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Robert H. Gittins to be postmaster at Niagara Falls, N. Y., CONFIRMATIONS. in place of Ja~es Hulls, deceased. l!J'a:ecutive Mminations confirmed .by Senate March 1'2, · Charles L. Graham to be postmaster at Mayfield, N. Y-r Office th~ 1911~ becalile presidential October 1, 1916. DISTRICT JUDGE. AdaiQ Hersperger to be postmaster at Mayvllle, N. Y., in D. C. Westenhaver to be United States district judge, north~ place of Frank ~towell. Commission expired February 23, 1915. ern district of Ohio. Otis W. Howe to be postmaster at Luzerne, N. Y. Offiee became presidential January 1, 1917. PURCHASING AGENT' FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPABTMENT. Garra K. Lester to be postmaster at Blasdell, N. Y. Office James A. Edgerton to be purchasing agent for the Post Office became presidential January 1, 1917. Department for a term of four years. · Lamont' B. Miller to be postmaster at Cairo, N. Y. Office became presidential October l, 1916. William E. Norton to be postmaster at Bolton..Landi g, N~ Y. SENATE. Office became presidential October 1, 1.91.6. ... ) THUBSDAY, March 15,. 1917• . The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m. Benjamin K. Lassiter to be postmaster at OXford, N~ C., in The Chaplain, Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D., offered the place of Mary H. Osbo~·n, deceased. · . following prayer : David J. Whichard to be postmaster at Greenville, N. C., in · Almighty God, we call upon Thee continually amid the deep­ place of D. J. Whichard. Commission expires May 20, 1917. ening shadows that surround us and invoke Thy guidance and Isaac J. Young to be postmaster. at Henderson, N_. C., in place Thy blessing upon us. In the midst of constant demands for of W. E. Gary. Commission expires May 29, 1917. force we fear that we may not pursue with ardor the great NORTH DAKOTA. ideals that involve the true, the beautiful,. and the good. We Abbie I. Boyd to be postmaster at Pingree, N. Dak. Office pray that Thou wilt keep guard over our hearts and minds, that became presidential January 1, 1917. we forget not Thy name, and that we remember that Thou art LOrena S. Will to be postmaster at Medora, N. Dak. Office interested in the beauty of life, and its grace, and ita purity. So became presidential January 1, 1917. do Thou keep us in the midst of the stress and storm of human Alfred J. Wise to be postmaster at Tuttle, N. Dak.. Office life untouched by its evils unto life eternal. For Christ's sake. became presidential October 1, 1916. Amen. · The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. OKL.A.HOMA. AMERICAN REGISTRY OF VESSELS. George A. Clark to be postiJ?.aster at Hennessey, Okla., in place Mr: STONE. Mr. President, I submit the following resolu·· of John M. Jones, resigned. tion, and I ask unanimous consent that it be immediately con­ Effie GibbiD:s to be postmaster at Fort Sill, Okla., in place of sidered. . Alfa Gibbins, resigned. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. · The resolution will be read. Jerome G. Queenan to be postmaster at Elk City, Okla., in The Secretary read the resolution (S. Res. 14) as follows: place of S.M. Flournoy, removed. · Resolvea • That the Secretary of Commerce be, and her£ by, directed 1 ts OHIO. to forthwhn prepare and furnish, or cause to be forthwith prepared and furnished, to the Senate a full list of all seagoing vessels for John Q. Baker to be postmaster at Middletown, Ohio, in place which application has been made for registry under the laws of the United States, and also what vessels for. which such application has of J. Q. Baker. Commission expires May 20, 1917. been made have been in fact granted registration between January 1, Henry W. Brown to be postmaster at Findlay, Ohio, .in place 1916, and March 15, 1917; and that in said list it shall be set forth (1) of G. D. Dunathan. Commission expires August 12, 1917. the name and character of the vessel before the application for regis­ try was made and the name under which the registration was granted· John C. Gorman to be postmaster af Ironton, Ohio, in place (2) the name of the nation under whose registration and flag each ot of .J. C. Gorman. Commission expires April 21,-191'1. said vessels operated prior to the application for United States regis-. Forrest L. May to be postmaster at Dayton, Oliio, in place of tration; (3) the name or names of the person or persons or association or corporation applying for United States registration in each instance · F. L. May. Commission expires May 6, 1917. ( 4) and the exact date of both the application for and the issuance ot PENNSYLVANIA. the registry in each instance. Allen H. Barthold to be postmaster at Bethlehem, Pa., 'in The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the place of G. W. Riegel. Incumbent's commission expired January present consideration of the resolution? The Chair hears none. 11. 1916. ~it~out . objection, the resolution is agreed to. Thomas B. McKaig to be postmaster at Langeloth, Pa. Office EXECUTIVE SESSION. became presidential October 1, 1916. · :Mr. STONE. I move that the Senate proceed to the consid· eration of executive business. ' . The motion was agreed to, and the Seriate proceeded to the J. Mitchell Witsell to be postmaster at Walterboro, S. C., in consi

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• I PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT IN THE ARMY. APPRAISER OF MERCHANDISE. INFANTRY ARM. Albert L. Moi e to be appraiser of merchandise in customs col­ Robert William on Nix, jr. (honor graduate), of New York, lection district No. 11, with headquarters at . • to bt; of Infantry, ,with r::tnk from date of DIRECTOR OF -niE MIN.T. appoin.trnent. ·Raymond T. 13a.ker to be Director of the Mint. POSTMASTERS. ENGRAVER IN THE MINT. GEORGIA. George T. l\1ro·gan to be ·engraver in the Mint of the United B. A. Nolan to be postmaster nt Senoia, Ga., in _place of Ralph States at Philadelphia. E. 1\.t:cKnit;ht, removed. CoAST GUARD. "lUNNESOTA. C. E. Nightengale to be postmaster at Internationai Falls, Third ieut. of Enotneers Gustavus Richard O'Connor to be l\1inn., in place of J. J. Lloyd. Incumbent's commission expired second lieutenant of Engineers. June 2, 1914. COLLECTOR OF 'il TERN AL REVENUE. MISSOURI. William H. Edwards "to be collector of internal revenue for of John Hetrick to be postmaster at Laclede, 1\.t:o., in place of the second district New York. John Hetrick. Incumbent's commission expires May 1, 1917. .APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY. May W. Spurling to be postmaster at Higbee, Mo., in J>].ace of CHAPLAINS. M. W. Spurling. Incumbent's commission expires April 28,1917. Rev. George Runyan Longbrake to be chaplain with the rank NEBRASKA. of . Mary J. Flynn to be postmaster at Jackson, Nebr. Office be­ Rev. Frank Campion Armstrong to be chaplain with -the rank came presidential J"tm uary 1, 1917. of first lieutenant NEW HAMPSHIRE. Rev. John Henry Hardy to be chaplain with the rank of first lieutenant. . A. P. McLaughlin to be postmaster at .Bretton Woods, N. H. Chaplain Nathaniel Alexander Jones to be chaplain with the Offiee became presidential Oetober 1, 1916. rank of first lieutenant. "NEW JERSEY. MEDICAL CORPS. Helen 1\fylod to be postmaster at Glen Ridge, N. J., in place of To be first lieutenants. John H. Mylod, res1gned. NEW YORK. Edgar Erskine Hume. Harry Loren Arnold. Ira Baker to be postmaster at Amagansett, N. Y. Office be­ Walcott Denison. came presidential October 1, 1916. James Earle Ash. Daniel Sheehan to be postmaster at Elmira, N.Y. ., in place of Calvin Hooker Goddard. W. H. Lov~ d~eased. Bascom Lee Wilson. George D. Squires to be postmaster at Good Ground, N. Y. Clarence Pennell Baxter. Office became presidential October 1, 1916. John Edward Walker. SOUTH CABOLIN A.. Henry Freeman Lincoln. M. B. Watson to be postmaster at Ridge ~pring, S. C. Office Ed'gnr Allan Bocock. became presidential A:pril1~ '1917. Willis Power Baker. Henry Louis Krafft. SOUTH DAKOTA. Paul Ramsey Hawley. _ Edith A. Sproat to be :postmaster ut Bradley, S. Du.k. Office J"ohn Dibble. .became presidential October 1, 1916. George Clark Dunham.

VIRGINIA.~ Joseph Madison Greer. Joseph de Roulhac Moreno. John Hanlon to be postmaster at Hopewell, Va. Office became Robert Burns Hill. presidential April 1, 1917. Arthur Ma:nvell Alden. • WEST VIRGINIA. Gouverneur Vincent Emerson. Louis J"ohn Regan. , Robert R. Church to be postmaster at Winding Gulf, W. Va. William Archer Hagins. Office became presidential J"anua.ry 1, 19~7. Shnnnon Laurie Van Valzuh. Witliam Oscar Hampton Prosser. CONFIRMATIONS. George Corwin Beach, jr. Jesse Irving Sloat. E-:cecutive 1t.omi11atimts conftnned bfl the Senate Marc1~ 15, 1917. David Norvell Walker Grant. MEMBERS OF THE FEDElU.L TRADE COMMISSION. James Stevens Simmons. Jolui Franklin Fort for the term expiring September 25, 1917. Charles Carlin Ayres. William B. Colver for the term expiring September 25, 1920. Cyrus Boynton Wood. Oharles Le Barorr, jr'. MEMBERS oF THE UNITED ST.ATES E:MPLOYEES~ CoMPENSATION AlVin Jay Bay1ey. COMMISSION. John Francis Corby. Dr. Riley McMillan Little for a term of six years. Prescott Stearns Tucker. 1\lrs. Frances C. A:\.'tell for a term of four years. Roy Maclea.y Fortie . l\1r. John J. Keegan for a term .of two years. Roy Edward Fox. l\iE.M.BER OF THE UNITED ST TES SHIPPING BoAJID. Herbert De Witt Porterfield. Raymon(J. B. Stevens to be a member of the United States Dean Flewellyn Winn. Shipping Be-ard for a term of five years. Alva Burton McKie. Albert Walton Kenner. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE. Robert Eunice Parrish. Peter J. Hamilton to be United States district judge, district William Lacey Edmundson. of Porto Rico.. Cary Robert Pollock. JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF . James Francis Roohan . . Samuel B. Kemp to be second judge of the circuit court, first Emery-Bowers Neff. circuit, Territory ()f Hawaii. Arturo Carbonell. jr. UNITED STATEs ATTollNEYS. Edward Augustus Coates, William Rogers Klingensmith. W : P. McGinnis to be United States attorney, eastern district Leroy Taylor Howard. of Oklahoma. James Albertus Bethea. 'Vilmot M. Odell to be United States attorney, northern dis­ Asa Margrave Lehman. trict of Texas. Harrison John McGhee. UNITED STATES .1\I.ARSHAL. · Thomas Lee Gore. Miguel Antonio Otero to be United States marshal, district Oramel Henry Stanley. .. of the Canal Zone. Sewell Munson Corbett. 1917. CONGRESSION_t\L RECORD-SENATE.

William' Clark Thomas. INFANTRY ARM. Samuel Reily Norris. Second Lieut. Stuart Randall Carswell. Benjamin Norris. SE:cond Lieut. Willis Hem·y Hale. VETERINARY CORPS. Second Lieut. Noe Calhoun Killian. To be veterinarians. · Second Lieut. Walter Ray Mann. Veterinarian Frederick Foster. Second Lieut. Hemy Wideman Lee. Veterinarian Gerald E. Griffin. The officers of the National Guard herein named for pro4 Veterinarian Charles Douglas McMurdo visional appointment as second lieutenants: Veterinarian William George Turner~ CAV ALBY ARM. Veterinarian William V. Lusk. Capt. George H. Carruth. Veterinarian Olaf Schwarzkopf. Second Lieut. Eugene U. Dwyer. Veterinarian Walter R. Grutzman., Second Lieut. Fredrick .John Holzbaur. Veterinarian .Joseph R. .Jefferis. Second Lieut. Wharton Girard Ingram. Veterinarian Harry Frank Steele. . Second Lieut. Walter Carl Merkel. Veterinarian Ray .T. Stanclift. Second Lieut. Edward Semple 1\foale. Veterinarian Coleman Nockolds. Second Lieut. Adrian St. John. Veterinarian Eugene .John Cramer. To be assistant veterinarians. FIELD ARTILLERY ARM. Veterinarian Richard II. Power. First Lieut. Charles W. Gallaher. Veterinarian Henry W. Peter. Second Lieut. Laurence V. Houston. Veterinarian William P. Hill. Second Lieut. Hugh Chapman Minton.: Veterinarian .Jules H. Uri. lNF.A TRY ARM. Veterinarian Robert Vans Agnew~ Second Lieut. Frederick R. Baker. Veterinarian Charles H . .Tewell. First Lieut. Ernest Hill Burt. · Veterinarian William A.. Sproule. Second Lieut. Albert Francis Christensen. Veterinarian Fred B. Gage. Second Lieut. William H. Coacher. Veterinarian John H. Gould. First Lieut. .John Colford Daly. Veterinarian Walter Fraser. Capt. Clarence P. Evers. Veterinarian Walter R. Pick. Second Lieut. Kirke B. Everson. Veterinarian Andrew E. Donovan. Second Lieut. Ray Parker Harrison. Veterinarian Burt English. Second Lieut. .John Taylor Henderson.. Veterinarian Robert J. Foster. First Lieut. Edward Scott .Johnston. Veterinarian George A. Hanvey, jr~ First Lieut. Herman Frederick Kramer. Veterinarian George A. Lytle. Capt. Le Roy Lutes. _ Veterinarian Robert C. Musser. . Capt. Sidney Freudenthal Mashbir. Veterinarian Aquila Mitchell. Second Lieut. William Stirling Maxwell. Veterinarian Wilfred J. Stokes. First Lieut. William Cheney Moore. Veterinarian Oliver A. Barber. Second Lieut. Paul Everton Peabody. Veterinarian Herbert S. Williams. Second Lieut. Albion Smith. Veterinarian Alfred Lewis Mason. First Lieut. Oliver .John Troster. · Veterinarian Thomas H. Edwards. Second Lieut. Edwin Daviess Patrick. Veterinarian Burton A. Seeley. The enlisted men herein named for provisional appointment Veterinarian William C. Van Allstyne. as second lieutenants: Veterinarian Sherman L. Teeple. C.A VALBY ARM. Veterinarian Ingild Hansen. Corpl. Rinaldo ~· Coe. Veterinarian Lloyd E. Case. First Class Pvt. Harold .John Duffey. Veterinarian James R. Haynes. Veterinarian George H. Koon. Sergt. .Jay Kenneth Colwell. Veterinarian Ralph M. Buffington. Sergt. Amory Coffin Cotchett. Veterinariap. Daniel B. Leininger. Corpl. Otis Porter. Veterinarian Joseph N. Hornbaker. C01·p1. Victor Kerney. Veterinarian Charles Edward Channing. Corpl. Arthur C. D. Anderson. Veterinarian Samuel Henry Saul. Sergt. Alan Bartle Edson. Veterinarian Alexander G. Fraser. Corpl. Folsome Reed Parker. Veterinarian George William Brower. Saddler Emory Moses Mace. Veterinarian Joseph William Burby. Corpl. Harry Howell Dunn. Corpl. Renn Lawrence. PROVISIONAL APPOI Tl\I:ENTS, BY TRANSFER, IN THE -MMY. Corpl. Fred H. Clark. Second Lieut. Leander R. Hathaway to be second lieutenant First Class Pvt. .Joseph Allen Covington. of Infantry. Mess Sergt. .T ohn L. Rice. Second 'Lieut. Athael B. Ellis to be second lieutenant of Cav­ alry. FIELD ARTILLERY ARM. Second Lieut. Erskine S. Dollarhide to be second lieutenant of Corp1. John Oliver Hoskins. Infantry. . Supply Sergt. William Clarke. Second Lieut. George N. Ruhberg to be second lieutenant of Sergt. Albert R. I ves. Field Artillery. Corpl. Arthur Brigham, jr. Second Lieut. Frederic Charles Dose to be second lieutenant Corpl. William l\IcKinley .Jackson. of Infantry. _ Sergt. Maj . .Joseph A. Sheridan. Second Lieut. Edward Martin Smith to be second lieutenant COAST .ARTILLERY C,Ol!PS. of Field Artillery. · Sergt. Ira Benjamin Hill. Second Lieut. Armand Durant to be second lieutenant of Field Master Electrician Berthold Vogel. Artillery. . Corpl. Odes Tillman Pogue. Second Lieut. Barnwell Rhett Legge to be second lieutenant of Radio Sergt. William Chason. infantry. - ' INFANTRY ARM. PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY. Sergt. Gilbert S. Harter. The officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps herein named for Sergt. J olm Wan·en Cotton. vrovisional appointment as second lieu~enants: Pvt. Ralph Edward Wallace. C.AV.ALRY ARM. Sergt. Lawrence Wellbnrn Fagg. Second Lieut. Nelson Mark Imboden. First Class Pvt. Maury Mann. Capt. .Tolin Elliott. Corpl. Rupert L. Purdon. Second Lieut. Randolph Dickins. First Class Pvt. Richard S. Jones. Second Lieut. John Newton Steele. Sergt. William Carleton Hanna. Second Lieut. David Hazen Blakelock. Corpl. Leon G. Harer. .

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First Sergt. Edwin Mack Scott. Henry Ephraim Mosher. Sergt. Paul J. Dowling. Albin Krill Kupfer. Corpl. John Herbert Jones. AU$11Stine Joseph Zerbee. . Corpl. Rufus E. Wicker. l!'rank August Heileman. Sergt. Charles L. Briscoe. Arthur Blaine Hutchinson. Corpl. Roy 0. W1·en. Lauritz Daniel Simonson. Sergt. Hermann Charles Dompewolf. Carl Reah Perkins. Pvt. Paul Ireton Jones. Stanley Morton Muekleston. Sergt. Frank Everett Hinton. Franklin Washington Cheney. · Corpl. Frank Patrick Tuohy.. George Francis Wellage. Sergt. John R. Hermann. Alfred F. Biles, jr. Pvt. Louis T. Roberts. Charles Turner -Hearin. Sergt. James Minch Palmer. Hugh Mackay Davis. Sergt. Ralph A. W. Pearson. John Frederick Fredin, j~. Corpl. Alfred Millard. James Bow9oln Wise, jr. . P vt. Harry H. Ambs. Thomas Alexanper Langfors:L Corpl. William H. Bittenbender. Harry Lispemtrd Kimmell. Q. M. Sergt. Raymond H. Bishop. Clarence Maxwell Culp. Sergt. Henry D. Mitchell. · Charles Benjamin Kehoe. First Class Pvt. James A. Snmmersett, jr. Philip Shaw Wood. Corpl. Hugh Coskery. Gilchrist. Sheldon Eliot Hoadley. Sergt. Allen T. Veatch. Harvey Cecil Kearney. First Class Pvt. Sigurd J. Simonsen. Arthur Wallace Stedman, jr. Sergt. Thomas G. Bond. Arthur Postell Jervey. Sergt. John E. Haywood. Starr Sedgwick Eaton. The persons herein n-amed for JlfOVision:al aJIDointment as Oliver Franldin Holden. second lieutenants: Maurice ·Percy Walker. CAVA.LRY ARM. Thomas Liggett Lamoreux. Jo eph M. Hurt, jr. . ' Daniel Newton Murphy. .. George I. Speer. Adlai Cyrus Young. Charles B. Duncan. Alexander Newton Stark, jr. Ferris M. .Angevine. · Clinton Innes McClure. Julian W. Cunningham. Roy Charles Lemach Gr.a.b.am. Sam George Fuller: Arthur Franklin Joseph Holben. Clinton Albert Pierce. Lloyd Bebb Russell. Thomas McFarland Cockrill. George Sawtelle. Delmore Stephen Wood. John Edwin Gough. George William Lyman Prettyman. Leonard Almy Smith. Thomas 1\fcllvaine Turn~. John Waldemar Thompson~ Horace Lyle Hudson. Philip Overstreet. Lawrence Cordell F;-izzelL Lara Paul Good. ' Jean Frederick Sabin. George A. McDonald. Robert Fulton White. George -Maltby Wright, jr. Henry Davis Jay. Archie Arrington Farmer. George Ralph Barker. John Thomas Fisher. Ray Lawrence Burnell. Edwin Eugene Elliott. Arthur Winton Hartman. Charles Sabin Ferrin. John William Berry. George Warner Titus. Harry Madara Brown. Samuel David l\fann. Joseph Nixon Marx. John Carver Adams. Robert Gilpin Ervin. FIELD ARTILLERY AR.l!: Edward Lodge McKee, jr. Stacy Knopf. James l\I. Garrett, jr. TRA ~ sFERS TO THE ACTIVE IJIST OF THE .A.R.:UYr David l\f. Pope. Col. Tracy C. Dickson as a lieutenn.nt in tile. Ordnance Harry B. Weston. Department. Eugene Henry Willenbucher. First Lieut. Sylvester C. Loring to the graue of in the Louis C. Arthur, jr. Infantry Arm. · John Flavel Hubbard. PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. Franklin McKenzie Davison. William Edgar Shepherd, jr. OFFICERS. Brig. Gen. Hurrter Liggett to be general. COAST ARTILLERY CORPS. CoL Francis J. Kernan to be brigadier general. Evan C . .Seaman. Clarence E. Cotter. ifEDICAL CORPS. Gordon Bennett \Velch. Ca-pt.. Edgar King to be mnjo-r. James l\foore Evans. Capt. Howard H. Johnson to be major. Cedric Ferris Maguire. . CORPS OF "ENGINEERS. Edward Eugene 1\Iurphy. Lieut. Col. Francis R. Shunk to be colonel. Marshall McDiarmid Williams, jr, Maj. George l\.1. Hoffman to be lieutenant colonel. H enry Rasick Behrens. Capt. Joseph H. Earle to be major. Edward Clarence Seeds. First Lieut. Charles F. Williams to be cnptain. Edison Albert Lynn. Second Lieut .. Stanley L. Scott to be fir t lieutenant. Milton Pierce 1\forrill. Second Lient; Tattnall D. Simkins to be· first lieutenant. Guy Humphrey Drewry. Raphael Saul Chavin. SIGNAL .CORPS. John Lester Scott. .1\Iaj. Daniel J. Carr to be lieutenant colou.el. Alva Franklin Englehart. Capt. Charles de F. Chandler to be major. INFANTRY ARM. CAVALRY ARM. James D. Basey. Lieut. Col. Alexander L. Dade to be colonel. Ray M. O'Day. Maj. Edwin B. Winans to be lieutenn.nt colonel. Alan Pendleton. Capt. Henry C. Smither to be major. Merritt Elijah . Olmstead. Capt. Roy B. Harper to be major. Benjamin F. Caffey, jt·. Capt. Thomas A. Roberts to be major. Haclyn Potter 1\f(lyers. First Lieut. Frederick T. Dickman to be captain. Rogers· Murchison 'Vilson. First Lieut. Adna R. Chaffee to be captain. 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 81

I First Lieut. George W. De Armond to be captnin. Capt. Charles W. Exton to be major. Fh·st Lieut.. John G. Quekemeyer to be captain. First Lieut. George T. Everett to be captain. First Lieut. Frank l\1. Andrews to be captain. First Lieut. Henry H. Arnold to be captain. First Lieut. J o. eph C. King to be captain. First Lieut; Walter R. Wheeler to be captain. First Lieut. George L. Converse, jr., to be captain. First Lieut. George F. N. Dailey to be captain. First Lieut. Donald A. Robinson to be captain. First Lieut. Barton K. Yount to be captain. First Lieut. Bruce L. Burch to be captain. First Lieut. Denham B. Crafton to be captain. First Lieut. Edgar M. Whiting to be captain. First Lieut. William E. Selbie to be captain. First Lieut. Edward G. Elliott to be captain. First Lieut. John L. Jenkins to be captain. First Lieut.~ Wade H. Westmorelan~o be captain. First Lieut. Charles H. White to be captain. First Lieut. Guy H. Wyman to be captain. First Lieut. Alvin G. Gutensohn to be captain. First Lieut. Verne R. Bell to be captain. · ·' 1 First Lieut. Stanley L. James to be captnin. First Lieut. Henry W. Baird to be captain. _r· '· ,· First Lieut. John S. Sullivan to be captain.

First Lieut. Alexander H. Jones to be ca,vt1lin. - _:· L • •• • First Lieut. David G. C. Garrison to be captain. First Lieut. Charles L. Steverison·to be captain: - · First Lieut. Bruce B. Buttler to be captain. First Lieut. Frank K. Chapin t<1 be captain. · · ··- First Lieut. Evan E. Lewis to be captain. First Lieut. Henry L. Watson to be captain. First Lieut. Paul A. Larned to be captain. First Lieut. Murray B. Rush to be captain. Second Lieut. Samuel J. Heidner to be first lieutenant. First Lieut. Augustine W. Robins to be captain. Lieut. Col. Julius A. Penn to be colonel. Second Lieut. Daniel A. Connor to be first lieutenant. Maj. La Roy S. Upton to be lieutenant colonel. Capt. Edgar A. Sirmyer to be .major. Capt. Edgar Ridenour to be major. Capt. Chauncey B. Humphrey to be major. FIELD AR'£ILLERY A~M. Capt. George V. H. Moseley to be major. CHAPLAIN. Capt. Charles l\I. Bundel to be major. Chaplain John T . .A..xton to. be chaplain, with rank of major. Capt. Charles D. Herron to be major. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE NAVY. Capt. Robert C. Foy to be major.· Capt. Edwm·d '1'. Donnelly to be major. Passed Asst. Surg. Cary T. Grayson to be medieal director in Capt. George M. Brooke to be major. the Navy, with rank of rear admiral. - Capt. Harry C. Williams to be major. Capt. Harry S. Knapp to be a rear admiral. Capt. Albert U. Faulkner to be major. The following-named captains to be rear admirals: Capt. George M. Apple to "be major. William L. Rodgers, First Lieut. Robert G. Kirkwood to be captain. Harry 1\lcL. P. Huse (an additional number in grade), First Lieut. Hm·old E. Marr to be captain. George ,V. McElroy (an additional number in grade), First Lieut. Joseph \V. llumbough to be captain. Robert S. Griffin (an additionar number in grade), First Lieut. \Villiam McCleave to be captain. George E. Burd (an additional number in grncle), First Lieut. Allan C. McBride to be captain. James H. Oliver (an additional number in grade), First Lieut. Joe R. Brabson to be captain. John Hood, and First Lieut. Leonard C. Sparks to be captain. ·william S. Sims. First Lieut. John A. Crane to be captain. The following-named commanders to be captains: First Lieut. Frederick A. Prince to be captain. Cleland N. Offley (an additional number in grade), and First Lieut. Marshall 1\Iagruder to be captain. Louis R. de Steiguer. First Lieut. Truby C. Martin to be captain. Commander William ,V. Phelps to be a captain. First Lieut. Wilbur Rogers to be captain. The following-named commanders to be captains ; First Lieut. Louis R. Dougherty to be captain. Louis A. Kaiser, Fir t Lieut. Samuel R. Hopkins to be captain. \Villiam C. Cole, First Lieut. Charles P. Hollingsworth to be captain. Jehu V. Chase, First Lieut. Charles D. Daly to be captain. Henry J. Ziegemeier, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS. George W. Williams, Montgomery 1\I. Taylor, First Lieut. Horton M. Beardslee to be captain. Carl T. Vogelgesang, First Lieut. William C. Whitaker to be captain. Charles B. McVay, jr., First Lieut. James A. Brice to be captain. John H. Dayton, First Lieut. James L. Dunsworth to be captain. Lucius A. Bostwick, First Lieut. Dana H. Crissy to be captain. \Vill1am A. Moffett, First Lieut. Francis G. Delano to be captain. Julian L. Latimer, and First Lieut. Raphael R. Nix to be captain. DeWitt Blamer. First Lieut. James L. Walsh to be captain. Commander John K. Robison to be a captain. First Lieut. Henry H. 1\Ialven, jr., to be captain. The following-named commanders to be captains: First Lieut. Edward L. Kelly to be captain. Arthur L. Willard, and First Lieut. Thruston Hughes to be captaiD. Henry H. Hough. First Lieut. Charles B. Meyer to be captain. Lieut. Commander Earl P. Jessop to be a commander. First Lieut. Frederick A. Mountford to be captain. The following-named lieutenant commanders to be COJno- First Dieut. Fordyce L. Perego to be captain. manders: First Lieut. Philip S. Gage to be captain. David E. Theleen, First Lieut. Monte J. Hickok to be captain. Orin G. 1\furfin, First Lieut. Frederick Hanna to be captain. Luther 1\f. Overstreet, First Lieut. Theodore l\1. Chase to be captain. Walton R. Sexton, Fi.I:st Lieut. William C. Koenig to be captain. 'William D. Leahy, First Lieut. Albert C. Wimberly to be captnin. John Halligan, jr., First Lieut. Harry W. Stephenson to be captain. William C. Watts, First Lieut. Herbert H. Acheson to be captain. Lyman A. Cotten, First Lieut. Willis Shippam to be captain. William T. Tarrant. First Lieut. Frank A. Buell to be captain. Yancey S. Williams, First Lieut. Frank D. Applin to be captain. Charles P. Nelson, First Lieut Rollin L. Tilton to be captain. Edward B. Fenner, First Lieut. John K. Jemison to be captain. Victor A. Kimberly, First Lieut. Isaac E. Titus to be captail1. Claude C. Bloch, Second Lieut. Frederick G. Dillman to be first lieutenant. Benry E. Lackey, INFANTRY ARM. • Edward C. Kalbfus, Maj. John W. Heavey to be lieutenant coloneL Cyrus W. Cole, and Maj. Harry .J. Hirsch to be lieutenant colonel. John W. Greenslade. Capt. Ira C. Welborn to be major. Lieut. Commander Harry L. Brinser to be a commander. Capt. Alexander E. Williams to be major. Lieut. Commande1· James H. Tomb to be a commanuer. 82 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-SENATE. l\fARCH 15,

T he follo"·ing-named lieutenants to be lieutenant com- Louis H ., Williams, manders: Ogden D. King, J ames D. Willson. Irving W. Jacobs. WilUam Ancrum. James l\f. Quinn. J ohn Rodgers. Arthur W. Hoaglund. William D. Greetham. Philip F . Prioleau. Benjamin K. Johnson. Loclt·sou to be an assistant surgeon in the 1\1(1«1- nfley F. l\lcConnell. ical llPsern• Corp~. George W . Simpson. Charles Eastrnones, serve Corps to be assistant surgeons : Charles W. Rodgers, .- Arthur C. Sinton, Clyde l\f. Gearhart, Franklin F . l\furdoch, David J . Alexander, Harold L. Jensen, Walter C. l\Iiller, Theo. E . Cox, Edwin N. Cochran, • James A. Halpin, Gordon R . Cia ude, • Franklin T. Bower, Charles C. Galloway, Aubrey 1\:1. Larson, William l\1. Thebaut, and J ulian C. Brantley, George G. Fowler. 1917. CONGRESSIONAL R.ECORD-- SENATE~ 83

The following-named citizens to be dental surg~ons in'- the Charles S. Hi11, N avy : George C. Reid, Griffin G. Frazier, Robert H. Dunlap, Rufus A. Fcrgu on, Harry Lee, Alfred W . Chandler, anq. John F. 1\IcGill, Carl S. Zie._el. Louis 1\I. Gulick, Asst. Civil Engineer Carl A. Bostrom to be a civil engineer. Hiram I. Bearss, Boatswain Ernest Heilmann to be a chief. boatswain. Frederic L. Bradman, Boatswain John B. Hupp to be a chief boatswaia Arthur T. l\larix, nnd Pharmacist Howard E. Sausser to be a chief pharmacist. George Van Orden. Pay Clerk Charles E. Rappolee to be a chief pay clerk. The following-named majors to be lieutenant in the Phnrmaci t Stephen -Wierzbicki to be a chief pharri:iacist. Marine Corps: Douglas B. Parker to be an assistant dental sm·ge'on in the Randolph C. Berkeley, Dental Resene Corps. ' .- · Carl Gamborg-Andresen, and A· t. Paymaster Nicholas H. Stavey to be a passed ass:ist-ant James C. Breckinrillge. payma. ter, ;vith the rank of lieutenant. ·· • ~i • • The follmving-named captains to be majors in the l\I~rine The following-named naval consh·uctors, with rank <>f com- Corps: mander, to be na\al con tructors, with rank of aptain. George "\an Orden, John G. Ta~ne ey, · .James T. Bootes, Robert Stocker, Logan Feland, Elliot Sucw, anll William Hopkins, George H. Roek. Dickinson P. Hull, The followin o--uame

.ir.O.L . Sydney S. Lee, Clyde H. Metcalf, Ross E. Rowell, Harold C. Pierce, Harold H. Utley, Douglas B. Roben, Paul A. Capron, Theodore A. Secor, William F. Bevan, Thomas M. Luby, Edward A. Ostermann, George A. Stowell, Edward S. Willing, Henry L. Larsen, Ralph S. Keyser, John C. Foster, . Julian P. Willcox, William H. Rupertus, Ross S. Kingsbury, James L. Unilerhill, Robert E. Adams, Keller E. Rockey, Edwin N. McClellan, George W. Hamilton, Littleton W. T. Waller, jr.1 Matthew H. Kingman, John Dixon, Alphonse De Carre, Clarke H. wens, Cecil S. Baker, Wilbur Thin