Evening star., 1898-05-21
ARMY NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
Action of the Senate ON Selections of
the President.

Action OF the Senate ON Selections of
the President.
Senator Pettigrew again criticised civilian
| nominations by the President in the execu-
tive session of the Senate yesterday after
noon He said that while he had not made
objection to appointments to other posi-
tions he would insist that nominees to no.
sitions as engineers should be competent
men, and he asked the committee on mill
tary affairs to give careful attention to
such nominations. Senator Hale indorsed
this request as reasonable in view of the
Importance Of the Office of engineers in the
army.
The following military nominations were
confirmed:
To be chief quartermaster, with the rank
of major.Captain John NJ. Carson. junior
To be chief commissaries of subsistence
with the rank of major-James Oglethorpe
Varnedoe Of Georgia and James NJ. Moody
of North Carolina.
To be inspector general, with the rank of
major-Captains John G. Balance, William
Crozier; Messrs. Henry H. Carlton of
Georgia and James H. M. Leary Of Texas.
,,d TO to be ,oh chief surgeons; with the rank of
York and Lewis Schooler of Iowa.
To be engineer officers, with the rank of
major.First Lieutenants James Franklin
Strother. Robert B. c. Bement of Minneso.
ia, Hugh II. Gordon of Georgia. Edward de
v. Morrell of Pennsylvania and William
Dunbar Jenkins of Mississippi.
To be inspector general, with the rank of
major-John g. Evans of South Carolina.
To be assistant adjutant general. with
the rank of major-George 8. Hobart of
New Jersey
To be assistant adjutant general, with
rank Of captain-First Lieut., William NJ
Wright. William Joyce Sewen of New Jer-
sey, Sheriff. Babcock of New York, Harry
8. New of Indiana. Beverly A. Reed of
Texas and Putnam Bradley Strong of New
York.
To be commissaries of subsistence with
the rank of captain-Stewart M. Brice of
New York. Oliver Perry Smith of Pennsyl-
vania, Edward r. Hutchins of Iowa, Sal
mon f. Dutton of Vermont, Orson Petit
john Of Illinois, John Landstreet, jr., of
Tennessee. Peter C. Deming of New York,
Edward Glines Of Massachusetts, Morton
]. Henry Of Pennsylvania. Philip M Lydig
Of New York. John Carmichael Of Virginia
Miller r. Downing Of Ohio, Wilson L.
Davenny Of Illinois, Seth M. Miliiken of
Maine and j. F. Jenkins, Wyoming.
To be assistant quartermasters, with the
rank of captain-First Lieut.. John c. w.
Brooks; Frederick w. Cole of Florida,
John c. ,Breckinridge OF New York, William
Il. English Of Indiana, Fl. p. Young Of New
York and r. H. Bugher Of District of CO.
lumbia.
To be additional paymasters-william G.
Gambrill of Maryland, Henry c. Fitzgerald
Of New York. George F. Downey Of Utah.
John Demerit Of New Hampshire George
w. Fishback OF Missouri. Timothy D. Kele-
her of New York. Daniel W. Arnold of ILL.,
nois, Beecher Bradley Ray Of Illinois, Geo.
vandegrift of Ohio. William H. stillwell of
Arizona, George c. Stewart of Georgia.
William B. Rochester. jr.. OF the District
Of Columbia. George Thomas Holloway Of
New York. Tobery s. Smith Of New York,
Herbert NJ. Lord of Maine. Seymour How
ell Of Michigan. Samuel r. Mcmillan of
Minnesota, Clifford s. Walton of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, George B. Guild of Ten
nessee Frank NJ. Hammond OF Massachu-
sets. James f. Rushing Of New York and
Winfield n. Clark of Pennsylvania.
Also the following naval nominations:
Capt. 6ilas Casey. to be q commodore; Com
mander Benjamin p. Lamberton, to be a
captain: Lieut.. Gunior grade) Garry
George. to be lieutenant; Lieutenant Com
mander Harrison q. o. Colby, to be q COM
mander: Lieut. John 81. Moore. to be q heu-
tenant commander: Lieutenant Commander
Leayitt c. Logan. to be q commander.
John BENJAMIN Dennis of Maryland and
William 6turgis Thomas Of New York to
be assistant surgeons.
George Palmer Dyer Of New York, Robert
Harris Woods OF the District OF Columbia
Robert Hunter Orr Of Delaware. Winiasn