People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1894 — VETERANS PROMOTED. [ARTICLE]

VETERANS PROMOTED.

Brig. Gen. McCook Made Major General —Col. Forsyth a Brigadier. Washington, Nov. 12.—Brig. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook has been appointed major general of the United States army, vice Gen. Howard, retired, and Col. James W. Forsyth, of the Seventh cavalry, has been promoted to brigadier general to succeed McCook. Maj. Gen. McCook will continue in command of the department of Colorado, with headquarters at Denver, until his retirement next April. The president has made the following assignment of general officers of the army: Maj. Gen. Miles, department of the east,with headquarters at New York. Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, department of the Missouri, with headquarters nt Chicago. Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt, to command of department of California, Brig. Gen. John R. Brooke, department of Dakota, with headquarters at St. Paul.