To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Lieutenant D. F. A. de Otte, of New York, to be third lieutenant in the Revenue Service of the United States, to succeed Lieutenant Francis M. Dunwoody, promoted. Mr. de Otte is now serving under a temporary commission as third lieutenant, issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Lieutenant Frederick J. Haake, of New York, to be third lieutenant in the Revenue Service of the United States, to sueceed Lieutenant George H. Doty, promoted. Mr. Haake is now serving under a temporary commission as third lieutenant, issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Lieutenant Alexander R. Hasson, of the District of Columbia, to be third lieutenant in the Revenue Service of the United States, to succeed Lieutenant Byron L. Reed, promoted. Mr. Hasson is now serving under a temporary commission as third lieutenant, issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Lieutenant Charles E. Johnston, of Ohio, to be third lieutenant in the Revenue Service of the United States, to succeed Lieutenant Daniel J. Ainsworth, promoted. Mr. Johnston is now serving under a temporary commission as third lieutenant, issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Lieutenant Francis A. Levis, of New York, to be third lieutenant in the Revenue Service of the United States, to succeed Lieutenant J. L. Sill, promoted. Mr. Levis is now serving under a temporary commission as third lieutenant, issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Lieutenant James H. Scott, of Pennsylvania, to be third lieutenant in the Revenue Service of the United States, to succeed Lieutenant J. C. Cantwell, promoted. Mr. Scott is now serving under a temporary commission as third lieutenant, issued during the recess of the Senate. BENJ. HARRISON. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Lieutenant Francis S. Van Boskerck, jr., of New Jersey, to be third lieutenant in the Revenue Service of the United States, to succeed Lieutenant David H. Jarvis, promoted.. Mr. Van Boskerck is now serving under a temporary commission as third lieutenant, issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Lieutenant Samuel B. Winram, jr., of Missouri, to be third lieutenant in the Revenue Service of the United States, to succeed Lieutenant Johnstone H. Quinan, promoted. Mr. Winram is now serving under a temporary commission as third lieutenant, issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Charles E. Decker, of Michigan, to be assistant surgeon in the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States, to succeed Assistant Surgeon J. F. Groenevelt, deceased. Mr. Decker is now serving under a temporary commission as assistant surgeon, issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Henry T. Goodwin, of South Carolina, to be passed assistant surgeon in the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. Mr. Goodwin is now serving under a temporary commission as passed assistant surgeon, issued during the recess of the Senate. BENJ. HARRISON. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Thomas B. Perry, of Georgia, to be passed assistant surgeon in the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. Mr. Perry is now serving under a temporary commission as passed assistant surgeon, issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Rell M. Woodward, of Indiana, to be passed assistant surgeon in the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. Mr. Woodward is now serving under a temporary commission as passed assistant surgeon, issued during the recess of the Senate. BENJ. HARRISON. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate J. Edward Dorry, of Maryland, to be second assistant engineer in the Revenue Service of the United States, to succeed Engineer Daniel T. Cross, resigned. Mr. Dorry is now serving under a temporary commission as second assistant engineer, issued during the recess of Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Lewis A. Dodge, of Massachusetts, to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Boston and Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts, in place of Albert B. Stearns, removed. Mr. Dodge is now serving under a commission issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate Thomas H. Dunham, of Massachusetts, to be assistant appraiser of merchandise in the district of Boston and Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts, to succeed Lewis A. Dodge, appointed appraiser of merchandise. Mr. Dunham is now serving under a commission issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate George Bingham, of New York, to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Buffalo Creek, in the State of New York, to succeed Nathan B. Gatchell, resigned. Mr. Bingham is now serving under a commission issued during the recess of the Senate. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: BENJ. HARRISON. I nominate the officers herein named for appointment in the army of the United States: TO BE BRIGADIER-GENERAL. Colonel August V. Kautz, Eighth Infantry, April 20, 1891, vice Gibbon, retired from active service. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain. First Lieutenant Constantine Chase, regimental quartermaster, First Lieutenant William W. Robinson, jr., Seventh Cavalry, June 1, 1891, vice Craig, appointed captain in the Signal Corps. First Lieutenant Charles B. Thompson, Fifth Infantry, November 2, 1891, vice Marshall, promoted. First Lieutenant Medad C. Martin, regimental adjutant, Twentysecond Infantry, November 2, 1891, vice Haynsworth, retired from active service. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Second Lieutenant Fremont P. Peck, First Artillery, to be first lieutenant, March 9, 1891, to fill the vacancy in the department caused by the retirement from active service of Chief of Ordnance Stephen V. Benét. BENJ. HARRISON. EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate the officers herein named for promotion in the army of the United States: MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Captain Paul R. Brown, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon, with the rank of major, December 3, 1891, vice Middleton, retired from active service. CAVALRY ARM. First Lieutenant Ernest A. Garlington, Seventh Cavalry, to be captain of cavalry, December 3, 1891, vice Gibson, Seventh Cavalry, retired from active service. Second Lieutenant John M. Carson, jr., Fifth Cavalry, to be first lieutenant of cavalry, December 3, 1891, vice Garlington, Seventh Cavalry, promoted. INFANTRY ARM. Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Jewett, Third Infantry, to be colonel of infantry, December 4, 1891, vice Conrad, Twenty-first Infantry, deceased. Major Edward Moale, First Infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel of infantry, December 4, 1891, vice Jewett, Third Infantry, promoted. Captain Charles Bentzoni, Twenty-fifth Infantry, to be major of infantry, December 4, 1891, vice Moale, First Infantry, promoted. First Lieutenant Edward L. Bailey, Fourth Infantry, to be captain of infantry, December 4, 1891, vice Keeffe, Fourth Infantry, deceased. First Lieutenant Robert H. R. Loughborough, Twenty-fifth Infantry, to be captain of infantry, December 4, 1891, vice Bentzoni, Twenty-fifth Infantry, promoted. Second Lieutenant Everett E. Benjamin, First Infantry, to be first lieutenant of infantry, December 4, 1891, vice Bailey, Fourth Infantry, promoted. Second Lieutenant William J. Pardee, Eighteenth Infantry, to be first lieutenant of infantry, December 4, 1891, vice Loughborough, Twenty-fifth Infantry, promoted. BENJ. HARRISON. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate the officers herein named for promotion in the army of the United States: QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. Captain James M. Marshall, assistant quartermaster, to be quartermaster with the rank of major, September 24, 1891, vice Foster, retired from active service. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles T. Alexander, surgeon, to be chief medical purveyor with the rank of colonel, September 11, 1891, vice Vollum, retired from active service. Major William H. Forwood, surgeon, to be surgeon with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, June 15, 1891, vice McKee, retired from active service. Major Ely McClellan, surgeon, to be surgeon with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, September 11, 1891, vice Alexander, promoted. Captain John Van R. Hoff, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon with the rank of major, June 15, 1891, vice Forwood, promoted. Captain George W. Adair, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon with the rank of major, September 11, 1891, vice McClellan, promoted. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Captain Almon L. Varney, to be major, November 30, 1891, vice McKee, deceased. First Lieutenant William B. Gordon, to be captain, June 15, 1891, in accordance with section 1207, Revised Statutes, he having served fourteen years continuously as lieutenant. CAVALRY ARM. To be colonels. Lieutenant-Colonel George G. Huntt, Tenth Cavalry, April 20, 1891, vice Clendenin, Second Cavalry, retired from active service. Lieutenant-Colonel James Biddle, Fifth Cavalry, July 1, 1891, vice Tilford, Ninth Cavalry, retired from active service. To be lieutenant-colonels. Major David Perry, Sixth Cavalry, April 20, 1891, vice Huntt, Tenth Cavalry, promoted. Major Henry E. Noyes, Fourth Cavalry, July 1, 1891, vice Biddle, Fifth Cavalry, promoted. To be majors. Captain Robert II. Montgomery, Fifth Cavalry, March 8, 1891, |