Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
THREE NEW MAJOR |
GENERALS NAMED
President Dlsregards Seniority
in Picking "LIve Wires" for
New Army. a
MANY GET PROMOTIONS

In nominating three now major esos
erals and eighteen brigadiers today,
President Wilson disregarded strict %.
niority and went down into the list for
Tive wires" for the greater army.
In addition to tho army promotious
more than 200 officers of the navy were
nominated to higher grades. including
Capt Hugh Rodman. who becomes .
rear admiral.
The list of nominations included:
Brigadier generals to be major gen.
erals-John F. Morrison. William l.
Sibert and Charles G. Morton.
Colonels to be brigadier generals-Ed-
win F. Glenn. John BiddIe, Henry G.
Hodges. 1r.: Adelbert cronkhite. WILL
liam H. Sage. Omar Bundy. Richard II.
Blatchford. David c. Shanks. Robert l.
Bullard. Augustus P. Blocksom. Georgs
T. Bartlett. Joseph T. Dickman. Henry 7.
Allen. Chase W. Kennedy. HAIRY C.
Hale. Samuel D. Sturgis, william n.
Wright and Peyton c. March
Majors to be lieutenant colonsl6-
Herbert NJ. Lord. Quartermaster Corps;
Robert 8. Smith. Quartermaster Corps,
and William G. Gambrill. Quartermas-
Captain to be a rear admiral-Hugh
Rodman.
Commanders to be captains-Harley
n. Christy. Waldo Evans. Charles r.
preston. Noble f. Irwin. Thomas J.
Senn and Richard H. Leigh.
Lieutenant commanders to be COM
manders-Chauncey Shackford, Zacha-
riah H Madison, Joseph r. Defrees,
John J: Hyland. Edward s. Jackson.
Doyle. Harry +. Yarnell. Ralph E. Pope.
Charles p. Snyder. Willis G. Mitchell
Samuel w. Bryant, Sinclair Gannons-
George w. Steele, jr.. and William N.
Jefers
Lieutenants to be lieutenant COM
manders: Theodore G. Ellyson. Wilhelm
l. Friedell. Isaac F. Dortch, Gordon
W. Haines. John w. Wilcox. jr.. Edward
L. McSheehy. Benjamin Dutton, Jr..
vaughn K Conan. Henry A. Orr. James
s. Woods. John NJ Smeallie. William
I. Gaddis. George B. Wright. Hugh
Brown, Burton H. Green. John J. Lon
don. Ross S. Culp. Laurance N. McNair.
Viii milliam Baggaley. Halford R. Gresnlee.
worth, 5r., Lloyd w. Townsend, John
E: Pond and Kenneth Whiting.
Marine Corps-First lieutenant, re-
tired. to be colonel on the active
list: Elisha Theall
Process Of Selection.
Examination Of the Army Register shown
that process Of selection was applied
In choosing the new general officers. Nine
OF the present brigadiers, including Gem.
Edwards and Parker. were passed over to
major generals Gen. Morrison, frst on
the promotion list, stands No. 8 among
the; brigadiers. This is his second rapid
advancenent, rs ne was selected from o
junior position among the colonies to Be
a brigadier during Secretary Garrison's
administration =
Gen. Sibert. second to be named, was
No II among the brigadiers. and Gen.
Morton No. 10. Gen. Sibert designeA
and built the Panama canal locks
The list shows that ten infantry
colonels. four cavalry, two coast artil.
lery. one field artillery and one en-
gineer colonel were advanced. In the
order named the fnfantrymen stood Nos
4. 5. II. 20. "a, 26. 2S. 81. 33 and So in the
list OF seventy-three infantry colonels.
The cavalrymen stood, respectively,
Nos. 6, z. II and % among the cavalry
colonels: the coast artiIlerymen. Nos. s
and in the list of twenty-six colonels
OF that arm; in the field artillery, Col
March was No. 8 in fourteen colonela
and Col. Biddle. former superintendent
sioner of the District, ranked third
among engineer colonels.
Retired for Disability.
Lieut.. Theall was graduated from the
United States Naval Academy and from
the Marine Corps School Of Application.
and in all had ten years service before
retirement. and if restored to the active
list will have nearly twenty years to
serve before reaching the statutory
age of retirement.
He was retired in 1897 for physical
disa bility incurred in the line of duty
and. in accordance with the law, he
has successfully passed both the
physical and professional examinations
for colonel of the Marine Corps, the
rank which he would have held IL he
had not been retired.
Since his retirement he has been
graduated from the school OF law Of
Columbia University of New York city,
has been admitted to practice in all Of
the courts of New York state. Dist rict
Of Columbia and the United States Su-
preme Court and has specialized in
naval and military law.
In 1907 he was appointed clerk to the
committee on naval affairs of the
House of Represent atives and for ten
years in that capacity he has had ex-
ceptional opportunities to keep In
touch with the navy and Marine Corps.
His restoration interferes with no one.
as the law provides that he shall be ree
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