The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-03-19
Our oFrIoR'Rls. 4 IN IN [ . THE /, I, ARMY.
News and Courier.

@.44 Washington, March 12.-Of tie
>sixty-six native born South Carolin-
|. lans shown on the active list Of the
United States army by the annual
register just issued from the Office Of
the Military Secretary, one is in the
inspector generals department; two
/, are quartermasters; four are. medical
officers; three are in the engineer
! corps; two are chaplains; eighteen are
cavalrymen; eighteen are in the ar
s tillery corps and eighteen are in
frantrymen. -. -.
It is noteworthy that no South Car
olinians appear in the list Of subsist-
ence, pay, ordnance or signal corps !;
the same being true of the roster Of
the Porto Rico Provisional regiment
and the Philippine scouts. -,
darlington Best Known of All.
The best known Carolinian of all
is, without doubt, Brig. Gen. Ernest
a. darlington, inspector general Of
the army, whose claim to public no
tlce is not, as some might believe,
confined to the prominent part he has
recently been called upon to play in
the much-talked-of Brownsville affair.
This officer has seen hard service for
many year; and his record to
none in view Of the gallant part he
played in the Indian fighting some
years ago when he was seriously hurt
at the battle Of Wounded Knee, Gen.
darlington graduated from the Mill
tary Academy at West Point with the
class OF 1876 and entered first the 9TH
cavalry, in which regiment he re-
mained till January, 1895, when lie
left his captaincy in that regiment
to become major in the Inspector
generals department, in which he has
steadily risen until now he is it's hon
ored head
Another officer who left the 9TH
cavalry to accept promotion in an
important staff corps is Major John
B. Bellinger, of the quartermaster's
department, who for the last four
years HAS served with conspicuous
ability in the Office Of the quartermas-
ter general of the army here in Wash
ington.
Major Gaillard's Promotion.
The senior engineer officer on the
hst-and one to whom unusual hon
ors have come within the past few
days-is Major David DUB Gaillard,
who has just been selected by the
President as one Of three officers of
the entire army to serve as a member
OF the Isthmian Canal commission,
which is to- take up the work of con-
structing the Panama Canal, and
prosecute. it to a speedy and success
ful conclusion. No higher compli-
ment could be paid to any officer than
this recognition Of his professional
skill and administrative ability; and
Major Gaillard's friends freely pre-
Ndict that he will measure up to the
I sEhighest standard of what is required
sin so important a position.
Capt. Charles r. Baker, of the quar-.
termaster's department, dates his
commission from July, 1898; but. in
that time he has shown such an or
der of aptitude for the service and
such untiring attention to duty that
he is already we'll known at head
quarters as one Of the very best Off
GERS Of his corps. He is at present
assigned to important and responsible
. duty in the Philippines.
. -Four Assistant Surgeons.
The four assistant surgeons are
Capt. Charles r. B. Flagg, a graduate
Of the University of Georgia, Capt
James M. Kennedy, of the South
Carolina College and the Baltimore
College Of Physicians and Surgeons,
Capt. Thomas Sumter Bratton, of the
Sol ! Carolina Medical College and
tht llmy Medical School, and Capt.
!, ES ard f. Geddings, Of the class Of
Il? It the South Carolina Medical
r. Lieut.. Mark Brooke, son of
hegeHeral was appointed from Penn
sylvania. He graduated from the
Military Academy in 1902, and is now
gion duty in Cuba with the army of
,pacification. First Lieut.. Joseph H.
Earle, who graduated two years lat
er, is detailed for duty at the engin-
eer post, Washington Barracks, in
Ethis city. He was promoted from
ssecond lieutenant in June 1906.
Neither of the two South Carolina
"a N n Inc I.