The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-30
THREE WEST YIRGINIANS
Receive Commissions in the new
Volunteer Service = Examinations
for Civilian Applicants for Commis'

Volunteer Service - Examinations
for Civilian Applicants for Commits
sions.
Special Dispatch to tho Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. August 2s.-It
was given out at the war department
to-day that Notwithstanding the work
Of recruiting for the ten new volunteer
regiments has not yet been actively be-
gun, total OF 2,7e4 men have been en-
rolled.
There is genuine enthusiasm in all
the states, and no doubt exists that the
full complement of soldiers for the ad-
dltIonul regiments will be speedily OBJ
tained.
Three commissions were given West
virginia to-day. james H. Martin. late
second lieutenant In the Second West
Virginia regiment, has been made a
captaln, and Charles F. Beale, late sec
ond lieutenant. Second West Virginia,
and B. G. Ruttencutter, second lieu"
tenant Of the First West Virginia, have
been appointed first lleutenants. All OF
the foregoing have been assigned to the
Forty-flrst regiment.
General Miles, commander-ln-chief OF
the army, has Issued regulations for
the examination OF civilian applicants
for commissions as second lieutenants,
under the provisions Of the act OF
March 2, 1889. A prerequisite for such
examination is authorization by the
war department. II the applicant has
been graduated from an institution
where he received military instruction,
he will be required to present q diplo-
mn or recommendation from the fac
ulty; II he be n member Of the National
Guard. recommendation from the prop
er National Guard authorities will be
required. To be eligible as to age one
must be between tweRty-one and TWEEN
ty-seven, and he must be a citizen OF
the. United States The usual BtipulR-
tions are made as to physical compe-
tency, the examination conforming to
the requirements as to recruits. The
educational qualifications arc those
usually reduIred-a knowledge OF Eng
| lish grammar, ability to read, write and
spell with facility and correctness,
knowledge Of arithmetic and ability to
| apply the rules to all practical ques-
tions: knowledge Of the use Of loBar-
ithms. knowledge OF algebra, geometry
and trIgonometry, elements OF survey
| ing. geography, general history, and
Knowledge OF the constitution and form
OF government under It. and the ele-
ments OF international law. Character
for sobriety and fidelity and aptitude
ind probable efficiency Will also be con-
sldered.
Secretary Root Is overwhelmed with
| applications for commissions. But one
hundred offices nre yet to be filled In
| the ten new regiments, yet the demand
| for the places continues, the applicants
exceeding in number those who sought
commissions ut the beginning OF the
war with Spain. The selections from
! the list CLASSIFIED by states, are all
made at the war department
Captain Charlie Beatty, a former
we'll known West Vlrglnlan who served
under commission In an immune regi-
ment in the late conflict has just been
given Indefinite leave from the District
| National Guard in which he also holds
n commission. in order that he may go
to the Philippines. Captain Beatty ex-
pected to retain his old rank and re-
| crutted n full company, with n cap
| tain's commission as the promised re-
ward.
The men were all examined and pass
| ed by n surgeon here. but when re-
examined at Camp Meade 80 many
were turned down that the number ac-
| cepted we're many less than q company,
/ and the captain, his rank the Immune
regiment, was given n commission as
first lieutenant. He promises himself,
| however, that he will win the addition
al bar when he tackles the Tagals.