The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-31
LONG LIST OF BREVETS
Roll of Honor Includes the Names of
Many Hundreds.

Washington, D. c.. Jan. 3o.-The board,
consisting of Generals Schwann and Boyn-
ton and Colonel Carter which has for
some time past been arranging the list of
army officers to recommended for brew
cts, having completed that portion of the
work involving the Santiago campaign, it
was today forwarded TO the senate for con-
frmation Of the names The board was
guided by the following rules in making
10 theilist:
For the Santiago campaign one brevet
TO be awarded 20 each as recommended,
giving as far as possible the date of July
l. 1898, when the principal action of this
campaign took place, the date to be
borne on the brevet commission.
Regular officers serving as volunteers to
be breveted as volunteers; those serving
with the regulars to be breveted in the
regular service. The board also decided
to regard the La Quasima fight, June "a.
1898. as a separate and distinct battle from
the gagements fought near Santiago.
The board also decided not to recon-
mend brevets for those officers who were
promoted 10 he general officers Of volun-
teers for services in the campaign. The
board has carefully considered all the re-
ports which have come into its possession
and recommends that the following brew
cts be bestowed for services as specified in
each case:
Each OF the following officers named
have been recommended by the board for
brevet OF the next higher grade, regulars
receiving brevets in the regular army and
volunteers brevets in the volunteers.
I d
Lieutenant Colonel F. T McClernand. ad-
! jutant general; Lieutenant Colonel George
Nc. c. Derby. [. s. V engineers; First
Lieutenant john d. Miley. Fifth artillery;
/ Major =. II. Noble, assistant adjutant
/ general; Lieutenant Colonel ]. J. Aston, in
/ spector; Major 6. w. Grosbeck. Judge adj
vcca-e: Major c. G. Starr, inspector gen
( eraI: Captain Stewart NJ. Brice. commits
/ sary: Captain F. II. Plummer. Tenth In
, fantry; Captain J. c. Gilmore. assistant
adjutant; Captain ". II. McKittFick. as
/ sis,ant adjutant general; Captain William
/ Astor Chan,er. assistant adiutant: Captain
+ a. I. Mills. assistant adiutant generl.
I The following of the First cavalry: Ma
/ jor J. NJ Bell TO be colonel. Captain L.
/ 7. Knox. Captain r. P Wainwright Cap
T tain J. G. GalbraiJh: First Lieutenants G..
/ I. Bryan. p F. Trauh. z. :. Wright. sec
! or5 Lieuteuaats P {. Williams and II. c.
. Smither.
( The following q the Tenth cavalry: Ma
f7r =. T. Norveu. Captains W II. Beck.
w. c. Ayres and J. W. Watson; First
+ Lieutenant 2 J Fleming. Second Lieu
4 tenants George Vi6mer and A N Nil
,er. j.
colonel Leonard wood. Lieutenant Colo
/ mel Roosevelt, Major a. Brodie- First Leu
tenant =. p Thomes. Assistant Surgeon
r. j. Church 90 he captain. Captain Allyn
. Csproa. Captain J. n. McClintock. ali ot
the First volunteer cavalry (R0ugh RI
ders1.
Major ". n. Peach. engineer Officer;
I Captain Z. 5. Mccormick. seventh cavalry,
First IJ=u-enant T. p Rivers. Third cav
+ airy. Second Lieutenant ". r SnedbarE.
/ Fourth cavalry Second Lieutenant II p
. WI.is-ds Tenth cavalry; Second Lleuten-
ant T. r Mccoy. Tenth cavalry: l. a
F'g-e-. assistant surgeon Second Lisuts--
a1t 7. N Whitman. FRS; cavalry
Erigad.er General Henry 81 Duf7s'd.
I Captain g. =. WILCOX assistant a55sts1t
. general. Captain : II HcEf,lia1 quarter
master Captain Fred AlEer. assistant al
. infant general: Captain C. 2. Rhodes as
ssstaut a65utau5 general: First Lieutenant
: II Foc-e Fau-c1 artillery Captain L
y. Brett Second cavalry. NaioT ? II
sD-1 assistant adiatant general. second
Lieutenant 2 n o-I1ary. Se-oa5 cavalry.
T Major A o. sharpe. assistant s2ju-arf
general. MAJOR Phiip Reade. inspector
genera CAPTAIN T. . AcAiezaa1is- 49,
sss.sUt 1-za--e ru,zs-sr- MAJOR : q Sea'--
s1-- surgeon Captain n G. Fisaer assist
aat surgeon captain y. Rsbhis,e- 49,
sHs-z-l surgeon. captain william p fiaV-
ton assistant zd5ztz-t general. E--st Lea