Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America Volume 24 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...service. Maj. Richard H. Alexander, surgeon, to be surgeon with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, December 7, 1S84, vice Campbell, promoted. Capt. Henry McElderry, assistant surgeon, to be surgeon with the rank of major, December 7, 1884, vice Alexander, promoted. Tenth Reg inient of Infantry. First Lieut. John F. Stretch, adjutant, to be captain, December 6, 1884, vice Craig, deceased. Second Lieut. Edward H. Plummer to be first lieutenant, November 2 , 1884, vice Bottsford, deceased (instead of November 28, 1884, as nominated on the 5th instant, it having been since reported that Lieutenant Bottsford's death occurred on the morning of the 29th, and not on the night of the 2Sth, as originally reported). Chester A. Arthur. Executive Mansion, Washington, December 9, 1884. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Isaac Heyman to be postmaster at Opelika, in the county of Lee and State of Alabama, whose commission expired 23d April, 1884. Chester A. Arthur. Executive Mansion, Washington, December 9, 1884. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate W. White Jones to be postmaster at Greensborough, in the county of Hale and State of Alabama, in the place of Joseph Atkins, resigned. Chester A. Arthur. Executive Mansion, Washington, December 9, 1884. To the Senate of the United States: l nominate James H. Perdue to be postmaster at Greenville, in the county of Butler and State of Alabama, in the place of John T. Newcomer, deceased. Chester A. Arthur. Executive Mansion, Wah, ngt(m, December 9, 1884. To the Smote of the United States: I nominate James Sias to be postmaster at Clifton, in the county of Graham and Territory of Arizona, in the place of Mrs. Alice Pome-roy, resigned. Chester A. Arthur. Executive Mansion, Washington, December 9, ...