New-York tribune., 1921-04-14
Edwards Will
Be Nominated
Major General
Leader of New England
Guard Division in War
Substituted for Bundy
/. On a List of Twelve
Twenty-six Colonels To Be
Advanced to the Rank
of Brigade Commanders

From The Trtbnne's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 13.--With the
approval of President Harding Secre-
tary of War Weeks to-day announced
the list of twelve major generals and
twenty-six brigaders whose nomina-
tions viii be sent to the Senate for con-
firmation within short time.
At the head of the brigadiers ad-
vanced to the grade Of major general is
Clarence r. Edwards, commander of the
26th New England National Guard Di-
: vision during the war, who was not in
4 cluded in the list of promotions sent to
Congress by President Wilson and
which was rejected by the Senate be-
cause his name did not appear.
Absent from the list is the name Of
{ Brigadier General Omar Bundy, COM
mander of the I'd Army Corps in
France. whose advancement to the rank
of major general was approved by for
mer Secretary Of War Baker.
Secretary Weeks explained that Gen
eral Edwards was substituted for Gen
eral Bundy in the new list of major
generals because the former had a
In the army. He added, however, that
! General Bundy was an officer OF the
highest type who won great distinc-
ton in the World War, but whose pro
motion was deferred because of de-
sire to reward older officers in the
service.
Advance Younger Officers Later
advancement to the younger officers
will come in time Secretary Weeks
said. "The promotions l have just
authorized are for men who have had
long service and made excellent rec
oros in the army A number of them
are in the sixties. ! have personally
examined the records of all the Off
GERS and found many worthy Of ad-
vancement. l would like to have pro-
noted at least one hundred officers on
their records, but had to contine my
self to the vacancies"
In the list of major generals are all
the officers selected by the former Ad-
mlnistration for advancement, except
General Bundy. In addition, Secretary
Weeks has advanced Brigadier General
George Bell ir. to fill the vacancy made
by the retirement of Major General
Hunter Liggctt
The complete list of brigadier gen
erals. named in the order in which
they will be added to the list of major
generals in the regular military estab
IUi4uNSt clarence II. Id
wards, James W. McAndrew, John L.
Hines, Henry T. Allen, David c. Shanks,
Adelbert Cronkhite. William NJ !
Wright. George w. Read, Charles H.
Muir, Charles T. Menoher, William G..
Ham and George Bell jr.
In the list prepared by former Secre-
tary Baker General Wright followed
General Read. whereas in the Weeks
list Wright becomes senior to Read.
Bailey and Stursis Next
Secretary Weeks also announced that
Brigadier Generals Charles J. Bailey
and Samuel D. Sturgis had been Sc
lected for promotion to the grade of
major general upon the retirement late
this year of Major Generals John F..
Morrison and Joseph r. Dickman.
In selecting the twenty-six colonels
for advancement to the rank of briga-
dier general, Secretary Weeks included
all the officers selected for promotion
by his predecessor except Colonel Rob-
ert G. Davis and Lieutenant Colonel
Hugh "A. Drum, both of whom held i'm
portant staff assignments during the
war. In explaining the dropping of
Davis and Drum, Secretary Weeks
said that his study of the records of
the officers convinced him that the
staff departments were generously rep
that he sought to give rewards to those
officers who served with distinction as
division commanders in the war The
list also varies from that selected by
Secretary Baker in the order in which
they will take rank among the per-
manent brigadiers and includes six new
names occasioned by the dropping of
Davis and Drum and to fill vacancies
made in the grade this year.
List of Colonels Promoted
The colonels advanced to brigade
commanders in the order of their place
ment in the regular list of brigadier
generals follow: Grote Hutcheson,
Jesse Mel. Carter, Walter H. Gordon,
George B. Duncan. William Weigel,
Ernest Kinds. Ulysses G. McAlexander,
Mark L. Hersey, Eli A. Helmick, Robert
L. Howe, William Lassiter, William
Bandholtz, Hanson f. Ely, Dwight f.
Aultman, Johnson Hagood, Dennis E.
Nolan, w. d. Connor Fox Conner,
Preston Brown, Malin Craig, Henry D.
Todd jr., A. J. Bowley, William II. j ohm
ston and Robert Alexander
In the Baker list. Colonel Carter
was No. 1, whereas in the Weeks ap-
pointment, Colonel Hutcheson takes
precedence over all others in rank.
Colonels Weigel. Helmick and Brown
also are ranked higher than the
twenty-five officers included in the pro-
motions made by Secretary Baker.
Secretary Weeks also announced the
following appointments as assistants
to the heads of the various staff corps.
with the rank of brigader general:
To be assistant to the adjutant GEN
eral, Colonel James r. Kerr.
To be assistants to the quarter