The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-06
VICTORY FOR MILES
PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS HIM FOR
LIEUTENANT GENERAL.
A BITTER DOSE FOR CABINET.
NUMBER OF REGULAR ARMY
PROMOTIONS MADE.

Major Generhl-Nay Succeed Mac
Arthur in PhiIippines-SeVera
COIOneIs and Major and "a Cap
tain Made BriEadIers-Many ApplI-
cations Filed for Junior Commits
siOns-OnIy Former Volunteers Can
Become LieutennntS Under Recent
Act.
Washington, Feb. 5.-Gen. Miles has
triumphed over his personal and
official enemies as Indicated by the
list of army nominations sent to the
Senate to-day by the Presidel There
was a stubborn effort made to prevent
Miles from retaining the rank of lieuten-
ant general commanding, and he was the
subject of protracted cabinet discussion.
The President was not prepared-t turn
Miles down. so he was nominated at the
head of the list.
The President to-day sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
Army: To be lieutenant general. Maj.
Gen. Nelson A. Niles. TO be major gem
erals: Brig. Gen. Samuel b. NJ. Young. U.
s. A. Col. A. r. Chaffee. Eighth Cavalry,
Gen. Arthur Macarthur, u. S. A. (major
general U. s. W
Colonels to be brigader generals: John
c. Bates, Second Infantry, U. S. A ina
jor general U. S. W; Col. Lloyd Whea-
ton. Seventh Infantry Y. S. a. (major
general u. S. W; George w. Davis
Twenty third Infantry Corigddler general
jutant general U. S. A. (brigader general
u. S. W; Samuel s. Sumner, Sixth Cav
airy, u. S. A.. Leonard Wood. assistant
surgeon, Y. S. A. (major general U. S.
W; Robert II. HILL Fourth Infantry u.
S. A. (brigadier general u. s. V..) Rob
ert p. Hughes, inspector general u. s. A.
(brigadler general U. S. W; George M.
Randall. Eighth Infantry, U. S. A. Orig
adler general U. S. W
Also Maj. william A. Kobbe, Third
Artillery, U. S. A. Cbr gad!er general, U.
S. W; Brig. Gen. Frederick d. Grant
U. S. v; Capt. j. Franklin Bell, Seventh
Cavalry, U. S. A. (brigadier general, u.
S. W
Generals Young and MacArthur are
| jumped over Brigedier Generals Wade
| and Merriam and Gen. Chaffee also Is ad-
vanced over those two officers as well as
over Generals Macarthur and Ludlow and
81 colonels who had higher relative rank
than he in the regular army.
The action In the case of Gen. Chaffee
| is accepted in military circles as an in
dication that he is to be placed in SUI
! preme command of the military forces in
| the Philippines, and that Generals Young
! and Macarthur are to be relieved shortly
and assigned 20 duty in the United states.
The law for six major generals and the
promotion of Maj. Gen Miles leaves
another vacancy in that grade which. 1t
is generally understood, will be filed by
the appointment of Brig. Cen ]. F. Wade,
the senior officer of his grade. There is
still one vacancy in the list of brigadier
| generals and another wiz be made by the
retirement of Gen. Schwan, who is said
TO bein failing health.
Col. Daggett of the Fourteenth Infantry
who has just returned to San Francisco
from gallant service in China, is booked
for appointment as brigadier general.
1t is expected that he will be retired i'm
| mediately.
Secretary Root said this afternoon that
the military appointments made to-day
did not involve necessarily any change of
commands In the Philippines, and that
there IS no purpose of relieving Gen. Mac
Arthur Of the supreme command Of that
division in the immediate future. Gems.
Wade and Ludlow, who recently were or
| dered to the Philippines, will relieve Gems.
Young and Bates, who have served In that
country for over two years.
The war department announces;
Promotions will be made to the grade
of first lieutenant i'm the regular army
Of al second lieutenants in that army
whose commissions antedate the war with
Spain. These promotions will carry up
all officers in the regulars who have had
longer service than volunteers, but will
still leave vacancies for volunteer second
lieutenants."
The President is being vigorously press
ed for the appointments to other places
authorized by the law increasing the
army. Senators and representatives have
filed lists of those for whom they would
like TO secure appoin tments, especially for
The volunteer officers now in service
These lists are filed at the Adjutant Cen
erals office and nothing definite has been
determined about them. All Of the Geor-
gia delegation have made recommends
tions. They are being overwhelmed with
requests from would-be officers There
seems to be a misunderstanding of the
terms of the law. Section twenty-eight,
which provides that the vacancies in the
grade of field officers and captains shall
be filed by promotion contains the clause
which opens up the way to others
to the Heutenancies. This clause
years of age. who shall have at any time
served as volunteers subsequent 20 April
o. 1892, may be ordered before boards of
officers for such examination as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of War, AMI
those who establish their fitness before
these examining boards, may be appoint
ed to the grades of first or second lieu
tenant in the regular army taking rank
in the respective grades according to sem
] ~ nf
commission service: but no person ap-
pointed under the provisions Of this Sec
ton shall be placed above another In the
same grade with longer commissioned
service and nothing herein contained shal'
change the relative rank OF officers here
tofore commissioned in the regular
army"
1t will be seen by this that only men
who have served as volunteers i'm the
Spanish war and since are eligible T.
these places They are not open to those
who did not serve as volunteers