The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
All Others Concerned i'm the Capture
oG AguinaIdo Thanked by
President Mckinley.
BATCH OF APPOINTMENTS
TWO MAJORS AND TWENTY-FIVE
CAPTAINS IN PAY DEPARTMENTS.
Also Captains in the COmmissary and
Quartermastcr's Branches and
Seventeen ChapIains.

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The follow
,ng important army appointments were an
nounced at the White House to-day:
To. be Major General United States Army
Brig. Gen. LLOYD WHEATON, vice
Miles, promoted lieutenant general
To be Brigadier Generals in the Regular
Army-Col. JACOB II. SMITH, Seven
general volunteers, vice Daggett, retired;
Erigadier General FREDERICK FUN
STON, United States Volunteers, vice
Wheaton. promoted .
The announcement of these appoint
ments was made after a conference be-
tween the President. Secretary Root and
Adjutant General Corbin, and at the same
time the long expected list of appoint
ments of majors and captains in the pay
masters, quartermaste ter's and commits
sary departments and OF chaplains was
made known. The list included two majors
and twenty-five captains in the paymasters'
department, twenty-one captains in the
commissary department. thirty-seven cap
tains in the quartermasters' department
and seventeen chaplains. All of these ap-
polntees are in the regular armys under
the recent act of Congress enlarging and
reorganizing the army, and without ex-
ception the staff appointees are from vol
unteer officers.
The chief interest, however. centered
In the three high appointments of major
general and two brigadier generals. and
more particularly in the selection of Gen.
turing Aguinaldo. Following the announce
ment General Corbin sent the following
to General Macarthur:
1.-The following appointments made:
Wheaton. major general; Smith and Fun
ston. brigadier generals. Secretary of
war joins me in congratulation to all"
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
The other appointments were as follows:
To be Captains and Assistant Quarter
masters-F. NJ. Schreiner, District of Co
lumbia; NJ. p. Batchelder. California; G.
g. Bailey, New York; A w. kimball, Call
fornia; j. u. Dare, Ohio; w. c. r. Colquo-
houn, Delaware; j. NJ. Baker, PennsyI-
yania; r. l. Brown, West virginia; ii.
II. J. May. Ohio; y. H V. Creager. Mary
land; T. Swobe, Nebraska; w: S. Scott,
Pennsylvania; w. z; Cannon illinois; a, ,;
of Columbia; W. NJ. Coulting. Virginia;
w. b. Barker. Mississippi; l; L, Freden
mont; ns wS0%ns x W Butt. 1T G Georgia; 'i IL L. Pet
tus, Alabama; d. W. Arnold. Illinois; L.
T. GaEEaTd 5r Georgia. e6rya. a L; Hampton,
Hampton. = " Kentucky; B. Frank
cheatham. Tennessee; Putnam Brad
Grant. Utah; Bertram T. Clayton. New
York; Clyde d. V. Hunt, Vermont; Fred
srick w; Cole, Florida; Robert II. , R9lIe'
south Carolina: George L. Goodale,
Massachusetts: Theodore Sternburg, Kan
sas; George L. Penrose, Utah. ,,,,,s
To be Captain and Assistant Commits
sary of Subsistence-H. j. Gallagher Iowa;
q W. Ruthers. captain Twenty fourth In
fantry; Ii; E: Wilkins, Iowa; III g: Cole.
Georgia; F. II. Lawton, trst lieutenant
Twenty-first Infantry; T. b. Hacker. Ten
nessee; s s. Bootes. Ohio: Morton j.
Maryland; James A. Logan, Jr, Pennsyi-
vania: NJ. S. Murray. District of Column
bia; Salmon f. Dutton, New Hampshire; m
eroy. New York; Frank A. Cook, Rhode
Island: Charles p. Stivers, Ohio; William
X. Grove, Colorado; d. j. Ease. Pennsyi-
Killian. Nebraska; William b. Elliott, Cal
ifornia.
To be Paymaster with the Rank of
Major-George NJ. Downey, Hugh r. Bel
To he Paymasters with the Rank of Cap
tain, Mounted-Thomas G. Goodman, James
b. Houston, Beecher b. Ray, Herbert NJ.
Lord, w. 3. Rochester, Jr, Robert =
Smith, William B. Schoneld, James CdnDE'
Charles L. Stanton, William Gamoriil,
George +. Pickett, George L. Holloway,
Joseph s. wilkins. Otto Becker, Seymour
Howell, Eugene Coffin, Timothy ID. kele-
her Jas w. Dawes Manly b. Curry. VIM.
Monaghan. Thaddeus p Narney. John X
Lynch. Pierre c. Stevens, VIM. r. Graham,
Bradner ID. Slaughter.
To be Chaplains-George c. Stull, Mon
tGna; r. p. Newson, Texas; John NJ. Moose.
Mississippi; Joseph Clemens. Pennsylva-
MIA: VIM. Colvert. Minnesota; Albert j.
Bader. New York; T. p 0'Keefe. New
Charles T. Wright. Georgia: W. w. Brand
er. Maryland A a Pruden. North Caro-
lima; John T. Greene, New York; Samuel
j. Smith Vermont: James l. Cries, IiI-
diana: o. II. L. Mason. Iowa; Thomas ].
Dickson, Missouri. George ID. Rice. Mas
sachusetts.
II is not definitely known just when Ma
jor General. Young. who arrived in San
Francisco yesterday. from the Philippines,
will succeed General Shafter command
er OF the Department of California. Gen.
eral Young may come to Washington be-
fore he assumes command of the depart
ment. Owing to the return of volunteers
from the Philippines and the sending OF
other troops 70 replace them, the command
OF the Department of California becomes
one of the most important in the United
States.
AS result of the capture OF Aguinaldo
and the belief among officials that speedy
and complete collapse OF the insurrection
in the Philippines will follow, the fu'i
strength OF the army authorized by the
recent army reorganization act may not
be enlisted The question is being can
vassed by the President and the authorities