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Show Nineteen Army Officers Are . Promoted for the army to retain the services of thirteen colonels who would have been separated from the service by the reduction re-duction in that grade in accordance with acts of congress. Brigadier generals to be major, generals gen-erals as given in the list are: A. W. Brewster, on duty War department de-partment retirement board. Edward M. Lewis, commanding Second Sec-ond division, at Camp Travis, Tex. Kobert L. Howze, commanding First cavalrv division, El Paso, Tex. PItERIDEXT HARDING has approved ap-proved the selection of six brigadier brig-adier generals to be promoted to major generals and thirteen colonels to be brigadier generals the largest promotion promo-tion list of high-ranking army ollicers ever announced in time of peace at one time. Secretary Weeks said that the nominations nomi-nations would be transmitted to the senate before the end of this year and as vacancies occurred in the grades affected. The nineteen promotions were made possible in part by the recent voluntary volun-tary retirement of five major generals and two brigadier generals from active service, which also made it possible William Lassiter, assistant chief of staff, War department. George B. Duncan, .commanding Fourteenth Infantry brigade, Fort Omaha, Neb. Ernest Hinds, on duty War department depart-ment retirement board. The colonels to be brigadier generals are: John B. McDonald; Charles H. Barth ; Willoughby Walke ; John B. Bellinger, who will be assistant quartermaster quar-termaster general ; Richmond P. Davis ; John M. Palmer, aid de camp to General Gen-eral Pershing; Briant H. Wells; Edward Ed-ward L. King; Frank II. McCoy; Harold Har-old B. Fisk; Halstead Dorey ; Hugh A. Drum ; Stuart Heintzelman. |