The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-06
Advanced Over Generals Wade,
Merriam and Macarthur and
Fifty-Three Colonels.
WOOD IS MADE A BROADER.
He Will Probably Be at the Head
of the Army for Twelve Years
Miles Named for Lieu
tenant General.

1 Senate:
To be Lieutenant Generals: Major General
| Nelson A. Miles.
To be Major Generals: Brisadier General
| Samuel b. VI. Young, U. s. A: Colonel Ad-
na X. Chaffee. Eighth Cavalry. L. S. A.
| Major General L. s. W: Brigadier Gen.
eral Arthur Macarthur. L. S. A. (Major
General L. 8. W.
Colonels 10 be Brigadier Generals: John
C. Bates. Second Infantry. U. S. A. Major
General L. S. W; Lloyd Wheaton. Seventh
Infantry. U. s. A. Major General U. 8. W:
George w. Davis. Twenty-third Infantry
(Brigadier General L. S. W; Theodore
Schwan Assistant Adjutant General U. s.
A. Rrigadier General U. s. W; Samuel s.
Sumner. Sixth Cavalry, L. S. A; Leonard
Wood, Assistant Surgeon U. s. A. CMaJor
General L. 8. W; Robert II. Hall. Fourth
Infantry. u. S. A. CBrigadier General U. s.
W: Robert p. Hughes. Inspector General
u. s. A. (Brigadier General U. 8. W:
George NJ. Randall. Eighth Infantry. U. 8.
A. CBrigadier General u. s. W.
Also Major William A. Kobbe. Third Ar
tiIiery, U. 8. A. (BrigadIer General U. s.
VI: Brigadier General Frederick ID. Grant.
L. S. V; Captain ]. Franklin BellsSeventh
Cavalry, u. S. A. Brigadier General u.
8. VI.
Generals Young and Macarthur are
jumped over Brigadier Generals Wade and
Merriam, and General Chaffee also is ad-
vanced over those two offcerS as Well as
over Generals Macarthur and Ludlow and
fifty-three Colonels who had higher rela-
tive rank than he In the regular army.
The action In the case Of General Chanee
is accepted in military circles as an indi-
cation that he is TO be placed In supreme
command of the military forces In the
Philippines and that Generals Young anu
Macarthur. who are now in that country
are to be relieved shortly and assigned 10
duty in the United States.
The law provides for six Major Generals.
and the promotion OF Major General Miles
leaves another vacancy in that grade
which, IL IS generally understood. Will oe
filled By the appointment OF Brigadier Cen
eral ]. +. Wade. the senior officer OF MS
grade.
There Is still one vacancy In the list OF
Brigadier Generals, and another will be
made by the retirement OF General Schwan.
who Is said to be In falling health Coionei
Dagzett of the Fourteenth Infantry. VINO
has Just returned to San Francisco from
gallant service In China, In booked for ap-
pointment as a Brigadier General 1t Is ex-
pected that he will be retired Immediately.
Vuusual Action I'm Mfles's Case.
During the session Of the Cabinet to-day
the nominations of general ofncers OF the
army sent to the Senate were discussed at
Iengtl. Some rearrangement OF the list. as
prepared for submission to the Senate. was
made.
An unusual and notable course was pur-
sued by the President with respect to the
nomination of Major General Nelson A.
Miles to be Lieutenant General The ques-
ton of making the nomination was SUP
mttfed to the Cabinet and q ballot was
taken upon it. 1t resulted in favor Of the
nomination. and It. therefore. was sent TO
the Senate. No detailed statement OF the
result Of the vote Is obtainable.
The 1unior officers in the regular service
have felt much anxiety over the prospect of
being Jumped" by the flood Of newcomers
into the regular service. under the present
reorganization act. This announcement
from the War Department will be OF some
comfort to those officers:
Promotions will be made to the grade Of
First Lieutenant In the regular army of all
Second Lieutenants in that army. whose
commissions ante date the war with Spain
These promotions will carry up all officers
In the regulars who have had longer serv-
ices than volunteers, but will still leave
vacancies for volunteer Second Lieuten-
ants"
General Woods Brilliant Prospects,.
Attention was called at the War Depart
ment to the fact that the order OF seniority
OF the general officers appointed to-day Is
determined by the dates in February stated
In the nomination Thus, General Young,
being nominated as Of February 2. Chaffee
as of the 4th and Macarthur OF the 9Th,
win take precedence in the order wherever
they meet. General Wood. being named as
a Brigadier General Of the 4th. Is ranked
by Bates. Wheaton. Davis and Schwan, and
possibly by Sumner. the latter being romi-
mated as Of the same date.
But IT is pointed out at the department
that one result of General Woods nominal
tion in this order will be- in the event that
he follows the regular order Of promotion
hereafter to make him Lieutenant General
of the United States Army for fourteen
years General Wood now stands No. 81
In the list Of army Captains Catain J.
Franklin Bell, who is No. IS In the list of
catains OF relative rank. was nominated to
be a full Brigadier General. The Sixth Cav
airy. the famous Civil War organization.
claims ehat IL carries on ths honors Of
the nominations to-day.
Colonel Carter, in his book entitled "F,rom
Yorktown to Santiago With the sixth CAV
airy" says:
.aThe regiment has the unique distinction
of having furnished from among its gallant
soldiers the first officer ever promoted from
the ranks VINO subsequently rose to be a
Brigadier General of the regular army"
Up to the present time there have been
only two such promotions, and neither OF
these officers exercised command under the
rank to which they were promoted. as they
we're retired Immediately.
The appointment Of General AdDat h