Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-03
List Made Out BY, the War Depart
ment Officials.
IT INCLUDED GEN. LEES NAME
Mounted Riflemen First Troops to
Be Mustered In.
MR.. BLANCHARD'S SELECTION

session today the War Department officials
had prepared a list Of persons whose nomi-
nations were to be sent in as major gen.
erals and brigadier generals The list in
cluded the name of General Fftzhugh Lee,
formerly consul general at Havana as a
major general; and it is believed those of
General w. R. Shafter, commanding the
brigade at New Orleans, and General J. F.
Wade, commanding the regiments at Tam
pa, both of whom are now brigadier gen.
erals, to be major generals The adjourn
ment Of the Senate from yesterday until to-
morrow prevented the names being sent to
that body today.
To Superintend Transportation.
The problem of handling successfully the
large number Of volunteer soldiers now as
sembling in all parts of the country prepa-
ratory to concentration in the south for
the advance on Cuba has been met by the
War Department by the selection of W. r.
Blanchard, president CT the General Traf-
fc Association. Mr.. Blanchard is to under
take this task for which he is thoroughly
ql allied by reason Of his large practical
experience in railroad affairs and his gen.
eral knowledge 1t was reported some
weeks ago that it was contemplated to Sc
lect Mr.. Thompson, president of the Penn
ST onsible work, but after comforting with
Mr.. Thompson himself, Mr.. Depew, Mr.
ingalls, and other prominent railroad men,
the department at their unanimous sugges-
ton decided to accept the offer of the
Traffic Association to lend Mr.. Blanchard
to the government for a time. 1t was
thought that in this way the government
would get the benefit of the services of
one of the best railroad men in the country
while the railroads would be assured that
their interests were not being injured
Mr.. Tom Scott, then vice president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, undertook during
the last war similar duties for the govern
n.ent. He was given a commission in the
volunteer army and spent his time between
his Pennsylvania home and Washington,
locking after the transportation of the gov
eminent troops while discharging his own
duties in connection with the Pennsyl
>ania Railroad Company. So in this case,
Mr.. Blanchard will be given a commits
SION. probably that Of a bSigadier general.
and will be attached to the quartermaster
generals office in Washington.
Callers on the Secretary.
Labor Commissioner Powderly called at
the War Department thisn morning to see
| Secretary Alger in behalf of friend who
army. While waiting to see the Secretary
| the commissioner remarked that the pros
poets of the present war seemed to have
had the effect of increasing the imm!gra ton
| to this country. Many of those VINO came
| bslieve that the enlisting of a great num-
| Eer of men in the army would leave vacant
| positions that would have to be filed by
| others. In reply to questions that had been
| put to immigrants they acknowledged they
| haG come here believing that more work
| Was to be had because of the war; The fig
LIES for March show that the increase in
| immigration for that month over the cor
responding period of the preceding year was
| 6,G00.
| Mr.. George KEENAN,, who has been iden-
| tilted in Red Cross relief work, also called
on the Secretary this morning. Mr.. Ken
| nan had an interview Sunday night with
| President Mckinley regarding the work OF
| the association, and 1t was at the latter S
suggestion that he visited the Secretary.
Other public men who were at the depart
ment during the morning were Senators
Plat of New York, Carter Of Montana,
| Cullom OF Illinois and Frye Of Maine.
| Gen. BOyntOn's Trip.
Gen. H. v. Boynton, the chairman Of the
| Chickamauga Park commission, will leavs
| for the park tonight to attend to some ad-
ditional work required to be done there.
This is mainly in connection with tncreas-
ing the drinking water facilities by the bor-
| ing of artesian wells. Gen. Boynton ex-
| pacts to be gone about two weeks. He says
| the park will accommodate about 10000
| men.
Mounted Rihemen Mustered In.
| According to advices received at the adj
jutant generals Office this morning, 200
men Of Col Woods regiment of mounted
| rifemen were mustered into the service or
the United States at Prescott, Ariz.. yester-
day and will at once start for San Antonio,
Tex, which has been selected as the rem
devious Of that organization. Col Wood
left here last night for San Antonio and
will complete the organization Of his regi-
ment at that point. Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt, who is the lieutenant colonel of
the regiment, will join his commanding Off
| Ger in Texas in few days.
| AS has been already stated, this regiment
| is one Of three specially authorized by Con-
gress to be composed of picked troops ex-
| pert in craftsmanship ana craftsmanship.
Mr.. Dunn Of this city will be the junior
major Of Col Woods regiment, and other
| officers have been selected as follows:
| Regimental quartermaster, Mr.. T. w. Hall,
a graduate Of West Point and now in civil
life. and adtutant, Lieut.. A. K. Capron of
the 7th Cavalry. Lieut.. Capron enlisted in
| the regular army as private and received
his commission as a result of merit.
First Troops Mustered In.
The mastering in of a portion of this
regiment in Arizona yesterday gives that
state the honor of mastering in the first
troops for the volunteer army. Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt has accepted the ser
vices Of a number of volunteers In this
city and New York, and they will probably
accompany him to San iAntonio. There
will be no delay in the organization Of this
regiment. as 1t is intended to form part Of
the first military expedition to Cuba
Today the Massachusetts state volun'
teers will be formally mustered into the
service Of the government. This is being
done by the United states officer appointed
for that purpose. The oincials here com,
mend the officers Gpursesaain ordering one
regiment at a time 10 the mastering poin,
and disposing Of them before having tht
| others come as considerable labor Is In