The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-03-31
FUNSTON REWARDED
President Has Promoted Him for the
Capture Of AguinaIdo.
TO BE BRIGADIER GENERAL
General Wheaton Has Been Made q
Major General.
GENERAL MILES WAS PROMOTED.
Long List Of Majors, Captains and others
Appointed.
GENERAL MILES WAS PROMOTED.
ALL ApPoNTEES IN REGULAR ARMY
Smith BROADER GaneraI--E. p. Newson
OF Texas Gets a captainoy In tho
Regular Army.

Washington. March so.s-Ths following
Important army appointments were an.
nounced at the White House tonight:
To he major general, United states Rrmyi
Bneadlcr Gcueral lloyd Wheaton, vice
Milea, promoted 20 lleutenant general.
To be brlgadler generals in the regular
army; Colonel Jacob H. SMITH Seventeenth
infantry, hugodleJ general volunteers. vice
naggett, retired: Brlgadler General Fred
odck q. Funston. U. s. ". vice Wheaton.
promoted.
The announcement OF these appointments
was made after conference between thu
president, Secretary Root and Adjutane
Genoral Cornin. ana at the same time the
long expected list Of appointments OF
majors aud captains. qua,termasters and
commissary department and Of chapiains
was made known. Tne Hist included two
majors aud twenty-five captains for the
paymnsters department. twenty one cap
tana ia tho commssary department., thir-
ty.seven captains in the auprtermaster's
department. and seventeen chuphlns. All
of these appointoes ara In tho regular army
under the recent act of congress charging
aud recognizing the army, and without
exception OF stan appointments arc from
ever. ccuters in the three high appoint
ments Of a major general and Two brlsadicr
generals, and moro particularly In the So
lection Of General Funston after his gal
liant exploit In capturing Aguipaido. Fol.
lowing the announcement. General Corhin
sent tho following 10 General Macarthur;
Washington. March 80.-MacArthur. Ma
Mia: THO following appointments mudei
t.. 4.
Bton, hrigadler generals. Secretary Of war
Joins mo IN congratulations TO all.
Corhin.
The other appointments were as foiiowsi
10 be captains and assistant quartermas.
tcrs--F. NJ. Schrcincr District Of Cplrm.
| ba; N. 7. Batchcldeg California; G. Q,
Bailey, New York: 4. W. Klmball. Cali
| fornia: j. V. Dre. Ohio; W. c. n. Col.
quohoun, Delaware; ]. NJ Baker. Pennsyl-
| yana. r. l.. Brown. West virginia; ". p,
Young, New York, j. a. Patton, Iowa; H.
J. May, Ohio: n. u. Creager Maryland.
y. Swobe, NohIaska w. S. Scott. PENN
| sylyanin, G. &. Cannon, Illinoia A. 8.
| Bickham. Ohioi w. H. Horton, District OF
| Columbia; W. VI Coulting, Virginia; ~. Is.
| Barker, Mississippi, l. l.. Fredenhall, WSo.
ming; ~. -, Chamerlain, Vermont; A. w.
Hulg. Georgia; = /. Pettus, Alaenpa;
Ge0rgini n. J Hampton, Kentucky; IS.
FRANK Cheatham, Tenpesscs, Purnam y.
strong Now York, Frank a, GraEL Utah;
Bertrnm Z, Clayton, New YORK; C.. %. v.
Hunt, Vermont. Frederick w. Cole, Florh
da Robert H. Ro!fe, New Hampshire,
CHARLES \ Baker, south Carolina g. \.
, GoodRl Kansasi o, l.. pn0rose, PennssI,
vanin.
10 be captains and assistant eommlsars
Of subsistence A, Gahaghera MsyaeA;
Iowa; II. G. Cole. Georgia r. H. Lawson
army; n V. HGrkcr. Tennessee; s. b.
| Bootes. Ohio. NJ J Henry, Pennsylvania.
6 Meree5 MnT'"ga j. A. LnS ,saIl. III
| Columbia; $. =: Duttoq. New. Hampshire;
| J. y. Bloom, New York, Y. n, Pofisrsy.
| New York. +. A. Cook Rhode Island; g..
| T. Stivers ohio; W, r.. Grove, .C0orado.
J. u. Case. Pennsylvania; w; NJ GeesN
! liam Elliott, California
| To he paymastere, with the rank OF
maiors G e Downey, =. r. Belkpap.
10 ho pogmasters With rank Of captaiG
ton, d. p RAY, II N; LORD. W. .. ko-
j. Candy c, r. stanton, w @. Gambfill.
q r Pickett, g Z Holloway, ] q vii
D., Keleher J. W. Doves. NJ Z. Curry.
r, c; Stevens W. X. Graham, h D.
10 be captains q. G. stub. Mopsana;
liam Colyert. Minnesota; Albert ]. Bader.
New York; n p O'keefe, New Mexico:
j. G. Granville Missouri: G. y. Wright.
Georgia; w. W Brauder Maryland; A.
New York S ]. Smith. Vermont; J. L.
Critics. Indiana. o H. L. Mason, Iowa;
=. Dickson. Missouri; George d. Rice.
Massachusetts,.