Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-22
POINTER MAKES PROMOTIONS
Fills Places in the First Caused by Lieuten-
ant Colonel Ooltou's Discharge.
MAJOR EAGER GOES UP TO SECOND PLACE
some Heart BurninRs Are Caused by
the Changes, Notably Among the
Friends of Captain HoIdemnn
Taylor Overlooked.

LINCOLN, June Especial. )-The pro-
motions in the First regiment were an
nounced at the governors office this morn
ing, and the following cablegram was sent
to Colonel Mulford:
LINCOLN, June 81, 1899. Mulford, Ma
nila: Following appointments made fill va
cancies contingent on acceptance OF resg-
nations Cotton, Zelinger, Naracong, Han
sen. Appointments date from acceptance
designations;
Eager, lieutenant colonel; Kilian, major;
Moore, captain, X; DUNCAN, first Lieutenant,
II Coleman, second Lieutenant c; Richards,
captain, e; Osborne, first lieutenant, Ii;
Flick, second lieutenant, NJ; White, first
lieutenant, e; Kleinhen, second lieutenant,
e. Wadsworth, first lieutenant, L. Todd,
second lieutenant, e. shaffer, second lieu
tenant, L. Il. A. GILBERT,
Acting Governor
The different promotions are explained in
the following orders issued this afternoon
by Adjutant General Barry:
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE. LIN
colin, June 21, 1S99.-General Orders No.
13. The following changes In the commits
stoned personnel of the First regiment, Ne
braska volunteers stationed at Manila,
Philippine islands, are announced viz:
l. The resignation of Lieutenant Colonel
George II. Cotton having been rendered to
the president Of the United States, Major
Frank d. Eager is appointed to fri the
vacancy, to rank from the date of uhe ac-
ceptance of the resignation.
ii. Captain Julius N Kilian, Company X,
is appointed major, to take rank from the
date of the muster-in of Eager as lieuten-
ant colonel.
III. First Lieutenant William K. Moore,
Company ii, is appointed captain OF Com
pany K, to take rank from the date of
muster-in of Kilian as major.
". Second Lieutenant William d. Dun
gan, Company G, is appointed first lieuten-
ant of Company II, to take rank from the
date of musterin of Moore as captain of
Company K
V. Sergeant Garrett F. Coleman, Com
pany L. is appointed second lieutenant of
Company c, to take rank from the date of
muster-in OF DUNCAN as first lieutenant of
Company H.
VI. The resignation of Captain John F.
Zeilinger, Company E, having been ten
dered to the president of the United States,
First Lieutenant Charles II. Richards of
Company l. is appointed to fill the vacancy.
to take rank from the date of acceptance
of the resignation.
VII Second Lieutenant William H. Os-
borne, tr., Company M, Is appointed first
lieutenant, to take rank from the date of
the muster-in OF Richards as captain of
Company E.
VIII. Sergeant Walter S. Flick, Company
M, Is appointed second lieutenant OF Com
pany M, to take rank from the date of the
muster-in of Osborne as first lieutenant of
Company l..
TX. The resignation OF First Lieutenant
Frank B. Naracong, Company E, having
been rendered to the president of the United
States, Second Lieutenant Sherman A.
White, Company e. is appointed to fri the
vacancy, to take rank from the date of ac-
ceptance OF the resignation.
X. Sergeant Charles n. Kleinhen Com
pany E, 10 appointed second lieutenant of
Company e, to take rank from the date
OF muster-in of White as first lieutenant OF
Company E.
XI The resignation of First Lieutenant
Christian Hansen, Company l, having been
rendered to the president OF the United
States, Second Lieutenant Andrew S.
Wadsworth, Company B, is appointed to fill
the vacancy to take rank from the ac-
ceptance Of the resignation.
XII. Sergeant Otto F. Todd, Company A,
is appointed second lieutenant of Company
b. to take rank from the muster-i In of
Wadsworth as first lieutenant OF Company
XIII. The resignation Of Second Leuten-
ant Jesse NJ. Tompsett, Company L. having
been accepted by the president of the
United States, to date from June 30, 1899
=, Sergeant William A. Shaffer, Company d.
is appointed to fill the vacancy, to take
rank from July /, 1899.
BY the Governors:
(Oficial.) E. A. GILBERT