New-York tribune., 1902-06-10
SIX NEW GENERALS.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT NOHNATES
EIGHT OFFICERS TO HIGH
RANK IN THE ARMY.
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circumstances before next September. The list is
as follows:
Brgadier Generals JOHN C. BATES and GEORGE W.
DAVIS to be major generals
wfST eth cavalry; ERANk ,: BALDWTT g,h 27tR IN .
CARTER, assistant adjutant general
Major be brigadier general-TAsKER H. BLISS
for period Of fqu, years R6o T5sR 5aPS
Of brgadieE gsnera-c0lone WILLIAM FL fof''ooD'
The following statement made at the War
Department as to the policy governing the army
nominations:
The President, within the last few months has has
e0 War still remanng IN one ths active list
army. to be brgadier generals on the retired llst
that a halt will be called in this practice for the
present The officers last nominated for pro6clGa
mental and bodily gigor T and foa abe 5e
years. 3o z''iTf This action howeveT not
pdieate that no of further @ of o
Der of vacancies will occur during the coming year
ng those remaining on the active list There win
be many vacancies within the next two years
TO SUCCEED BROOKE AND WHEATON,
Brigadier Generals John C. Bates and George w.
Davis are to be major generals on the retirement
Of Major Generals Lloyd Wheaton, July Is, and
John R. Brooke on July N, respectively. Coones
Theodore F Wint. 9Th Cavalry, and Frank D. Bald
win, 9th Infantry, succeed Brisadier Generals
Samuel W. Whitside and Sumner H. Lincoln, who
mel Jesse NJ Lee Both Infantry, is to take the va
cancy caused by Brfgadier General Charles Birds
retirement on June II. Colonel William H Carter,
assistant adjutant general. and Major Tasker H
Bliss. commssary of subsistence. to fill the
vacancies in the grade Of brigader general the
promotion OF Generals Bates and Davis next
month. Colonel William H Forwood assistant sur
geon general, is appointed to be surgeon general,
with the rank of brigader general. for four years
under the Army Reorganization law. taking the
place vacated by General Sternberg's retirement
yesterday, but. General Forwood reaches the
age limit on September Z, he will retire at that
time with his rank. OF the officers who won
stars to-day. Wint serve until March g. 1903;
Baldwin till June g. 1906: Lee till January 2 1907;
Carter till November 10. 1915. and Bliss till Decem-
Der 81. 1917.
The appointments were all due to the Presidents
determination to reward meritorious, hard work.
ing officers, and are expected to give the same
measure of satisfaction in the service that selec
tons for the highest rank usually give. To offset
the disappointment many Civil War veterans who
were applicants for the vacancies may feel, 1t Is
explained at the War Department, that they may
find several opportunities in the next year to re-
tire brigadier generals, but it is thought that
Congress should by general enactment provide for
such retirement in higher grade the
lines the navy law, and that the President
should be free to promote the welfare of the ser
vice by selecting as general officers younger and
more vigorous men who can gain experience in
the handling of large numbers of troops. In the
advancement to the major generals grade an
nounced to-day Generals Bates and Davis pass
General Wade, who has held his present rank since
1897 and in the mean time has been jumped sue
cessively by Generals Young. Chaffee Macarthur,
Wheaton and Hughes. He was in command of the
proposed expedition to Cuba early in 1888, when he
replaced at Tampa by General Shafter, and
since he has been in the Philippines he has been
ordered to report successfully TO mis- former adju-
tant general, Macarthur, and a former sergeant
under his command. but it is promised that he will
get his promotion at the next vacancy. ,
After Wade the next two brigadier generals ash IN
who it is promised. will take their regular order
therefore become major generals next year,-Wade
on the retirement of Hughes on A April WIS j. Sumner e
Miles reaches the m age G limit ON b2
by voluntary retirements at any time especially
1 o sa1ea Rss or more han
OF the new brigadiers, Wint, Baldwin and Lee
ags W in the and Bliss
staff officers, and their transfer to command rank
Secretary Root to reward them for for conspicuous @ G
and the other as the organizer of the Cuban Gus
toms system-but from confidence that they VIII
Be ordered immediately to the staff Of the new War
College to M plan the n gaod woPng tRs o
The records OF to-day's appontees are as follows:
THE NEW MAJOR GENERALS.
Brigadier General John c. Bates was born in
Missouri and entered the regular army as first
lieutenant of infantry May H. 1861. He rose
and on the increase of the army last year he was
appointed to the grade Of brigadier general In
the war with Spain he was brlgadler general OF
volunteers, and in that capacity went with Cen
eral Skaters army to Santiago For his services
there he was promoted major general of volun-
teers He was brevetted major and lieutenant
colonel for meritorious services in the field In the
operations preceding the fall of Richmond General
Bates came into prominence in the Philippine ISL
ands through his treaty with the Sultan of the
He
in bringing about the surrender Of Trias. the only
lieutenant general Of the insurgent army. He is ali
officer of wide experience tact and ability He Will
have years of active service since he does not
retire until August. 1906.
Brigadier General George ". Davis was born in
Connecticut and entered the service as a quarter
master sergeant of the 18th Connecticut Volunteers
on November q, 1851 He was a hrst lieutenant OF
that regmens IN So0 s @aen major and Quarter
master of volunteers on February 1866. He en-
1867 and by regular promotion to e9lonel OF
infantry in 1893 He was aPpome9 n ae GEN IN
February Of last year. In the war with Spain he
snersI Davis has performed wide range of du-
ties Although line officer, he is an engineer OF con-
with the reconstruction Of the Washington Monu-
ent and his work With the ar qua
OF the war records for years. AT the outbreak
of the vonesr t reapa san ahd md the
to Cuba when the Spanish army was withdrawn
of the Island Of Porto Rico rendered excellent
service until ordered to the Philippine lip IN dan1sry
thorough and painstaking officer, as well as one
vide & 0D and n g0oa 9ea f ny
service in his. his new commission since ne retires
RECORDS OF THE BRIGADIERs.
Colonel Theodore J. wint was born in Pennsyl-
vania and enlisted as private in the 9th Penn
sylvania Cavalry in October 1861 He promoted
In 1864 to be a first lieutenant in that regiment.