Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-30
Enlisted Men Designated for Com
missions.
OF VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS
Those Who Served Faithfully in
the Spanish War.
THEIR HONORABLE RECORDS

|
dered as enlisted men the Secretary of War
has designated the following for appoint
| ment in the volunteer regiments. (The
numbers following the names indicate the
regiment to which assigned:
| To be first lieutenants-John e. Hemphill
| 41st Regiment, age thirty years, first ser
geant, Troop F, 7th Cavalry; third enlist
| ment; record, excellent; Michael H. Barry,
| 39th Regiment; age, thtrty-three years; reg
| mental quartermaster sergeant, 1st Caval-
ry; serving third enlistment: record, excel
| lent; wounded at battle of San Juan. July
1; Thomas Ryan, 10th Regiment; age, forty
years; first sergeant, Troop h. 1st Cavalry;
fourth enlistment; record, excellent; badly
wounded at Las GuaSimas; Philip Powers,
43d Regiment; age, thirty seven years; ord
nance sergeant, U. s. A; fifth enlistment;
| record. excellent; highly recommended by
Major Simpson, who says: Il knew Ser
geant Powers very well as first sergeant Of
| the I'd Artillery. 1 should think he would
make valuable man as quartermaster or
| commissary in of the new regiments,
and any colonel would be glad to have him
| in such capacity Philip X. Sweet, 46th
| Regiment; age, thirty-two years; enlisted
| 1890 and assigned to Troop d, Sth Cavalry;
discharged in 1892, per S. o. "A, A G.. O.. !;
character, good; served in Rough Riders
during war with Spain; Jens E. Stedje
47th Regiment: age. twenty-seven years;
sergeant. Troop A, I'd Cavalry; has served
one enlistment in I'd Cavalry and now on
second enlistment; character, excellent;
participated in Santiago campaign; Conants
S. Buttrick. 46th Regiment; age, twenty
| nine years; sergeant major, Sth I. 8. In
fe ntry: first enlistment, August 2, 1873; dis
charged, April 10, 1899 at Havana, Cuba !;
re-enlisted April %, 1899, for regimental
| non-commissioned staff; occupation. book
keeper; Benjamin kossman 10th Regiment;
age, twentysiX years: post quartermaster
sergeant, L. 9. A; third enlistment; record,
excellent in every respect; j. D. Watson,
45th Regiment tirst-class sergeant. Signal
Corps; served three years in Troop G, 7th
L. S. Cavalry, two years non-commis
stoned officer; has been one year and two
months as sergeant in the Signal Corps,
attached to the 9Th Army Corps in Cuba,
participating in the battle of Santiago; age,
twenty-five years.
To be second lieutenants:
Howard Lee Landers, 41st Regiment;
age twenty-five years; occupation, clerk:
enlisted June 0, 1905 and assigned to Troop
A, 9Th Cavalry; discharged in Porto Rico
under G. o. 40, A G. o., 1895 a corporal;
character, excellent, an excellent young
man and soldier"
twentysix years; enlisted in May, 1893.
F., and assigned to 1st Cavalry; discharged
December, 1898. a private; character, good:
served with regiment in Santiago cam
paign.
Consuelo A Seoane, 41st Regiment: age.
twentyfour years; sergeant, Troop c, 3d
Cavalry; first enlistment; record, excellent;
discharged August, 1898, to accept appoint
ment as clerk in A. G. O.. was wounded in
shoulder at San Juan Hill.
Charles J. Weinheimer, goth Regiment:
age tWenty-three years: non-commisstoned
| 9th Infantry Volunteers; prior service, 4th
United States Volunteer Infantry.
Robert A Caldwell, 42d Regiment; age
| twenty-seven years; private, Company c,
4th Cavalry: record, excellent
Davis c. Anderson. 40th Regiment; age,
| tWenty-siX years; sergeant, Troop c, 4th
| Cavalry: record, excellent; is a son of Capt.
| Henry r. Anderson, 4th Artillery.
| Another List of Commissions.
| The following appointments in the vol
unteer army were announced at the War
] Department today:
! From West Virginia-To be major of vol
unteers: c. D. Elliott, late West Virginia
| volunteers. 47th.
From Maryland-To be captain of vol
| unteers: Charles w. Jackson, late captain.
! 9TH Maryland 41st. To be first lieutenants
| of volunteers: John G. Constable, late
lieutenant, 1st Maryland, 10th; Samuel
| Riggs late captain, 1st Maryland, 41th. To
| be second lieutenant of volunteers: James
42d. >' '
| From Nebraska-To be captains of vol
| unteers: W. b. Taylor late captain, 1st
Nebraska, 3eth; Charles w. Harpe, late
| captain, Sd Nebraska, 10th To be fist lieu
| tenants of volunteers: William G.. Doane,
| late first lieutenant, Sd Nebraska, 3Sth
| Lewis S. Ryan, late second lieutenant, 1st
| Nebraska, 18th; Ernest O. Weber, late sec
| ond lieutenant, 1st Nebraska, 10th; o. r.
| Perry, late first lieutenant, ID Nebraska,
| 44th.
From Connnecticut-To be captain of vol
| unteers: David Connor, late captain, Sd
! Connecticut, 10th. To be first lieutenant of
| of volunteers: D. r. Jones, late first lieu
| tenant. 1st Connecticut. 43d. To be second
| lieutenant of volunteers: Theodore Gruener,
! late corporal, 1st Connecticut, 10Th.
| From Indiana: To be captains of volun-
| teers-Wiilam F. Renke. late captain. 18th
| Battery. Indiana Volunteers. S9th; James
L. Anderson, late captain. 161st Indiana
| l4fh late caOfain 1R0th
| sna, 45th; David F. Allen. late captain
| l5Sth Indiana, 3Sth. To be first lieutenants
| of volunteers-David Mccormick, late Sec
| ond lieutenant, 16Sth Indiana, 18Th; Win
ston Menzies, late captain, 16lst Indiana
39th; Quincy Z. Mcdowell late captain
l5sth Indiana. 40th; Henry E. McFeely,
late lieutenant 16oth Indiana, 42d; John S.
johnson, late lieutenant, 15Ith Indiana,
41st. To be second lieutenant of volunteers
William p. Parsons, late private, 157th In
| diana 44th
| teers-Paul S. Line. late captain 1st IIH-
nois Cavalry. 3Sth; Joseph B. Caughey. late
major, 30 Illinois goth; Thomas L. McGirr,
| late captain. 6th Illinois, 10th; James
Clark late captain. 9TH Illinois, 4lst; James
| r. Hill, late captain, 9th Illinois, 42d L;
James L. Malley, late captain, 7th Illinois.
44th; w: b. Capps. late captain, 9TH Illi-
| nois. 18th; Samuel S. Houston. late captain,
4th Illinois. 47th; Thomas I. Mair, late cap
tain. I'd Illinois. 10Th; Benjamin F. Patrick,
late adjutant, 1st Illinois. 45th.
| 10 De HTSt IleutenantS or volunteers
| Frederick Boyer. late first lieutenant, 1st
Illinois Cavalry. 39th; Eugene E. Barton
| late captain. 4th Illinois. 10th: N. p Pavey
| late captain. 1st Illinois. 3Sth: A. c. McIn-
tesh. late 9th Illinois Volunteers 41st; Geo
| F. Tyner, late captain. 1st Illinois Volun-
teers. 18th; j. r. McAndrews, late lieu
tenant, I'd Volunteer Engineers, 42d: Jesse
| 3. Gerwood, late lieutenant ID Illinois
47th; A. l.. Castle, late adjutant, 5th Illi-
| nois 45th
To be second lieutenants of volunteers
| f. H White, late 7th Illinois, 39th: Beni
r. Hall, late lieutenant. Sd Illinois. 44th:
b. w Mumford late 1st Illinois, 45th; r.
n. sutherland late corporal, Battery A,
Illinois Artillery, 44th
Three Philippine Regiments Complete
A sufficient number of enlistments have
been made for the three regiments in the
Philippines, and the work Of enlisting for
the last ten regiments called out is now In
progress and showing good results The
| number of enlistments yesterday was 221
Transferred to Columbus Barracks.
By direction of Maj. Gen. Miles, Companv
G of the 7th Infantry. now at Fort Thorn
as, KY, will, upon the arrival of the I'd