The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-14

Many Relatives of Army Officers Ap-
pOinted-Three Indinninns.


WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The list of
second lieutenants appointed under the
army reorganization bill was made public
this afternoon. There are 123 in the list,
among them being:
PARKER HIT, of Indiana, now sergeant
Second United States Volunteer Engineers.
GEORGE a. LARIMER, late private in
the one-hundred-and-fi d-fifty-seventh Indiana
ABRAM B. LOEB. student at Purdue
University, who left school 10 enlist in the
ne-hundred-and-sixtieth Indiana.
Others In the list are: Henry Watterson,
jr., corporal Company G. First Kentucky
Volunteers; Nathaniel r. Chambliss, grand
son of Gen. William. L. Hardee, four years
cadet L. S. A. NJ. A, now first lieutenant
Third Alabama Volunteer Infantry; Mel
vile c. Wilkinson, son Of Captain Wilkin-
son, U. S. A, killed at Leech lake. Oct. 5.
1898; Daniel Moore, son of Col. Alexander
Moore, late L. S. A. graduate military COL
lege and now second lieutenant Twenty
third Connecticut Volunteers; William 8.
Bradford, of Col. j. H. Bradford, L.
s. A, retired. and great nephew of late
Admiral William 3. Shubrick L. S. N;
Hugh Bullock, of Georgia; Guy L. Manning,
aid to General Hawkins during the Santiago
campaign; Cyrus A Doiph. of the late
corps. U. S. A, now in Manila. who had
been recommended for certificate of merit
by General Merritt: Goodwin Ordway. son Of
the late Gen. Albert Ordway; George w.
Craigie, son of Major Craigie. Twenty-fifth
Infantry; Charles A. Otis, brother-in-law of
Captain w. NJ. Dickinson, killed at III
Caney; Joseph X. Particle, son of Capt J.
NJ I. Particle, Fifth Infantry, u. S. A.
M A II
Keyes, L. S. A. retired, late adjutant First
United States Volunteer Infantry; George
w. Wallace, son of Maj. William NJ. Wal
lace, Second Cavalry; F. w. Benteen, son
Of the late General Benteen, L. S. A, now
veterinary surgeon, Greenville, S. c.; Leon
l.. Roach, son of Captain Roach, Seven
teenth Infantry and served three years with
the First United States Cavalry Horace
p. Hobbs, graduate of military college, son
of Capt. Charles w. Hobbs, Third Artil-
lery; George s. Tiffany, of New York.
Edgar A. Myer, son of Capt. Albert L.
Myer. One-hundred-and-fi Infantry; Jack
Hayes, son of Maj. E. H. Hayes. Seventh
Cavalry: L. w. Robinson, son of Capt. w.
w. Robinson, jr., quartermaster's depart
ment L. S. A; Guy S. Norvell, son of Col.
S. T. Norvell, corporal Troop d, Fourth
United States Cavalry; James T. Watson,
son of Commodore Watson, L. S. N, and
private Seventh United States Cavalry;
Palmer G. Wood, jr, son of Captain Wood,
Twelfth Infantry, and brother of Lieuten-
ant Wood, Twelfth Infantry. who died at
Santiago. corporal Third United States In
fantry.
Parker Hit, Of this city, who was among
the Presidents appointees. is the son of
George c. Hit, Of the Journal. He had just
completed his junior year at Purdue, when
he enlisted last summer in the Second Vol
unteer Corps of Engineers as private He
was sent to Montauk, afterwards to Savan-
nah and then to Cuba. His regiment was
the first one landed in the province of Ha-
vana. He is now there. Since his service in
Cuba he has been promoted to a sergeantcy.