Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-06
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Making the Itinerary Of the Presi-
dents Trip.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY NOT GO
Board Of Managers of Soldiers
Homes Call.
MADE TO-DAY


conferences with senator's, representatives
and railroad officials regarding the itiner-
ary of the Presidents coming tour across
the continent to the Pacific coast. The
work of arranging for the train, the sched-
ule and the thousand and one details is a
big undertaking in itself. AS near as pos
slble Secretary Cortelyou Is trying to COM
plete the schedule before the train leaves
on its long journey. He wants to know
Just how long stop will be made in each
city and town. The hour of returning to
Washington will almost be fixed, despite
the fact that the train will be away from
Washington six weeks and will travel 10 600
miles, going through more than half the
states of the Union
Reports received at the White House are
that the entire west is making preparations
for the trip. H. T. Scott of the Union
iron Works of San Francisco, where the
battle ship Ohio will be launched is COM
ing to Washington to accompany the Presi-
dent to California He has also placed
his magnificent residence in San Francisco
at the disposal of the President. In Los
Angeles two prominent citizens have of
1ered their own homes to the President
and insist on his occupying one of them
Wh!le these offers may not be accepted
they go to show the hospitality that is
being offered the President
->''ofhe! Uenerai knOX May Not Go.
1t Is not yet known whether Attorney
General Knox will go on the journey He
mas Just come back from spending the win
ter in California and may not care to re-
turn. He may also desire to apply himself
to his departmental duties without the in
terruption the trip would give With the
exception of Secretary Gage every other
cabinet officer will go. Each cabinet Off
pa,troo
aboard the train just as if at his desk in
Washington. The President will do the
same about executive affairs, with the re-
suit that the executive department of the
government will daily go right along to the
noise OF railroad train as accompani-
menr.
Inspecting Soldiers Homes,
Representative Steele of Indiana and
General MacMahen, members of the board
of managers of the soldiers homes, called
on the President today The board will
meet in New York and then start on a tour
OF inspection of some of the homes They
VIII go to Hampton, Va, to inspect the
home there; thence to Johnson City, Tenn.
where home is to be established, under
sion. From there they will go to California
to visit the home at Santa Monica and the
home in the northern part of the state
Appointments Today.
The following appointments We're made
public at the White House today:
War, United States army: Frank E Nye,
to be assistant commissary general, with
the rank of colonel; Abiel L. Smith, to be
deputy commissary general, with the rank
of lieutenant colonel; Robert L. Bullard
to be commissary, with the rank Of major;
Michael S. Murray, to be commissary, with
the rank of captain. To be quartermasters.
with the rank of captain-William C. r.
Colquhoun, jeremiah q. Dere, Francis M.
Schreiner, Abraham S. Bickham Nathan
P. Batchelder, Amos W. Kimball, Jona-
than N. Patton, Daniel w. Arnold. To
be colonel Of cavalry-James NJ. Bell. To
be lieutenant Of cavalry-Charles Morton.
To be major of cavalry-Henry F. Kendall.
To be captains Of cavalry-Hugh d. Berke-
ley, Thomas G. Carson, Edward B. Cas-
satt, John W. Craig, Hamilton s. Haw-
kins, George F. Hamilton, Frank Parker,
William H. Paine, Harry H. Pattison,
Francis LIE ]. Parker, Albert E. Saxton,
Charles G. Sawtelle, jr.; George Vidmer,
Kenzie w. Walker. To be first lieutenant
ond lieutenant of cavalry-William S. Mar
tin. To be colonels Of infantry-Greenleaf
A. Goodale. Sumner H. Lincoln. To be lieu
tenant colonels OF infantry-Henry H.
infantry-WiIliam c. Butler. James S.
Rogers, Charles G. Star Silas A. Wolf,
George S. Young. To be surgeon, with the
rank Of major-William B. Banister.
War, volunteer army: To be surgeons of
volunteers with the rank Of major-Samuel
c. De Kraft, Frederic A. Washburn, jr.,
Edward A. Romig, James s. Wilson. To
be assistant surgeon of volunteers with the
rank of captain-Reuben M. Boner Whar-
ton B. Mclaughlin. Thomas T. Jackson,
Harold l.. Coffin, John c. Greenwalt, Jas.
w. Madara, Milton Vaughan, H. Brook
man Wilkinson, Nelson Miles Black, Al
bert H. Eber. Twenty-ninth Regiment
Howard C. Tatum, to be second lieutenant
in the 10Th Regiment OF Infantry, U. s. w.
Thirty-second Regiment, United States Vol
unteer Infantry-William N. Clopton, ir,
to be first lieutenant; Gus Hadwiger to be
SECOND lieutenant Thirty-third Regiment
United States Volunteer Infantry-Thomas
w. White, to be second lieutenant. Thirty
fourth Regiment, United States Volunteer
1nfantry-Frank E. Sidman to be second
lieutenant. Thirty-nfnth Regiment, United
States Volunteer Infantry-Charles r.
Wood, to be first lieutenant. Forty-fourth
Regiment, United States Volunteer Iufan-
try-Harry r. Frost, to be second lieuten-
ant. Forty sixth Regiment, United States
Volunteer Infantry-Walter s. Wiltshire
to be second lieutenant. Forty-seventh
Regiment, United States Volunteer Infan-
try-Rudolph E. Smyser, to be first lieuten-
ant. Forty-eighth Regiment, United States
Volunteer Infantry-Amos A. Carter, to be
second lieutenant; Adolph J. Wakefield, to
be second lieutenant.