The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-21
AFTER GEN. WOOD.
Army Officers Will Attempt to prevan.
HIS Confirmation as Major

SISehnpt TO Prevent
us continuation as Major
General.
W~ashlnSton, Aug. 1S.-Army officers
WHO are preparing to conduct a secret
against the confirmation of
genera Wood, the presidents
lrlend, as major general have heen
looking up the records and have So.
cuIeu some ammunition which thew
VIII use when the senate takes IN
Woods promotion.
Tiior % the present administration
ali army promotions We're made for
seniority. Secretary Root contended
.naI tnls was a bad practice, as 1t
might put an incompetent officer at the
mead OF the army, and he secured the
passage OF a law making advancement
TO any grade above colonel a matter
VI selectlon by the president.
since the Widespread opposition to
the further elevation of his friend. Cen
eral Wood. has developed the president
a defended himself on the ground
ina there is 10 other course open to
hsii1' as General. Wood is the ranking
The policy of selection,
"hlch the president and Mr.. Root so
warmly advocated in securing the new,
army law, is ignored, and an effort win
10 mace TO force continuation of Cen
eIai WOODS promotion for the reason
mat, through favoritism in the past, he
Is now the senior b%rigadier.
Workings Of Favoritism.
Inc records show how favored ones
nave been advanced. On January j.
l9ol, James G. Wade was the senior
Next TO him in seniority
were H.. y. Merriam, S. b. NJ. Young,
Arthur Macarthur and William Ludlow,
yin IeDGIAGV y 1GnJ t1n,.n ,..
eahcy In the rank of major general and
1ouns was promoted to ii, jumping
wade and Merriam. On February i
there Was another 1t was
hlled by Adna r. Chaffee, who was
made a brigadier only two DAYS before.
lie jumped all others on the list. The
next la Macarthur was made a major
general over the heads of Wade and
Merriam. This was repeated on March
81, l9Ol, when Lloyd Wheaton was
Inade a major general. and again on
April /, 1902, when Robert p. Hughes
vas promoted. Both Wheaton and
Eushes We're at the foot of the list OF
n We're jumped over all
Of them.
These facts will be presented to SEN
atorS as a REPUTATION of the claim OF
the president that General Wood is en-
Titled TO promotion because he is at The
Top or the list of brigadiers.
Inc fight against General Woods
promotion is gaining strength every
Gay. Senators Hanna and Quay are
opposed to Wood and are re-
lied on to take an active part in OPP
posing his confirmation. Hanna be-
leves that Wood prosecuted his friend,
ESTES q. Rathbone, director of posts in
cuba, and Quay has accused him of
undermining General Brooke, who is a
friend of the Pennsylvania senator.
Corbin Again on Top.
The assignment of General Corbin tn
be assistant chief of staff means that
that officer soon viii be again installed
as the active military genius of the war
department, in which position he was
Aecently displaced by BrigaGier General
Carter through the friendship of Mr..
Root. The influence of General Carter
with MI. Root, which was supreme for
a time, is waning fast. There is now
no doubt that General Garter soon will
cease to be a factor in army affairs.
When the assignments to the general
staf We're made two months ago it was
stated that General Carter would go to
the Philippines in December, and would
then be succeeded on the staff by Gen
eral Tasker III. Bliss, now president of
the wal college board. 1T is now stated
that General Bliss probably will re-
place General Carter on the staff in
about 4 month, Which is taken to mean
that Carter will be forced out. 1t is
said that General Carter does not now
want to go TO the Philippines, where his
old enemy, General Wade, is in COM
mand, but it is predicted that he will
nave to go.
General Young will retire In January,
and it is expected that he will take a