Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
GEN. HUGHES RET|RES
Succeeded as Major General
by Gen. Breckinridge.
IMPORTANT CHANGES
GEN. WADE TO COMMAND IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
Promotions to the Grades of Brigadiet
General and Colonel-Gen. Woods
Probable Future Command.

| Several important changes in the army
| occurred today. Major General Robert p.
| Hughes, having reached the age of sixty
!, four years, which marks the limit of active
| service, was placed on the retired list. He
| was recently relieved from duty in COM
| mand of the department of California by
Major General Arthur Macarthur for
merly in command of the department of the
| lakes at Chicago. General Hughes began
his military career as private in the 18th
| Pennsylvania Infantry in April, 1861, and
at the close Of the civil war honorably
mustered out as lieutenant colonel (and
| brevet colonel, 199th Pennsylvania In
fantry. In July, 1866, he was appointed
captain, 18th Regular Infantry, and in
February IS, 1885, he was transferred to
| the inspector generals department, with the
rank of major. He reached the rank of
colonel in that department in August 1888
During the Spanish he served as brig
adler general of volunteers, and because Of
his mer1toriouS services during that brief
war ana subsequently in the Philippine
campaigns, he was appointed brigadier gen.
era! OF regulars in February, 1901, and
major general in April 1902
The vacancy in the grade of major gem
eral caused by General Hughes retire.
ment was today filled by the promotion of
Brigadier, General Joseph c. Breckenridge.
inspector general of the army. That officer
will be Immediately retired this afternoon
or Monday, and Brgadier General Marshall
l. Ludington, quartermaster general of the
army, will be promoted a major general.
Gen. Wade's Promotion
General Ludington will also be immedi-
ately retired and the vacancy thus created
| will be filled by the appointment of Briga-
dier General James F. Wade to the grade
of major general. The appointment of
| General Wade will be permanent until his
CT a atlItn ony,fi iv,A Anr
Wade Is now in command of the Depart
ment of LuZon On the statutory retire.
| ment of Major General George w. Davis.
| July 26 next, General Wade will succeed
| to the command of the division of the Phil
| ippines, which includes all the military
forces in those islands
Although not yet officially announced, It
| is believed that General Wade will not re-
| main In the Philippines, where he has been
| for over two years past, much beyond the
| end Of the present calendar year, and that
| he will then be succeeded in command Of
| the army in the Philippines by Brigadief
General Leonard Wood who, 1t is conf
| IDENTIFY predicted, will be made major
general in the meantime, in consequence of
the statutory retirement of Lieutenant
General Nelson A. Miles in August next. In
that event General Wade will be given COM
mand of one of the military departments
in the United States. .-....
Gen. Breckinridge's Successor.
Colonel Peter D. Vroom of the inspector
generals department will be appointed in
spector general, with the rank of brigader
general on the retirement of General Breck-
inridge. General Vroom will then be placed
on the retired list, and Colonel George II.
Burton will be appointed inspector general.
with the rank of brigadier general, and
will retain that Office until his statutory re-
tirement in January, 1907.
On the retirement of General Ludington.
Colonel Charles F. Humphrey will be ap-
pointed quartermaster general of the army,
with the rank of brigadier general. Gem
eral Humphrey is on his way home from
the Philippines. but is not expected to
sumo active charge of the quartermaSter
department before the middle of next
month. In the meantime, Colonel William
S. Patten will act as quartermaster gen.
eral.
Resulting Promotions.
The promotion of Gen. Wade to the rank
of major general will result in the sue
cessive promotions to the rank of brigadier
general of the following named officers:
Col S. W. Groesbeck, judge advocate; Col
Jared A. Smith. Corps of Engineers; Col
Albert E. Woodson, Sd Cavalry; Col L. H
Rucker, Sth Cavalry; Col. Theodore A.
Baldwin, 7th Cavalry; Col. j. B. Rawles,
Artillery Corps; Col. John r. Myrck Ar
tillery Corps. and Col. w. p Rogers Both
Infantry. All of the above-named officers
will be successfully retired and the perma-
nent appointment of brigadier general
given to Col. Peter c. Hams, Corps of En-
gineers, who has gone to Panama with other
members of the isthmian canal commission
to arrange for the transfer of the canal
property to the United States in antictpa-
ton of the ratification of the canal treaty
by the Colombian congress.
The changes already indicated will be
followed by a large number of promotions
to the rank of colonel and in all the sub
ordinate grades of the army