El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-16
IN
ARMY ON JULY |.
Niche and Cabell To Get
Eagles; Maj. Sample a
Lieutenant Colonel.

Washington. d. 9, June 16.-The war
department has been working for sew
eral weeks on the promotions to occur
on July I, when the first increment
under the new bill viii go into effect.
Under the bill there will be seven new
regiments OF infantry, two Of cavalry.
three Of field artillery. one or two OF
engineers. and 19 companies OF coast
artillery in the first increment. To
provide officers for these new units
and the promotions to be made under
the section OF the bill providing 822
officers for detached service. il is ex-
pected the following advancements viii
be made on July /.
Corps Of engineers-Two lieutenant
colonies to colonel. Charles :. Richie and
Thomas h Rees, three majors TO lieu
tenant colonel. Robert r Raymond.
William B. Ladue. anC William J Bar
den; seven captains TO major. Ulysses
:. Grant Sd, 10 William d. A. Ander-
son: 2s first lieutenants to captain, G.
Van B. Wilkes to Earl G. Paules. and
A second lieutenants TO first lieuten-
ant. IS more than now in the corps
Cavalry-TWenty-o lieutenant col
Onels TO colonel. J. 3. Mcdonald to :
R. H TOmpkins; nine majors TO colonel,
SedgWick Rice to 5. H Elliott: 80 ma
jors to lieutenant colonel J. NJ jenkins
to z D. Anderson. 20 captains to major.
first lieutenants TO captain. r T. Tate
to II. W Baird. and all Of the 212 sec
ond lieutenants 10 first lieutenant
Caben and Niche.
Lieut. Col De r Cabell. who is now
on Gen Pershing's staff. and Lieut. Col
Gen. Hugh l. Scott, are among those
who will get their eagles.
Field artillery lieutenant col
Onels TO colonel, J. E Mcmahon to VIII
liam Lassiter; u majors 20 lieutenant
colonel. W. s. McNair 10 W : Guignard;
~ captains to major. J. E stephens to
c. NJ Brooke; all Of the So first lieuten-
ants To captain, and all Of the SO sec
ond lieutenants 10 first Lieutenant
Coast artillery-Seven lieutenant col
Onels to colonel, J. L Hayden TO W f.
Ellis; 10 majors TO Lieutenant colonel,
". r Smith TO R E. Callan; SO captains
to major. Edward Kimmel 10 L. T. Wal
dron; 157 first heutenants to captain. c.
L Corbin to J. A Brice. and all Of the
224 second heutenants 10 first heuten-
ant
Infantry lieutenant col
onels to colonel, J. N Arrasmith to B.
A. PoOre. 46 majors 10 lieutenant col
onel. c. H. Martin to Peter Murray; 1O1
captains 10 major. II. A Smith to Hal
stead Dorey; $50 first Geutenants to
captain. r J. Binford to E. l. Field.
and the z53 second Iieutenants to first
lieutenant
The Lieutenant colonies OF infantry.
who will get colonelcies will not reach
Lieut. Col z. '. Smith. so well known
in FL Paso. Among the majors of in
1antry who will become lieutenant col
onels is Maj ". r Sample, commanding
the American base at Columbus, y. N
VIII Lose Promotion.
Promotions in the cavalry will prob
ably not affect LIST Lieut.. Wade H
WestmOrelands 18th cavalry who is the
senior IN his grade in that branch Of
the army Lieut. Westmoreland was
suspended from promotion FOR one year
from Sept p last for having failed pro-
fessionally in his exampination, and he
viii see 1s4 first ieutenants pass over
him.
In the infantry the promotions viii
make Lieut. Col. Samuel e Smiley, 18th
infantry, a colonel Three years ago
Lieut.. Col Smiley. while a major, asked
to be retired, but his application was
refused by the war department On
July next Lieut. Col. Smiley viii have
Deen IN the army IS years. and II ne
should leave active service shortly after
he becomes q colonel he will get $3.50 a
year more than he would have received /
had he retired in 1913.
DR.. Brown HOnOred-
These nominations have been sent to
the senate on June 1:
Medical corps-Lieut Col William P
Kendall, to be colonel from May 26,
vice Col Louis Brechemin retired from
active service May IS: Maj. Deane c. I
10 be lieutenant colonel from
May 265 vice Lieut. Col Kendall, pro-
NOTED.
Among appointments recently made /
TO the medical reserve corps with Z
rank of first lieutenant are DR..
William /. Brown, OF Fl PasO, and Aus /
tin c Wright, Of Arizona