The record-union., 1899-03-04
.REORGANIzINC OF
ARMY and NAVY.
Action Being Taken by the War and
Navy Departments
Designating Officers Under the Measure
Which Has Just Been Enacted.

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Naval Officer Should the Senate
Fail to Confirm Their Nominal
lions to be Rear-Admirals.
NEW YORK, March "a dispatch
to the Herald" from Washington says:
Action is being taken by the War and
Navy departments to reorganize these
services under the compromise army
bill and the naval personnel bill. I'm
der the latter the President will send
300 naval nominations to theI Senate to-
morrow.
Under the army bill the President is
authorized to appoint five Major Cen
erals and nineteen Brigadier Generals
of Volunteers. 1t is the purpose to con-
tinue all those holding the rank of Ma
jor General in the Philippines in that
rank, although some of those in Cuba
will have to be reduced to the rank Of
Brigadier General.
The list of Major Generals of the
new establishment, besides officers of
the regular service holding this rank,
will be as follows:
| Major General William R. Shafter,
commanding the Department of Cali
fornia.
Major General E. S. Otis, command
| ing General in the Philippines.
Major General Henry w. Lawton, en-
route to Manila.
| Major General Thomas NJ Anderson,
commanding First Division of the
Eighth Army Corps, now at Manila.
| Major General Arthur Macarthur,
commanding Second Division, Eighth
Army Corps, now at Manila
| AS a result of the retention of these
officers in their present rank, it will be
necessary for the President to direct
the muster out as Major Generals of
Major General Thomas F. Wade. who
will return to his rank of Brigadier
General in the army, and also of Major
General Fitzhugh Lee, Major General
Joseph Wheeler, Major General John C.
Bates and Major General William T.
Ludlow.
| Some of these officers will be ap-
pointed Brigadier Generals
This is a partial list of the officers
who, in all probability, will be ap-
pointe3tor retained as Brigadier GEN
erals:
In Cuba-William Ludlow, F'itzhugh
Lee, James H. Wilson, Leonard WOOD,
John c. Bates. L. H. Carpenter, G. W.
Davis and E. B. Williston.
In the Philippines-Samuel Overshine
Irving Hale, H. G. Otis, Charles King,
Robert Hughes and c. McReeve.
For the remaining five vacancies
there will be political scramble. 1t is
understood that General Wheeler would
be willing to accept an appointment as
Brigadier General
Brigadier General F.. D. Grant will.
in all probability, be mustered out in
the spring.
Under the navy personnel law these
nominations for Rear Admiral will be
sent to the Senate tomorrow: E., F..
McNair, j. "A. Howell, H. L. Howison,
Albert Kautz, George c. Remy, N. H.
Farquahar, ]. c. Watson j. w. Philip,
H. B. Robson, w. S. Schley, Silas Ca
sey, w. T. Sampson, B. J. Cromwell. T.
]. Higginson, H. F. Picking, Frederick
Rodgers, Louis Kempf and George w.
Sumner.
BY the confirmation of Commodore
Schley all talk of his being dropped
from the service as a result of the pro-
motion of Commodore Higginson will
be effectually ended. OF course both
Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley
will be returned to the positions they
now hold on the naval register, should
the Senate CONFIRM their nominations
for advancement for gallant service.
Failure to confirm their nominations
for promotion for gallant service will
result in placing the name of Rear
Admiral Schley ahead of that of Rear
Admiral Sampson, according to their
standing before the war.
These officers will be nominated to be
Captains:
Chief Engineers W. G. Buehler, L. J..
Allen, G. w. Melville, Joseph Trilley.
P. A. Readick, A. H. Able. G. J. Bur-
nap, Cipriano Andrade, John E. Lowe,
Charles ]. Mcconnell and Lewis w.
Robinson; Commanders G. w. Pigman.
John MCGOWAN, j. G. Greene. C. II.
Rockwell, J. M. Forsythe G. A. Con-
verse, r. B. Bradford, A. ]. Craig, C. NJ.
Thomas. A. S. Snow, G. c. Reiter, w.
H. Brownson, H. E. Nicholas, w. w.
Head, E. S. Houston and Edwin Long
necker.
HOBSON'S PROMOTION.
NEW YORK. March "a dispatch to
the Tribune" from Washington says:
| The Presidents nomination of Rich
ard Pearson Hobson to be advanced ten
numbers from No. l on the list of AS
sistant Naval Constructors is said by
naval officers to constitute the greatest
material promotion, as a recognition Of
gaIlantry. in the history of the service
1t will make Hobson a Captain at the
age of 80. His advancement amounts to
$50 numbers in the line of the navy,
which is remarka BILE in comparison with
the single number secured by Admiral
Dewey, eight numbers by Admiral
Sampson and from three to five each by
other officers during the war with
Spain When it was proposed to pro-
mote Hobson to the foot of the grade
of Lieutenant Commanders the Jump
amounted to about $50 numbers only.
but, under the nomination made to-day,
Hobson skips over all the Lieutenant
/ Commanders and goes nearly to the top
of the Commanders list, so far as rela-
| tive rank is concerned
! OF the seven Naval Constructors who
continue superior to- him three will
speedily retire - Constructor Feaster
| in next August. Constructor varnum in
April next year. and Chief Constructor
Hichborn. Who under the new person
mel law, ranks as Rear Admiral, on
March A, 1901. On that date Con-
] structor Hobson will take the rank and