The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-14
LIST OF SECOND
L|EUTENANTS FOR
THE REGULAR ARMY
Additional Officers 10 the Number Of 123, as
Provided For in the Reorganza-
ton Bill

! WASHINGTON, March 13.-By dlrec-
ton Of the President the following named
general officers are honorably dlscnarged
| from the volunteer army OF the united
States. to take effect this year on the
| dates specified, their services being no
! longer required:
Major General Joseph W. Keifer, May H.
| Brigadier GeneraIs-Abraham K. Arnold.
simon snyder, May u; George NJ. Randall,
April II; Michael V. Sheridan, May Il; Henry
~: Chambers McKibben, May Il; Gilbert S.
Carpenter. May y; Charles E. Humphrey
May IL.
order them to join their regiments. Brigadier
General McKibben will proceed to columbus
Barracks Ohio, and assume command OF that
post. The other officers exclusively of the
volunteer army will proceed to thelr , honies,
while those OF the permanent establishments
will Join their regiments.
It should be explained that the reduction in
the list of general officers made by to-day
order is not sufficient in itself to meet the de-
mands of the existing law. There must be a
further cut in fact the list of major generals
and brgadier generals remaining mus hr Ue the
duced by ten altogether in order 70 orins tlle
list down to the nineteen permitted oy the
| strength of the regular army In enec'lns tnls
reduction 1t is the intention to reduce some VI
| the major generals to the rank of brigadler
| generals Instead of mastering them out OF the
| service Also in the case of some OF the pIig-
| adler generals yet to be dropped, it will doubt
| less be found that instead OF being mustered
out of the United States service enITey' so tbe
pegnIar army will return to their former regi-
mental and staff places.
! The major generals who retain their Vo i
teer commissions at present are WADE, smarter
| Otis Wilson, Fitzhugh Lee, Wheeler: bates,
Young, Lawton, Chaffee, Anderson NlcAr 'A"i
The brigadier generals remaining are Frank
Hall, Hasbrouck, Sanger. Kline, gilmore more
Wheaton, Ernest. King Gram Graht' r n; e. OVEN
Andrews. Hughes Colby, WOOD E"ers' wen
1t is not contemplated to make, any more
changes in the volunteer genera! army ny, a tha
staff officers at present. Under me Ia" Tue Tue
| officers mustered out to-day could De re-
tanned until the proclamation OF peace was vas u.s.
sued but the President determined 10 ir fsr =
out all that could be spared IL was iou an
Impossible to reduce the force in the pay Cd ue1
! partment as the officers are all now eliployeu
ffn The pavment of troops in different stations
| and in settling accounts for volunteer troops
BEING Tbs m 4oiowng list of officers also
mustered out on the 18th of May. except wh ere
another date e is gwen civ the a date given
Assistant adjutants general gd hsqiena n
EoIo4eiS Mators Louis y caseiarc Hunter Lig
get April IL: William S. Scott ana Gnar Is ",
s SrebIe. Grote hutchinson. Lucien g, Berry
April 49, Robert G.. Paxton. Charles " 49,: Pet-
ton. Henry H. Whitney, Edward D. ASA '1Si i5
| Joseph b. Morton, April II; William a. NC
Kittrick, Beverly A. Read. william "a; WTl rig
| b McKenna. Ramon G. Mendoz. Hugh D.
Wise. Edward c. Brooks. co,oo,a
Frank D. Baldwin and winfield S. Edgerly,
| April 70: Majors Herbert ]. Slocum. Harry c.
Benson and Robert A. Brown , ~.
Judge Observation-Disclosures Colonels Fred
erick A Hill and Charles A Ribbet. n
McA Ae Gd - Hiram E. Mitchell, BENJAMIN
Johnson James r. Hosmer. Arthur Thompson
Edwin F. Barrett, April Il ambrose z r. G0n-
! April IL; Walter Allen, Charles M; Forrest,
April y; Edward Willis, april u; Writ Robin,
| P Williams, James a. Campbell, Charles NJ.
Harold Young. April IL. and Walter L. Phelps'
Chief commissaries Of subsistence I
ant Colonel James Allison April u; MAJORS MAJORS
| b. Wilson, Hugh J. Gallagher, Edmund W.
Bach Robert l. Longstreet, John D: Black Black
NJ townsend. Frederick A smith. Solomon F.
Thorne. April II: Henry Page. Daniel Hogan
Commissaries of subsistence-Captain Rich
ard w. Thompson Jr, April u; Martin M
foSn John i Iendstree Jr James F Renton
Don A. Dodge, Joseph Nubarry Jr, Wtnslow
Lincoln John Ieagard dess EE"i era W
Carl K. Mower. Charles W. Neal, William F.
Dunn John B, Clarke, James C. Rattridge
William Corwin, Charles Wesier, Thomas F,
Ryan, William P. Hale. Samuel n. Bridgeman
April 70; Harlow L. Street, William M. Love
land and Patrick n. McCaull.
Chief surgeons-Lieutenant Colonies Robert
NJ. O'Reilly,. Alfred C. Girard. Timothy E
Brigade surgeons-Majors William H. Stew
enson. Paul Cleming, James D. Glennan
Nathan X. JarNan, Peter u AdcNauSnton
John r. McDiIl, George B. Bum, William S
Bryant Francis F. Ford, Edward o. Shake
speare John L. Macumber. Robert Burns anC
Henry p. Birmingham.
! Chief Observation-Disclosures Colonies William
l.. Livermore, George McDerby and John Bid
. die.
Engineer. officers-Majors Lewis II. strother
William D. Jenkins, William D. Beach, JOSEPH
E. Kuhn, April 49, Hugh j. McGrath, Charlie
, ]. Allison and Edwin A. Root.
l. Chief ordnance offcers-Lieutenant Colonies
James Rockwell Jr.. John T. Thompson, vii
; liam F. Duvall and John A. Kerr, April II
Majors John L. Chamberlain, April u; Franz
H. Edmunds, John McCIelIand, E. D. Hoyle
James D. Dean Matthew c. Butler Jr., Clar
ence P. Townsley, John B. Rodman, OrnonC
NJ Lissak, Godfrey H. Macdonald and JohI
P. Pershing.
United States volunteer signal corps-Colone
James Allen, Lieutenant Colonel Richard P
Strong, Captains George r. Geiger, julien P
|, Wooten. Richard o. Richard. Charles II. Mar
tin and Alva G. Thompson, April 70; FRS
Lieutenants Albert c. Thompson Jr.. Charlie:
u. Chandler, Charles Duffy, Albert ]. Dillon
, William f. Davis. William w. Colt, Thomas
D. Campbell, John D. Wood and Frank P
Tate April IL; Second Lieutenants James B
Mclaughlin. Gustave Hirsch, Carl D. Arnold
| William P. Davenport. Horace c. Laning
Charles r. Wallace, Edward Bawsel, Byron
B. Daggett, Harry A. Swigert, James A. Hfg
gins. Frank w. Dunn. Charles c. Show, Rob
ert B. Montgomery. James P. Anderson, Ed