The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-05
LIST OF NEW GENERALS


Washington, May 4-The president to-
day sent these nominations to the SEN
ate:
To be major general-Brigadier General
Joseph c. Breckenridge, inspector general
L. S. A; Brigadier General Elwell S.
Otis. U. S. A; Brigadier General John
c. Coopinger. Brigadier General William
r. Shafter; Brigadier General William H.
Graham; Brigadier General James f.
Wade; Brigadier General Henry c. Mer-
RAM; James H. Wilson of Delaware:
Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia; W. ]. Sewel Of
New York; Joseph Wheeler of Alabama
Colonels to be brigadier generals
Thos. NJ. Anderson, Fourteenth infantry:
Chas. F. Compton, Fourth cavalry; Abra-
ham K. Arnold, First cavalry; John S.
Poland. Seventeenth infantry; Simpon
Snyder. Nineteenth infantry; John c.
Bates, Second infantry; Andrew G. Burt,
Twenty-fifth infantry; Hamilton S. Haw-
kins, Twentieth infantry; Royal T. Frank,
First artillery; Jacob F. Kent. Twenty
fourth infantry; Samuel 8. Sumner, Sixth
cavalry; Francis L. Guenther, Fourth ar
tillery; Guy V. Henry. Tenth cavalry;
John I. Rodgers, Fifth artillery; Louis H.
Carpenter, Fifth cavalry; Samuel B. NJ.
Young, Third cavalry; John NJ. Bacon,
Eighth cavalry; Edward B. Winston,
Srth artillery.
Lieutenants to be brigadier generals
Henry w. Lawton, inspector general;
George NJ. Randall, Eighth infantry;
Theodore schwan. assistant adjutant gen
eral; William Ludlow. corps Of engineers;
Adna R. Chaffee, Third cavalry; George
W. Davis. Fourteenth infantry; Alfred f.
Bates. deputy paymaster general
Subsistence Northumberland Charles
Patrick Egan. to be commissary general
of subsistence, with rank of colonel; Ma
jor Wells Willard. commissary of sub3is-
tence. to be assistant commissary general
of subsistence, with rank of lieutenant
colonel: Captain Tasker Howard Bliss, tc
be commissary Of subsistence, with rank
of major; First Lieutenant John Little,
Fourteenth infantry, to be commissary Of
subsistence, with rank of captain.
Pay department-Harry L.-Rogers, to be
paymaster. with rank Of major
Naval cadets in navy ana marine corps
Andrew E. Kalbach. Pennsylvania; Ralph
e Walker, Indiana; Daniel W. WUrts-
baugh, Texas; Ivan c. Wettengel Colo
RADIO; Watt Culverius, ir., Louisiana;
Duncan NJ. Wood, Alabama; Leigh c..
Palmer. Missouri; Thomas A. Kearney.
Missouri; Arthur Macarthur. jr., Wiscon-
sin; Frank f. Ridgely, at large; Dudley
w Knox. Tennessee: Charles z. Gilpin,
Michigan; Mark S. Ellis, Arkansas; Earl
p. Jessop. West Virginia: Henry c. Mus
tin. Tennessee; Roland I. Curtin. Pennsyl-
vania. all TO be ensigns in navy to fill
vacancies.
Charles L. Leiper, Pennsylvania; Gate
wood L. Lincoln. Missouri; Edward T.
Fitzgerald Texas; Albert w. Marshall,
Texas; Charles P. Burt. Geogria; Kenneth
G. Castleman. Kentucky; George B. Rice,
Kentucky; Arthur Grenshaw. Alabama,
all to he assistant engineers in the navy
to MI vacancies.
Anon Bronson, jr., Nebraska. to be a
second lieutenant in the marine corps, and
Harry II. Balthis. Colorado, to be assist
ant paymaster in the navy, to ill vacan-
cies.
To be surveyor Of customs. William L.
Kessinger at Kansas City, Mo; Joseph
r Woolman. to be marshal for the dis
trict Of Montana; James X. Barnes, to BE
attorney for the Western district of Ar
kansas.
Observation-Disclosures Of Daniel c.
Miles to be agent for Indians OF the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe agency in Oklahoma.
Postmasters:
Missouri-S. F. Scott Kansas iCty.
Texas-Arthur J. Palmer, FL Dorado;
Ernest J. Scott. Goodland.
Texas-Lucy L Norris. Eagle Lake;
Hal Singleton. Jefferson: Thomas Hail.
Palestine; T. d. Roys, Honey Grove; w.
s. Strain. Lancaster; Theodore Miller,
Rusk
Washington. May 4.-Senator SeweH d.
clined absolutely to discuss his nominal
ton as major general. further than 20
say that he should resign his seat in the
senate and would ask for a leave of alb
circulation that Senator Sewell would not
accept. The senator said that he must
take time to consider the matter before
making any statement.
Washington. May 1.-The senate has
confirmed Senator Seweu TO be major
general
Des Moines. Ia, Nav 4.-The men at
Camp Mckinley in companies have unan-
imously voted 10 endorse James r. Lin
coin. inspector general and commander Of
the camp. for an appointment as briEadier
general TO command the Iowa troops. =