San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11
Maj. Gen. Henry 7. Allen
Will Retire-Brig. Gen.
Malvern-Hill Barnum Will
Command-Will Have In.
fanty Brigade General
Cronkhite Retires.

The recent promotion of one briga-
der general to the rank of major gen.
eral, and four colonies to ranks of brig
adler generals is the first order affect
ing general officers that has been is
sued from the War Department this
year. The order, released at Washing
ton early in February, calls for the pro-
motion of Brig. Gen. Hanson E. Ely
to major general Col. Malvern-Hill
Barnum, Cavalry, to brigadier general
Col. George L. Irwin, Cavalry, to briga-
der general; Col. Ira Z. Haynes, Coast
Artillery, to brigadier general, and Col.
John Il. Knight, Quartermaster Corps,
10 brigadier general.
General Ely takes the place of Maj
Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, who retired
February 1; General Barnum will fill
the vacancy of General Ely; General
Irwin of Brig. Gen. John b. Melon
aid, who retired on February s, and
General Knight of Brig. Gen. George
F. DOwney, who is to retire on March
T. The new appointment for General
Haynes was not announced.
The announcement Of the coming re-
tirement of Mai Gen. Henry 7. Allen
on April 10, was also contained in
the promotion order. Until the date of
his retirement, General Allen will be
assigned to duty in the office of the
chief Of staff at Washington. Gen
eral Allen has commanded the United
States troops iIf Germany since July.
1919. During the war he organized
and trained the Nineticth Division at
Camp Travis, going with it overseas
and continued TO command it during
the st. Mhiel and Meusc-Argonne Of
fcnsives. He has been awarded the ID.
S. NJ. and decorated by the French,
Italian. Belgian and Montenegrin gov
ernments. He also served in the Span
ish-American War, the Philippine in
surrectiOn and the punitive expedition
in Mexico.
Ely Had Been Here.
General Cronkhitc. who retired on
February 1, was on duty with the Mary
land National Guard at the time of his
retirement. During the World War
he commanded and trained the
Eighteenth Division which was station
cd on the British front and participated
in the st. Mihicl and Meuse-Argonne
Offensives. He brought his division
back to this country after the signing
Of the Armistice. General Cronkhite
was awarded the d. S. NJ. by the
United States and also decorated by
the British and French governments.
General Ely has been in command of
the General Service School at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas. Prior to that
assignment he commanded. the Third In
fantry Brigade at Camp Travis, now
commanded by Brig. Gen. Preston
Brown. During the war he COM
manded the Twenty-eighth Infantry at
Cantigny and the Third Infantry Bri-
gadc during the st. Mihiel and Meusc
Argonne drives. He has been decorated
by the French government and given
the ID. S. VI. by the United. States gov
crnment. He is graduate of West
Point and served as commissioned
officer during the Philippine insurrec-
ton. He will command the Army War
College at Washington.
General Ely's vacancy will be filed by
Brig. Gen. Malvern-Hill Barnum, once
stationed here. General Barnum COM
manded the 1S3rd Infantry Brigade Of
the Ninety Division during the
war, and served as chief of the Ameri-
can section of the Inter-Allied armiStiCe
commission at Spa. Belgium. He has
been decorated by the British. French.
Italian and Belgian governments. and
awarded the y. s. NJ. by his own gov
eminent. He is a graduate of West
Point and served through the Span
ish American War He will command
the Eighteenth Infantry Brigade at Fort
Constitution.
Mcdonald Has ID. s. c.
Brigadipr General Irwin was on duty
in the office Of the inspector general of
the army at the time Of his recent pro-
motion to his new rank. He was an
artillery officer. and commanded the
l6lst Field Artillery Brigade Mt Camp
Grant. Illinois. In France he served
as a Field Artillery commander dur
ing the AisnP-Marne and other Of
fensives. and in November. 1918, took
command Of the Artillery School at
Saumur. He is a graduate Of the
Army War College. and has seen active
service in Cuba and in the Philippines.
He has been awarded the ID. s. NJ. He