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July 22, 1906
Daily Press
Newport News, Virginia
What is this article about?
In Washington, D.C., on July 21, Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards gains permanent rank as chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs due to new legislation, avoiding return to infantry; he plans autumn return after sick leave.
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EDWARDS A GENERAL.
Officer Is One by Peculiar State of Affairs.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21. -
Interest attaches to the status of Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards, who reached that rank by virtue of recent legislation attaching that title to the officer who fills the place of chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs.
General Edwards will be permanent in that grade, and will not go back to the Infantry arm, in which he was a senior captain at the end of his four-year detail. He will have to be reappointed and continued as a brigadier-general just as Judge Advocate General Davis was, or as was Brigadier General Crozier, chief of ordnance of the army.
The places of those officers were filled in their respective corps, and they have had to be retained at the head of their branches. It is the same with General Edwards. His place in the line where he is shortly to be a major of infantry will be filled, and his detail as a brigadier general and chief of the Insular Bureau will be regarded as creating a vacancy in the Infantry to which some one will be promoted. This will prevent General Edwards from going back to the line.
General Edwards, who has been on sick leave for some time, hopes to return to Washington in the autumn.
Officer Is One by Peculiar State of Affairs.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21. -
Interest attaches to the status of Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards, who reached that rank by virtue of recent legislation attaching that title to the officer who fills the place of chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs.
General Edwards will be permanent in that grade, and will not go back to the Infantry arm, in which he was a senior captain at the end of his four-year detail. He will have to be reappointed and continued as a brigadier-general just as Judge Advocate General Davis was, or as was Brigadier General Crozier, chief of ordnance of the army.
The places of those officers were filled in their respective corps, and they have had to be retained at the head of their branches. It is the same with General Edwards. His place in the line where he is shortly to be a major of infantry will be filled, and his detail as a brigadier general and chief of the Insular Bureau will be regarded as creating a vacancy in the Infantry to which some one will be promoted. This will prevent General Edwards from going back to the line.
General Edwards, who has been on sick leave for some time, hopes to return to Washington in the autumn.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Brigadier General
Promotion
Insular Affairs
Military Rank
Sick Leave
What entities or persons were involved?
Clarence R. Edwards
Judge Advocate General Davis
Brigadier General Crozier
Where did it happen?
Washington, D. C.
Story Details
Key Persons
Clarence R. Edwards
Judge Advocate General Davis
Brigadier General Crozier
Location
Washington, D. C.
Event Date
July 21
Story Details
Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards achieves permanent rank through legislation making the chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs a brigadier general, preventing his return to infantry captaincy; he has been on sick leave and plans to return in autumn.