The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-21
ARMY NOMINATIONS.
Another Batch of Promotions and APP
monuments Sent to the Senate.

pOintments Sent to the Senate.
WASHINGTON, May 2O.-The President
to-day sent these nominations to the SEN
ate:
Capt Patrick Henry Ray, Eighth United
States Infantry, to be colonel of the Third
Regiment, United States Volunteer In
fantry; Capt. James S. Petit, First United
States Infantry. to be colonel of the Fourth
Regiment, United States Volunteer IN
fantry; Lawrence d. Tyson, of Tennessee;
to be colonel of the Sixth Regiment, United
States Volunteer Infantry; First Lieut..
Charles S. Richie, corps of engineers, U. S:
A. to be colonel of the First Regiment of
Volunteer Infantry; Duncan y. Hood. of
Louisiana, to be colonel of the Second Regl-
ment of Volunteer Infantry.
Adjutant Generals Department-Lieut.
Col. Theodore Schwan assistant adjutant
general, with rank of colonel; Mai William
Harding Carter, assistant adjutant general,
to be assistant adjutant general, win rank
of lieutenant colonel
TO be chief surgeons, with rank of ma
icr-George Cook, of Concord N H; VIM
II, Daily of Pittsburg, Pa; Clayton Park
hill. of Denver, Col; James NJ. JENNIE, sur
geon general of Vermont; Herbert w. Card
well, surgeon general of Oregon; James H.
Hysell, of Pomeroy. O.; Leonard b. Almy,
medical director, National Guard of Con-
nectcut; Charles B. Nancred. professor of
surgery, University of Michigan; Henry +:
White, of st. Paul. Mimi; Thomas Earl
Evans, of Woodward Ala; Jefferson ID.
Griffith, medical director, National Guard
general of Nebraska; Edward Boeckman,
National Guard of Minnesota; Thomas e.
Kimhall. of Marion, Ind
To be assistant adjutants general, with
rank of major-Capt. Charles II. Heit,
Twenty-third Infantry; Capt. John A. john
ston, Eighth Cavalry; H. Kyd Douglas, of
Twentieth United States Infantry; Capt.
Louis 4. Craig, Sixth United States CAY :,
TO be commissaries of subsistence. with
rank of major-H Clay Mullikan, of Mary,
land; Capt. David w Wilson, Fifth United
States Infantry; First Lieut.. Hugh j. Gal
lagher, Sixth United States Cavalry.
To be commissaries of subsistence, with
rank of captain-Don A. Dodge, of Mime
'scta; Ralph =. Howell, of Iowa City, la,
To be assistant quartermaster. with rank
of major-Noble H. Kreager of Maryland.
To be inspector general, with rank of ma
jor-James Fl. McLeary, of Mexico.
TO be additional paymasters-William G:
Gambrili. of Maryland; VIM. j. Cowden, OF
West Virginia; Moses Ransom Doyon, OF
Wisconsin.
For appointment in the Signal Corps-To
Corps, II. S. A; to be captain, Benjamin f.
Montgomery, of Virginia; to be first lieu
Philip ]. Perkins, of California; William w
Chance, of Illinois; Albert c. Thompson
1r;. of Michigan; to be second lieutenants
VIM. o. Bailey, tirst-class sergeant, sigma
Corps u S. A.: Francis Creighton first
class sergeant. Signal Corps. Z. S. A.
COMBINATIONS BY THE SENATE
There was some discussion of the civilian
appointments to official positions in the
army in tO-ddyS executive session OF The
Senate. Senator Pettigrew said that while
he had not made objection to appointments
to other positions. he would insist that nom
inees to positions as engineers should bt
competent men, and he asked the commit
tee on military affairs to give careful atten
ton to such nominations Senator Hale in
dorsed this request as reasonable in view o.
the Importance of the office of engineer il
the army. The following military nominal
tions were confirmed:
To be chief quartermaster with the ranl
OF major-Capt. John NJ Carson. jr.
To be chief commissaries OF subsistence
with the rank of major-Messrs. jane.
Oglethorpe Varnedoe, of Georgia, and Jas
M Moody of North Carolina.
To be inspectors general, with the rank g.
major-Captains John G. Balance and Will
liam Crozier, and Messrs. Henry II. Carl
ton. Of Georgia, and James III. McLeary. o.
Texas.
TO be chief surgeons, with the rank o.
major-Messrs. John NJ. q. Woodbury., Of
New York, and Lewis Schooler. of Iowa.
To be engineer officers, with the rank OF
Bell, Clement A. +. Flagler, Lewis II
Strother and Messrs. Robert B. c. Bement
Of Minnesota; Hugh II. Gordon. of Georgia
Edward De v. Morrell. of Pennsylvania
and William Dunbar Jenkins, of Mississippi
TO be inspector general, with the rank o.
major-John q. Evans. of South Carolina
To be assistant adjutant general. with tn,
rank of maJor--George 5. Hobart, of New
no be assistant adjutants general, Will
the rank Of captain-tirst Lieutenant VIII