New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-04
NOMINATIONs BY THE PRESIDENT
GENERALS BATES. WHEATON. YOUNG. MAC

GENERALS BATES. WHEATON. YOUNG. MAC
ARTHUR AND LUDLOW PROMOTED.
Washington, Jan. S.-The President sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day:
Brtgader General j. c. BATES Major General of
Bris adj; .; general LLOYD WHEATON Major
To be Brgadier Generas-ColoneI s. B. NJ YOUNG Lieu
s fHa Goo SOGnsl AkrRpR mACARTHuR and euten
Also a number of other appointments and promo
lions in the Regular and volunteer armies:
To be United States Consuls-THOMAs T. PRENTIs of
MsssaGhusetts at Rouen, France: GEORGE l.
to Patras. Greece; ALoNzo c. YATES. of virginia
the District Portland and falmouth Me- Il"
District OF York. Me. "
Brigadier General John C. Bates has been In the
Regular Army since 1851. He served through the
Civil War and for more than thirty wears west
OF the Mississippi River. chiefly In the Indian
country At the outbreak of the war with Spain
he was made brigadier general of volunteers and
was promoted to be major general Of volunteers
for gallantry at Santiago A year ago he took
| command OF the military department of Cienfue-
COS, Cuba. Last May he went to the Philippines
In July he sent TO treat with the Sultan of the
Sulu Islands, and negotiated a treaty In which
the sovereignty of the United States over those
Islands was acknowledged. He went to the Philip
pines a brgadier general of volunteers and now
assumes -, volunteer rank he heu the close OF
the war.
Brgadier General Lloyd Wheaton Is also a vet
eran or the Civil War and has a brilliant record
Indian fighter. In October. 1871, he sup
pressed the Fenian raid and captured the raiders
who invaded Montana. He also took part in the
Custer expedition. He made brigader gen
eral OF volunteers at the beginning of the war
with Spain. He commanded the First Brigade
First Division of the Seventh Army Corps. and
was present at Havana when the American flag
raised, December "a, 1893 He left this
country for Manila with the 10th Infantry in Janu-
airy, 1899 and his name has been frequently men
toned in the dispatches in connection with the
hard fighting done in the Philippines in the last
year
While the promotions of Generals Bates and
Wheaton in the volunteer service. those of
Colonel Young and Lieutenant Colonies Macarthur
and Ludlow in the Regular Army. Colonel
Samuel b. NJ. Young served in the Civil War; and
at its close entered the Regular Army, in which
he became by promotion colonel of the Sd Cavalry
June 10. 1897. In May, 1898, he appointed
brgadier general of volunteers, and
mander of the cavalry division in General Skaters
army. In his brigade Colonel Roosevelt's
Rough Riders. For his success at Las Guasmas
he promoted major general of volunteers
and commended the Third Army Corps. In August
he was placed in command OF the camp at Mon
tauk Point; Later he handed the Second Army
CoIps' ana In June, 1897. started for the Philip
Late In December he was appointed Military Gov
Northwestern
General Arthur Macarthur was born in Massa-
chusetts. He entered the volunteer army
Jutant OF the oath Wisconsin Infantry. in August.
1857 and became major of the regiment in January,
1864. He mustered out of the service in June.
1865, and then joined the Regular Army second
lieutenant in the nth Infantry His captainCy
to him in July of the year. He became
major and assistant adjutant general In July 1889
and was advanced to the grade OF lieutenant colonel
in May, 1886. About month after the openi of
the he made a brgadier general
to the Philippines. For the capture
unteers. His long experience Indian fighter
has well fitted him for the work he has had to
gagements he has acquitted himself with great
credit
General William Ludlow is Military and Civil
Governor OF Havana He was born on Long Island
in 1913, and graduated at West Point in 1864.
He has always been in the engineers, serving under
General Hooker in the Atlanta campaign and with
General Shermans army al Savannah and in the
Carolin2s campaign After serving in the Black
Hills and Yellowstone expeditions. he had charge
bors on the Atlantic coast. He was chief engineer
of the Philadelphia Water Department iSSS-S Sc;
Engine ering Commissioner of the District of Column
bia iSSt- So charge of the river and harbor
and lighthouse work on the Great Lakes 1885 49, He
at London, 1888 49, and meanwhile In 1891, became
president OF the Nicaragua canal commission. In
1878 he had charge OF the fortifcatons and river
Al the outbreak of the Spanish war he
pointed brgadier general OF volunteers on the stan
OF the commander or the army OF INVASION ana
was sent 10 Cuba. At the attack Santiago by
he land forces General Ludlow in command
of the First Brigade In General Lawtons division.
CO ffcient and important his services a El
Caney that General Lawton attributed large part
OF The of his division TO the coolness, good
September T. 1895 he was promoted to major gem
eral of volunteers. and assigned to the Second
1855 he was appointed Military and Civil Governor
OF Havana where he has achieved remarkable sue
uOlce regula tons or the CITY