Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-11
NEBRASKA MEN ARE NAMED
President Announces n Long List OF
Appointments for the New
Volunteer Army,

WASHINGTON, July 1O.-The president
has appointed the following lieutenant
colonels of volunteers:
Major j. f. Bell, assistant adjutant general
Of volunteers, now serving in the Philippines.
He was appointed from Kentucky to West
Point in 1874. He went to Manila with
General Merritt and has had charge of the
bureau of military information.
Captain Herbert II. Sergeant who was
colonel of the Fifth immune regiment dur
ing the war with Spain. He was appointed
to West Point from Illinois.
Captain John ]. Brereton of the Twenty
fourth infantry. He was appointed from
New Jersey to West Point and graduated in
1877, since which time he has been with the
Twenty fourth infantry. He was in the bat
tie at San Juan hill and highly commended
for his GOODNESS and bravery
Captain e. II. Plummer, Tenth infantry.
He was appointed to West Point from Mary
land in 1878. During the Spanish war he
was on duty in Cuba as brigade quarter
master at the headquarters of the Fifth
corps. Captain Plummer was recommended
for brevet for gallantry in action at Santiago.
The president today made the following
additional appointments in the volunteer
army, the former service of each officer fol-
lowing the name:
To be major, Frank A. Cook, formerly
lieutenant colonel First Rhode Island vol
unteers.
To be Captains-James B. Adams, first
lieutenant Fourteenth United States volun-
teer infantry; Alvin A. Barker, major First
Rhode Island volunteers; John Bordman,
jr., captain First Massachusetts heavy ar
tiNery; Frank F. Crenshaw, first lieutenant
Third United States volunteer infantry
Eastman Curry, sergeant major Twenty Sec
ond infantry; Jacob H. Culver, captain Sec
ond United States volunteer cavalry; Lanier
Cravens, first lieutenant Third Missouri vol
unteers; Claude S. Fries. captain Fourth
New Jersey volunteers; Paul c. Galleher,
captain First Kentucky; John H. Goldman,
captain Sixth Missouri; Charles D. Gather,
captain Ninth United States volunteers; s..
r. Langworthy, captain Seventh California
volunteers; John Van Ness Phillip, first
lieutenant Fourth United States volunteer
infantry; Charles E. Reese, captain One
Hundred and Fiftyseventh Indiana volun-
teers; Frank M. Rumbold, captain Battery
A, Missouri artillery; William Tutherly,
major First New Hampshire volunteers; II.
T. Thompson, lieutenant colonel Second
South Carolina volunteers; Reuben A. Whip
pie, major Second Massachusetts volunteer
infantry.
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Arnold captain Third Tennessee Harry D.
Blaslan, captain Seventh Ohio infantry;
Kent Browning, Fourth United States vol
unteer infantry; Thomas G. Bradley, First
United States volunteer cavalry; Walter P.
Corbett, first lieutenant First Georgia vol
unteers; Robert T. Crawford, sergeant Com
pany E, Forty-ninth Iowa volunteers; Will
liam Murray Connell, first lieu
tenant Twelfth New York volunteers;
Stewart M. Decker, captain Fourteenth
Minnesota volunteers; Frank e. Edwards,
second lieutenant Sixth Massachusetts;
James D. Fauntleroy, captain Third United
States volunteer engineers; Edwin S.
Hartshorn, New York volunteers; James G.
Hixson, captain Fifth United States volun-
teer infantry Henry M. Morrow, lieutenant
Third Nebraska; William M. Meek, first
lieutenant Third Tennessee; William S.
Mapes, major Second Nebraska volunteer in
fantry; Edward O'Flaherty, sergeant Com
pany d, Sixteenth infantry; George B. Rod
ney, second lieutenant First Delaware volun-
teer infantry; William P. Screws, second
lieutenant Third Alabama volunteers;
Thomas H. Underwood, captain Fiftieth
United States volunteer infantry; Leonard
T. Waldron, captain Two Hundred and Sec
ond New York volunteers.
To be second lieutenants-William X.
Armstrong second lieutenant Second Ara
bama volunteers; Walter o. Bowman, private
One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana volun-
teers; Arthur G.. Duncan, private First
United States volunteer cavalry; George M.
Holley, second lieutenant Third United
States volunteer engineers; H. X. Love,
corporal First United States volunteer cav
airy; NJ. B. MADISON, first lieutenant volun-
teers; Philip Mowrey, sergeant Company E,
F, Sixth cavalry; Robert Dewey Russell, Sec
ond lieutenant Twelfth New York volun-
teers; Wilford Twyman, second lieutenant
First Kentucky volunteers; George A. Ver-
non, private Company G, Third Nebraska
volunteers; Charles H. Wilson, captain Sec
ond Nebraska infantry; H. Carl Young,
Tenth Pennsylvania.