Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-06
His Appointment as Lieuten-
ant General Directed.
COMMAND OF ARMY
WILL HOLD IT FOR THE SPACE OF
SIX DAYS.
To Be Chief Of the New General STAFF
Reorganizing the Ordnance
Board.

The President has directed the appoint
ment of Major Gen. 8. B. M. Young to be
lieutenant general Of the army, vice Lieu
tenant General Miles, retired, August s.
and Brig Gen. Leonard Wood to be major
general of the army. vice General Young.
promoted. to take effect on the same date.
General Young has also been designated as
chief of the general staff but as such will
not succeed General Miles in command Of
the army. as that duty will hereafter be
comprehended in the functions Of the gen.
eral staff
In view of the fact however. that the
general staff will not begin its official exist
ence until the 18th instant, and In order to
avoid any possible embarrassment In the
PRONUNCIATION of official orders to the army.
it has been arranged that he shall act In
the capacity of lieutenant general In COM
mand OF the army from the 9th to the 18th
instant. AS he will hold the Office only dur
of commanding general OF the army, which
began with Gen. Washington. dies for all
practical purposes on the retirement of
Gen. Miles. who has held 1t for the past
thirteen years.
New Arrangement Of Offices.
Although not finally settled, it Is believed
that Gen. Young. as chief of stan. will
occupy as his private office the room next
to the office Of the Secretary Of War OF
the south. now occupied by Adjt Gen. Cor
bin. and that the latter officer, who Is the
second ranking officer on the general staff.
will occupy large room being fitted up fol-
the purpose on the same floor few doors
to the south. The change was made at the
suggestion of Gen. Corbin who realized
that it would be an advantage to the Sec
-etary to have the chief of staff within
close call at all times for immediate con-
sultation In case of necessity.
The offices at army headquarters in the
northeast corner of the first floor to be
vacated by Gen. Miles and his staff will be
of the general staff. some Of whom. how
ever. will continue to occupy their present
quarters in the rented building on Jackson
place. The entire clerical force attached to
headquarters Of the army, OF which Capt.
Morton Is the chief clerk. will also be as
signed to duty under The general staff.
Reorganizing Ordnance Board.
The retirement of Lieutenant General
Miles will necessitate a reorganization OF
the army board of ordnance and fortihca-
tons. Of which he is president ex offlcio
The board as now constituted consists Of
seven members. including one civilian men,
Der. General Thomas ]. Henderson. The
military members are General Miles, Gen
eral Gillespie. chief of engineers; General
Colonel Shaler OF the ordnance. Major
Pratt OF the artillery and Major Macomb
Of the artillery. with Captain Dickson OF
the ordnance as recorder.
OF the above named members Gen. Ran
dolph. Lieut.. Col. Shaler and Majs. Macomb
and Pratt are members Of the provisional
general staff and will continue on duty with
the permanent general staff when it is Or
ganized on the 18th instant.
One of the principal questions to be set
tied Is whether these officers shall continue
on the board while serving on the general
staff. Although Gen. Young. who is to be
fHo obi 80 f1A ,fx r,vfgl
Gen. Miles as lieutenant general. it
is practically settled that he will
not succeed him as permanent presi-
dent Of the board Of ordnance and FORTH
cations. which honor is to be reserved for
General Gillespie. the next ranking MEM
Der. 1t will have to be determined also
whether the board will consist of its pres
ent number of members, whether General
whether either Colonel Shaler, Major Pratt
or Major Macomb OF all Of them shall re-
tain their membership on the board or
confine their attention entirely to the bust
ness OF the general staff.
Major Pratt has already been prac-
tically detached from duty on the ordnance
board. having been assigned as a member
Of the general staff with station at Van
couver barracks, Washington, headquarters
Of the Department Of the Columbia
1t Is expected that these questions will
be settled by Secretary Root on his return
to this city from his visit to the President
IL
Gen. Miles Military Assistants.
The retirement OF Lieutenant General
Miles next Saturday will also result in a
number of changes in the force Of his milf
tary assistants at army headquarters. Col
]. B. Babcock. assistant adjutant general,
will be promoted to brigadier general on
account of his services during the civil war
and retired on that day. Lieut.. Col. Samuel
Reber of the signal corps. military secre-
tary to General Miles. has been appointed a
member of the general staff and assigned
to duty in this city.
Lieut.. Col. Henry H. Whitney of the Ar
tllery Corps. aid-de-camp, who is now at
Heartlake. Pa. has been ordered to duty
with his battery at Fort Washington,
Maryland. Lieut. Col. Marion P. Maus of
the 22d Infantry. aid-de-camp, has been Or
dered to join his regiment at Fort Reno,
Oklahoma. Lieut. Col. Frederick W. Sib-
ley. 18th Cavalry, on special duty at head
quarters. has been ordered to join his reg
in