The times., 1898-06-08
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Officers for the Volunteer Engineers
Appointed.

| Appointed.
The President yesterday sent to the
Senate a number of nominations of Of
ficers for the First, Second and Third
Regiments of Volunteer Engineers. and
| several field officers, as follows:
Fret Regiment United States Volunteer En-
To he captains:
WILLIAM BARCLAY PARSONS, CT New York.
IRA A. SHALER, of New York
EUGENE ELIIICOTr of Pennsylvania.
EDWARD B. IVES, of New York.
ALLEN D. RAYMOND, Of Pennsylvania.
MERRITT II. SMITH. of New York.
AZEL ANES, of Massachusetts.
ARTHlR r HAYiLAND. OF New York.
CHARLES p. KAHLER, OF Maryland.
| CHARLES PARKER BREEZE, of Virginia.
WILLIAM G.. RAMSAY, Of New Jersey.
To be first heutenants:
DAVID L. HOUGH of New York
| EDMUND NJ. SAWTELLE, of the District OF CO.
| GEORGE W BRAMwELI. of New York.
| JOSEPH A. STEINMETZ, of Pennsylvania.
HENRY c. WILSON, of the District of Co.
lumbia.
MAURICE A. vIELE. of New York
To be second ieutenants:
| fIEBER r. BISHOP JR, Of New York.
| LAWRENCE LEWIS GILLESPIE, OF New York.
| WALTER ABBOTT. of Massachusetts,.
| GEORGE PERRINE, of New York.
| HENRY P. WALKER, OF Massachusetts,.
| Third Regiment OF Volunteer Engineers
CAPT DAVID Dub. GAILLARD. Corps of Engi-
neers. L. S. A.
Second Regiment, United States Volunteer En-
| g:neers-
To be lieutenant colonel:
| CAPT. EDWARD BURR, Corps of Engineers, u.
S. A.
] To be major:
CAPT. WILLIAM c. LANGFITT. Corps of En-
| gineers L. S A.
! To be captain:
| SECOND LIEUT.. ROBERT p. JOHNSTON, Corps
of Engineers, L. S. 4.
| To he first lieutenant
| CHARLES W PARKER, of Ohio.
| To be second Lieutenant:
| FRANK H. MARTIN OF Iowa.
To be inspector general of volunteers, with rank
| OF msio-:
FIRST LIEUT.. ROBERT A. BROWN, Fourth
United States Cavalry.
To be chief commissary of subsistence. with
| rank OF majc-:
| FIRST LIEUT.. WALTER X WRIGHT, Sixteenth
United States infantry.
To be chief quarterinaster, with the rank o.
| ma ior
CAPT CHARLES A. VERNON, Nineteenth
| United States Infantry.
| To be commissaries of subsistence. with rani
OF captain:
SECOND LIEUT.. JOHN W. BARKER. Thirt
United States Infantry:
c. DUPONT COUDERT, OF New York
GEORGE W. SELLIS, of New York.
To be assistant adjutant general. with rank o
WILLIAM COOKE DANIELS. of Colorado vic,
William c. Daniels, of Colorado, for commits
sary Of subsistence. with the rank of captain
withdrawn.
To be chief quartermaster, with the rank o
major:
MORRIS G. HUTCHINS of Kentucky, vice Morri
i. Hutehins. OF Kentucky. fCr aboyenameC
ofEce Withdrawn
To be commss,ries of subsistence, with tn
rank OF cartaiH:
EDWARD W. HURLBUT, of Colorado.
| CHARLES +. GOLDEN, Of Wyoming
JAMES C0LFAX GRANT, OF Minnesota.
For appointment in the Signal Corps
| To be captain:
CHARLES 5. CONNER, of Missouri.
To be first lieutenan's:
| WILkIE WOODARD, OF Ohio
| EDWARD p MILLER, Of Ohio.
| WILLIAMSON S. WRIGHT, Of Indiana.
To be seer I'd Eeutt rants:
GUSTAV HIRSCH, OF Ohio.
| CARL DARNELL, OF Connecticut.
The nomination of Williamson S Wright, 0
Indiana to be second lieutenant. Signal Corps
| Is withdrawn
The nomination Of Capt. William L. Kneedlcr
assistant surgeon, L. :. A., for brigade surgeon
OF volunteers IS withdrawn.