The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-06
MILESPROMOTED
BY NJ KINLEY
Made Lieutenant General
by President.
CHAFFEE is
RAISED IN RANK
Other Nominations Are Sent to
the Senate.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The president
today sent the following nominations
to the senate:
Army-TO be lieutenant general, Ma
jor General Nelson A. Miles.
To be major generals: Brigadier
General Samuel B. Young, l. 5. A;
Colonel Adna r. Chaffee, Eighth cav
airy, L. s. A (major general T. s W;
Brigadier General Arthur Macarthur,
L. 5. a. (major general L. 5. VI
Colonies to be brigadier generals:
John G. Bates, Second infantry, L. $.
A Cmajor general L. 5. VI; Colonel
Lloyd Wheaton, Seventh infantry, L.
5. A. Cmajor general L. s. VI; George
w. Davis, Twenty-third infantry
Obrigadier general L. :. VI; Theodore
Schwan, assistant adjutant T. S A
Cbrigadier general u. 5. VI; Samuel 5.
Sumner. Sixth cavalry, u. s. A; Leon
ard Wood. assistant surgeon L. s A
(majOr general L. 5. W; Robert H
Han, Fourth infantry, Z. 5 A Cbriga-
der general L. S VI; Robert 2.
Hughes, inspector general L. 5. A.
(brigadieT general L. s W; George NJ.
Randall, Eighth infantry, T. 8 A
(brigadier general L. S VI
Also Major William A Kobbe. third
aEL1lleTN- u ADf e5@AAA4eL s-lASA al u
:. VI; Brigadier General Frederick D.
Grant. L. :. V; Captain J. Franklin
Bell. Seventh cavalry. L. 5. A. (briga-
der general L. :. VI
Generals Young and Macarthur are
jumped over Brigadier Generals Wade
and Merriam, and General Chaffee also
is advanced over those two officers as
well as over Generals Macarthur and
Ludlow and fifty-three colonies who
had higher relative rank than he in
the regular army
The action in the case of General
Chafee is accepted in military circles
as an indication that he is to be
placed in supreme command of the
military forces in the Philippines. and
/ that Generals Young and Macarthur,
who are now in that country. are 70 be
I relieved shortly and assigned TO duty
in the United States.
Wade to Be Promoted.
/ The law provides for six major gen
! erals, and the promotion Of Major Gen
/ eral Miles feaves another vacancy in
/ that grade. which. il is generally IN
/ derstood, will be filled by the appoint
Z ment of Brigadier General J. F. Wade,
I the senior officer of his grade
/ There IS still one vacancy IN the list
I OF brigadier generals, and another VIII
be- made by the retirement of General
/ Schwan, who is said TO be in failing
I health. Colonel Daggett of the -Four
| teenth infantry. who has just returned
/ To San Francisco from gallant service
in China. is booked for appointment as
a brigadier general II Is expected he
viii be retired Immediately
/ Colonel Albert HartZUd. assistant
surgeon general, has been retired
/ Junior officers in the regular service
have felt much anxiety over the pros
pect Of being Jumped by the flood OF
new Corners into the regular service
under the present reorganization act
This announcement from the war de-
partment viii be of some comfort q
| those officers.
Promotions will be made to the
/ grade of first Lieutenant in the regular
army Of ali second neutenants in that
army whose commissions ante-date the
! war with Spain. These promotions vii
carry up all officers in the regulars
who have mad longer service thar
volunteers. but wiz leave vacancies for
T volunteer second lieutenantS.'
| Attention IS called at the war de-
partment 20 the fact that the order Of
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