The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-21
PRESIDENT AONORs
GENERAL snlFTED
though Retired He Is 70 Retail,
His Command Until Fur
ther Orders.
VIII. CAUSE MANY PROMOTIONS
Omcers All Along the Line Gs
Up a Notch = Speculation
as to Skaters Sue.
cessor.

San Fratfc1seo, Oct. 1S.-MaJor zen
eral Shafter received the following tel
egram from Washington yesterday:
s.By direction of the president Major
General W. S. Shafter, United State.
volunteer brigadier general in tht
United States army, is retired
the service October l6, 1899, as briga'
der general of the United States army
under the provision OF the act OF con,
Rress approved June 30, 1898. He vii!
remain in command Of the depart.
ment Of California and of the Column
bia under his commend as major gen.
5eral United States volunteers until
further orders. Elihu Root,
Secretary of War"
Promotions All Along the Line.
AS 8 result of Skaters retirement
six officers Of the regular army will
be promoted to the grade of brigadie,
general. These officers are Colone,
Royal 7. Frank, commanding the First
artillery; Colonel Alexander e. N.
Pennington, commanding the Second
artillery; Colonel Samuel O~venshine:
Of the Twenty-third infantry; Colonel
Danial W. Burk, Colonel S. Louis II
Carpenter, commanding the Fifth cav
alry. and either Colonel and Inspector
General Henry w. Lawton or Solonet
and Assistant Adjutant General AT.
thur Macarthur. Whether Genera,
Lawton or General Macarthur shall bs
commissioned as a b%rigadier general Of
the regular army on General Skaters
retirement, has not been determined.
but.it has been decided by the presi.
dent that the. one! not promoted at that
time shall be appointed a brigadiei
general on the retirement from active
service Of General Thomas w Ander.
son, January q, 1900.
While only one vacancy in the list Of
brigadier generals will be created 5by
the retirement Of General Shafter, the
president has arranged that there
shall be six vacancies due to that event
through the promotion and retirement
in, sequence Of five other officers. This
method will be pursued in order that
officers approaching the retiring age
who served with distinction in the wal
with Spain and in the war in the Phil.
ippines, shall be rewarded for theiI
services. AS soon Is Colonel Frank.
for example, is promoted to general
rank he will be placed on the retired
list on his own application, under the
law which permits an officer to retire
after thirty years. service. One OF the
other colonies mentioned will then be
promoted and will retire, and so on
down the list until Lawton OF MacAr.
thur is reached. Lawton's or Mac.
Arthur's appointment will be perma.
nent.
The most interesting feature Of this
schedule of promotion and retirement
is the manner in which it affects the
military career of General Macarthur.
Whether he receives his advancement
in October or January he will become
the major general commanding the
army and will hold that Office for more
than two years. He will not reach the
retiring g until June 2, 1909. He il
now only 81 years of age. He entered
the volunteer army in the civil war as
adiutant OF a Wisconsin regiment
when only II years Of age. He was
transferred to the regular service, be-:
came a major and assistant adjutant
general when "A and is nov the junior
colonel in the adjutant generals de,
partment.
All the present. general officers Of
the army will have retired by April "a
1907, the date of Brigadier Genera
Wade's REIMBURSEMENT of active serv
ice. General Wade will, in the course
of events, become major general com
manding. The other present genera
officers will retire as follows: Merritt
in 1900; Merriam and Anderson, u
1901; Brooke and Otis, in 1902; Mile.
and Henry, in 1908. Wade will hay,
four years as major general command
ing.
The promotions of Generals Lawtol
and Macarthur are to be made on no
count of their service in the war Will
Spain and the present insurrection;
Lawton's particularly for conduct ii
the Santiago campaign and MacAr
thurs for the g~eneralship displayed
by him in the advance on Malolos
Lawton will retire for age in March
1907, Q than two years before Mac
Arthur.