. Colt of Illinois, Thomas Leidy
Rhoads of Pennsylvania and Ralph Thomp-
son Orvis of California, to be assistant
surgeons in the navy.
Civil appontmen,s-Edw Elias to be
aSsayer of the mint at San Francisco, Cal;
James Jeffreys, TO he surveyor of customs
at Memphis, Tenn; Samuel w. Campbell,
to be agent for the La Pointe Indians,
Wisconsin: Edmond u. Brodowski of IL
Iinois. to be consul at Soiingen, Germany;
Edward D. Winslcw of Illinois. to be con-
sui general at Stockholm Sweden; John
Boyle, jr, to be asSayer in charge at the
United States assay office at St. Louis, Mo.
Postma sters - Ohio - Tully Mckinney.
Mechanicsburg.
Arkansas-EliJah o. Lefors, 'Bentonviile.
New Jersey-LutEer NJ. Whitaker, West
field.
Missouri-Gecrge w Coakley, Independ-
ence.
Mississippi-Louis ]. Piernas, Bay st.
Louis; d. w. Rhyme, Lexington.
Tennessee-Frank E. Britton. Jonesboro.
Yesterday Afternoons Nominations.
The following nominations were sent to
the Senate yesterday afternoon:
Signal corps: To be captain-John B.
Inman OF Illinois, George w. Butler of
Maine, Thomas F. Clark Of Massachusetts,,
First Lieut.. Gustave w. Stevens, 9th
United States Artillery; Frank Lyman, Jr.,
of Iowa; George R. Gyger of Ohio, Frank
l.. Martin of California, Frederick L.
Leigh of New York.
To be first Observation-Disclosures E. Pei
lew of New York, George H. lilly of Mon
tana, Howard d. Coe of Ohio. Charles III.
Martin of Illinois, Patrick w. Crawford of
Arkansas, Charles E. Walker of Maine.
Alvar G. Thompson of New York, Edward
w. Winfield OF Arkansas.
To be second Observation-Disclosures Z.
Davies of Montana, Joseph ID. Wood OF
Ohio, Elmo C. Lee of Arkansas, Don A.
Palmer of Minnesota, Walter S. Volkmar.
sergeant signal corps; Charles e. Kill
bourne, jr., of Oregon; Albert j. Dillon of
Florida. Frank P. Tate of Tennessee, Will
liam Mitchell of Wisconsin.
First Lieut. VIM. Semple, 18th United
States Infantry, to be assistant adjutant
general, with rank of captain.
To be assistant quartermaSters, with
rank of captain-Cyril w. King of Iowa;
Lewis v Williams of Ohio, Edward E.
Robbins of Pennsylvania
To be commissary of subsistence, with
rank of captain-John +. Whitworth of
Pennsylvania.
To be additional paymasters-Benjamin F.
Ravens of Indiana, James B. Houston Of
Connecticut
Postmasters-John Beatty, Waxahachie,
Texas.