The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-21
MARINES IN War Trim
Promotions and Appointments Fill
the Roster of Officers.
New Captains and Forty
New First Lieutennnts Ready for
ants Receive COmmissiOns-Rap-
id Advancement i'm the Corps.

The expectation of hard fighting for the
Marine Corps in China has caused the Navy
Department to make twenty-five promo
lions TO the rank of captain and forty to
places as first lieutenants- In addition
the President yesterday appointed eight
cen men from civil life to second lieuten-
ancies in the corps. AMI will in a short time
it is expected issue twenty-five other
commissions of the same class. These ap-
pointments will fill all the vacancies in the
corps.
There have been many applications for
these appointments and much pressure has
been brought TO bear upon the President
by politicians who are Interested in the
success of friends.
The Marine Corps as now constituted has
a limit OF 5000 men. with sixty captains. as
many first lieutenants, and an equal num-
Der CT second lieutenants. There had been,
however, only about thirty-six captains,
forty-four first lieutenants. and sixty sec
ond leu5onants actually holding commits
sions. The Announcements just made fill
the lists CT captaincies and first HeuJen-
aucies.
The pay Of captains in the corps is $500
a year, Heutenants OF the first class draw
SI.5c0. and Of the second class $l.i00.
There is an increase Of 10 per cent with
each Ave years successive service.
The advancement which has come to Of
ficers in the corps has been very rapid.
The increase in the size Of the corps or
dered by Congress made many vacancies.
Most of the Hsutenants who are now pro-
mote, 10 be captains, have been in the
seryite only a trihe over year OF the
forty secOnd lieutenants who are made first
lieutendrts nearly half have seen only six
mol tbs service.
An unusually high number of washing
tor men are in both classes thus advanced
The lieutenants who have been made cap
tains include.
David D. Porter District of Columbia. en-
route 10 Taku: Frederic l.. Bradman.
Massachusetts. Philadelphia; Henry C.
Davis. District OF Columbia, Marine Bar
racks. Mare Island; G. c. Reid. Ohio. OF
duty in China; r. H Dunlap, District OF
Columbia, en- route to Taku; Henry W
Carpenter. Virginia. On sick leave; Ran
dolph c. Berkeley Virginia. Oregon; Ar
thur J. Matthews, Rhode Island en- route
to Taku; Charles G. Andersen, New York.
en- route TO TakU; Charles S. Hatch, New
Hampshire New Orleans. James c. Breck-
inridge, Arkansas. Marine Barracks. Les que
Island; Arthur T. Mark. Illinois. Marine
Barracks, San Juan. Porto Rico; Philip S.
Brown Maine. Brooklyn; Harry Lee. Dis
John F. McGill Virginia, en- route to
Taku; Frederick II. Delano. New York.
Texas; Louis NJ. Gulick. New York. Ma
Tine Barracks. GUAM Laddrore Islands;
Hiram l. Bearss. Indiana Marine
Barracks. Cavite, Philippine ISL
ands; William II Parker. District OF
Columbia. under orders to headquarters
The second heutenants who are ad-
vanced in rank are Charles c. Carpenter. OF
No ~ a
vite. p l.; Norman G. Burton, Massachu-
sets. Marine Barracks Cavite F. L.:
Louis NJ. Little, Rhode Island en- route 10
TakU, Leof n Harding. Missouri. Ma
rine Barracks Brooklyn: Frederic NJ
Wise. jr-. en- route TO Taku: Richard NJ
Cults California Marine Barracks.
Mare Island; Stephen Elliott. South Caro-
line. Marine Barracks. Cayite. p l.;
Harold c. Snyder. Virginia, Naval War
College. Newport; Writ McCreary. Penn
sylvania. en- route to Taku; Richard p
Williams. Arizona, Marine Barracks.
League Island Wade L. Jolly, Iowa. on
duty in China; Alexander s Williams
New York, Marine Barracks. Cavite. p. T.
John y Wright South Dakota Marine
Barracks, Cavite. p. l.: Olof IT. Rask Min
nesOta. Rec. Service Philadelphia. Richard
G. Mcconnell. I enusylvauia, kearsarge;
julius :. Turrill, Vermont en- route 70 Ca
wife. p l.; Lee B. Purcell Indiana Marine
Barracks. League Island. James Nee.
Huey, Louisiana. Marine Barracks. Cavite.
p. l.; Herbert Mather. New Jersey. Ma
rine Barracks, SItka, Alaska: Henry l..
Roosevelt. New York Marine Barracks.
Mare Island; Fred NJ Eslick. Tennessee,
Marine Barracks. Norfolk; jay n. Salla-
day, Illinois. Marine Barracks, Mare Isl
and; Iacker Babb West Virginia Marine
Barracks, Norfolk; Rush r. Wallace. IT..
Tennessee. Marine Barracks. navy yard.
Washington; Raymond z. Sawyer, New
York, Marine Barracks, Naval Academy:
Samuel A. ". Patterson, Pennsylvania, en-
route TO Cavife. p. T.; Herbert J. Hirshin-
ger. North Carolina Marine Barracks
Mare Island; John G.. Muir District Of Co
lumbia. en- route to Cavte, p. l.: Harold
C. ReisingeT, at large. Naval War College
Newport; Frank +. Evans. Wisconsin,
Kentucky; Harry r. Lay. at large. Marine
Barracks. Naval Academy; Thomas 4.
Mott North Carolina Marine Barracks.
Pensacola; Saint John 5. Gallery, Lou
isiana. Marine Barracks, Pensacola: John
c. Beaumont, Maryland, Marine Barracks
Brooklyn: Charles b. Taylor, Virginia
Marine Barracks. Portsmouth: John W.
Wadleigh New Hampshire Marine Bar
racks, Boston; William r. COyle District
OF Columbia, Naval War College. New
port: Henry d. f. Long. Marine Barracks.
Washington: William c. Harllee. Florida.
en- route TO Cayite. p. l.: Richard 5. Hook
er, Nevada Naval War College. Newport;
All Of the foregoing promotions are OF
the "gunboat" variety. Owing to the fact
that the Senate is not in session, regular
commissions cannot be issued them. They
will. however. be notified by the Seere-
tary Of the Nary OF their advancement
and Will hold rank Intil the next Congress
when il is expected that the Senate will
confirm all OF the appointments.
The interim appointments made, by the
President will also be valid only until the
end OF next term OF the Senate In their