The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-05
Batch of Nominations Provided for i'm
the New Law Sent to the
Senate Yesterday.
$11s,ooo,ooo ASKED FOR ARMY
WAR DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES CUT
ABOUT TWELVE MILLIONS.
Order Issued Prohibiting Sale OF
Liquor on Military Reservations
Army Bill Doctored.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Secretary Root
said this afternoon that the nomination OF
general officers authorized by the lew
amy law would be send 80 the Senate 40
morrow They included a lieutenant gem
eral three major generals and ten briga-
der generals In military circles 1t Is be-
lieved that General Miles will be made
lieutenant general. but there is consider
able uncertainty with regard to the other
general officers. Generals Wade. Merriam
and Young are the three ranking briga-
diers in the present regular establishment.
in the order named. with General MacAr-
thur number four and General Ludlow
number seven in the list of colonels OF
cavalry. and General Wood is number six
ty in the list of captains. relative rank.
All these officers have been mentioned as
possible major generals and the three sue
cessful ones are undoubtedly among the
number. If General Miles is promoted 1t
will leave a vacancy in the list of major
generals yet to be filled. The order of Sc
niority of the new major generals un-
doubtedly will determine which of them
will have command Of the military forces
In the Philippines. which command, 1t is
generally understood, will become vacant
by the relief of General Macarthur during
the coming summer.
The President to-day sent the following
new nominations to the Senate:
Infantry
Lieutenant Colonels to be Colonels-Mott
Hooton. Fifth; William NJ Van Horne.
Eighteenth: Constant Williams, Fifteenth:
augustus W. Corliss. Second; Richard l.
Eskridge, Twenty third.
Majors to be Lieutenant Colonels-A. N
Bowman, Second; j. T. Kirkman. Sly
teenth; M. c. Foote, Ninth: Edmund Rice.
Third; c. G. Penny. Twenty-second: VIII
liam Qufnton. Fourteenth; j. C. Chance
Fifth; 9. III. Noble, Twenty-fifth; John r.
Stretch. Eighth: William p. Rogers. Twen-
tieth.
Eleventh; c. j. Crane, Twenty-fourth; III.
X Bailey. Fifth.
Cavalry
Lieutenant Colonels to be Colonels-A. r.
Wells. Eighth: Theo. j. wint, Sixth; Fran
ces Moore, Tenth; II. w. Vessels, jr.,
Third: J. N. Wheelan. Seventh.
Majors to be- Lieutenant Colonels+A f.
Woodson, Ninth; f.. S. Godfrey, Seventh;
4 n Rucker Sixth Eli L. Higgins Sixth;
william C. Forbush. Ninth; j. a. Augur.
fourtn; Allen Smith, First; A q. Hen
nissee. Second: s. NJ. Swigert. Third; r. H
Captains to be Majors-Frank West,
Ninth; e. f. Chase. Third; William III.
n
els Micher. Fifth; James Parker. Fourth:
Joseph Garrard, Ninth: T. L. Robinson
Second: o: L: Helm. First: George III. Pad.
dock, Fifth; 5. w. Fountain. Eighth
Artillery
Lieutenant Colonels to be CoIonels-Frank
Majors to be Lieutenant Colonels-6,harIes
Morrison, Seventh; James b. BURBANK
Fifth s. M. Mills, Sixth.
Captains to be Majors-Louis W Caziarc.
Second.
-Ad1utant Generals Department
Major George Andrews. assistant adiu-
tant general. 10 be assistant adjutant gen
eral, with rank OF lieutenant colonel.
Inspector General-Lieut. Col. Joseph y
Sanger. TO be inspector general, with rank
of colonel.
To be inspector generals with rank of
lieutenant colonel-Maj. Thomas j. Knox
and Maj Stephen C. Mills.
Judge Advocate Generals Department
Lieut.. Col John w Clous. deputy judge
advocate general. TO be judge advocate,
with rank of colonel.
Maj Stephen W. Groesbeck. Judge advo-
cate. to be judge advocate, with rank of
lieutenant colonel
-Quartermaster's Department
To be Assistant Quartermaster Generals,
with rank of Colonels-Lieut Col. James
M. Marshall and Lieut.. Col. John Simpson.
Majors and Quartermasters, to De Depu-
~ Quartermaster Generals. with rank of
Lieutenant Colonel-John Bird, John L.
Glen. William S. Patten.
Captains TO be Quartermasters, with
rank of Major-M- &. Martin, Oscar T.
Long. Frederick Won Schraeder, j. T., Saw
yer.
-Commissary Department
To be Assistant Commissary General.
with rank OF Colonel-Lieut. Col Henry q.
Sharpe
Majors tc be Deputy commissary Gen.
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