The age-herald., 1902-04-03
Brig'-Gen Hughes Made a
 Major General
COLONIES GIVEN STARS
Men Who Are Advanced by the Presl- dents Appointments Are All Old Fighters and Went Up
 From the Ranks.

Washington April 2-The President to- day appointed Brigadier General R. P. Hughes a major general and Colonel Isaac D. De Pussy, Colonel Andrew s. Burt and Colonel M. V. Sheridan to be brigadier generals in the regular army to fill existing vacancies caused by re- tirements.
 Brigadier General R. P. Hughes entered the military service as a private of the Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteer infan- try. April 25, 1861.
 He rose during the progress of the Civil war to be lieutena colonel and In 1866 entered the regular army as captain. He was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers at the outbreak Of the war with Spain and brigadier gen. eral in the army on February of last year when the army was reorganized.
 General Hughes was brevetted a col- onel of volunteers for gallant and mer- itorious service at Fort Gregg, Va, and breveted a major of regulars for gallant service again in the Indian war. He serv- ed as provost marshal of the city of Manila and subsequently, commanded the department of the Visayas.
 Burt Went From Ranks.
 Colonel Andrew Burt was born in Ohio and entered the volunteer service as sergeant in the Sixth Ohio infantry in April 1861. He was appointed lieuten- ant fin the regular army on May IA, 1861 and rose through all the grades to be the second ranking colonel in the line of the army. During the Civil war he served in the Eighteenth infantry in the army of the Cumberland. after which time he was almost continuously on frontier service from Montana to Arizona until the outbr eak of the war with Spain. He was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers on May 4, 1898 and commanded the first brigade, second division. seventh army corps during the war with Spain. After his discharge as brigadier general of volunteers he accompanied his regi- ment to the Philippine Islands where he has since been on duty. He was brevet- ted for gallant and meritorious service In the battle of Mills Spring, Ky, in 1862, and also for gallant and merit orious services during the Atlanta campaign and especially in the battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
 Col, Isaac D. Pussy.
 Col. Isaac D. Russy was born in Vir- ginia and appointed from New York as second lieutenant in the First Infantry April 26, 1861, and has followed the for tunes of the regular army, rising through the grades to be senior colonel in the line or the army. At the outbreak of the war with Spain he accompanied his regiment to Porto Rico where he re- mained until December 1900. He went to the Philippines in April 1901. and is at present on duty in those islands
 Col. M. V. Sheridan was born in Ohio and entered the volunteer service as a second lieutenant of the Second Missouri volunteer regiment September, 1863 He was appointed to the regular service in February, 1866. He was brevetted for gallant and meritorius services in the battle of Opequon and in the battle of Fishers Hill. He served as a brigadier general of volunteers in the war with Spain. In the civil war he had an un- usually active battle record, having serv- ed In a great number of fights He also participated in number of Indian cam paigns. He served as adjutant general at Camp Thomas. Chickamauga Park during the organization and equipment of the 75,OOO volunteers in the war with Spain and also participated in the Porto Rico campaign.