The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-31
SANTIAGO HEROES REWARDED
LIST OF OFFICERS RECOMMEND
ED FOR BREVETS.
Sixteenth and Twenty-fourth Regi-
ments Well Represented On the
Roll of Honor.


sisting OF Generals Schwann and Boyn-
ton and Colonel Carter, which has been
for some time past arranging the list OF
army officers to be recommended for
brevets, having completed that portion
of the work involving the Santiago cam
paign, it was today forwarded to the SEN
ate for confirmation of the names. The
board was guided by the following rules
in making up the lists:
For the Santiago campaign, one brevet
to be awarded TO each officer recommend
ed, giving, as far as possible, the date of
July l, 1898. when the principal action of
this campaign took place, as the date TO
be borne on the brevet commission.
Regular officers serving as volunteers to
be breveted as volunteers. Those serving
with regulars TO be breveted in the reg
ular service.
The board also decided to regard the
La Quasima tight, June "a, 1898 as a sep
arate and distinct battle from the en-
gagementS fought near Santiago.
The board also decided not to recommend
brevets for those officers who were pro-
NOTED TO be general officers of volunteers
for services in these campaigns. The
which have come into its possession and
recommend that the following brevets be
bestowed as specified in each case. Each
of the following officers named has been
recommended by the board for brevet for
the higher grade, regulars receiving
brevets in the regular army and volun-
Brigadier General William b. Shafter,
Lieutenant F. G. McClernand, adjutant
general; Lieutenant Colonel George McC.
Derby. United States engineers; First
Major II. R. Noble, assistant adjutant
general: Lieutenant Colonel J. ]. Astor,
Inspector general; Major S. w. Grosbeck,
judge advocate; Major c. G. Starr, in
spector general; Captain Stewart A.
Brice, commiSSary; Captain +. II. Plum
mer, Tenth infantry; Captain j. c: Gil
Mchlttrick, assistant adjutant general;
Captain William Aston Chanler, assistant
adjutant general; Captain A. l.. Mills, as
Sistant adJutant general.
Major J: NJ Bell, to be colonel; Captain,
1. 4; Knox; captain; r; z. P. Vain
lieutenants,, G. L. Bryan, P. f. Traub,
p; s. Wright; second lieutenants, r. c.
Williams and HI. c. Smither.
The following of the Tenth cavalry:
Major, ). /. Norvell; captains. w. II.
Beck, w. c. Ayers and J. w. Watson;
first lieutenant r. ]. Fleming; second
leutenants, George Widmer and A. NJ.
Colonel Leonard Wood, Lieutenant
Colonel Roosevelt, Major A Brodie. First
Lieutenant ]. r. Thomas, Assistant
Surgeon j. R. Church Ito be -captain).
Captain Allyn Capron. Captain j. II. Nc
Clntock, all of the First volunteer cav
airy trough ridersl.
Major w. D. Beach. engineer officer:
captain l. - N. seventh cav
airy; First Lieutenant T. r. Rivers, Third
cavalry; Second Lieutenant w. r. Smed-
purg. Fourth cavalry; Second Lieutenant
II. o. Willard, Tenth cavalry: Second
Lieutenant F. r. Mccoy, Tenth cavalry;
t. A Suttock, assistant surgeon; Second
Lieutenant William Whitman, First cav
airy.
Brigadier General Henry NJ. Dufield:
Captain c. D. Wilcox, assistant adjutant
general; Captain ]. II. Mcmillan. quarter
master; Captain Fred NJ. Alger. assistant
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assistant adjutanU general; First Lieuten-
ant ). NJ. Foote, Fourth artillery; Captain
l.. NJ. Brett, Second cavalry; Major n. r
Allen. assistant adjutant general. Second
Lieutenant f. NJ Leary. Second cavalry:
Major A C. Sharpe. assistant adjutant
general; Major Philip Reade. inspector
Senerela Captain l. q. McAleXander as
Sistant quartermaster; Major $. Q. Rob
inson. surgeon; Captain II. c. Fisher as
siStant surgeon; Captain W. 3. Bannister
assistant surgeon; Captain William f.
Horten. assistant adjutant general: First
Lieutenant G.. L. Manning. Third Ohio
volunteer infantry: Captain II. &. Car
6augn. assistant ad5utant general Major
{. Creighton Webb. inspector general
Lieutenant Colonei- A. G. Wagner. assist.
ant adjutant general; Major II. S. Kill
bourne, surgeon; Captain II. NJ. HallOck
assistant surgeon; Major j. a Logan,
assistant adjutant general; Major 5. j.
Ives. surgeon; Major II. r. Wilkins, com
missary, Captain w. NJ Wright assistant
adjutant general; First Lieutenant 5. L.
Colonel j. II. .Dorst assistant adjutant-
general; Major Z. A. Darlington. inspector
general; Major W. d. Beech (to be
coloneD5 First Lieutenant W. NJ. Steele.
Eighth cavalry: Second Lieutenant Joseph
Wheeler. jr.! Fourth artillery; Second
Lieutenant J. II. Reeves. Sixth cavalry.
Captain r. l.. Howse assistant adjutant
Captain r. II. Beckham. com
missary; Captain J. T Dickman. Eighth
cavalry: Captain MI. Henry. assistant
adjutant general; Captain NJ. NJ. Brewer.
assistant surgeon.
The following of the Sixth infantry:
Captain Charles Byrne. Captain l.. w. V
First Lieutenant f. r. Christ
man, First Lieutenant W. II. Simons
Lieutenant Colonel c. w. Miner, Captain
g. 3. Walker, Captain Z. w. Torrey,
First Lieutenants r. B. Atkinson, w g
Bennett, f. c. Cole. w. Gleason. Second
Lieutenants d. w. Ryther. c. N. Purdy
7. II. Corss. w f. Nesbit. j. V. Heidi
John Robertson, r. S. Thurman and F.
y. Benchley; First Lieutenants S. J. B.
Schindell. J: G. Orde w. X. Jones; Cap !
tain A NJ Wptherill