Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-12
The Hero of Two Wars Off TO the
Philippines.
OTIS RECOMMENDATIONS
General whooIer, tho Hero OF Two
Wars, Leaves on His Long Jour-
ney 90 the Seat OF war-The Pres-
tdent Appoints Large Number Of
Officers For Regiments Now being
Raised For the Philippines.
(By Telegraph to virglnian- Pilot,


Washington, July 1l.-General Joseph
u. Wheeler left Washington this after
noon en- route to the Philippine islands.
He goes via Chicago. Omaha, Denver
and Salt Lake. but as he Is scheduled
to reach San Francisco on Saturday he
will not stop long at any place on the
way. He will sail for Manila on the
Goth. II have no plans of campaign"
he said to an Associated Press report
err to-day, land shall not know what l
am to do until l receive my Instructions
from General Otis. L should like to
have 1t understood" he continued,
that go to the Philippines In an en-
tirely subordinate capacity. Not only
General Otis, but Generals Lawton and
Macarthur will rank me and It is prop
er that they should, for while Generals
Lawton and Macarthur were my jun
Tors they have been In the field while
I have not, and deserve to have places
superior to any assignment that may
be given me-"
He Sid he would not resign his seat
In the House.
SURGEONS ORDERED FORWARD.
Captain Il. S. Bratton, assistant sur
geon at Tybee Island, and Assistant
Surgeon II. ii. Bradley, at Savannah,
Ga, have been ordered to accompany
the Nineteenth Infantry from Camp
Meade to the Philippine Islands.
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.
The President to-day appointed n
large number OF officers for the new
volunteer regiments. Among them
were the following:
TO BE MAJORS.
Hunter Liggett. formerly Captain
Fifth United States Infantry.
William y. Skunk, formerly Captain
Eighth Cavalry.
TO BE CAPTAINS:
Alfred Q. Kenneth, formerly Missouri
Volunteers.
George e. Lovett. formerly captain
Company Il. First Florida Volunteers
Cleveland Willcoxon, Second Georgia
Volunteers.
Owen II. I[enan. formerly First Geor
gia Volunteers.
William L. Cabell. formerly Second
Kentucky.
William +. Dame formerly First
United States Volunteer Corps.
FIRST LIUTENANTS:
Walter X. Wheatley, formerly Third
United States Volunteer Infantry.
ilanton Wnshp, formerly Second
Georgia Volunteers
Logan Feland. formerly Third Ken
lucky
sherrard Coleman. formerly First
United States Volunteer CORPS.
MaXlrniliano Luna. formerly First
United States Volunteer Corps.
Roland Fortescue. formerly First
United States Volunteer CORPS.
Richard Day, formerly United S,otes
Cavalry.
cd Edward H. Almand. formerly Second
Madison N. Wilson. formerly First
Florida Volunteers.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS:
William II. Monroe. formerly Fourth
United States Volunteer Infantry.
Watson Lindsey, formerly First Ken
lucky.
Joseph W. Avery. formerly quarter
master sergeant Second North Caro-
lima Volunteer Infantry.
CONFIRMED AND COMMISSIONED.
The President also to-day confirmed
ana commissioned the officers recon-
mended by General Otis for the Thirty
sixth and Thirty-seventh Volunteer
Regiments. now being organized in the
Philippines. ''' '''e
The officers named are at present
serving in the Philippines and are prin
clpaliy members OF the Western volun
49, iSSAHeIilS Inc First Tennessee
however is well represented in the list,
REG1MENTAL OFFICERS.
Washington, d. c.. July i1.-Follow-
ing are the principal officers of the
Thirty-siXth Regiment:
Colonel. Franklin Bell. captain
seventh Cavalary, and major a. a. G.,
Volunteers.
Lieutenant Colonel-Wm. r. Grove
major, First Colorado.
Majors-Wlliam II. Bishop. major
Twentieth Kansas; John @. A. Braden..
first lieutenant, First South Dakota:
William L. Luhn. first lieutenant and
adtutant. Firs. Washington
Major and SurEeon-H. +. Titus, act
ing assistant surgeon.
THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Colonel-Robert b. Wallace, lieuten-
ant colonel First Montana.
Lieutenant Coionel--Thomas t. Ham
or. lieutenant colonel, First Idaho
Majors-D. Frank Cheatham, major,
First Tennessee; Charles II. Boyd sec
ond lieutenant. Fourth Cavalry; Henry
i. Orwig. captain. Twentieth Kansas.
SurEeon-F. a. Winter.
Among the officers of the Thirty
seventh Resimcnt are the following:
Captains--Nick X. Owens. captain,
First Tennessee: Sam Van Leer. cap
tain. First Tennessee: David E. Lisle,
first lieutenant Eighteenth United
States Infantry; Henry r Richmond,