Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-23

be appointed battalion chief engineer for a
period of seven days, July l, 1904. to July Z,
1904, inclusive. after which time, at his
request, he shall be retired and placed on
the pension roll; that Arthur NJ. Donaldson
be appointed captain; that Joseph b.
Simms be appointed lieutenant; that George
]. Specht be promoted to be private vice
Simms, appointed lieutenant and that
Frank P. Deming be appointed Waterman,
vice Specht. promoted.
That Thomas O'Connor be appointed cap
tain: that Private Henry c. Corder be ap-
pointed lieutenant; that Watch William H.
Coleman be promoted to be private, vice
Corder appointed lieutenant. and that
Daniel F. Sullivan be appointed Waterman,
vice Coleman, promoted.
That PrivateS William j. SeitZ, Henry c.
Egloff. James T. Rossiter, Jacob Stulz
Matthew Coughlan. John H. Virnstein.
John J. Hanlon. Wallace B. Smith, Will
liam ]. Garner, Charles A. E. Watt. Her
bert F. Mcconnell. Edward H. Eaton.
George S. Helff. Simon McLane, Murray G.
Metz, Edward O'Connor, John H Davidson
now serving as assistant foremen, and
Tillermen Thomas T. Warren, Anthony j.
Nosheuval, Patrick J. Sullivan. George H.
Reynolds, Leonard v. Seib, Ernest Howard
and John B. Watt be appointed lieuten-
ants.
Frank M. Smith a Lieutenant
That Private Frank M. Smith be ap-
pointed lieutenant; that Waterman Percy
c. Lowe be promoted to be private. vice
Smith. appointed lieutenant: and that
Frederick J. Funch be appointed watch
man, vice Lowe, promoted.
That John Daily and Charles w. BUTLER
be promoted to be engineers; that Fred
w. Brown and John F. Rick be appointed
assistant engineers; that Watchmen Thorn
as Buckley and Harry V. Belt be promoted
to be privates, vice Brown and Rick, ap-
pointed assistant engineers; that William
U. Wiles and Robert X. Clements be ap-
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promoted to be privates.
That Privates Alexander Elliott and
Stuart N. Rollins be appointed assistant
engineers; that Frederick D. Blake and
Thomas c. Murphy be promoted to be pri-
Yates, vice Elliott and Rollins. appointed
assistant engineers, and that George H.
MCGEE and Daniel OBrien be appointed
watchmen. vice Blake and Murphy, pro-
noted.
That Daniel O'Connor be promoted to be
driver; that Waterman Oscar e. Purner
be promoted to be private, vice OConnor.
promoted and that Timothy ONeil be APP
pointed Waterman, vice Purner. promoted.
That Watchmen Logan L. Woolard, Har
ry J. Boyd. Adam Minnick. Ernest w.
Tubbs, William G. Parater, Cornelius F.
Sullivan, William Ashe Clarence E. Keefe,
George w. Smith, Clarence w. Watts, VIII
liam OConnor and Paul Steinman be pro-
NOTED to be privates, and that James ].
O'Donoghue William H. Lockwood, Joseph
Bentley, William Mulliken, John E. WEIGH.
Samuel ]. Breslin, Albert A. Starke, Ju-
Illus Frentz, Frederick NJ Edwards. Up
ton c. Rollins, George w. Cecil and Arthur
Robey be appointed watchmen, vice Wool
ard, Boyd, Minnick, Tubbs. Parater, Sui
nvan, Ashe, Keefe, Smith, Watts, OConnor,
Steinman, promoted. That Ollie B. Holmes
be appointed Waterman
Application for Retirement.
The letter of Acting Assistant Chief
Engineer John Sherman, making applica-
ton for the position of battalion chief. and
requesting retirement, is as follows:
Il hereby make application for the posi-
ton of battalion chief engineer, to take
effect July /, 1904, occasioned by the pro-
motion of one of the battalion chief en-
gineers to be deputy chief engineer, pro-
vided by recent act of Congress, under
the following conditions:
That after one week from date Of ap-
pointment. 1 be retired and placed on the
pension roll and given the full allowance
allowed such officer.
II make this request for the reason that
I am failing in health and do not believe
that, If appointed permanently, l would
be able to perform the duties required of
that office. l have served the department
faithfully for twenty-six years contin-
uously; my record Is without blemish, and
1 believe that as a recognition of the same
I should be entitled to some consideration"
Chief Belt recommended that the appli-
cation be approved and further that Bat
talon Chief Sherman be retired and placed
on the pension roll with an allowance OF
$50 per month, after the expiration of one
weeks service.
mended to fill the vacancy created by the
retirement OF Battalion Chief Sherman:
Lieutenant Henry c. Eglon was recon-
mended for captain: Private A. H. Wolters
for private and Thomas w. Virnstein was
appointed Waterman.
Commissioner Mcfarland approved the
recommendations.