Show LONG PROM01iON liST Secretary Root Send Names to AdjutantGeneral 1 COLONELS TO MOVE AHEAD Will Ba Made BrigadierGon orals and Then Retire Each Served Creditably in Civil War and Have Total Service of Not Tcc Thnn nr i Vonva w u Unshlnglon July 17 Secretary Root today sent the following memorandum to the AdjutantGeneral for the promotions pro-motions of Colonels to ba Brigadier Generals and their retirement with that rank By direction of the President you will prepare commissions for the promo Ion ynd retirement of tho following officers of-ficers with the understanding that each has applied for retirement and comes withIn with-In the provision of the bill 1 that paused the Senate of tho United States nt Its last session namely that ouch served credibly during tin Civil war for not less than ono year and has a total Hcrvlco of not hss than thirtyfive yoarg John U Page Third Infantry AVllllam Haskln Artillery Corp Charles W Miner Min-er Sixth Infantry James M J San no 3lthteenth Infantry Charles F Robe Ninth Infantry Edward B Atwood Quar crmasltrR department John Simpson Quartermastorn department Frank G Smith Artillery Coijs George B Rodney Artillery Corps Almond B Wells First cavalry John B Babcock asalntant nd utant Konorwl l Charles A CoolIdge Sov onth Infantry Henry Llpplngcott Medical lepartmont Cyrus it Roberts Second infantry antry J Milton Thompson Twuntythlrd nfantry Carl A woodrufT Artlllory Corps David If Klnscy Artillery Corps John L Llrnon Artillery Corp Jnmco Miller Twentysecond Infantry David J CrnjcfJo Eleventh Infantry AlphoiiH H I lowmnn Twcntyllfth Infantry Edmund lice Islnotrcnth Infantry Charles G Penny Twentyninth Infantry Jesse C Chance Fourth Infantry Theodore Forbes Twentyseventh infantry Dnnioi D Vhoelor Quartermasters department ramos L Cooper Fifth cavalry Jamfa AV oally Ornimncc department John A Krcfls Ordnance department Cttlvln Do wltt Mwllcul dopartinont Peter 7 Cleary Medical 11 cpr rlrncn l Loon A Mutlle Twentyfourth Infantry Charles A Woodruff Wood-ruff assistant commissary general Col C C Carr Fourth cavalry to bo rlfjadlergeneral and retired In ncrvlce Tho promotions are made through the retirement of Gen Davis as Major General on July 26th and the promo lon of BrlpcGen Samuel S Sumner toe > to-e MajorGeneral It Is stated at the department that no more promotions of this kind will bo made Vlth the above promotions there remain In active service ser-vice below the rank of general officer only l seven Lyncen officers who served In the Civil war Gen Carr who has been promoted from the Fourth cavalry will remain In tho same service and will be assigned to command the cavalry and field artillery ar-tillery schodl at Tort RIley Kan I There Is one vacancy in tho list of iJrlgndlcrGoMcrals for the permanent list that has nol yet been filled but Its It-s expected that Col Thomas Barry AdjutantGenerals office will be promoted pro-moted to that place |