The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-23
NOTED OFFICERS
ARE DROPPED AS
STAFF ELIGIBLES
Dissatisfaction Shown Over
Selection of 305 for Flu
ture Appointments.
EDWARDS OFF THE LIST
Generals Bundy, Herman,
Bell and Squiers Also
Eliminated.
MADE BY PERSHING BOARD
Names Endorsed Include Wood,
March, Bullard, Liggett
and Organ.
MADE BY PERSHING BOARD
Special Despatch 70 TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID, c., Dec. 20.

New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. 22.
Undercurrents of dissatisfaction were
manifest in military circles here to-
night as a result of Secretary Bakers
announcement of the list of officers
eligible for the new General Staff of
the Army.
Conspicuous by their absence from
the list of favored officers were the
names of Major-Gen. Omar Bundy,
who commanded the Second Division
at Chateau-Thierry: Brig g-Gen. Clar-
ence r. Edwards, who led the Twenty
sixth Division through the most i'm
portant phases of the war, but who
mysteriously was sent home during
the Argonne drive, and Major-Gen.
Francis J. Herman, commanding officer
Of the Service of Supply with the
A. L. +.
| Other Names Missing.
| Other well known officers omitted
from the list were Major-Gen. Charles
G.. Morton, who commanded the Twenty
ninth Division; Brlg. Gen. George Bell.
Jr., and Coils. Robert Alexander and
Evan Johnson. who as brigadiers COM
manded brigades of the Seventy-seyen' h
Division in the Arsonne; Brig. Gems.
Harry T. Hodges, John w. RuclSman,
Charles G. Treat and John Biddle.
Perhaps the most surprising feature of
the Secretary of wars announcement is
the fact that several corps and bureau
heads have been omitted from the Gen.
eral staff list. Among these are Major
Gen. George O. Squier. Chief Signal Of
| ficer Of the Army; Arajor-oien. Harry
| L. Rogers. Quarterrnaster-G General; Ma
jor-Gen. Lansing III. Beach, Chief Of En-
gineers. and Brig. Gen. Herbert Lord
Chief OF Finance.
Secretary Baker in announcing to-day
that he assumed full responsibility fol
the selections stated they had been made
by the so-called Pershing board. consist.
ing of Gen. Pershing. MaJor-Gen. jaime:
W. McAndrew, head OF the General Stat
College; Major-Gen. Charles IL. Muir
commandant OF the General Servici
Schools; Brighten. Frank T. Hines ant
Brig.-Gen. Samuel d. Sturgis. The frs
three members were specifically desiS
mated by the law creating the board, ou
Gems. Hines and Sturgis were selected bl
Secretary Baker.
Limitations Suggested.
The Secretary pointed out that the Law
placed certain limitations on ellgibilic!
to the General Staff. and asserted hi
belief that the board In making its selec
tions had been guided by the law ant
fNsIN IN a "a
that no reply would be made to criti
cisms of the appointments.
Army men inclined TO find fault will
the now list asserted that the only limi
tation placed on the selection Of gen
eral officers for staff duty was con
tanned In the phrase Qualified by eau
cation, military experience and charac
ter for General Staff duty" and con
tended that some OF those omitted from
the list were better qualified than many
OF the more fortunate. About seven
teen general officers were omitted.
The list consists of 3G Officers OF th'
Regular Army, ranging In rank IRON
general TO major. and selected from
more than 5000. A second list OF 80
officers. selected from the Natona
Guard and Officers Reserve Corps. T.
eligible for duty on the General Staff j
time OF emergency.
Despite the numerous criticisms be
cause of omissions from the list 1t wa
generally conceded that some OF th
most capable officers In the army hav'
been selected. Included are such name
as Gen. Pershlng. Major-Gen. James @
| Harbord, former chief of staff OF tn
A. II. f.; Major-Gen. Leonard Wood
Major-Gen. p. c. March. present chic
OF staff; Major-Gen. Henry T. Allen
commanding the American forces nov
in Germany; Major-Gen. Robert Bullar'
and Major-Gen. Hunter Liggett.
| The list from the National Guard an'
| civil life includes MaJor-Gen. John
| O'Ryan of the n. Y. n. c., former Sec
rctary Of War Henry L. Stimson Of New
/ York, Lieut.. Col. Rhineiander Waldo
Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Capt
John Wanamaker. Jr.. and Brig Gen
/ Charles q. Dawes. president Of the Cen
| iral Trust Company OF Chicago.