Show president lioon evelt letoee ilie own advancement van cement in the antny the president has approved with one notable exception all the becom ions made by the army brevet board of which beneral macarthur was president for the bestowal of brevet rank on all the officers of the army who rendered espee ally merlton oue services during the war with bhain and in the subsequent campaigns in the philippines and china the except on noted is the case et theodore roosevelt who was awarded the brevets of colonel and brigadier general for distinguished services at san anan santiago |