Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-23

Favorable Action on Navy and Army
Promotions.

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Favorable Action on Navy and Army
Promotions.
The following nominations were confirmed
by the Senate Saturday afternoon:
James Rudolph Garfield Of Ohio. to be
commissioner Of corporations In the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor.
Appointments in the Army.
Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Breckenridge. in
spector general to be major general; Brig.
Gen. Marshall I. Ludington. Quartermaster
general. to be major general: Brig. Gen.
James r. Wade, United States army, to be
major general: Col. Wallace F. Randolph,
chief Of artillery, to be chief OF artillery
with the rank Of brigadier general; Thomas
H. Carpenter, late captain, 18th Infantry
u. 8. A., to be q captain OF infantry.
Of Vermont, Walter Williamson Merrill OF
Ohio, Reginald n. Kelley Of California,
Edward Huguenin Pearce OF California,
Claude Newman Feamster OF Texas, Cyrus
Ralph Street Of California, Clarence Alexis
Eustaphieve of New York. Joseph o. Maui
borgne Of New York, Joseph M. Cummins
of Missouri, Thomas Cebern Musgrave Of
Texas, Converse Rising Lewis OF louisiana.
Promotions in the Army.
Lieut.. Col. Winfield 8. Edgerly. 7th Cav
airy, to be colonel: Major Walter S. Schuy-
Ter, I'd Cavalry, to be lieutenant colonel:
Capt Augustus P. Blockson, 7th Cavalry,
to be major; First Lieut.. Alfred E. Ken
nington, 10th Cavalry. to be captain; Lieut..
Col. John D. Hall, deputy surgeon general.
to be assistant surgeon general. with the
rank Of colonel: Major Henry s.. Kilbourne,
the rank of lieutenant colonel; Capt. Joseph
T. Clarke, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon,
with the rank Of major.
! Appointments In the Navy.
Howard D. Lamar Of Indiana, to be an
assistant paymaster; Frederick H. Lemly
OF North Carolina. to be an assistant pay
master.
Promotions in the Navy.
Passed Assistant Paymaster Ulysses G.
Ammen, to be a paymaster: Assistant Pay
master Trevor w. Leutze, to be
passed assistant paymaster; Assistant Pay
master McGill r. Goidsborough. to be a
passed assistant paymaster; Paymaster
John R. Martin, to be a pay Inspector:
Passed Assistant Paymaster George Brown,
jr., to be a paymaster: Assistant Paymas-
ter David v. Chadwick. to be passed as
sistant paymaster; Passed Assistant Pay
master Walter B. lizard. to be a paymaster:
Assistant Paymaster Eugene c. Tobey, to
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ter Mitchell G. Mcdonald, to be pay In
spector; Passed Assistant Paymaster David
Potter, to be a paymaster; Paymaster Eus-
tace 2. Rogers; to be - pay g: In, inspector;
to he a paymaster; Assistant Payma ster
Jonathan Brooks. to be passed assistant
paymaster; Paymaster Leeds c. Keer. to
be pay inspector; Passed Assistant Pay
master George M. Lukesh, to be paymas-
ter; Assistant Paymaster Dexter Tiffany,
jr., to be a passed assistant paymaster;
Paymaster Richard I. M. Ball, to be a pay
inspector; Passed Assistant Paymaster John
Paymaster Franklin P. Sackett to be
passed assistant paymaster; Paymaster
Charles s. Williams. to be pay Inspector;
Passed Assistant Paymaster Arthur F.
Huntington. to be a paymaster; Assistant
Paymaster David M. Addison, to be passed
assistant paymaster; Paymaster Thomas ].
Cowie. to be pay inspector: Passed As
sistant Paymaster Harry H. Balthis. to be
paymaster; Paymaster John 8. Carpen-
ter, to be pay inspector.
Other Combinations.
Lieutenant Colonel Oswald H. Ernst
Corps of Engineers, United States army,
for appointment as a member Of the Mis-
sissippi river commission. provided for by
the act Of Congress approved June %. 1879.
entitled AN act, to provide for the appoint
ment of a Mississippi river commission for
head of the passes, near its mouth, to its
headwaters"
Regis H. Post Of New York, to be auditor
of the Island of Porto Rico.
! Paul Nash of New York. to be secretary
of the legation and consul general OF the
United States at Bangkok, Siam.
Ole Serumgard OF North Dakota, to be
register Of the land office at Devils Lake,
N. D., and James L. Mcintosh, r., Of Ne
braska, to be register Of the land office at
Sidney, Neb.
Henry e. Baird OF North Dakota. to be
receiver OF public moneys at Devils Lake,
N. D.
John Satterlund of North Dakota, to be
receiver OF public moneys at Bismarck.
N. D.
Thomas E. Fox Of Willow City, N. D.,
to be receiver Of public moneys at Minot,
N. D..
Robley D. Harris Of Nebraska, to be re-
ceiver of public moneys at Sidney, Neb.
George H. Green Of Texas. to be United
States marshal for the northern district Of
Texas.