Show OLD OFFICER REMEMBERED Col Hayes Selectedfor Appointment I as BrigadierGeneral to Succeed Suc-ceed Gen Johnson Washington Jan lThr President has selected Col Edward M Hayes Thirteenth Infantry for appointment as BrigadierGeneral to succeed Gen John A Johnston upon the resignation of the latter which will follow Immediately Immediate-ly upon his confirmation by the Senate Col Hayes is lying at the point of death at Fort Meade S D He la the officer of longest commission In the United States army which he entered as a boy of 13 years |