The times., 1899-12-07
SELECTED FOR PROMOTIONS.
Rewards of the Men Honorcd by the
Pres eIItn


The following promotions OF Army OH
GERS were sent to the Senate by the Presi-
dent yesterday:
To be major general ol Volunteers
Brig Gen. LEONARD WOOD
To be brigadicr generals 0i tie Regular Army
Col. EDGAR r. KELLOGG. sixth Infantry.
Col GILBERT 5. CARPENTER Eighteenth In
fautrv.
To be brigadier generals Of Volunteer
Col WILLIAM A. KoBBE, Thirty fifth In
fantry.
Col. FRANKLIN BELL, Thirty-sixth Infantry
The nominations have been under con-
sideration by the Secretary OF War for
several weeks. Gen. Leonard Woods nom
ination to be major general OF volunteers
fills the only vacancy in this rank.
Colonel Bell has been nominated for
brigadier general Of volunteers, thus Ieav-
ing only two vacancies in this rank The
two vacancies existing in the rank Of
brigadier general Of the Regular Army
have been filed by the nomination Of Col.
Edgar R. kellogg. OF the Sixth Infantry,
and Col. Gilbert 5. Carpenter, OF the Sew
enth Infantry. These two officers have their
applications for retirement on file at the
War Department and they viii be retired
soon after their promotion is confirmed By
| the Senate
General Woods rise has been almost
| meteoriC From an almost unknown Army
/ surgeon he sprang into prominence when
| he became colonel of rne Rough Riders
! raised by Roosevelt at the outbreak of the
! Spanish war. and after the Rough Riders
| were mustered out he was made a major
/ general OF volunteers, but later retired to
/ brigadier general. and made military gov
ernor Of the Department OF Santiago de
/ Cuba He is about thirty nine years old.
| and in high favor with the President. He
has been prominently mentioned for civil
| governor Of Cuba and also for brigadier
/ general of the Regular Army.
/ Colonel kellogg was born in New York
and entered the Army as sergeant major OF
/ the Twenty fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
! at the outbreak OF the Civil War He was
! soon afterward transferred to the Sixteenth
/ Regular Infantry in the same grade. He
! became colonel Of the Sixth Infantry June
! 30, 1898, and during the Spanish war served
/ as brigadier general of volunteers He is
! now i'll in Colorado and is not expected 70
/ be able to resume command Of his regi-
ment, which is in the Philippines.
Colonel Carpenter was born in Medina.
/ Ohio. in 1886. He was appointed second
[ lieutenant in the Nineteenth Ohio Infantry
in April. 1851 In August of the same year
( he was mustered out with that regiment
/ and Immediately enlisted in the Regular
/ Army, being promoted to the grade OF sec
ond lieutenant in the Eighteenth Infantry
June. 1862; to first lieutenant in November,
1862, and to captain in 1886. During his
service in the Civil War he was in the
| battles of PeTryviIle, Pittsburg Landing.
and Stone River In the last-named fight
he was severely wounded while at the head
| of his company and was brevetted for gal
/ liant and meritOriOus service. Since the
/ close of the Civil War Colonel Carpenter
( has served continuously with his regiment
/ on the western frontier, having particf
pated in several Indian campaigns. Serv-
/ ing in the Spanish war he commanded the
+ Seventh United States Infantry which took
a very active part in the Santiago cam
| paign. For his gallant conduct in that
! campaign he was appointed a brigadier
( general Of volunteers He is now in COM
mand of his regiment in the Philippines
/ and will retire for age April I, 1860. It
appears from his record that Colonel Car
/ penter was one of the first to respond to
| the first call of the President for volunteers
| in the war of the rebellion. and that he
| has served his country honestly and faith
fully from that time to the present date
Colonel Bell and Colonel KObbe have
both been prominent in the war against
the insurgents in the Philippines.