The San Francisco call., 1898-06-20
CORBlN NAMES
 NEW OFFICERS Selection of Second
 LieutenantS. MANY COLLEGE GRADUATES RIGID EXAMINATIONS MUST BE
 PASSED.
MANY COLLEGE GRADUATES
One Hundred and Ninety-Five Men to Fill Vacancies Created by the Reorganization
 Bill.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, June 19.-At a lat hour tonight Adjutant General Corbil made public the names of the 195 youn: men who have been selected for ap 1 pointment as second lieutenants in tn regular army to fill the vacancies ere ated by the act of Congress adapting the three battalion organizations of in fantry and the addition of one second lieutenant to all batteries when filled tt war strength. Each of the 195 men se lected will be obliged to undergo aI examination that will be a thorough test of his mental and physical qualifi cations for the army service. Those who pass the examination will be named by the President to the Senate
 To the selection of the men both the President and Secretary of War have devoted time and consideration. Out ot the 195 appointed eighty-nine are known to be college graduates; five ot them honor men of their classes of colleges having military instructors; in all representing siXty-seven different istitutions. Forty-e eight are now in the volunteer or militia service and thir- teen are enlisted men in the regular army.
 Never before has there been such vitality and new blood injected into the military service. Army officers view with satisfaction, and West Point men more than all others, that sixty seven different college notions and methods are going to be put on trial alongside of West Point and army methods. More than 1000 applications for appoint mentS were filed at the war Depart ment.
 Enlisted men who have been designated by the President for appointments as sec ond lieutenants, U. s. A: Sergeant Wal, lieutenant, U. S. A. Signal Corpsl; Corpor- al Percy w. Arnold, Troop F, First U. s. Cavalry; Corporal William A. CaYanaugh, Corporal George M. Grimes, Troop B, Second United States Cavalry; First Class Private William Geiger, Company E, Bat talion U. $. Engineers; Sergeant Albert airy; Corporal Robert 0. Vanhorn, Com pany c, Twelfth United States Infantry; Private William k. McCue, Company B, King, Troop K, Fifth U. S. Cavalry; Cor poral Henry $. Wygant, Company C, Sixth Ts6 k E. IPFany q6d9y sFgean sTgg6 De9el Ga9 arX PnYate Se Ff93p Eps}pn A R1tedge Gbson Company D, Twentieth U. S. Infantry.
 Civilian applicants for appointments as second lieutenant, U. s. A, designat- ed by the President, include the fol- lOWlnR rom w SSIern SLdlSS.
 California-Charles R. Lloyd, private, Battery A, Connecticut Volunteers; Geo. W. Bauer, honor graduate University of California; James Malcolm Graham, color sergeant, Cadet Company, First Infantry, National Guard of California.
 Colorado-Lyman M. Bass; Archie J. Harris, honor graduate Agricultural Col
 idaho-Aexander J. McNab Jr., private, Company D, First Idaho Volunteer h. fantry; Joseph l.: Gilbreth. honor gradu-
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 fllinoisNCampbeli F. Babcock, private, First U. S Cavalry Volunteers; James F. Bell, private, Company c, First Illinois Holunteer InifantTg Robert @Iten E Frtta National Guard of Illinois; William A. Talbot Jr.. private, Seventy-first New York Volunteers; George Williams, Ralph Brewer, honor graduates University of Illinois.
 Iowa-James Frederick Howell. gradu- ate Cornell University, New York; Harry Iowa State Normal School; P. M. shaffer,, honor. graduate, Iowa State Normal
 Kansas-Thomas R. Parker, late ser son Martin, civil engineer; Mark Wheeler, honor graduate Kansas Agricultural Col lege.
 Among those from Maine Is Henry Me Pherson Merriam, a student of Stanford University, California.
 Minnesota-John T. Jones, sergeant Min i, graduate Michigan Military Academy; Charles H. Whipple Jr:, graduate Shat tuck Military School, Minnesota; John Robert Rigby Hannah, graduate -Univer- sity of Minnesota; William B. Foiweil, first lieutenant, Company l., Minnesota Volunteers.
 uate Western Military Academy of Illi- nois: Irwin Harrison, Woodson Hooker, privates, Third Missouri Volunteers; Ed ward A. Macklin, late sergeant Battery A. Wickham Jr., John N. Straat Jr., honor
 Montana--Bryan Conrad. late private Montana Volunteers.
 Nebraska-Frank s. Burr, graduate Shattuck Military School, Minnesota w. School of Minnesota; William H. Ourey, honor graduate, University of Nebraska.
 Nevada-Robert .Brambila, honor grad uate University of Nevada.
 North Dakota-Charles H. Foster, Quar- termaster sergeant North Dakota Volun- teers; Edward Robbins, honor graduate University of North Dakota.
 Oregon-William H. Jordan Jr.. Com pany H, Second Oregon Volunteer h. fantry; Ralph " Terrill, honor graduate Agricultural College of Oregon
 South Dakota-Rush Spencer Wells. cap- tain United States Second Volunteer Cav airy; Elmer J. Wallace, honor graduate University of South Dakota.
 Texas-Clifton Kinney private. Texas Volunteers; William S. Simpson, corporal Troop D, First United States Volunteer Cavalry; Edward E. Downs, one and a half years United States Military Acad- emy; Charles T. Todd. honor graduate Agricultural and Mechanics College of Texas.
 Utah-Philip Sheridan Shaughnessy, honor graduate Riverview Military Acad- emy, New York; Charles A. Jensen, honor graduate Agricultural College of Utah
 Washington-Henry M Boutelle. Ed ward Kunet, honor graduate Washington Military College.
 Wisconsin-1enry G. West, late captain Fourth Wisconsin, National Guard; Harry T. James, three years United States Milf tary Academy; W. E. Haze, honor gradu- ate University of Wisconsin; Laurence A. Curtis, graduate Shattuck Military School of Minnesota.
 Wyoming-George Gregory, lieutenant colonel Wyoming National Guard; Herber J. Brees, honor graduate University of TWO ALASKAN VESSELS