New-York tribune., 1901-04-30
APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT
NEW CHIEF OF ENGINEERS AND JUDGE
ADvOCATE-GENERAL OF THE ARMY

ADVOCATE-GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
Washington. April 2s.-The President to-day made
the following appointments:
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NJ ROBERT
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GATKFR RsET Z ar.. BLISS. OSCAR + LONG and JOHN
Captain of cavalry-cAsPER H CONRAD. Jr
seo0nd I'd lieutenant artillery eorps-RoRERT F MM1
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Bush end si s3MEE L 46Elk be kRaFF APPLES l. FUR
sRB spFssn s%o6 s ass MA FePk e
First fhSHs hisHlsnan' '''h Volunteer Infany-cHARls
EL1KJINs LEWIS PRADLEY and ARTHUR 7
Second Lieutenant, :4th Volunteer Intantry-wARREN
First Lieutenant 10th Volunteer Intantry-HILDEN o1S
Second lieutenant 26th Volunteer Intantry-JAT HEN
NAVY
Passed fSa;'an5 w 7ss HoS Ea & lieutenant junior grade
Boatswain-DENNIs J. o'CoNNELL-
CONSULS
CHARLES H EGBERT, Of Illinois Durango Mexico.
GEORGE " CoLvIG. OF Oregon. Ba-ranquila. CoIon-
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The President signed the commissions OF Colonies
Robert and Gillespie Chief OF Engineers and
| they will be issued at the War Department on
May and > The same course was taken with the
commissions OF Colonels Barr, CIous and Davis
who will become Judge Acknowledgement on the
retirement OF General Lleber. Colonels Robert.
Barr and Clous go the retired list i'm
mediately after receiving their appointments. AL
other commissions OF officers who Will be appointed
in the Presidents absence also have been signed,
and will be issued on the dates when the appoint
10 be made.
Commissions have been made out for James Allen,
Enoch H. Crowder and Robert L. Hughes in
vacancies occur in the list OF volunteer brIgadier-
generals while the President Is away
In the army appointments announced to-day
Enoch H Crowder is made ueutenant-colonel.
He secures this promotion by the retirement OF
Generals Lieber, Barr and Clous- The appointment
as brigader-general Of volunteers is TO be COM
pliment for Services in the Philippines.
He has been longer in the Philippines than any
other officer Of prominence Major Stephen W
Groesbeck, whose name does not appear in the list
made pI6ic today day %a 9e PT1m9ed 70 oe afs eI
OF Colonel Davis 10 be Judge AGvocate-General
IS Vet undecided OF the 5ther Embellishments
Of volunteers announced to-day. General Bliss is OF
lector at Havana since the occupasion by the The
Corps and has record for good work in the Span
ish and in the Philippines. General Bal
lance is major in the AdJutant-Generals depart
ment At Manila.
One Of the last acts OF the President before leay
ing the White House his tour 10 the Paclac
Coast the signing Of the commission of Mr..
Pruden, of his assistant secretaries. as major
and paymaster.
Mr.. Pruden enlisted as private in the Ith New
Jersey Volunteers in August 1852 He served ABOUT
years, when he was discharged from the mill
tary service TO accept a civil appointment IN the
office OF the judge advocate general Of the army
At the beginning of the second term of President
Grant he was appointed executive clerk 10 the
President. and held this Office until the beginning
OF President Hayes's Administration. when he was
appointed assistant secretary TO the President,
which place he has held 70 the present time Ar.
Pruden is of the best known men in Washing
ton and has been the almost daily associate OF
Presidents for nearly thirty years He is favorite
with newspaper men. and II is said OF him thar he
never gave a correspondent information that was
incorrect.