OFFICERS OF THE REGULAR ARMY APPOINTED OFFICERS OF VOLUNTEERS, ETC. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING, IN RESPONSE TO RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF JANUARY 10, 1901, A LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE REGULAR ARMY, WHO WERE APPOINTED OFFICERS OF VOLUNTEERS SINCE MAY 1, 1898. JANUARY 26, 1901.-Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 27, 1901. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, in reply to the resolution of the Senate, dated January 10, 1901 That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to furnish the Senate with the names of all officers of the Regular Army who were appointed to be officers of volunteers since May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the rank said officers held in the Regular Army when so appointed, the rank to which appointed in the volunteers, and the rank now held in the volunteers; whether any regular officers so appointed to volunteer regiments have been assigned to duty other than that of duty in the field with their regiments, the names of officers so detailed, with the date of the detail, the special duty to which assigned, and where such special duty has been and is now being performed a statement prepared by the Adjutant-General of the Army, which covers the inquires contained in said resolution. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, ELIHU ROOT, The PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. Regular Army officers who have received commissions in volunteers since May 1, 1898. James F. Wade Wm. R. Shafter John J. Coppinger Wm. M. Graham... Arthur MacArthur. John C. Gilmore. John B. Babcock Joseph C. Breckinridge. Robert P. Hughes Joseph P. Sanger. Lieutenant-colonel, inspector-general Brigadier-general May 27, 1898 Lieutenant-colonel, judge-advocate.. June 22, 1898 Lieutenant-colonel Thirty-ninth In- Secretary to military governor, Philip pine Islands, since May 9, 1900. Member board of claims, Aug. 21, 1899, to May 15, 1900; judge-advocate, Division of the Philippines, Apr. 7-Aug. 18, 1900; associate justice, supreme court, Manila, P. I., Aug. 21, 1899, to Aug. 23, 1900. John W. Clous.... Walter D. McCaw. Major, brigade surgeon .do Major, surgeon June 4, 1898 Major, surgeon Major, brigade surgeon June 4, 1898 Major, surgeon, Forty-second In Aug. 17, 1899 fantry. fantry. Honorably discharged Mar. 22, 1899. Major, surgeon, Forty-second In- Acting chief surgeon, Sixth district, Department Northern Luzon, from June 1 to 14, 1900. |