The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-30
PLACE FOR O. L. PRUDEN
APPOfNTED PAYMAsTER IN THE
ARMY, WITH RANK OF MAJOR.
Assistant Secretary at White House
by the Presidents
Enoch Crowder Promoted.

WASHINGTON. April 29-One of the last
acts of the President before leaving the
White House on his tour to the Pacific
coast was the signing of the commission
OF Mr.. Pruden, one of the assistant secre-
taries. as a major and paymaster In the
army. Commissions have been made out
for James Allen. Enoch III. Crowder and
Robert l.. Hughes in case vacancies &C.
cur In the list of volunteer brigadier gen.
erals while the President is away. The
President to-day made the following APP
~pointments:
Con~suls-Charles III. Egbert. Of Illinois.
state of Durango. Mex; George w. Col
vile, Of Oregon, at Barranquilla. Colombia:
brigadler general, John w. Barlow. George
l. Gillispie. Henry NJ. Robert; judge advo-
cate generals with rank of brigadier gem
eral, Thomas +. Barr. John w. Claus.
George r. Davis: Judge advocate with rank
or colonel. George Il. Davis. Edward Hunt
er; Judge advocate, with rank OF lieutenant
colonel, Jasper n. Morrison, Enoch h.
Crowder; judge advocate. with rank OF
major. John Biddle Porter. Arthur Murray;
captain or cavalry, Casper II. Conrad. Jr.;
second lieutenant. artillery corps, Robert
Il. McMillan: brigadier generals of volun-
teers, Merritt Barber. Tasker II. Bliss, Os-
car r. Long. John G.. Balance; surgeons
of volunteers. with rank of major, William
Bell. Harold Coffin. Charles Forbush, Sam
uel De Kraft: assistant surgeon OF volun-
teers, with rank of captain, Richard >.
Griswold, Michael r.. Hughes; first lieu
tenant. Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry.
Charles H.. Frank; second lieutenants, THU
ty-ninth Volunteer Infantry. George W.
wood: second lieutenant Forty-fourth Vol
unteer Infantry. Warren Winford; second
lieutenant. Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infant
~, Hidden DIN; second lieutenant, twenty
sixth Volunteer Infantry. j. IL. Henning.
Navy-Passed assistant surgeon. with
rank OF lieutenant. junior grade. Edward
y Gna 4 ~ - o. - a..rAt ,Anta =
nell.
Enoch Crowder, who Is made n brigadier
general and also a lieutenant colonel. Sc
cures the latter promotion by the retire
ment OF Generals Lieber. Barr and Claus.
The appointment as brigadier general Of
volunteers is a compliment given him for
services In the Philippines. a position he
VIII hold until July 1. Colonel Crowder has
been longer In the Philippines than any
other officer Of prominence. Major Stephen
]. Groesbeck, whose name does not appear
In the list made public to-day. will be
promoted 10 be lieutenant colonel. The
question whether the detail of Colonel
Davis to be judge advocate general. under
the reorganization law, creates a vacancy
is yet undecided. OF the other brigadier
generals of volunteers announced to-day,
General Bliss is OF the commissary de-
partner and has been collector at Havana
since the occupation by the United States.
General Allen Is of the signal corps and
has a record for good work during the
Spanish war and since I'm the Philippines.
General Balance Is a major IN the adju-
tant generals department at Manila ana
General Howse IL lieutenant colonel of the
Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry.
With respect TO the office OF chief OF engi-
neers the following general plan of action
will be followed: Gen. J. NJ. Wilson, the
incumbent. will retire on his own applica-
ton next Wednesday. Col. Henry vi. Rob-
ert and Col. John Barlow will be made
chief of engineers successfully and imme-
diately retired. These retirements will
the lsthmain Canal Commission, the senior
officer in the corps of engineers. He Will
be made a brigadier general In the line OF
the army before his statutory retirement
I'm July. 1904. hut the new chief Of engineers
Will be Col. George l.. Gillespie, who VIII
enter upon the duties OF that office by next
Monday at the latest and retain II until re-
tirement, I'm October, 1905.
O. l.. Pruden. who was appointed pay
master. enlisted as a private In the Elev-
enth Regiment. New Jersey Volunteers. In
August. 1862. He served about two years,
when he was discharged from the military
service 10 accept a civil appointment In the
office of the Judge advocate general OF the
army. At the beginning of the second term
of President Grant he was appointed ex-
ecutive clerk TO the President, and held
this Office until the beginning of President
Hayes's administration when he was APP
pointed assistant secretary to the Presi-
dent, which place he has held up 10 the
present time. Mr.. Pruden Is one of the
~best-known men I'm Washington, and has
been almost the daily associate of Presi-
dents for nearly thirty years. He is a IA
vorite with newspaper men. and 1t Is said
of him that he never gave a correspondent
information that was incorrect.