The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-14
ARMY ORDERS
The President Makes Sweeping
Reduction of Officers.

MNtnlflE ANa-f hAINN Aos--tAN NAlfNttNn Va
the president the following named gener-
al officers are honorably discharged from
the volunteer army Of the United states to
take effect this year on the dates specified
t.-eir services being no longer needed:
-dajor General Joseph w Keifer. May
u
Brigadler General Abraham * Arnold.
May T.
Alexander c. NJ Pennington. April T.
Simon Snyder May y
George VI. randall, April T.
Michael Sheridan. May y.
Henry T. Douglass, May H.
Henry V Boynton. April u.
Chambers McSlbben, May H.
Gilbert s. Carpenter, May IT,
Charles y. Humphrey May u
The officers named will relieve their
aides, and order them TO join their regi-
ments. Brig. Gen. McKibben Will pro-
oeed to Columbus barracks, Ohio. and as
sumo command OF that post
The other officers exclusively Of the
volunteer army will proceed 20 their homes
while those ot the permanent establish
ments will JOIN their regiments
II should be explained that the reduc-
tion in The list OF general officers made
by todays order Is not sufficient i'm itself
TO meet the demands OF existing law.
There must be a furtehr cut, in fact. the
list Of major generals and brigadier gen
erals remaining must be reduced by ten
altogether I'm order to bring the list down
TO the l9 permitted by the strength OF
the regular army In effectlng this re-
uucuon Il is tne intention TO reduce
some OF the major generals to the rank
of brlgaler generals instead Of mastering
them out Of the service. Also in the case
OF some Of the brigadier generals yet to
bee dropped, il viii doubtless he found
that instead of being mustered out of the
United states service entirely some OF
the officers who held lower positions ia
the regular army viii return to their form
er regimental and staff places
THOSE WHO REMAIN
The MOTOR generals who retain their
volunteer commissions at present are
Wade Shafter, Otis. wilson Fltzhugh
Lee, Wneeier. Bates young, Ia ON,
Chaffee, Anderson. Macarthur and Lud-
low
The brgadier generals remaining are:
Frank, Winiston, Carpenter. O.. IL
Davis schwau. Han. 1Iasbrouck, Sqan-
ger. Kline. Gilmore Wheaton. Eernest
KING, Grant, H. G.. Otis. Andrews. Hughes
Colby, Wood. Ewers Ovenshne, Reeve
and Comba.
II is not contemplated TO make any
more changes in the volunteer general
and STAFF officers at present. Under the
law he officers mustered out today could
be retained until the proclamation of
peace was issued. but the president deter
mined to muster out all that could be
spared IT was found Impossible to reduce
the force In the pay department, as the Of
ncers are now all employed In the pay
ment OF troops in different sections ana in
! settling accounts with volunteer troops
being mustered out. The following list Of
officers also are mustered out on the 18th
| OF May. except where another date Is
given and in such cases the discharge oc-
| ours on the date given:
OTHERS MUSTERED OUT
Assistant Adjutants general: Lieut..
| Coils. Joseph iMchler and Joseph II. Dorst
Mapors Louis v. Caseiarc. Hunter Lig-
gett. April Y; William S. Scott and Chas.
| @. Treat; Captains " .lliam B. Allison, Jr;
| Edwin st. Greble, Gorte Hutchinson. Lu-
Glen G. Berry, April 70; Robert G.. Paxton,
Charles W Fenton; Henry w. Whitney,
| Edward B. Cassatt, Jacob ~. Bloom.
James A. Colvin, April y; Joseph b. Nor
ton april l.: William H. McKittrick.
everly A. Read, william II. Wright
Frederick NJ Page Samuel S. Saxton,
Frank b. McKenna, Ramon C Mendoza,
Hugh d. Wise, Edward G. Brooks.
Inspectors general; Lieu. Coils Frank
/ u. Baldwin and Winfield s Edgerly. April
! y. Majors Herbert slocum, Harry c.,
| Benson and Robert a. Brown.
Judge advocates: Lieut.. Coils Frederick
A. I'm and Charles II. Ribbed.
chief quartermasters; Captains Ulysses
| G. McAlexander, Hiram e. Mitchell, Ben
iamin Johnson. James r. Hosmer, Ar
thur Thompson. Edwin +. Barrett. April
| y: Ambrose - Gonzales, Frederick w
| Cole Richai~ J. flaming, april II; Walter
Allen, Charles NJ Forrest, April II; Ed
ward Willis April y; Writ Robinson, Ap-
rn p: Edward B. Harrison, William p.
| williams, James A. Campbell, Charles NJ
| Wrlgley. Andrew Brewster, Joseph w
| Willard, Harold Young. April u, and Wal
| ter L. Phelps
| chief commissarles Of substance
| Lieut.. Col. James N. Allison, April l2
Majors James o. Yarnedoe James NJ
! Moody David h. Wilson. Hugh j. Gailag
| her. Edmond W Bach April y; Rob
ert l.. Longstreet. John d. Black. Walter
| X Wright, April Y; James c. Muuiken
April y; Rufus NJ Townsend, Frederick
| A. smith. Solomon Il. Thorne, April y
Henry Page. Daniel Hogan and Elmer i
Faggart
| Commissarles Of subsistence: Captain
Richard w. 4nompson, Jr. April y; aMr
tin NJ. Marshall. April y; Robert ii
Beckman. Orson rettijohn, April y; JohI
Iandstreet, Jr. James t. Denton, Apri
April l2: Edwin W. Hurlburt, Charles w
T.: Winslow S. Lincoln, John p. Teagardei
lA WInslow s. Lincoln. John P.eatoiln'
..prn n; Edwin W. Hurlburt, Charles -
Golden. James G. Grant, April y; Car
! X. Mower. Charles w. Neal. William j
Dunn. April Y, John b. Clarke Apr
u; Isaac DIsay. James c. Baldridge
William B COrwin. Charles Weisel
Thomas f. Ryan, William p. Hale. Apr
p; Samuel n. Brideman, April y; Harlo'
L. street. william M. c. Loveland an
Patrick IT. McCaull
chief Surgeons: Lieut.. Coils. Robert b
oRefny. Alfred c. Clrard, April ~ Tin
othy f. Wilcox. April y; Jefferson !
Kean.
Brigade surgeons; Majors Williai
) stephenson. Paul Clendenning, James !