Evening star., 1901-04-29

canal eeraInissiesl4 the ranking officer in the
Corps of Engineers. Because of. his eff
ctent service in connection n-with that i'm
portant undertaking, ~andTalso because of
his general military record he Will be made
n brgaGier~ general in the line of the army
before his statutory retirement in July,
1904. Gems. Wilson, Robert and Barlow will
all be retired before the close of the pres
ent week. and Col. George L. Gillespie, who
has been appointed chief of engineers, will
enter upon the duties of that ofitce next
Monday. He will retain the Office without
interruption until his retirement for age in
October. 1908. giving him over four years of
service a the head of the engineer depart
nient. - .,---
Judge Advocate General
The three officers commissioned as judge
advocate general are Coils. T. f Barr ].
w. Clous and George B. Davis. Gen. G. n.
Leber, judge advocate general, will retire
for age May 21. Coils. Barr and Clous will
then be promoted to the office in the order
named. and Immediately retired. Col Davis
Will then succeed to the office and remain
at the head of the law department of the
army for a term of four years. He has
Gently been on d<lty at the Military Acad-
emy and Is well known in this city through
his long service in charge of the war rec
ords office.
Signed Their mmfssiOns
The following commissions were signed:
State-Charles Ii. Egbert of Illinois to be
Mexico. George w. Colvig of Oregon to be
consul Of the United States at.Barranquif-
la. Colombia.
War-To be chief of engineers with the
rank of briSadier general, John w. Bar
low, George l.. Gillespie, Henry NJ Robert.
To be judge advocate general, with the
rank of briSadier general Thomas F. Barr
John w. Clous, George B. Davis To be
Judge advocate, with the rank of colonel,
George B. Davis, Edward Hunter To be
hn NIL nf 1f1,,fa
colonel, Jasper N. Morrison, Enoch H.
CroWder. To be judge advocate, with the
rank of major, John Biddle Porter, Arthur
Murray Frank L. Dodds To be captain
of cavalry, Casper II. Conrad tr To be
second lieutenant in the artillery corps
Robert +. Mcmillan.
TO be brlgadier generals of volunteers,
Merritt Barber Tasker H. Bliss, Oscar F.
Long. James Allen John G. Balance,
Enoch II. Crowder, Robert L. Howe. To
De surgeons of volunteers with the rank of
major, William D. Bell, Harold l.. Cof-
Kraft. To be assistant surgeons of vol
unteers with the rank Of captain, Richard
5. Griswoid. Michael E. Hughes. To be
fa hrst Ieutenant In the 26th Regiment Of
second lieutenant In the 39th Regiment of
Infantry, u. s. ", Arthur T. Packwood.
To be second lieutenant in the 26th Regi-
ment me Of Infantry. U. s. v, Jay H. Hennig
Of Infantry, U. S. V, Charles g. Frank.
TO be second lieutenants in the 39th Regi-
ment of Infantry. U. S. V, George w. VIII
kins. Lewis Bradley. To be second lieuten-
ant in the 44th Regiment of Infantry. q.
s. ", Warren Windham.
NaVy-TO be passed assistant surgeon
with the rank Of lieutenant, Junior grade.
EDWARD V. Armstrong. To be a boatswafn
Dennis ]. O'Connell.
lnterior-To be agent for the Indians of
Fort Apache agency, in Arizona, Cornelius
w. Grouse Of Arizona.
The Army Promotions,
In the army appointments announced to-
day 1t appears that EnOch H Crowder Is
made a brigadier general of volunteers and
a lieutenant colonel Of regulars. He Sc
cures the latter promotion by the retire
ment or General Lieber and Coils Barr nd
Clous. The appointment as brigadier gen
eral OF volunteers is a compliment for ser
vices IN the Philippines. Col. Crowder has
been longer in the Philippines than any
otAer officer Of prominence, and has an
excellent record as Judge advocate of that
department. Major Stephen w. Groesbeck.
whose name does not appear In this list
made public today, will also be promoted
to be lieutenant colonel The question
whether the detail Of Col. Davis. to be
judge advocate general under the reorean-
1zation law, creates a vacancy, is yet un-
decided.
OF the other brigadier generals Of volun-
teers announced today General Bliss is Of
the commissary department. and has been
collector at Havana since the occupation
oy the United States. General Allen Is of