The times., 1898-05-18
MORE OFFICERS NOMINATED.
Sons of Distinguished Fathers Fn-
yEred.

LOT the volunteer service. Several CIVIL
tans have been given prominent places.
among them some sons of noted fathers.
In this class is William Joyce Sewell. OF
New Jersey, son OF the Senator from that
State. Mr.. SeweiI Is now a member Of
his fathers staff in the National Guard Of
that State. He Is about twenty-four
years of age, and an enthusiastic soldier.
He has been Identified with all the athlet-
ic sports and IS an ail-around athlete. 1t
IS said by those who know him that he is
qualified by reason of his training as a
staff officer of the National Guard TO I'LL
the post of assistant adjutant general to
which he has been appointed. He ranks
captain.
Another OF the appointments that has
attracted a great deal of attention is that
of George Hobart of New Jersey. TO be
assistant adjutant general. with the rank
of major Mr.. Hobart is nephew of the
Vice President and it was stated at the
Capitol yesterday afternoon that he was
appointed without the knowledge OF the
Vice President. Young Hobart IS man
of about twenty-tilree years of age. He
is a college bred man but is understood
George Vandegrift, OF Cincinnati, ap-
pointed to be an additional paymaster,
was formerly member of the board of
administration of that city. George B.
Guild, OF Tennessee, named for similar
Office. was twice mayor of Nashville and
served as a member OF the State legisla-
ture. O. Brien Moore, of Texas, also nom
mated to be an additional paymaster, is
well known to Washingtonians- He was
for many years the Washington corre-
spondent of the St. Louis Republic and
more recently has been editing paper
at Charleston, W. Va
Stewart NJ. Brice, nominated to COM
missary Of subsistence, with the rank OF
captain, is a son of former Senator Cal
vim S. Brice, and Hugh II. Gordon, nomi-
mated to be an engineer officer, with the
rank of major, Is a son of former Senator
Gordon of Georgia and now commander
in-chief of the Confederate Veterans.
Seth NJ. Millikin. of Maine, appointed as
a eommissary of subsistence with the
rank of captain is a son of the late Rep
resentative Millikin of Maine
The withdrawal of j. NJ Simeral of Ne
braska, rho was nominated some days
ago to be a commissary of subsistence
develops an interesting story. Mr.. Sine
raj is a veteran Of the Civil War and is
seventy-three years of age. The office 10
which he was appointed requires man
VI tCeiSclidblC dCltNlNy anu StICA4bLA IL
turns out that Mr.. Simeral has on file be-
fore the Pension Committee an applica-
ton for a pension at the rate of $50 a
month on the grounds of total disability.
If Mr.. Simeral Is disabled so as to give
him good grounds for a pension. the Pres
ident does not think he is sufficiently ac-
tive to properly fill the office of commits
sary of subsistence.
Following is the list of yesterdays nom
nations:
Capt. Siias Casey, [. s. N. to be com
modore; Commander Benjamin P. Lam
berton, to be acaptain; Lieut.. Ounior
grade Harry George, 10 be lieutenant,
Lieut.. Commander Harrison G. o. Colby.
to be commander Lieut.. John II. Moore,
TO be lieutenant commander; Lieut.
Commander Leavitt c. Logan. to be
commander: Ensign Ralph E. Walger. to
be a second lieutenant: Second Lieut..
Anon Bronson, jr., L. S. II. c.. to be an
ensign in the navy; John Benjamin
Dennis OF Maryland, and William Sturgis
Thomas of New York, 10 be assistant
surgeons in the navy
To be assistant paymasters to fill vacan-
cies-George Palmer Dyer of New York,
Robert Hunter Orr OF Delaware, Frank
w Hart of District of Columbia. Webb
Van Horn Rose OF New York, Charles
Williams Penrose of New York. Abel
Brown Pierce of Texas, Robert Harris
Woods of District of Columbia. William
Alfred Merritt of Maryland, Harrison
Lamar Robins of Mississippi, William
Henry Doherty of Massachusetts,, Charles
Morris jr.. of New York.
Homer Reed Stanford of Tennessee, to
be a civil engineer in the navy. Medical
Inspector Hosea ]. Babin, TO be medical
director in the navy
Surgeon Charles A. Seigfried, to be
medical inspector in the navy.
To be assistant adjutant general with
rank of major-George S. Hobart, OF New
Jersey.
Withdrawn-Capt Henry c. Ward. Six
teenth Infantry. for inspector general
with rank of major; ]. NJ. Simeral of Ne
braska for commissary of subsistence
with rank of captain; Richard II. Davis.
of Massachusetts,. for assistant adjutanr
general with rank of captain
To be engineer officers with rank OF
major-First Lieut.. James Franklin Bell.
Seventh United States Cavalry; Hugh II.
Gordon, of Georgia; William Dunbar Jen-
kins, of Mississippi; First Lieut.. W. H.
Strother, First United States Infantry.
Robert B. c. Bement, of Minnesota; Ed
ward De " Morrell, of Pennsylvania;
First Lieut.. Clement A. F. Flagler, Corps
of Engineers. L. s. a.
To be assistant adjutant general with
rank of captain-First Lieut.. William M
Wright, Second United States Infantry;
Sheriff. Babcocls, of New York; William
Joyce Sewell, of New Jersey.
To be assistant quartermasters with
rank OF captain-FGrst Lieut. J. W.
Brooks. Fourth Artillery; John c. Breck-
enridge of New York: Frederick W. Cole.
of Florida; William E. English, of Indi-
ana.
To be commIssaries OF subsistence with
rank of captain-Stewart NJ. Brice of New
York Edward R. Hutchins of Iowa, Orson
Pettijohn OF Illinois, Peter c. Deming of
New York. Norton J. Henry Of Pennsyl
vania, John Carmichael OF Virginia,
Moses r. Doyon of Wisconsin. Seth NJ.
'Miliken of Maine, Oliver Perry Smith of
Pennsylvania, Salmon F. Dutton or Yer
mont John Landstreet, 1r.. OF Tennessee,
Edward Glines of Massachusetts. Philip
NJ Lydig of New York, Miller r. Down
ing of Illinois.
To be additional paymasters-Frank NJ.
Hammond OF Massachusetts,, Winfield II.
Clark of Pennsylvania, Henry c. FftZger-
aid of New York. John Demerit OF New
Hampshire. Timothy d. kelcher OF New
York Daniel w. Arnold of Illinois,
George yandegrift of Ohio. George C.
Stewart of Georgia. George Thomas Hol-
luway OF New York. Herbert NJ. Lord of
Maine, Samuel r. Mcmillan OF Minnesota,
George B. Guild of Tennessee James F.
RuSting of New YORK, Stephen Gamoril,
IT., of Maryland: George F. Downey of
Utah, George ". Fishback OF Missouri.
O'Brien Moore of Texas, Beecher Bradley
Ray Of Illinois, William II. Stillwell OF
Arizona William B. Rochester, jr-, of Dis
trict of Columbia Robert S. Smith of
New York, Seymour Howell of Michigan.
Clifford S. Walton of District of Column
bia.
To be chief quartermaster with rank of
major-Capt. John NJ. Carson, jr., a.
q NJ