The evening times., 1899-12-25
TO Make ARMY CHANGES
TAe;SW# Department Prepares for
Many Retirements.
Hu5er and Brigndicr Generals Who
ing the Coming Year Grenter Than
for Amy Like Period Since the Civil
War-Candilates for Promotion.

There will be many promotions in the
army during the year of 1900. Twenty Off
GERS ranging from major gens.-al to majcr
are to be retired on account uf age. Al
most as many more will be retired en- ac-
count of having been over thirty years in
the service. while dozen cclonels are
said to have applied for promotion to
brisadier generals with the understanding
that they will retire as soon after their
promotion as possible.
The promotions and retirements will
cause many changes in the army and with
the disappearance of such officers as Major
General Merritt and Brigadier General
Anderson, the young blood of the army
will be advanced along the line. and many
of them will be brought to the front.
Major General John r. Brooke may also
retire, he has served ever thirty years
in the army, and has a fine record. The
appointment of General Leonard Wood as
Military Governor of Cuba in place of
General Brooke has caused great disoon-
.snt among General Brooke's friends and
many of them. ii is said, have urged him
TO retire.
Win the retirement Of Brigaiier Gene al
Andersen. January 81, and a.so the retire
ment OF BrigaGier General CafLe1tsr.
which IL expected any Cay, thece vii lie
three vacancies in the list of brg.Gi r
gener2is, and it has been announced that
number OF colonies, row SEWING as brga-
der generals of volunteers, will be p o.
NOTED and retired.
General Fitzhugh Lee and General j lseph
Wheeler vino are now irving as brigGdi2r
gencEs!s Of volunteers, though not o. the
regular army. may be maze brigacic' gan
erals AID retired. Their names have b>cn
places. ESfCTe the PrezideL- for promotion
TO hriSltier generals of tie regular AMY.
anu Mr.. Mckinley is said TO have faVo ed
the plan.
SONG of the Candidntes.
General Iawton. had he lived twenty
four hours longer. would have been
brigIdier general. and his name nay yet
he sent to the Senate for corfirma i'm, as
tine President is desirous of Eonoring b
memory. For the vacancies in TIE ranks
Of brignf!er generals Gen. Samuel B. NJ.
Young is one of the most pTU-nire-.t car
Gidatos. after some of the other oifc -s
have been promoted and Io:.reG. GCn.
John c. Bates, who negotiated the agree
inent between this country and the Sultan
of Sulu Islants is also a caniiGate, with
good chances OF success
Col Andrew s. Burt. OF the Twenty
fifth Irf&n:ry, has seen nearly forty years
service ard he will probably be among
those who aIe pronlotst TO he triga Ter
general I'D retired AT once.
Among the ether canGiCatcs who would
like 10 become brigadier generals in tie
regular army are Briga Her Gen erals ct
Volunteers X. II. Hail. George W. Da'is.
Lloyd Wheaton, a. X. Chaifee. William
Ludlow. Theodore Schwan, and Coils a
X. Arnold. Samuel 5. Sumner, and W. II.
Bisbec. .<
Though there is violent opposition among
the army officers to Gen. Leonard Wood be-
ing made brigadier general in the regular
army. the latters friends say that as soon
as his reign a. military governor of Cuba
is ended next April. he will be made
j brigadier general in the regular army,
as the President has great confidence IN
his abalIty.
Well-informed army officers believe that
the three vacancies in the list of brigadier
generais will finally be filed by Wood. Mac
Arthur. and Ludlow. Before they are ap-
pointed. however number Of older Off
GERS will he made brigadier generals and
retired, which will give them a comfortable
salary for the rest of their lives.
Among the recent promotions were Lieut..
Col. Charles W. Miner, who became colo
mel of the Sixth Infantry. on the pro-
motion and retirement of Brigadier Gen
cral Kellogg, and Lieut.. Col Peter ID.
Froom and Major Charles II. Heyl on ac-
count of the death of General Lawton.
4 list of the officers who retired in 1900
on account of age has been prepared by the
War Department. As fast as they are re-
tired the new appointments will be made.
In all instances. except TO the positions Of
brigadier and major generals, the appoint
ments are made by moving up the next
ranking officer in the branch of the SER
vice in which the vacancy occurs.
Those Who Retire.
The list of ratirenszsz is as follows:
Major Gen. Wesley Merritt, June 16:
Brig Gen. Thomas NJ. Anderson, January
II; Col J. NJ Whittemore, Ordnance. March
:; Col Charles Fl. Allen, Medical Corps,
April 2S; Col. E. B. williston, Sixth Artii-
lery July Is; Col. ]. G. c. Lee, assistant
quartermcstzr general. August Il; CCi. Jo-
ssph p Wright. Medical Corps. December
25: Lieut. Col. W. H. Clapp. Twer;y first
Irrfdntry. ard Lieut.. Col W. T. Hartz,
Twensy- Infantry. both On Septem-
ber .; Lieut. Col. Henry r. Brinckerhoff,
Eleventh Infantry. Oc;ober 3; Lieut. Col
W. H. Bowie, Nineteenth Infantry, Novem-
Der Is; Lieut.. Col. II. r. Tilton, Medical
Corps. February /; Lieut.. Cob. E. A. Koer-
per, Medical Corps. February 81: Major C.
L. Mum, Medical Corps, February .; Ma
jor Frederick Fuegsr. Fourth ARTILLERY, |
June 10; Major ]. C. Scantling. Second Ar
tilsery October .. Major J. W. Summer |
hayes. QuaTtermas.ers Department, janu-
airy 6. and Chaplain ]. II. Macomber, Feb |
ruary 49,
Lieut.. Col. Egbert B. Savage retired vol
unfairly for service over thirty years, |
Lieut. Col. David L. Huntington, who died |
in Rome, December 20, was retired from |
the Medical Corps in 1898 after service !
of tnirty-six years, having represented the |
army at a number of foreign military con-
ventions.~