The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-21
Army Promotions for Cal
lantry Sent to Senate.
PRESIDENT ERASES OWN NAME
Refuses to Laud His Personal Services.
High HonOrs to the Memory Of Gallant
Men Who Gave Up Their Lives in
Cuba and the Philippines.

The President today sent to the Senate
for confirmation the long expected nom
nations for brevct commissions in the
volunteer and regular armies for gallan-
try in Cuba and the Philippines.
The list as submitted to President
Roosevelt by the General Board OF the
Army on Brevet Commissions. OF which
General Macarthur was president. con-
tanned the name OF Theodore Roosevelt.
reeommended for brevet commissions as
cplenel and brigadier general Tor can
sptcuOus gallantry in action before San
tiago, but the President erased his name
before sending the list TO the Senate. The
NAMES submitted arc as follows;
IL! EgbeIt, Liscum, Wikoff.
Regular army-To be major general by
btevet. Col. Harry c. Egbert Twenty
second Infantry. for distinguished gal
Iaatry- in action at Malinta. Philippine
Islands where he was killed..
10 be brigadier generals by b.evet:
Coiy Emerson H. Liseum, Ninth Infantry,
for conspicuous gaIlantry in action at
Tlentsin. China where he vas killed;
Col. Charles A. WikoH, Twenty-second
Infantry tsince deceased). for gaIiantry
in battle, Santiago. Cuba.
Rewards for Volunteers.
Volunteer army-To be major generals
by brevet; Brigadier General Irving
Hale. United States Volunteers. for dis
tinguished gallantry In action near Ca
lumpit. Philippine Islands: Brigadier
General Samuel Ovenshine. United Sta rs
Volunteers. for most distinguished gal
lantry in action at the Zapote River.
Philippine Islands.
To be brigadier generals by brevet-CoI.
William E. Birkhiiner. Twenty-eighth In
f4ntry. United States Volunteers. tOr con-
spicUous gallantry in action in the Philip
pines Col. Alfred s. Frost. First South
Dakota Volunteer Infantry. and captain
Twenty-seeond United States Infantry.
for distinguished gallantry IN action in
the Philippine Islands. Col Alexander L.
Hawkins. Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry (since deceased), for distin-
guished gailantry in action in the Philip
pine Islands; Col. Harry B. McCoin, First
Colorado Volunteer Infantry, for distin-
guished eallantry in action in the Philip
pine Islands; Col. John NJ. Stotsenburg.
First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, for
distinguished gallantry in action near
Quinga. Luzon. Philippine Islands (where
he was killed.; Col John H. WhoHey.
First Washington Volunteer Infantry, for
distinguished gallantry n action near
Manila; Lieut.. Col. Robert B. Wallace.
First Montana Volunteer Infantry Csinee
deceased), for distinguished galiantry in
the Philippine Islands.
Logan and the caprons.
Besides the above. there are several
hundred nominations for minor breves
commissions. Among them are:
To be lieutenant coloneIs BY brevet-
Major John a. Logan, Thirty-third In
fantry. United States Volunteers, for dis
tinguished gallantry in action at san
Jacihto. Luzon. Philippines where be was
killed.; Captain Allyn Capron. First Ar
tHiery tsince deceased). for gaIIantry in
battle. Santiago.
To be major by breyet-Capt Allyn K.
Capron. First United States Volunteer
Cavalry tsince deceased, for gaIlantry in
battle, Las Guasimas. Cuba.