ANNUAL REPORTS

OF THE

WAR DEPARTMENT

FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1898.

REPORT OF THE
MAJOR-GENERAL COMMANDING THE ARMY.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

UA 24 ·A15 V.I pt.2

CONTENTS.

Report of Maj. Gen. N. A. MILES, Commanding the Army.

FIRST.-(See Troops in Porto Rico.)

SECOND.-Report of Gen. W. M. Graham

THIRD.-Report of Gen. R. T. Frank

FOURTH.-Report of Gen. J. J. Coppinger.

Report of Lieut. Col. H. M. Chittenden, inspector-general.

Report of Lieut. Col. C. G. Penny, chief quartermaster

Report of Lieut. Col. C. H. Grierson, chief commissary.

Report of Lieut. Col. R. M. O'Reilly, chief surgeon..

Report of Lieut. Col. J. T. Thompson, chief ordnance officer.

Report of Lieut. Col. R. P. Strong, chief signal officer

Report of Capt. J. K. Thompson, inspector-general..

FIFTH.-(See Troops in Cuba.)

SEVENTH.-Report of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee....

EIGHTH.-(See Troops in the Philippines.)

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Echols, C. P., first lieutenant, Engineer Corps.

England, L., second lieutenant, Third Artillery.

Febiger, L., captain, Twenty-third Infantry.

Foote, F. M., major, First Wyoming.

French, J. W., lieutenant-colonel Twenty-third Infantry

Grant, T. A., captain, Utah Artillery.

Franklin, T., second lieutenant, Twenty-third Infantry.

Grow, O. R., second lieutenant, Utah Artillery.

Haan, W. G., first lieutenant, Third Artillery.

Hale, I., colonel First Colorado

Hampton, C. E., second lieutenant, Twenty-third Infantry

Hawkins, A. L., colonel Tenth Pennsylvania....

Hobbs, C. W., captain, Third Artillery.

Kerth, M. C., second lieutenant, Twenty-third Infantry

Kilbourne, C. E., first lieutenant, Signal Corps..

Krayenbuhl, M. G., first lieutenant, Third Artillery

Jones, I. W., lieutenant-colonel First Idaho..

Jones, S. R., major and chief quartermaster, Eighth Army Corps

Lippincott, H., lieutenant-colonel, chief surgeon, Eighth Army Corps.

McKenna, E. A., captain, Signal Corps...

March, P. C., first lieutenant, Fifth Artillery

Martin, G. W., first lieutenant, Eighteenth Infantry

Murphy, J., captain, Fourteenth Infantry

Nichols, W. A., captain, Twenty-third Infantry.

O'Connor, S., captain, Twenty-third Infantry

O'Hara, J., captain, Third Artillery

Ovenshine, S., colonel Twenty-third Infantry

Perkins, P. J., first lieutenant Signal Corps.

Pratt, E. B., captain, Twenty-third Infantry.

Reardon, J., first sergeant, Engineer Corps.

Reeve, C. McC., colonel Thirteenth Minnesota

Rudd, A. J., second lieutenant, Signal Corps

Smith, J. S., colonel First California...

Stotsenburg, J. M., major, First Nebraska

Summers, O., colonel Second Oregon

Thompson, R. E., lieutenant-colonel, Signal Corps..
Trenmann, W. C., lieutenant-colonel First North Dakota
Van Valzah, D. D., colonel Eighteenth Infantry..
Vickers, C. A., captain, First Nebraska...

Wheeler, D. P., second lieutenant, Twenty-third Infantry.
Wheeler, W. B., captain, Eighteenth Infantry.
Wood, W. A., captain, Eighteenth Infantry
Young, R. W., captain, Utah Artillery............

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Biddle, J. lieutenant-colonel, Chief Engineer, U. S. Volunteers.

Austin, E. F., captain, Seventy-first New York.

Bailey, H. L., captain, Twenty-first Infantry

Bash, L. H., second lieutenant, Thirteenth Infantry

Brewster, A. W., first lieutenant, Ninth Infantry.

Allen, L. C., captain, Sixteenth Infantry.

Anderson, E. D., first lieutenant, Tenth Cavalry

Aultman, D. E., second lieutenant, Second Artillery.
Auman, W., captain, Thirteenth Infantry

Ayres, C. G., captain, Tenth Cavalry.

Bainbridge, A. H., lieutenant-colonel Fourth Infantry

Baker, S., major, Fourth Infantry

Baker, D. J., first lieutenant, Twelfth Infantry, Company G.

Baldwin, T. Á., lieutenant-colonel Tenth Cavalry.

Beck, W. H., captain, Tenth Cavalry..

Best, C. L., captain, First Artillery.

Bigelow, J., captain, Tenth Cavalry

Bisbee, W. H., lieutenant-colonel First Infantry

Bleecker, A. J., captain, Seventy-first New York

Bonesteel, C. H., captain, Twenty-first Infantry

Bookmiller, E. V., first lieutenant, Ninth Infantry

Borrowe, H. A., sergeant, First United States

Boyle, W. H., major, Ninth Infantry..

Boynton, C. L., colonel Thirty-third Michigan..

Brett, L. M., captain, Second Cavalry

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Brewer, M. M., captain and assistant surgeon, U. S. Army

Byrne, B. A., captain, Sixth Infantry.

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Daggett, A. S., lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fifth Infantry

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Elliot, W. G., first lieutenant, Twelfth Infantry, Company B

Field, J. M., captain, quartermaster, First District of Columbia.

Fleming, R. J., first lieutenant, Tenth Cavalry.

Foote, M. C., captain, Ninth Infantry....

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