The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-24
IMPORTANT CHANGES
IN ARMY STATIONS
Announcement Of Which
Will Soon be Made
From Washington
special to Daily Leader.

Washington, D. c., June 24.--secre-
tary Root viii shorty announce inn
portant changes in the stations of
high ranking officers OF the army.
These win include:
Detachment Of Maj Gen. John X.
brooke from the department Of the
East preliminary to MS retirement on
July 21.
Detachment Of Mai. Gen. Arthur
Macarthur from the command of the
department OF the lakes and assign
ment to comand the department of
the East
Detachment of Maj. Gen. George w.
Davis from the comand Of the depart
ment OF Mindanao in the Southern
Philippines an dassignment to com
mond the department of North Phil
ippines, made vacant by the detach-
ment preliminary to retirement, Of
Maj. Gen. Lloyd NJ. Wheaton
Detachment Of Maj Gen. John G.
Bates from the command of the de-
partment OF the Missouri, and assign
ment to command the department Of
the lakes.
Assignment of Brig. Gen. Frank ID.
Baldwin to command the department
OF the Mindanao.
Detachment of Brig Gen. William
II. Carter from the Office of the ad-
jutant general and assignment to duty
as member OF the army war college
board
All OF thes changes necessarily IN
volve the transfer OF many other offic-
ers. Thus the department will have
TO determine upon a successor 10 Maj
Gen. Bates in command of the depart
ment Of the Missouri. II is not at all
improbable that Brig. Gen. Jacob A.
Smith, whose court martial recently
occurred at Manila, will be given com-
mand of the military department of
the Texas, Gen. Smith IS under or
der to return home and has been di-
rected to carry out these instructions.
He will then be without station and
as it is not the policy of the president
to permit an officer TO be IDLE he will
be placed IN command of a depart
ment. Brig. Gen. Wood VIII also be
given command OF a military depart.
ment in the United States. When the
insurection in the Philippines was at
its height. Gen. Wood applied for duty
under Maj. Gen. Chafiee, the military
commander OF the far kastern arch
ipelago but his application was de.
MED, because the administration be
iieved that ne was more valuable in
Cuba. Gen Wood viii accompany
Maj. Gen. Henry c. Corbin adiutant
general. o. Mai. Gen. S B. NJ. Young
president ~ the Army War college,
to Europe to represent the United
states at the German army maneuv-
ers. Upon his return to this country
in the fall he expects to receive com
mand OF a department, which one yet
remains to be determined The mill
tary department of the Texas is now
under the command Of Col. William r,
Spurgin, 14th infantry, but the depart
ment believes a brigadier general
should be in command and has decia-
ed to give this assignment to Gen.
Smith. Cen Wood. however. will
probably be given a department in the
northern section Of the country,
Gen Davis new department win be
a large one. 1t includes all that por-
tion OF the Philippine archipelago ~
ing north Of the strats Of Mindoro,
and, therefore, comprises the entire
island OF Luzon and the small islands
in It's immediate vicinity. The ener
getic measures OF Gen. Wheaton and
Gen. J. Franklin Bell have brought
about the practical pac6oation OF
Luzon aud Gen. Davis win simply
have TO keep his troops moving "a
suppress any renewal OF the revolt
and to crush any bands which may
attempt 10 waylay detachments' OF
American troops.
Though it is highly advantageous
10 the army today TO place compare
lively young men in the grades O
major general and brigadier general
there has been considerable criticism
OF the practice for the reason that q
= certain. in the opinion OF eoloneii
CT the line. 20 produce an evil from
which the navy suffered for years