Show BRIGADIERS FOB PHILIPPINES Captain Charles King Novelist I Among the Number I Washington May 27 Adjutant General Gen-eral Corbin tonight announced that three of the brigadier generals appointed ap-pointed by the president today would be assigned to command troopsIn the Philippines The generals seected are George A Garretson of Cleveland 0 Francis V Grone of New York and Charles King of Wisconsin I Late this evening General Merrltt who is to be military governor of the I PhIppines wired General Corbin requesting re-questing that General King be sent with him to the Philippines The request I re-quest was approved and forwarded to General King General King is a novel Gener ad an exofficer of the United States arm Generals Garretson and Grone have already signified to the war department their acceptance of the orders to proceed i coed to Manila Both are experienced officers of marked ability It is understood unofficially that Harrison Gray Ots editor of the Los I Angeles Times who served with the I president in the Twentythird Ohio during the civil war and who was i named today to be a brigadier general will alco go to the Philirjolnes II Early next week another list of brigadier brig-adier rrencrals will be sent to the senate I sen-ate The list will contain probably from eiglit to twelve names All of the officers nominated for brigadier generals will be from the southern states |