The age-herald., 1901-03-31
Great Reward for His Brilliant
 Achievement M'KINLEY ACTED PROMPTLY Gen. Lloyd Wheaton is Made
 Major General MACARTHUR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED After Conference With General Cor. bin and the Secretary of War the President Announces Several
 Army Appointments.
MACARTHUR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED

Washington, March So-The following important army appointments were en- tered at the White House tonight:
 To bo major-general in the United States army Brig-Gen. Lloyd Wheaton, vice Miles, promoted to lieutenant-gen- eral.
 To be brigadier-general in the regular army: Col Jacob H. Smith, Seventeenth United States Infantry, brigadier-gen Il volunteers, vice Daggett, retired; briSa- dier-general Frederick Funston, United States volunteers, vice Wheaton, pro- noted.
 The announcement of these appoint ments was made after a conference be- tween the President, Secretary Root and Adjutant-Genera Corbin and at the same time the long-expected list of appoint ments of majors and captains in the pay masters, quartermasters and commis- sary departments and of chaplains, was made known. The list included two ma jors and twenty-five captains in the pay masters department; twenty-one captains in the commissary department thirty seven in the quartermaster's department and fifteen chaplains. All of these ap- pointees are in the regular army, under the recent act of Congress, enlarging and recognizing the army, and without ex- ception the staff appointees are from vol unteer officials
 The chief interest, however, centers in the three high appointments of major | generals-and two brigadier generals and more particularly in the selection of General Funston after his gallant ex- ] ploit in capturing Aguinaldo. :.
 Following the announcement, General Corbin sent the following to General l Macarthur:
 Washington, March 30.-MacArthur Manila: The following appointments 1 made: Wheaton, major general; smith | and Funston brfgadier generals. Secre- | tary of war John Meizeljohn. .'CORBIN"
 Other Appointments. C
 The other appointments were fol- lows: To be caDtains-John Patten. Iowa; H. J. May. Ohio; N. IT.. Creager, Maryland T. Swobe, Nebraska; W. s. Scott, Pennsylvania; w. c. Cannon, Illi- nois; A. s. Byckham, Ohio; w. E. Hor- ton, District of Columbia; William sissippi; L. L. Fredenhall, Wyoming H. B. Chamberlain, Vermont; A. W. Butt, Georgia; P. l.. Pettus. Alabama; D. W. Arnold Illinois; L. F. Garrard, Jr.. Georgia; K. J. Champion, Kentucky: B. Frank Cheatam Tennessee; Putnam B. g .ong, New York; Frank A. Grant. 0tah; Betram R. Clayton. New York; C. b. V. Hunt, Vermont; Fred w. Cole. Florida; Robert H. Rolfe. New Hamp- shire; Charles T. Baker South Carolina: G. l.. Goodale Massachusetts; T. T. Sternburg Kansas; G. l.. Penroses Utah.
 To be captain and assistant commits sary of subsistence: J. A. Gallagher. Louisiana; G. w. Euthers, from army; H. E. Wilkins, Iowa. H. c. Cole, Georgia; F. H. Lawton, army; T. B. Hacker, Ten nessee; s. B. Bootez, Ohio; M J. Henry, Pennsylvania; c. Mercer, Maryland J. A. Logan, Jr., Pennsylvania; M. s. Murray, District of Columbia; Salmon F. Dutton, New Hampshire; J. E. Bloom New York; F. H. Pomeroy, New York; r. A. Cook. Rhode Island; c. P Stfvers, Ohio; W. E. Grove, Colorado; D. J. Case, Pennsyl- vania; Wm. Geary, Washington; J. N. Killian, Nebraska; William Elliott, Gala fornia.
 To be masters, with the rank of ma jor: G F. Downey, H. E. BelSnap.
 To be paymasters, with the rank of captain, mounted: T. G. Goodman, J. B. Houston, B. B. Ray, H. M. Lord. Wm. B. Rochester J. Canby, c F. Stanton. W. G. Gambriil G. E. Pickett. G. T. Hollaway, J. s. Wilkins, O. Becker, T Kelher, J. W. Dawes, NJ B. Furry, T F. Hancey, J. R. Lynch, P. C. Stevens. w. O. Graham and B. Slaughter.
 To be captains: G. c. Stull, Montana; E. P. Newson, Texas; J. M. Nose, Missis- sippi; J. Clemens, Pennsylvania William Colvert, Minnesota; Albert J. Baker, New York; T. P O'Neife. New Mexico; J. G. Granville, Missouri c. T. Wright, Maine; w. w. Brander Maryland; A. A. Pruden, North Carolina; J. T, Gpeen, New York; s. J. Smith, Vermont; J. I. Griffith, In- diana; O. H. Mason. Iowa; T. J. Dickson, Missouri; George D. Rice, Massachusetts.