The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-06
THE ARMY PROMOTIONS
Little Surprise Over the Action of
the President.
The Advancement of the Various Of
hcers Fayorably Commented Upon
The Big Jumps Made by Brira-
der Generals He'll and wood.

To be Lieutenant General OF the Army
Maj. Gen. NELSON A. MILES.
To be major generals
Brig. Gen SAMUEL Il. " YOUNG
Col. A. r. CHAFFEE Eighth Cavalry.
Brig. Gen. ARTHUR MARTHUR.
| To be brigadier generals
Col. JOHN c. BATES. Second Infantry.
| Col. LLOYD WHEATON, Seventh Infantry
| Col. GEORGE ". DAVIS Twenty-third In
| fantry.
Col. THEODORE sCHwAN, Assistant Adjutant
| General
Col SAMUEL s. SUMNER. Sixth Cavalry.
| Capt. LEONARD WOOD, assistant surgeon.
| Col. ROBERT H. HALL, Fourth Infantry.
Col. ROBERT p. HUGHES inspector general
| Col GEORGE NJ. RANDALL, Eighth Infantry.
Major WILLIAM \. COBBE, Third Artillery.
| Brig. Gen. FREDERICK d. GRANT. u. S V.
| Capt. j. FRANKLIN BELL, Seventh Cavalry
To be collector of customs, district OF Little
| Egg liarbor, New Jersey
| SAMUEL p. BARTLETT.
The nominations for major generals did
not altogether surprise army officers in
| Washington. 1t was generally understood
| that General Chaffee General Young. and
General Macarthur would receive promo
| tons to be major generals in the Regular
Army but it was thought that General
Wade, the senior brigadier general, would
not be entirely overlooked and that his
name would also go to the Senate.
The nominations leave one vacancy in
the rank of major general but this will
not be filled for the present. General
| Wade has been ordered to the Philippines,
and 1t is not improbable that he will be
given the vacant office. The promotion
Of General Chaffee is not only out of the
line OF seniority, but is also a great jump
q dc oF r
brigadier generals, his Regular Army rank
being that of a colonel.
His promotion. however. meets with
approval because Of the excellent ser
vice he rendered in China as well
as in Cuba. He commanded a bril-
gade at the battle of Ell Caney and
had rendered conspicuous service against
the Indians. His work in China re-
ceived the commentator of foreign Of
dcials as well as Minister COuger. 1t is
the intention of the War Department to
have General Chaffee succeed General
Macarthur at Manila as soon as the latter
is ready to return home which will prob
ably be late in the spring or early in the
summer. Other changes in the Philip
pines have already been ordered by the
Secretary of War
General Young. commanding a division
In the Department of Northern LuZon has
been ordered to return to the United
States for assignment to one of the mill
tary departments in this country and Cen
eral Macarthur has recommended to the
War Department that he be succeeded by
Gen. J. Franklin Bell General Bell is
another officer whose promotion has been
secured by advancement over the heads of
officers older in years or service. His
rank ia the Regular Army was that of a
captain and he stood number 5S5 on the
list of captains in the army
General Bell graduated from the Mill
tary Academy in 1873 and was appointed
second lieutenant in the Ninth Cavalry
At the beginning Of the Spanish war he
was only n first lieutenant. In May, 1898,
he was made a major and engineer officer
of volunteers. In 1899, when the new vol
unteer army was being organized, he was
offered commission as lieutenant col
onel of the Thirty second Infantry, but de-
clined. He accepted, however, colonelcy
in the volunteer service and was assigned
to the command Of the Thirty-sixth In
fantry, which was organized in the Phil
ippines. In December of the same year
he was made a brigadier general of vol
uHteers and placed in command of a di-
vision. Adding the number of colonies,
lieutenant colonies, and majors who held
rank ahead OF General Bell in the regular
service he jumped 032 officers in secur-
ing his promotion.
Gen. Leonard Wood is another off,
Ger who has had very rapid promotion in
the Regular Army. He was appointed
an assistant surgeon. with the rank of
lieutenant, January 5, 1885. and in 1891
promoted to the rank of captain, which
he held at the beginning of the Span sh
war. In May. 1898, he was made colonel
of the Rough Riders, and in two
months more was promoted TO be a brig
adler general of volunteers. Within less
than year he was made a major general
Of volunteers. He was honorably dis
charged from the volunteer service at
the end OF the war, but Immediately re-
appointed as a brigadier general of vol
unteers, and in December, 1899, again
promoted to major general Of volunteers
and assigned to duty as Governor General
Of Cuba. General Wood is number 60 on the
list of captains in the army. and in Sc
curing his promotion he is advanced over
507 other officers.
Gen. Fred Grant is practically an ap-
pointee from civil life He graduated
from West Point. and resigned in 1881.
when he was a first lieutenant He served
in the war with Spain as colonel Of one
of the New York regiments. and was later
sent to the Philippines and made a briga-
der general OF volunteers.
Generals Bates, Wheaton. Davis, Schwan
Hall. Hughes and Randall were all colo
nels in the regular establishment Cen
eral Kobbe was major in the Third Ar
tillery. General Bates is-now in command
Of the Department of Southern Luz0n. and
arranged the treaty with the Sultan of
Sulu. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton is in COM
mand of the Department of Northern Lu-
zon. General Randall commands the De-
partment of Alaska, and Generals Hughes
and Kobbe each command departments in
the Philippines General Davis was until
recently Military Governor of Porto Rico.
He has Just arrived at Manila. and Cen
eral Macarthur has cabled the War De-
partment asking authority to assign him
10 duty as provost marshal Of Manila.
General Bates and General Wheaton will
both return to the United States within a
short time. General Wheaton and Cen
eral Schwan are to be retired, and follow
ing the retirement Of the latter. Col.
Aaron Daggett. commanding the Four
teenth Infantry in China. will be nomi-
mated to become a brigadier general and
then retire.
THE DEPORTATION OF RICE.