The record-union., 1899-03-14
Several GeneraI Officers Discharged From
the Volunteer Service.
Some Have Been Mustered Out Al
together, While Others Will Go
Back to the Regular Army
With Lower Grade Of Rank
Major Generals Wade, Shafter,
Otis, Wilson, Lee, Wheeler,
Bates, Young, Chaffee, Ander-
son, Macarthur and Ludlow Still
Retain Their Commissions.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-By di-
rection of the President the following
named general officers are hereby dis
charged from the volunteer army of the
United States, to take effect this year
on the dates specified, their services he
ing no longer required
Major General Joseph w. Keifer,
May 18th.
Brigadier Generals Abraham x. Ar
mold, May 18th; Alex. =. NJ. Pringler,
April 18th; Simon Snyder. May 18th;
George M, Randall. April 18th; Michael
v. Sheridan. May 18th; Henry t. Doug
lass, May 18th; Henry V. Boynton,
April 12ta; Chambers McKib5en. May
18th; Gilbert 6. Carpenter, May 12th !.
Charles E. Humphrey May 18th.
The officers named will relieve their
aides and order them to proceed to join
their regiments. Brigadier General me-
Kibben will proceed to Columbus Bar
racks, Ohio, and assume command cf
that bst.
The other differs. exclusively OF ihe
volunteer army, will proceed TO their
homes, while> those Of the permanent
establishments will join their regiments.
1t should be explained that the re-
duction in the list of General officers
made by to-days order is not sufficient
in itself to- meet the demands of the ex-
isting laws. There must be a further
cut: in fact, the list of Major Generals
and Brigadier Generals remaining must
be reduced by ten altogether in order
to bring the list down to the nineteen
permitted by the regular army. In eff
fecting this reduction it is the iEten-
ton to reduce some of the Major Cen
erals to the rank of Brigadier Generals
instead of mastering them out Of the
service Also in the case of some Of
the Brigadier Generals yet to be
dropped, it will doubtless be found that
instead of being mustered out of the
United States service entirely, some of
the officers who held lower positions in
the regular army VIII return 10 their
former reginental staff places.
The Major Generals who retain their
volunteer commissions at present are
Wade, Shafter, Otis, Wilson, Fitzhugh
Lee, Wheeler, Bates, Young, Chaffee,
Anderson, Macarthur and Ludlow.
The Brigadier Generals remaining are
Frank. Williston, Carpenter, L. FL
Davis, Schwan, Hail. Hasbrouck, San
ger, Kline. Gilmore, Wheaton, Ernest,
King, Grant, H. G. Otis, Andrews,
Hughes. Colby, Wood. Ewers. Over
shine, Reeve and Combs.
1t is not contemplated to make any
more changes in the volunteer Gene
raj. army and staff officers at present.
Under the law the officers mustered out
to-day could be retained until the proc
lamation of peace was issued, but the
President determined to muster out all
that could be spared. 1t was found
Impossible to reduce the force in the
pay department, as the officers are all
now employed in the payment of troops
in different stations and in settling ac-
counts with volunteer troops being mus
tered out.
NEW LIEUTENANTS.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The list
of Second Lieutenants appointed under
the army reorganization was made
public this afternoon There are 123
in the list which follows: James Kelly
Parsons, Lieutenant Colonel, Third
Alabama Volunteer Infantry; Nathan
iel Chamberliss, grandson of General
l.
Third Alabama Volunteer Infantry;
Milton A. Elliott, graduate military
college, Sergeant and Second Lieuten
ant First Arkansas Volunteer Infan-
try; Joseph Whitehead, private and
First Corporal First Arkansas Volun-
teers; Melville c. Wilkinson,
son of Captain Wilkinson, U. S. A.,
killed at Leech Lake. October 5, 1898;
n,-l Of
ley University, now Corporal Four
teenth Infantry at Manila: Dan Tyler
Moore, son of Colonel Alex. Moore, late
U. S. A, graduate military college,
now Second Lieutenant Third Connec
ticut Volunteers; Philip H. Bailey of
Connecticut; William S. Bradford son
of Colonel ]. H. Bradford, U. S. A..
retired and great nephew of the late
Admiral William B. Shubrick. U. S. N:
William D. Pasco. college graduate,
now First Lieutenant Third U. S. v.
Engineers at Cienfuegos; Graham L.
Johnson. graduate military college;
Charles Dubignen. Georgia: Hugh Bull
lock. Georgia; Albert N. Brunzell, col
lege graduate, private First Idaho Vol
unteers now at Manila; Clark Mills
Carr, graduate military college: John
1DOlIlaS, Il -lCutCHdiit
u S. V. Cavalry (Rough Riders);
Charles e. Hay, Jr-, graduate military
college, private Fifth Illinois Volun-
teers; Edward F. Schneider, First
Lieutenant, Third Illinois Volunteers;
Parker c.. Hit, Indiana; George A.
Larimer,. private, 18th Indiana Vol
unteers; Abraham u. Loeb. student
Purdue University, left to enlist in
10th Indiana; Henry G. Haynes, Iowa;
Frank H. Martin. graduate military
college Second Lieutenant Second u.
S. V. Engineers; Charles b. Mcclure,
Iowa; M. Townsend, graduate military
college. first honor graduate (army
register 1880; Charles E. Doster, two
years U. S. A., Major Twenty-second
Kansas Volunteers; Fred w. Bu-
chanan. graduate military academy,
Captain Twentieth Kansas Infantry;
Frederick Defuniam, graduate military
school, Captain First Kansas volun-
teer Infantry; Henry Watterson. Jr,
Corporal Company c, First Kentucky
Volunteers; Frank r. Lang. Sergeant
Major and Second Lieutenant, First
Missouri Volunteers; Edwin Field,
graduate military school, Captain Fifth
Maryland Infantry; George A. Vernon,
aMryland; Thomas L. Brewer. grad
uate military college. Second Lieuten-
ant First Maryland Volunteer Infan-
try; E. e. Haskell, two years United
States military Academy, while on fur