Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-06-10
BATES TO BE MAJOR GENERAL
Commander of Department of Missouri
Designated by President
for Promotion.

WASHINGTON, June e.-The president
today sent the following nominations to the
senate:
Army-Brigadier Generals John C. Bates
and George W. Davis, to be major generals.
Colonels to be brigadier generals: Theo-
dore F. wint, Sixth cavalry; Frank D.
Baldwin, Twenty-seventh infantry; Jesse
NJ. Lee, Thirtieth infantry; William H. Car
ter, assistant adjutant general.
Major to be brigadier general: Lasker
Bliss, commissary.
Surgeon general for period Of four
years, with rank of brigadier general,
Colonel William H. Forw0od assistant sur
geon general.
Henry Torrell, United States attorney for
the western district of Texas; Silas A. Nc
Farland Iowa, now consul at Nottingham
England, to be consul at Reichenburg, Aus
tria; Frank W. Mahon Iowa. now consul at
Reichenburg, to be consul at Nottingham,
England.
The following statement was made at the
War department as to the policy governing
the army nominations:
The president within the few months
has promoted a number of colonies, vet
hens the active I'll n list f' of the army to be- BrE
| adler generals on the retired list. The
| nominations just sent TO the senate indi-
| practice for the present. The officers last
| nominated for promotion to the grade Of
| ing mental and bodily vigor and able to
carry on the active work of the army for
TSis action. however, does not indi-
| cate that no further promotions of vet
Grams of the civil war will be made In the
| future. number of vacancies will occur
during the coming year which will afford
| further opportunity for rewarding those
| remaining on the active list. There will
| be many vacancies the next two years.
Brigadier General John c. Bates was
born in Missouri, where he~entered the reg
ular army as a first lieutenant of infantry
in 1861. He was brigadier general Of VOL
| unteers in tho Spanish war and was with
| Shafter at Santiago He has received sew
eral brevets. In the Philippines his notable
works were the signing of the treaty with
the sultan of Jolo and the capture OF Lieu
| tenant General Trias of the insurgent
army. He has four more years Of active
service.
The report Of the appointment OF Briga-
dier General John c. Bates to be major gen.
! eral was received in Omaha with much
| pleasure by the many friends Of the gen.
eral. 1t caused little surprise, however
as 1t had been semi officially reported ever
| since he came to Omaha in charge Of the
| Department of the Missouri that he would
| in a short time receive one of the vacan-
cies which have been continued from time
to time by the elevation Of brigadiers who
retired shortly after their appointment to
the higher grade.
General Bates is probably better known
in the city than any of the general officers
| of the army, as he was stationed here fol
long time as colonel of the Second regi-
An.-A -.
old Fort Omaha. AS commandant OF thai
post he took a prominent place in the 80
cial affairs of the city and made a large
number of friends. He was appointed
from civil life to position, an the army by
President Lincoln. his father being a mem
ber Of the presidents cabinet. He is
native Of Missouri and his permanent homt
Ia at st. Louis, where his relatives reside
He is one OF the Indian fighters of the serv-
ice and after his work in the civil wal
rounded out his experience in the lower
grades of the service on the western plains
In the Spanish war he established his abil
ity as a general commander and his ap'
pointment to the higher rank is taken By
his acquaintances as a tribute to meri
we'll earned by the recipient.
General Bates is absent from the city
but is expected to return Saturday. He II
at West Point attending the centennial ex
ercises of the military academy and while
there will probably meet and confer will
the higher officials OF the War department
as to his future. Until his return nothing
can be said OF his future. He does not re.
tire under the age limit until 1906, but Il
is possible that he will follow precedent
established in other cases and retire shortly
to make way for the appointment Of othel
officers who have in all fairness earned 4
higher grade than that of brigadier gen
eral, but who cannot be advanced II al
persons receiving prior appointment should
remain on the active list until their en-.