The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-04-01
FUNSTON REWARDED
Made Brig der General By
President Mckinley

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 30
The following important army APP
polntments were announced az the
White house tonight;
To be major general United states
army. Brigadier General Lloyd Wheat
on. vice Miles promoted lieutenant
general
no be brigadler general in the regu-
lar army. Colonel Jacob II. Smith, Sew
enteenth United states infantry, Briga
dler general volunteers vice Daggett,
retired. Brigadier General Frederick
Funston, United States volunteers, vice
wheaton. promoted.
The announcement Of these appoint
nents was mgde after a conference
between the president. Secretary Root
.ra Adjntant General Corbin, and az
the same time the long expected list
Of appointments OF majors and cap
tains In the paymasters. quartermas-
tefs and commissary departments, and
OF chaplains. was made known. The
list included two majors and twenty
i've captains in the paymasters de-
partment twenty-one captains In the
commissary department; thirty-seven
captains In the quartermaster's de-
partment and seventeen chaplains. All
OF these appointees are In the regular
army under the recent act OF congress
enlarging and re-organizing the army,
and without exception the stam ap-
pointees are from volunteer Officers.
The chief interests. however, center
ed In the three high appointments Of a
major general and two brigader gem
erals and more particularly in the Sc
lection Of General Funston after his
gallant exploit In capturing Aguinaldo.
Following the announcement General
corbin sent the following to General
Macarthur:
WASHINGTON, ID. g.. MARCH go
Macarthur, Manila, The following
appointments made; Wheaton, riajor
general; Smith and Fnnstcn. biiga1ier
generals. Secretary Of war joins me
in congratulations 10 al
"CoRBIN,
The other appointments were as fol-
lows:
TO be- captains and assistant quar-
termasters: r. NJ. schreiner District
Of Columbia: n. p Bathelder Cali
fornia; j. =. Dare, Ohio; w O. r. Coll
quohoun, relaware j. NJ Baker. Of
Pennsylvania; r. l.. Brown. West vir-
ginia; II. p. Young New York: j. ~
Patton, Iowa, H. ]. May. Ohio; N. II.
Creager, Maryland Z. swobe, Nebras-
ka; w. S. ,ott. Pennsylvania; w. c.
Cannon, Illinois; A. s. Bickham Ohio;
w. T. Horton. District Of Columbia;
w. NJ. coulting, Virginia; W. b. Bar
ker Mississippi; /. l.. Fredernhal. OF
Wyoming, II. B. Chamberlain. Yer
mont; A. w. BAIT; Georgia; II. l.. Pet
tus. Alabama; d. w Arnold. Illinois:
/. r. Garrard. 5r.. Georgia; X. .. Ham
ton, Kentucky; b. Fiank cheathafn.
Tennessee Putram Bradles strong
New York. Frank A. Grant. Utah: B
n. Clayton. New York; Clyde D. lIunt.
Vermont; Frederick w cole. Florida.
Robert n. Rolef. New Hampshire: c.
T. Baker, South Carolina; George J..
Goodale, Massachusetts; Theodore s.
sternberg Kansas; George l.. Penrose.
Utah
no be captain and assistant commissory
OF subslstence-H J Gallagher Iowa:
G. w Ruthers. from army; II h. Wn-
RIMS lowai ~ ~ ' Georgia; e H.
LaWton. ffg - ~ p. Hacker Ten
nessee ". Z. BoolCe, Ohio; Morton }.
Henry, Pennsylvania; Carol Mercer. OF
Marylnndi James A Logan Jr. pennsyl-
vaniai W. $. Murry. District Of Columbia
Salmon +. Dutton, New Hampshire: }.
y. Bloom New York Fred III. Pomeroy.
New York Frank A. Cook, Rhode Island.
Charles Z styers, Ohio, William Grove.
Colorado y. J. Case. Pennsylvania. Wn.
Ham M' Geary, Washington. j. ~ XIII
fornla.
10 be paymasters With the rank OF
major George j. Downey, Hugh II.
Belknap.
To be paymasters with the rank OF
captain Thomas G, Goodman, James -.
Houston Beochccr 3, Kay Herbert Al
Lood NJ b. Rochester Jr., Robert smith
william b sconleld, James CANDY.
Charter 10 stanton. William @. Grambrlu
George Il. Pickett George H. Holloway
Joseph 8 wilkins Otto Becker sey-
mour Howell Eugene Conin. Timothy
j.. kelcher James W. Dawes Manly B
curry. william Monaghan Thaddeus r.
Narney John h Lynch, Pierre G. stew
ems, William r. Graham, Brednor ID
Slaughter
TO be chaplalns, George g. stun Mon
tana h. h Ncwson Texas; John M
Aiooze. Mississippi, Joseph Clemens,
peuusviyania William Colvert, Mime
sofa. Albert j. Baler, New York, samuel
D. smith. Vermont N. 7. @ kccfc New
Mexico; John q Granville Missouri;
Charles n Wright Georgia. W. W.
Brander Alarylandi A a. Puden, North
Carolina John a Greene New York.
James H. CRATES Indiana; 9. lI Mason
Iowa. Thomas }. dickson. Missouri; Geo.
. Rico, Massachusetts.
Manila March So.-In company with
colonel VOLTA his chief of stani and pr.
Barcelona. eNtreasurer of the Philippine
Eosnment Agulualdo now occupies one
of the incest Apartment Of the Maiacan-
ang palace He IS closely guarded and
courteousiy treated Captain Francis D.
Kernan. of the Second infantry captain
william a.. Kelley OF the First urfNlnry
members OF General Macarthur sstan
Captain Bon IL Randolph and Lieutenant
Gilbert a. Younger OF che Third artillery
with nye guards are watching him.
Agulnaldo, nervouaiy pacing the door and
deeply thinking thrusts his hand Through