Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-23
COMING ARMY CHANGES
Promotions to Be Madeuf Generals Lawton
and PHfes.
Funston to BE Returned to Manila as
Brigadfer In the voIun-
tell Amy.

Several important military appointments
have been practically decided upon, but are
not yet quite ready for official announce
ment. These inHhde The appointment of
Gen. H. w. Lawton, major general of vol
unteers, and colonel in the inspector gener-
ais department, to. be Fbrigadier general of
the regular army, vice Gen Burke, retired,
and the appointment of Brigadier Gen John
C. Bates, United States Volunteers Colonel
of the I'd Infantry, to be major general of
volun teers. The promotion of Gen. Bates
is made necessary by the increase of the
volunteer army. This increase also permits
the retention in the volunteer service of
Brig Gen. Frederick Funston. The law for
the reorganization of the army provides for
a major general for every 10000 men and
a brigadier general for every 1900 men.
There are now but seven major generals
and twenty-five brigadier generals for the
army, and as the present strength is about
96,O 600 men the President still has the ap-
pointrnent of one additional major general
and two brigadier generals of volunteers.
The adtutant general Saturday sent the
following telegram to Gen. Funston at San
Francisco:
IN view of the recent increase Of the
volunteer fol- ces 1T is now possible for the
department to avail itself of your further
services as brigadier general. of which
the Secretary of War directs me to inform
you. Should 1t be agreeable to you orders
will he issued for your return to the Philip
pines as soon as your former regiment has
been mustered out and is received by the
people of Kansas. Please signify your
pleasure in the premises at the earliest pos
sihle convenience
Gen, Funston wired his acceptance and
said he would be ready to return to the
ThfIippines after he had made a short visit
to his home in Kansas. He will accompany
his old regiment, the Goth Kansas, to Kan
sas. and expects to be ready to report for
DUTY about the middle of next month.
Of Coz Finn
on merit after Secretary Root had sub
mitted to the President a list of officers
with records of service. This list had been
carefully gone over and the essential fea-
lures of recent service in the field noted.
The President was evidently impressed
with the official chronicle of Gen. Funstons
gallant work In the Philippines during Gen.
MacArthurs first advance to the north,
and his name was speedily selected from
the list
1t is expected that Gems. Lawton and
Bates will be promoted within a few days.
Roth of these officers are now on active
record at Santiago and in the Philippines
is we'll known. Gen. Bates has also had
distinguished career. He was in the civil
war and also in the Santiago and Porto
Rico campaigns. His latest service was in
conducting the negotiations wi tn the Sultan
of Sulu He is son of President Lincolns
Postmaster. General, and is personally
known to President Mckinley. Gen. Law
toms transfer to the regular army as a
general officer will make him a possible
commanding general of the army after the
retirement of Maj. Gen. Miles. Maj. Gen.
Macarthur, commanding one of the divi-
sions in the Philippines is also booked for
brigadier generalship to become vacant
by the statutory retirement of Gen. Ander
son in January next