Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1899 — SUCCESSOR TO GEN. EAGAN. [ARTICLE]

SUCCESSOR TO GEN. EAGAN.

Col. John F, Welton Reported to Have Been Selected. Whatever may be the outcome of the Eagan court martial, it may be confidently said that Eagan’s career as commissary general of the army is ended, says a Washington dispatch. His successor, Col. John F. Weston, has already been selected. He is ultimately to take charge of the commissary general's department. He cannot be nominated to the Senate to succeed Gen. Eagan as commissary general until the latter has been dismissed or relegated to the retired list. Col. Weston is one of the best known officers of the subsistence department. He was the chief commissary officer during the Santiago campaign. He has been in the subsistence department since 1875, and previously served in the line of the army. He entered the volunteer service as fint lieutenant of the Fourth Kentucky cavalry in 1861 and served throughout the rebellion. At its close he was appointed to the regular service.