New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-07
GENERAL WOOD PROMOTED
,o,,,S,rrnf FOR MAJOR GENERAL OF
VOLUNTEERS.
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NATION OF SECRETARY ROOT
CONFIRMED.

NATION OF SECRETARY ROOT
CONFIRMED.
washington. Dec 6.--The President to-day
sent the following nominations to the SENATE
Brsadier General LEONARD WOOD u D. w. '" ~
co,or,,s 70 he brisader generals-EDGAR r. KELiD's
coo az r T.: GIi.BERT s. CARPENTER 18th =:
j.. wiI.ILAM "a, 4 KoBBEE' Both T. B. W d
urAToN w HARRIS otsohio. to be Consul at MANN
helm, Germany.
According to the officials OF the war Depai'
mont the promotion OF General Wooo u '"e
grade OF major general OF volunteers - ho'
likely to cause any immediate change III MS
present station and duties as commander OF .he
military provinces OF Santiago and Puerto fr'n-
c,,e General Wood had an interview with
Secretary Root at the War Department to-uaS
and at its conclusion said that he expected to
return to Santiago In few days out 'ha' Z"
was possible he might he allowed to spend the
Christmas holidays in this city AS major gem
eral Of volunteers General Wood will be the
second ranking officer in Cuba. his single mill
tary superior being Major General Brooke. com
handing the division who Is major generai u"
the Regular establishment.
JUMPED OVER HIS SENIORS.
General Woods advancement gives him rank
above Generals Wilson. Lee. Wheeler Bates
Young Chaffee and Ludlow. all Of whom were
senior to him In the volunteer army. Although
all the officers named were major generals or
volunteers during the war. they at present hoid
only the rank Of brigadier general. counting
General Wood, there are now eight major gen.
erals in the Army, including Generals Miles,
Merritt and Brooke, Of the Regular Army the
other volunteer major generals are Smarter
Otis LawtOn and Macarthur. General WOOD
appointment is made under authority or the
statute allowing officer Of that rank Tor
every twelve thousand men in active military
service Including the thlrty-five thousand vol
unteers recently enlisted for service in the Phil
ippines. the present strength Of the Army is in
round numbers one hundred thousand men.
p 1t is said at the War Department that Colonel
Kellogg Of the 9TH Infantry, and Colonel Car
penter of the 18th Infantry, who were to-day
nominated as brgadier generals in the Regular
Army will be placed on the retired list imme-
diatey Both held the rank Of brigader generai
in the volunteer establishment during the war
Colonel Carpenter Is in command or ms reBi-
ment in the Philippines Colonel Kellogg started
to he Philippines with his regiment but was
taken sick on the way and was compeileu "
return 10 the United States from Honolulu. he
was twice brevetted for gallantry in the civil
War.
RECESS APPOINTMENTS.
In addition to the new Army appointments
and the Consul sent to the Senate to-day there
were also large number Of appointments made
In the recess. Among the more important were
Elhu Root to be Secretary Of War; Joseph
W. Filter, of Illinois, to be Interstate Commerce
Commissioner; Beamy Storer, Of Ohio to be
Minister to Spain; Lawrence Townsend, of Penn
sylvania, to be Minister TO Belgium; j. ~ IT.
win Of Iowa. TO be Minister TO Portugal; Will
lam T. Lord OF Oregon, to be Minister to the
Argentine Republic; A. S. Hardy of New
Hampshire, to be Minister to Greece, Rumania
and Servia.
There were also long list Of Army promo
tions and postmasters and number or consuls
The Senate spent half an hour In executive
session day. but beyond the confirmation or
Secretary Root and the reference 10 committee
of the numerous nominations sent in to-day
transacted no business. Mr.. Roots nomination
was referred to the Committee on Military Al
fairs and Immediately referred back and con-
frmed There was no opposition to immediate
action.