The San Francisco call., 1899-07-11
CAPTAIN T, /,
PLUMMER GETS
A PROMOTION
Made a Lieutenant
Colonel.
JOINS THE THIRTY FIFTH
GENERAL sCHWAN ARRIVES EN-
ROUTE TO MANILA
Lieutenant Colonel Maus Assumes
His Duties as Inspector General
of the Department of the
Pacific.
GENERAL SCHWAN ARRIVES EN-
ROUTE TO MANILA

Captain Edward H. Plummer, senior aid
TO Major General Shafter, was agreeably
surprised yesterday to receive a telegram
from Assistant Adjutant General Carter
informing him that he had been commits
stoned lieutenant colonel of the Thirty
fifth Infantry Volunteers. Captain Plum
mer's promotion is well deserved and
comes without solicitation on his part,
although it is said the appointment was
recommended by General Shafter. As
Colonel Kobbe of the Third Artillery, who
has been appointed to command the
Thirty-ffth, is now at Manila, the or
ganzation of the regiment will probably
be left entirely with the lieutenant colonel
The regiment will be organized at Van
couver barracks and will be recruited en-
tirely from the Pacific Coast.
Captain Plummer is a native of Mary
land and is regarded as one of the most
efficient officers of the regular army. He
entered West Point July l, 1873 as cadet
from Maryland. On his graduation on
June Is, 1877, he was appointed a second
lieutenant in the Tenth United States
Infantry. On November %, 1894, he was
promoted to the first lieutenancy in the
same regiment. He was commissioned a
captain in the Tenth on April 26. 1898. At
the outbreak of the war with Spain he
was assigned to the Fifth Army Corps
under General Shafter. During the cam
paign around Santiago he was quarter
master at General Shafter' S headquarters;
The proficiency with which he performed
his duty as quartemaster attracted the
most favorable comment from his superior
officers and ultimately obtained for him
the position of senior aid upon the stan
of General Shafter. When General Shafter
returned from Cuba Captain PIummer &C
companied him, and since that time he
Lieutenant Colonel NJ. p. Maus has ar
rived and assumed his duties as inspector
general of this department, relieving
Major Edward Field. Major Robert H.
Noble has been attending to the duties
of the position since Major Fields s illness.
General SchWan, who has been ordered
of Para, is in the city. and is being, enter
tanned by Major Noble. General Schwan
commanded a division Of General Miles
army at the invasion of Porto Rico, and
since the war has been acting as assist
ant adjutant general.
Captain Joseph B. Bachelor and Captain
Crane of the Twenty-fourth Infantry re-
ported for duty at the Preside yesterday.
Surgeon Major Mosely says there is a
noticeable Improvement in the class of re-
cruits being received a the Preside since
the Government made the rule holding
all recruiting and medical officers respon-
sible for accepting recruits who have sub
to be discharged as unsuited for the
service are: John Hair. Samuel Hayward,
John Ragan, James NJ Grant, Francis
N. Johnson, Fred Harlan. Charles E; Nc
Keehan, George Oddly, Harry Miller,
Charles W. Erickson, John Haslett, Alfred
A. Isen Charles Hudson, Edward r. Con-
ley, John w. Gibson, Albert p. King and
Frank D. Devendorff.
orders have been issued directing Cap
tain George a. Detchmendy of the Twen-
ty-second Infantry to close the recruiting
office at Sacramento, of which he has
been in charge.
Governor Geer and staff of Oregon, who
are en- route to this city to welcome the
Webfoot volunteers from Manila, will ar
rive this morning.