The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-11
ARMY APPOINTMENTS,
Reuben Whipple Of the Sec.
ond Massachusetts Gets
Commission.

Washington, July 10.-The president has
made the following appointments in the
volunteer army the former service of
each officer following the name.
To be major, Frank A. Cook, formerly
lieutenant colonA First r. L. to be cap
tains, James B. Adams, LIST lieutenant
colonel, Fourth U. S. v; Alvin A. Barker,
major First R. l.; James N Boardman,
/ Jr., captain First Mass; Frank f. Gran
| shaw, LIST lieutenant, Third U. S. v;
Eastman Curry, sergeant major, Twenty
| second infantry; Jacob Fl. Culver, captain
Second u. S. V. cavalry; Lanier Cravens,
| LIST lieutenant, Third Missouri volunteers;
Claud Fries, captain Fourth New Jersey
volunteers; Patrick c. Gullaher, captain
| tain Sixth Missouri; Charles d. Gather,
| captain Ninth u. S. V. infantry; Samuel
| r. Langworthy, captain Seventh Califor-
MIA volunteers John Van Ness Philip,
| Charles Z. Reese; captain One-hundred
and tifty-seventh Indiana volunteers;
Frank NJ. Rumbold, captain Battery A,
Missouri artillery William Tutherly,
major First New Hampshire volunteers;
Henry T. Thompson, lieutenant colonel
Second South Carolina volunteers; Reu-
ben Whipple, major Second Massachu-
sets volunteer infantry.
| To be first lieutenants: Robert j. Ar
mold, captain Third Tennessee; Harry D.
! Blastand, captain Seventh Ohio infantry
try; Thomas G. Bradley, First u. S. V.
| cavalry; Walter P. Corbett, LIST lieutenant
| First Georgia volunteers; Robert T.
Crawford, sergeant E, Forty-ninth Iowa
volunteers; William Murray Council, list
| lieutenant Twelfth New York volunteers;
Stewart M. Decker, captain Fourteenth
Minnesota volunteers; Frank E. Edwards,
I'd lieutenant Sixth Massachusetts;
James d. Fauntleroy, captain>Third U. S.
| V. engineers; Edward s. Hartshorn, New
| York volunteers; James G. Hixon, cap
Morrow, lieutenant Third Nebraska
William M Meek LIST lieutenant Third
Tennessee; William S. Mapes, major Sec
ond Nebraska volunteer infantry: Ed
| infantry; George b. Rodney I'd lieutenant
| First Delaware volunteer infantry; VIM.
! 2. Screws, I'd lieutenant Third Alabama
volunteers; Thomas H. Underwood, cap
| Waldron, captain Two hundred and sec
ond New York volunteers.
| To be second lieutenants: William K.
Armstro9g, I'd lieutenant Second Ala
bafna volunteers; Walter o. Bowman, pri-
vate One hundred and sixth Indiana vol
INTEGERS arthur G. Duncan Pri4yIatIef First st
Henry K. Love, corporal First Z. S. u Z.
| cavalry; Marion B. MADISON, list lieutenant
volunteers. Philip Mowry, sergeant, e,
| Troop F, Sixth cavalry; Robert Dewey
Russell, I'd lieutenant Twelfth New York
| volunteers; MILFORD r. Wyman I'd lieu
tenant First Kentucky volunteers; Geo
A.. Vernon, private, c, Third Nebraska
volunteers Charles H. Wilson, captain
| Second Nebraska infantry; H. Car
Young, Tenth Pennsylvania
The following are appointed lieutenant
colonies of volunteers: Maj. j. F. Bell
assistant adjutant general of volunteers
now serving in the PHILIPPINES He was
appointed from Kentucky to West Point
in 1874 He went to Manila with Gen. Mer
rift and has had charge of the bureau O.
military Information.
Capt; Herbert II. Sargent, who wa
colonel of the Fifth immune regimen
during the war with Spain He was ap
Capt. John J. BreretonN of the Twenty
fourth infantry. He was appointed from
| New Jersey to West Point and graduated
in 1877, since which time he has been will
the Twentyfourth infantry. He was il
the battle at San Juan Hill and highl5
| commended for his GOODNESS and bravery
Capt. E. H. Plummer, Tenth infantry
He was appointed to West Point from
Maryland in 1878. During the Spanish wal
termaster at the headquarters of the
! Fifth corps. Capt. Plummer was recon
mended for brevet for gallantry in actor
at Santiago.
Secretary Alger is very anxious to hav,
the new regiments recruited as far as
possible from men who served in thu
state volunteers during the Spanish war
He has received information from a mum
Der of officers, especially those who wer,
different states that If there was an op
portunity afforded, probably 80 per cen
of the new regiments would be composed
| of these men.