The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-18
long List of Colonels Who VIII he
Retired Soon with the Rank of
Brigadier General.
ARMY AND NAVY JOINT ACTION
INNOVATION PROPOSED BY sECRE:
TARIES ROOT AND MOODY.
Officers of Each Department to Meet
as Board to Consider Matters
Calling for Cooperation.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE President
has given directions for the preparation of
commissions for the following promotions in
the army:
Major General S. b. NJ. Young. to be
lieutenant general, vice Lieutenant General
Miles. who retires Aug. s.
Brig. Gen. s. S. Sumner, to be major gen.
eral, vice Major General Davis, to be retired
July 26
Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood, to be major
general, vice General Young, to be pro-
NOTED.
Secretary Root to-day sent the following
memorandum to the adjutant general for the
promotion of colonels to be brigadier gener-
ais and their retirement with that rank:
by direction of the President you will pre-
pare commissions for the promotion and re-
tirement of the following officers, with the
understanding that each has applied for re-
tirement 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
total service of not less than three years"
The list follows:
John H. Page, Third Infantry.
William M. Haskin, Artillery Corps.
Charles M. j. Sanno, Eighteenth Infantry
Charles T. Robe, Ninth Infantry.
Edwin B. Atwood, quartermasters depart
ment.
John Simpson quartermaster's depart
ment.
Frank c. Smith, Artillery Corps
George b. Rodney. Artillery Corps.
AlmOn B. Wells, First Cavalry.
John b. Babcock, assistant adjutant gen.
eral.
Charles A. Coolidge, Seventh Infantry
Henry Lippincott, medical department.
Cyrus s. Roberts, Second Infantry.
j. Milton Thompson, Twenty-third In
fantry.
Carl E. A.. Woodruff. Artillery Corps
David II. Kinzie, Artillery Corps.
John l.. Tierney, Artillery Corps.
James Miller, Twenty-second Infantry.
David j. Craigie, Eleventh Infantry.
Alpheus H. Bowman, Twe0ty-fifth In
fantry.
Edmund Rice Nineteenth Infantry.
Charles c. Penny. Twenty ninth Infantry.
Jesse G. Chance, Fourth Infantry.
Theodore F. Forbes, Twenty-seventh In
fantry.
Daniel d. Wheeler, quartermaster's de-
partment.
James L. Cooper. Fifth Cavalry.
James w. Reilly, ordnance department.
John A. kress ordnance department.
Calvin Dewitt. medical department.
Peter j. Cleary, medical department.
Leon A Mutile, Twenty-fOurth Infantry.
Charles A. Woodruff, assistant commits
sary general.
Col c. C. Carr, Fourth Cavalry, to be
brigadier general and retained in service.
ARMY AND NAVAL ORDERS.
Recent orders by the War Department
follow:
Captain Benjamin Alvord, Twenty-fifth
y,
temporary duty at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Captain w. S. Wood, quartermaster, at
San Francisco. has been ordered to this
city for consultation with the quartermaster
general.
Leaves of absence have been granted as
follows: Lieutenant Colonel William S. Pat
ten deputy quartermaster general, for two
months. Captain II. o. Williams, Fourth
Infantry. one months extensions; Captain
Americus Mitchell, Fifth Infantry. to in
clude Aug 20
Major Joseph E. Maxfeld, Signal Corps,
has been relieved from duty in the office of
the chief signal officer and ordered to take
station at the Signal Corps post, Fort
Myer, Va.
orders have been issued by the Navy De-
partment follows:
Lieutenant c. B. Price, from recruiting
duty to the New York Hospital for treat
ment.
Assistant Surgeon ]. c. Thompson, from
the Columbia, navy yard, New York, and
await orders.
Assistant Surgeon c. H. De Lancey. from
the navy yard, Norfolk, Va, to the CO.
lumbia navy yard, New York.
Acting Assistant Surgeon +. w. Tyree to
the naval station, Port Royal, S. c.
Acting Assistant Surgeon g. r. Plummer
to the naval station, Key West. Fla.
Paymaster II. T.. Stevens from the naval
torpedo station, Narragansett bay, r. l.,
to the Wabash. navy yard, Boston. Mass.
Assistant Paymaster T. d. Harris to
Coasters Harbcr Island, Nara gansett bay,
r. l., for duty as general storekeeper and
pay officer of the naval torpedo station at
that place.