The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-14
Major Generals Lee, Shafter, Wheeler,
Lawton and Others to Retain High
Commissions for the Present.
1923 SECOND LIEUTENANTS
APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH NEW LAW.
Parker Hit, George A. Larimer and
L. ID. Loeb, of Indiana, in the List
Others Are Sons of Brave Officers.

WASHINGTON. March 13.-By direction
of the President the following named general
officers are honorably discharged from the
volunteer army of the United States. to
take effect this year on the dates specified,
their services being no longer required:
Major General-Joseph w. Keifer, May u.
Brigadier Generals-Abraham X. Arnold,
May ~. Alexander c., Pennington. April Y;
April IL: Michael Y. Sheridan, May II; Hen
ry T. Douglas, May Il: Henry V. Boynton,
April 12: Chambers McKibbin, May u;
Humphrey. May u.
| The officers named will relieve their aids.
| and order them TO join their regiments.
| Brigadier General McKibbin will proceed TO
| Columbus barracks. Ohio. and assume COM
mand of that post. The other officers, ex-
clusively Of the volunteer army, will pro-
| ceed to their homes while those of the per-
| manent establishment will join their regi-
ments.
| 1t should lie explained that the reduction
| in the list of general officers made by to-
| days order is not sufficient in itself to meet
| the demands of existing law. There must
| be further cut. In fact the list OF major
generals and brigader generals remaining
| must be reduced by ten, altogether, in or
| der to bring the list down to the nineteen
permitted by the strength Of the regular
army. In effecting this reduction 1t is the
| intention to reduce some OF the major gen.
| erals to the rank of brigadier generals in
stead of mastering them out of the service.
| Also, in the case of some of the brigadier
generals yet TO be dropped. it will. doubt
| less. be found that, instead of being mus
| tered out of the United States service en-
| tirely, some of the officers who held lower
positions in the regular army will return to
their former regimental and staff places.
The major generals who retain their vol
| unteer commissions at present are Wade,
| Shafter. Otis, Wilson, F'itzhugh Lee,
| Wheeler, Bates, Young, Lawton, Chaffee,
| Anderson, Macarthur and Ludlow.
| The brigadier generals remaining are:
| Frank, Wiiston. Louis II. Carpenter. Da-
Wis, Schwan Hall, Hasbrouck. Sanger,
| Kline. Gilmore, Wheaton, Ernst King,
| Grant, II. G. Otis, Andrews Hughs, Colby,
| Wood, Ewers, Ovenshine, Reeve and
| Comba.
1t is not contemplated to make any more
| changes in the volunteer general and staff
| officers at present. Under the law the off,
GERS mustered out to-day could be retained
| until the proclamation of peace was issued,
| but the President determined to muster out
| all that could be spared 1t was found i'm
possible to reduce the force in the pay de-
partment as the officers are now all en-
| ployed in the payment of troops in different
stations and in settling accounts with vol
unteer troops being mustered out
| OTHER OFFICERS MUSTERED OUT
The following officers also will be mustered
ont on the 18th of May. except where an
other date is given, and in such cases the
discharge occurs on the date given:
Assistant Adjutants General-IAeut. Co.'s.
| Francis Michler and Joseph II. Dorst; Ma
J jors Louis V. Caseiarc. Hunter Liggett
| april 12), William S. Scott and Charles G.
| Treat Captains William b: Allison. Jr, Ed
| G Berry april 12), Robert G. Paxton
| Charles W. Fenton, Henry II. Whitney Ed
| ward B. Cassatt, Jacob e. Bloom, James A
| Colvin april 12), Joseph p. Morton april
| l2). William Ii. McKittrick. Beverly A.
| Read William NJ. Wright, Frederick NJ
| Page, Samuel S. Saxton, Frank y. Nc
| Kenna. Ramon G. Mendoza, hugh ID. WISE
| Edward c. Brooks.
| INSPECTORS General - Lieutenant Colonels
RnIdwn Her6eTt and M9sS u LEry ary
| c. Benson and Robert A. Brown.
| Judge Advocates Lieutenant Colonies
| Frederick a. Hill and Charles II. Idbbel.
Chief ermasters-Lieutenant Colonels
| George Z. Pond and Joshua W. Jacobs;
| Assistant Quartermasters-Cap Ulys-
1
| BENJAMIN johnson. James r. Hosmer, Ar
thur Thompson, Edwin +, Barrett tAprlI ~
| Ambrose e. Gonzales Frederick W. Coie'
| Richard ]. Tanning april 12l, Walter AL,
| len. Charles NJ Forrest (April 12), Edward
| willis (April I'D Writ Robinson (April l2),
Edward B. Harrison. William r. MiilaiIis'
| are w. Brewster Joseph w. Willard. Harold
Young (April 12) and Walter L. Phelps, S,o,,.
Col Ih'Jt lanes ', ]. Allison (Aprii I2) Majors
| lanes q Varnedoe, James NJ. Moody, David
b. Wilson, Hugh j. GalIagher Edmund str1ni IoSn w;
Bach CApr ~ Robert Il Mbt Lohgs5Tseey;i seri 'Ian Im
James c. Mulliken. (April ~, Rufus N.
| Townsend. Frederick a. Smith, Solomon IL r.
Thorne april april ~ Henry Terc5rt tase pahei mo-
e11i ,nmisssries nm of Subsistence - Captains
Richard ". Thompson, lr. (AprII l9, Martin
| Orson Pettiiohn (April 12), John I-andstreet,
| ir.. James f. Denton (April I'D Don a
Dodge APri 10 joseph ncon S n% John n'FtS p Tea a.
| garten (April 12), Edwin w HuriDut,
| Charles r. Golden. James c; Grant CAPRI
| l20. Carl X. Mower, Charles w Neal, VII
liam F. Dunn (April ~. John =: IialnH SIaIke
| CApril l2) Isaac D'Isai. James 6 BaIdrldge,
| William b. Gown. Charles Weiser Thomas
F. Ryan William r. Hale Ia, AAPL d ~ saati strnet
william McC. Loveland and fatfick II. NC
| Caull. c,-,..,. n.
err NJ 0ReiIIy' Alfred c. Girard april l2).
Timothy Z. Wilcox (April ID ard JeHerson
! r. kean- -
| RrIgade Surgeons-Majors William Steph-
enson. Paul Clendennin. James ID. Glennan,
| Nathan S Jarvis april 12) Peter ID. Mac
| Naughton. John n. McDill, George Il. Dunn,
| Elmer r Heg. William 5. Bryant William
| +. De NIedeman Francis c. Ford. Edward
| O. Shakespeare april 12l, John l.. Macum-
| ber Robert Burns and Henry Z. Dirming-
| ham (April 12)
| Chief Engineers-Lieut Coils. William r.
| Lvermore. George McC. Derby and John
| Bidde.
Engineer Officers - Majors Lewis H.
Strother. William -. jenkins LADrl I'D. VII