The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-04
CHANGES AUTHORIZED BY THE
NEW LAWS.
General Wheeler Will Be Mustered
out-Schley Will Rank Sampson
In the Navy.

| New York, March "a dispatch tc
the Herald from Washington says: Ac-
ton is being taken by the war and
navy departments to reorganize the
services under the compromise army
bill and the navy personnel bill. I'm
der the latter bill the president will
send 300 naval nominations to the SEN
ate tomorrow.
Under the army bill the president is
authorized to appoint five major gem
erals and nineteen brigadier generals
of volunteers. 1t is the purpose to con-
tinue all those holding the rank of ma
jor general in the Philippines in that
rank, although some of those in Cuba
will have to be reduced to the rank of
brigadier
The list of major generals of the new
establishment, besides officers of the
regular service holding this rank, will
be: Major General William r. Shafter,
commanding the department of Cali
fornia; Major General E. S. Otis, mill
tary governor of the Philippines; Ma
jor General Henry W. Lawton, en- route
to Manila; Major General Thomas Nc.
a. Anderson, commanding First divis-
ion Eighth army corps, now at Ma
Mia; Major General Arthur Macarthur
commanding Second division Eighth
army corps, now at Manila.
AS a result of the retention of these
officers in their present rank, it will be
necessary for the president to direct
the muSter-out as major generals of
Major General Thomas F. Wade, who
will return to his rank of brigadier gen.
eral in the regular army; Major Cen
eral H. c. Merriam, Major General
James H. Wilson, Major General Fitz-
Wheeler, Major General John C. Bates
and Major General William Ludlow.
Some of these officers will be appointed
brigadier generals.
This is a partial list of the officers
who, in all probability, will be appoint
ed or retained as brigadier generals:
In Cuba, William Ludlow, F'itzhugh
Lee, James H. Wilson. Leonard Wood,
John c. Bates, L. II. Carpenter, G. W.
Davis and E. 3. Williston.
In the Philippines, Samuel Oven
shine, Irving Hale, H. G. Otis. Charles
King, Robert p. Hughes and c.. Nc
Reeve. For the remaining five vacan-
cies there will be political scramble.
1t is understood that General Wheeler
would be willing to accept an appoint
ment as brigadier general.
Brigadier General F. D. Grant will.
in all probability, be mustered out in
the spring.
Under the navy personnel law these
sent to the senate tomorrow: E, F. Nc
Nair, ]. a. Howell, H. L. Howispn, AL
bert Kautz, George c. Remey, N H.
Farquhar, J. C. Watson, J. w. Philip.
H. B. Robson W. S. Schley, Silas Ca
sey, W. T. Sampson, B. j. Cromwell,
F. ]. Higginson, H. F. Picking, Fred
erick Rodgers, Louis Kempf and George
w. Sumner.
By the confirmation of Commodore
Schley all talk of his being dropped
from the service as a result of the pro
motion of Commodore Higginson will be
ended. OF course, both
Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley
will be returned to. the positions they
now hold on the naval register should
the senate confirm their nominations
for advancement for gallant service.
Failure to confirm their nomina tons for
promotion for gallant service will re-
suit in placing the name of Rear Ad-
miral Schley ahead of that of Rear Adj
miral Sampson, according to their
standing before the war.