The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-09
Representative Robinson, OF Indiana,
Defending Delegate wilcox BE-
fore q House Committee.
PRIVATE PENSION MEASURES
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-F0UR
PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
Important Bill I'm the Interest Of
widows-No Action Taken Regard
ing MIR. Wu's Criticism OF Otis.

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.--The Senate COM
mittee on military affairs to-day agreed
10 report favorably the nomination OF
Major General Nelson A Miles 10 be lieu
tenant general, and also the three noraina-
tions TO the Office OF major general under
the army reorganization bill. All the noTni-
nations to be brigadiers also were favorably
acted upon except those OF Cen Leonard
Wood. General Fred ID. Grant and Gen.
j. Franklin Bell. These three were held
up in order to permit further investigation
1t is said that in the committee there was
no disagreement to the action taken The
feeling which prevailed was that Generals
Wood. Bell and Grant had not seen sum-
cient military service to entitle them to
promotion over many older and experienced
officers. While it was stated that the action
Of the committee was not final there was
an impression that the confirmation OF the
other nominations would be made first
The President to-day sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
George p. Bennett. register Of the land
office at Rapid City, s. D.; George ID. Cor
son. of Illinois. to be agent for the Indians
OF the San Carlos agency. A I.
Army of the United States
Ordnance Department-To be lieutenant
general, Maj Gen. John B. Butler.
lnfantry-Captains TO be majors: William
Paulding. Tenth Regiment: Lorenzo w.
Cooke. Third: Francis Elton Head. Twen-
ty-first
Cavalry-First lieutenants to be captains:
Selah r. H Tompkins, Seventh; Edgwick
r. Cook. Seventh; Arthur Baysr, Third:
Fourth; Floyd w. Harris. Fourth: John
T. Nance. Sixth: Charles c. walcutf jr,
Eighth; John J. Pershing. Tenth; Peter &
Medical Department-Captsins and as
sistant surgeons, to be surgeons with rank
OF major: Adrian 8. Polhemus. assistant
Kearns. Guy L. Edie. William ID. Crosby,
William l.. Kneedler.
To be assistant surgeons with the rank
OF first lieutenant: Arthur w. Morse. Of
Illinois; Frank G. Baker. District OF Co
lumbia; Henry S. Kiersted, Pennsylvania
Allie w. Williams. Georgia: John J. X.
Reilly, New York; Jerome Stewart Chaffee.
volunteers-First Lieut. o. Fuqua, Twen-
ty-eighth Infantry, to be captain: Second
Lieut.. George NJ. Holly, Twenty-ninth In
fantry, to be first lieutenant: First sergt.
Benjamin M. Van Wart, Forty-sixth In
fantry, TO be second lieutenant; sergt. MAJ.
George b. Kelley. Twenty-ninth Infantry.
to be second lieutenant.
Acting assistant surgeons United States
army, TO be surgeons. with the rank or
trict of Columbia; Arlington Pond. Ver-
mont; Robert II. Zauner. Pennsylvania
Walter Whitney, Illinois. Also Henry D.
4uOlupsOU, hlCulkdlls late ntJof anu sur
geon United States Volunteers: s. o. L
Potter, California, late major and surgeon
United States Volunteers; William Bowen,
Tennessee. captain and assistant surgeon
Twenty-seventh Infantry, United States
Volunteers; Joseph N. Henry, Pennsyi-
vania, major and surgeon. Thirty-first In
fantry. United States Volunteers;
Acting assistant surgeons, United States
army. 10 be assistant surgeons with the
rank Of captain-Clark i. Wertenbaker.
Ohio; Frank A. E. Disney. New York;
Enders, ST., Arkansas; Matthew Leepers.
Missouri; Charles Anderson. California;
James s.. Kennedy. Pennsylvania; Guy K.
Mississippi; Edward F. Horr. New York:
Shannon Richmond, Missouri: Elmer g.
Tenney. New Hampshire; James +. Pres
New; New Jersey: Irwin e. Bennett. Pennsyi.
vania; James III. Mccall, Tennessee; Har-
old w. Cowper. New York; Dwight B. Tay-
ior, Ohio: Also ,d Frank aa =; Kenyon s, Ken.
Kentucky Volunteers; James j. Erwin.
Ohio, captain and assistant surgeon, Thir-
tieth Infantry; Thomas c. Stunkard, Indi-
and-ffty-ninth Indiana Volunteers. and
acting assistant surgeon, United States
army.
Revenue Cutter Service
First lieutenants 10 be captains-Albeft
Buhner, South Carolina; Walstein A Fall
ing. New York. Second lieutenants TO Be
first lieutenants: Ellsworth p. Berthof.
new jersey Otd8cg N. LduuEys MdItldUu.
Third Heutenants. to be second lieuten-
ants-Eban Barker, Massachusetts,. and
Oscar q. Haines, New Jersey; also, John
Boedeker. OF Massachusetts. TO be third
lieutenant.
The Senate. I'm executive session to-day
confirmed the nomination OF Carroll ID.
Wright. OF Massachusetts,. to be commits
sioner OF labor. The Senate also confirmed
the promotions made I'm the cavalry. artil-
lery. infantry and staff appointments
made Feb. T. under the new army reor-
ganization law. and also some other mill
tary and naval promotions.