Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-17
TO SUCCEED MILES
The President Directs the
Promotion of Young.
THIRTY NEW GENERALS
OFFICERS OF THE ARMY PROMOT-
ED AND RETIRED.
Commissions Prepared by Direction of
the President for a Number Of
Civil War Veterans.

The President has given directions for the
preparation of commissions for the follow
ing promotions in the army:
Major General Young, to be lieutenant
general, vice Lieutenant General Miles. to
take effect on the latter's retirement, Au-
sust 8.
Brigadier General S. 8. Sumner. to be
major general, vice Major General Davis
retired July 26.
Brigadier General Leonard S. Wood, to be
major general, vice General Young, to be
promoted August 8.
By direction Of the President. the adju-
tant general will prepare commissions for
the promotion and retirement of the fol-
lowing named officers, with the under
standing that each has applied for retire
ment and comes within the provisions OF
the bill that passed the Senate OF the
United States at its last session. namely,
that each served creditably during the
civil war for not less than one year and
has a total service of not less than thirty
five years:
To Be Brigadier Generals.
Colonels John II. Page. Sd Infantry, vice
Summer. appointed major general; VIM. l..
Haskin. Artillery Corps, vice Page, pro-
NOTED and retired: James M. ]. Sanno, 18th
Infantry; Charles w. Miner. 9th Infantry:
Charles F. Robe. 9th Infantry: Edwin B.
Atwood. quartermaster' department; John
Simpson, quartermasters department.;
Frank G. Smith, Artillery Corps: George b.
Rodney. Artillery Corps; Almond b. Wells.
1st Cavalry; John b. Babcock, assistant
adjutant general: Charles A. Coolidge, Ith
Infantry: Henry Lippincott. medical de-
partment: Cyrus s. Roberts, I'd Infantry
A. Woodruff, Artillery Corps; David H.
kinZie, Artillery Corps: John l.. Tiernon,
Artillery Corps; James Miller, 22d Infantry;
David J. Craigie, 11th Infantry: AlpheuS H.
Bowman 25th Infantry; Edmund Rice. 10Th
Infantry: Charles c. Penny. 18th Infantry;
Jesse c. Chance, 4th Infantry: Theodore F.
Forbes. 9th Infantry: Daniel d. Wheeler,
quarterma sters department. James l..
Cooper. 9th Cavalry; James w. Reilly ord
nance department; John "A. kress. ord
nance department; Calvin De Witt. medical
department; Peter ]. A. Cleary. medical de-
partment: Leon A. Matile, oath Infantry;
Charles A. Woodruff, assistant commissary
general.
Col. C. c. C. Carr. 4th Cavalry, to be
brigader general and retained in service
Gen. Carr, who has been promoted from
the 4th Cavalry to be brigadier general and
to remain in the service will be assigned
to the command of the cavalry and field
artillery school at Fort Riley. Kansas.
There is one vacancy in the list of brigadier
generals for the permanent list that has
not yet been filed, and it is said that Col.
Thomas II. Barry adjutant generals de-
partment. may be promoted to that place.
Survivors of the Civil War.
With the retirement of the above-named
officers there will remain only the following
number of officers below the rank Of gen.
eral officers remaining in active service who
served in the war Of the rebellion:
Adjutant generals. o; Inspector generals.
Q; quartermaster generals, Z; commissary
generals, 8; medical department. 2; pay de-
partment, 3; engineer department 6; ord
nance department. g; Signal Corps 0; record
and pension. /; cavalry, 8; artillery, 10; in
fantry, "a. Total, II.