The Washington times., 1903-07-17
YOUNG TO SUCCEED
WHEN MILES REIIRES
President Orders Pre- motions of
Army Generals

Announcement was made this morn
ing at the War Department that the
President has directed the following
promotions:
MAJ. Gen. S. B. NJ. Young to be lieu
tenant general Of the army vice 1t. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles. retired.
Brig. Con. 5. 5. Sumner to be major
general, vice Mai. Gen. George Davis,
retired
Brig Gen. Leonard Wood to be major
general vice Major General Young. pro
noted
Ihese promotions have been antici-
pated for several weeks and were finally
settled upon last week when Secretary
Root went to oyster Bay and had a
conference with the President in re-
gard to other promotions and retire
ments.
General Miles will retire in August.
and General Young will then attain the
highest grade now established in the
army. He will hold the position of
Commanding General of the Army for
one week before assuming his duties as
chief OF the general staff
Brigadier General Wood whose rapid
rise in the army has been the subject of
much criticism, will become a major
general upon the promotion of General
Young, and by the retirement process
will in few years become the senior
major general in the active service and
may attain the rank of lieutenant gen
eral and hold 1t for fifteen years or
more, thus debarring any officer now
reaching that position.
General Davis will retire on July &c.
and General Sumner viii then become a
major general
General Wade will succeed General
Davis in command of the Philippines
He now commands one of the depart
ments of the Philippines.
The President has decided upon the
promotion of thlrty-four colonels now
on the active list of the army, with the
advanced rank of brigadier general upon
the retirement on July 26 of Major GEN
eral George w. Davis, now in command
Of the Division OF the Philippines. Brig
Gen. Samuel S. Sumner will be made
major general. vice Davis, and the re-
mainder of the following promotions
viii be made of officers who served with
credit In the civil war with the under
standing that they will Immediately re-
tire upon their own application. making
room for another promotion and retire
ment.
The following officers who served in
the civil war viii be promoted to the
grade of brigadier general and retired.
Col. John H. Page. Third Infantry; Col.
William L. Haskin, Artillery Corps; Col.
Charles W. Miner Sixth Infantry; CO...
James,M. ]. sanno Eighteenth Infantry:
Col. Charles F. Robe. Ninth Infantry;
Col Edwin b. Atwood, Quartermaster's
Department: Col John Simpson. Quar-
termaster's Department; Col Frank G.
Smith, Artillery Corps; Col. George d.
Rodney, Artillery Corps; Col. Almond B.
Wells. First Cavalry; Col. John b. Bah
cock, assistant adjutant general; Col
Charles A. Coolidge. Seventh Infantry
Col. Henry Lippincott, medical depart
OOl. tTTub D NpDtElSs StEOul
Infantry; Col J. Milton Thompson,
Twenty-third Infantry; Col. Carle A.
Woodruff, Artillery Corps; Col. David H.
Kinzie. Artillery Corps; Col. John L.
Tiemon. Artillery Corps; Col. James
Miller, Twenty second Infantry; Col. Da-
vid j. Craigie. Seventeenth Infantry;
Col Alpheus II. Bowman. Twenty fifth
Infantry; Col Edmund Rice Nineteenth
Infantry; Col. Charles Penney, Twenty
ninth Infantry; Col. Jesse c. Chance.
Fourth Infantry; Col. Theodore F.
Forbes Twenty Infantry; Col.
Daniel. d. Wheeler. Quartermaster' De-
partment; Col Charles II. Hooper, Fifth
Cavalry; Col. James W. Reilly. ord
nance Department: Col. John A Kress.
Ordnance Department; Col. Calvin De
Witt. Medical Department; Col Peter
IA. McCleary. Medical Department: Col
Leon A. Matile. Twenty fourth Infan-
try; Col. Charles A. WOodruff, Commits
sary Department, and Col. c. c. c. Carr,
Fourth Cavalry. who will remain in the
service and be placed in command of
the Artillery and Cavalry School at Fort
Riley, Kan.