Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-15

hehA' Hb - nov WIN Troop VI the Ahhu
cavalry.
First Lieutenant John S. Fair was a cap
tain in the Forty-third United States vol
unteers; he is now with Troop F, Ninth
cavalry.
First Lieutenant Solomon Avery. jr.. was
captain in the Two Hundred and Third New
York infantry; he is now in the artillery
corps.
First Lieutenant William II. Jordan. jr.
is the only one Of Nebraska's sons who was
a private soldier in another states forces
and who received his commission during the
Spanish American war. He served as pri-
vate in Company II, Second Oregon volun-
teers, and is now in the Eighteenth in
fentry.
Appointed During the War.
The following were appointed during the
late war; they had their service with their
regular commands:
First Lieutenant Jack Hayes OF Company
I. Sixteenth infantry.
First Lieutenant Watts c. Valentine Of
Company d. Nineteenth infantry.
First Lieutenant John L. Dewitt of Com
pany A. Twentieth infantry.
Tho following were soldiers in the regu-
lar army before the Spanish American war,
we're commissioned during same and re-
NAMED with their own commands:
First Lieutenant Juan A. Boyle Of Com
pany I, Fourth infantry.
First Lieutenant Charles E. Morton of
the Sixteenth infantry.
The following were cadets who received
their commissions during the late war and
remained in the positions assigned them:
First Lieutenant Evan H. Humphrey OF
Troop c, Seventh cavalry.
First Lieutenant Halsey E. Yates Of Com
pany X. Fifth infantry.
Nebraska Militia Omcers.
The following we're officers in Nebraska
regiments during the Spanish American
war. and at its close were rewarded by
commissions in the regular service:
Captain Julius N. Kilian Of the Commits
sary Subsistence department. was a captain
in the First Nebraska infantry during the
late war.
First Lieutenant Henry NJ. Morrow of the
Ninth infantry, was second and first lieu
tenant in the Third Nebraska infantry in
1889 and was also first lieutenant in the
Thirty-second United States volunteers be-
fore he received his commission in the reg
ulars.
First Lieutenant Charles G. Pulls Of the
artillery corps, was second lieutenant in
the Third Nebraska infantry and subse-
quently first lieutenant in the Thirty
second United States volunteers before
being commissioned in United States army,
First Lieutenant William G. Doane, Com
pany NJ, Sixteenth infantry, was first lieu.
tenant in the Third Nebraska infantry and
also in the Thirty-eighth United States vol
unteers In the late war.
First Lieutenant William s. Mapes, Com
pany !, Twenty-ffth infantry, was major
Of the Second Nebraska infantry and latei
first lieutenant in the Thirty-second United
States volunteers.
Second Lieutenant william X. Moore Of
the artillery corps. was first lieutenant il
the First Nebraska infantry in 1898, and a;
captain therein in 1899,
There were some who are now Officers
who served as soldiers in the Nebraska
forces during the late war and at it's close
were rewarded by commissions in the reg
ular service. They are:
First Lieutenant Charles w. Weeks o
the Thirtieth infantry, was a private ant
sergeant in Company F, Second Nebraskt
infantry. in 1898.
Second Lieutenant Lewis s. Ryan. was
private and corporal In Company H, and
AuuAN . Dol bCdhN vi Nh'
First Nebraska infantry In 1898.
Second Lieutenant William s. Bowen o
the artillery corps was a private and cor
poral in Company G.. Second Nebraska in.
fantry, in 1898.
Second Lieutenant Robert B. Mcconnell
Company H, Twenty-fourth infantry, wal
sergeant and first sergeant in Company H
First Nebraska infantry, in 1898.
Up From the Ranks.
There are four officers now who served a
soldiers in other regiments during the lat
war and were made officers afterward. The!
are:
Second Lieutenant Clarence Q. Culver o
the Fifteenth cavalry.
Second Lieutenant William s. Barriger o
Troop 1. Fifteenth cavalry.
Second Lieutenant Daniel e. Shean o
Company G, Sixteenth infantry.
Second Lieutenant Austin NJ. Pardee o
Company NJ, Twentieth infantry.
There is a class of young men who wer
cadets during the Spanish wa
and who have received their commission
since. They are:
First Lieutenant Frank P. Amos, Troo,
c. Eleventh cavalry.
First Lieutenant John B. Murphy Of tn
dIlllleTg COIpss
Second Lieutenant Frank S. Bowen, Com
psny F. Sixth infantry.
Four officers have been appointed sine
the late war, with no other record or Yves
Point experience. as follows:
Captain and chaplain. H. Percy Silver.
Captain and chaplain, Timothy T
O'Keefe.
First lieutenant and assistant surgeon
Conrad q. K6eTper.
First lieutenant and assistant surgeon
Robert NJ. Thornburg.
-Four others we're soldiers in the regula
army during the late war and have bee
commissioned ince. They are:
First Lieutenant Henry c. Merriam {
the artillery corps.
Second Lieutenant Frederick Mears {
Troop c, Fifth cavalry.
Second Lieutenant Thomas A. Jones {
the artillery corps.
Second Lieutenant Charles L. Woodhous,
Company /, T~wenty-third infantry.
j. W. KINSLEY.
Only an Imitation.