Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-15
PRESIDENT NAMES
GENERAL OFFICERS
Nearly 200 Nominations for Ma
tional Army Sent to Senate
for Confirmation.
SENIORITY RULE FOLLOWED
From New Major-Generals and
Those Already Existing Will
Come Commanders.
SENIORITY RULE FOLLOWED
rBy Associated press.1

the national army, including officers OF
the regular army and the National
Guard. were sent to the Senate to-day
by President Wilson.
From tho thirty-seven new major
generals to be created for the dura-
tion OF the war and from the existing
major-senerals OF the regular army
Will come tho army. corps and division
commanders Of all the forces now being
raised. regiments. National Guard or
national army. Similarly the brigade
commanders will be selected from the
list Of more than 100 new brigadiers.
The list Of general officers shows that
the seniority rule has been followed
closely except where men in line for
promotion were found wanting by the
y oard OF officers which made the recon-
mendations to the President. The rule
laid down by Secretary Baker for the
selection OF general officers directed
that two major qualifications govern
the board-evidence during their army
careers OF skill in leading troops in
action and In training soldiers.
Tho list OF major generals takes in
rirtually>al Of the army brigadlers, and
includes the only two National Guard
officers Of that rank. Generals Organ.
OF New York. and Clements. OF Penn
sylvania.
LIST IS MADE UP
FROM NATIONAL GUARD
The list OF brigadiers Is made up
from the existing list of brigadiers of
the National Guard with a score or
inore colonies OF that service who are
advanced in rank, and of regular army
colonels from each arm of the service.
To fill out the list of coast artillery
Il NJ oln 10
were advanced to brisadier rank.
All of the commissions are for the
duration OF the war only. and in the
national army. although the officers
may be assigned to any part of the
lighting forces, regulars. guardsmen or
selectiSe draft troops. 1t Is understood
that wherever a National Guard brigade
from any State is retained in its pres
ent form It's present bricadier Will be
continued In command.
With the exception of the two Ma
tional Guard major-generals mentioned.
II is indicated that all National Guard
divisions will be commanded by reg
ulsr officers. The entire guard force
is now merged into the army of the
United States. and may be used in any
way the government thinks best.
National Guard officers nominated to
be brigader- generals include:
BriGadier-General Robert E. Steiner
Alabama: Brigadier General Walter A
Harris. Georgia: Brigadier-General Ce-
ell c. Vaughan, Jr.. Virginia.; BriEa-
dier-General Lawrence O. Tyson, Ten
nessee. and Colonel Arthur H. Banding,
Florida.
MAJoR-GENERALs
NAMED BY PRESIDENT
The following thirty-seven major
! generals were nominated:
William a. Mann. James Parker
Eben Swift, Edward II. Plummer. Ed
win F. Glenn. A. P. Blocksom. Henry
A. Greene Francis H. French, Charles
J. Bailey George Bell, Jr., Frederick
s. Strong, Harry-F. Hodges. Clarence P.
Townsley Edwin ST. ]. Greble. Francis
j. Herman, John F. Biddle. George T
Bartlett, Henry C. Hodges. Jr.. Joseph
T. Dickman. Charles G. Treat. Adelbert
Cronkhite, Henry T. Allen William II.
Sage. Clarence r. Edwards. John W.
Ruckman. Chase w. Kennedy. Omar
Bundy Harry c. Hale. Richard NJ.
Blatchford. Samuel D. Sturgis. David c.
shanks. William NJ. Wright. Robert L.
! Bullard. Joseph e. Kuhn and Peyton C.
Harch. all OF the regular army. ar.
Major General Charles NJ. Clement VI
i tTC IShHoytNahid iNdtioHdl IudTO, ana
Major-General John il. O'Ryan. of the
New York National Guard.
To be briEad ier-generals with rank
: from August S. 1917:
Colonels william j. Nicholson.
Eleventh Cavalry; Robert C. Van Vleet,
Thirty-seventh Infantry; George X
Hunter. cavalry Unspector-g generaD;
WILDER e. Wilder, Fifth Cavalry; Rob
ert N. Getty, infantry, detached; James
A. Irons. Second Infantry; John S. NAL
lory. Twenty ninth Infantry; William
D. Beach, cavalry. detached; Samuel w.
Miller, infantry, detached: Lloyd M.
Brett, cavalry. detached; Frederick S.
Foltz. First Cavalry; William c. Raf-
ferty, coast artillery: James B. Erwin,
Seventh Cavalry; William S. Scott, Six
teenth Cavalry; Charles L. Phillips.
coast artillery: Lyman W. v. Kennon,
Ninth Infantry; Joseph A. CASTOR. Sixth
Cavalry; Charles H. Barth Sixty-sccond
Infantry; Guy Carleton. cavalry, un-
assigned: Edward Burr, engineers;
George W. McIver. infantry. detached;
William H. Allaire, Sixteenth Infantry:
Thomas B. Dugan. Ninth Cavalry; Ira
A. Haynes, coast artillery, detached:
William c. Langf1tt. engineers: Samson
l.. Faison, Forty-second Infantry:
Frederick Perkins. infantry, detached;
George p. Cameron. Twenty-1fth Cav
airy: Robert D. Walsh. cavalry. de-
tached; George w. Read, cavalry (ad-
Jutant-generaD; William p. Burnham,
Fifty-sixth Infantry; William H John
ston, Infantry general staff corps):
Joseph P. O'Neil. Twenty-first Infantry;
Stephen M. Foote. coast artillery; wilds
r. Richardson. infantry, unassigned;
Z Everard e. Hatch, Fourth Infantry;
s Harry Taylor, engineers; Henry D.
Styer, Fourteenth Infantry; BENJAMIN
G. Morse, Forty fourth Infantry; Grote
Huteheson, cavalry. unassigned; Carl
Reichmann, Infantry, detached: Andre
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