Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-23
CHANGES on AsIATIC STATION.
New Assignment of Officers by Adj
miraI Watson.

Admiral Watson has notified the Navy
Department by cable of a number of
changes he has made in the assignments of
officers on the Asiatic squadron prepara-
tory To his REIMBURSEMENT of the command,
and of his sailing home on the Baltimore
He has transferred from the Brooklyn,
which was his flagship, to the Baltimore,
which will now serve him in that capacity
on the homeward voyage, most of the
officers of that ship. These are Capt j.
NJ Forsyth. Lieutenant Commander A.
Ward. Lieut.. S. s. Wood Lieut. F.. Marble,
Ensign E. S. Watson, Lieut.. W. s. Cros-
ley and Passed Assistant Surgeon l..
Morris.
BY making this change Admiral Watson
was enabled to give effect to the Navy De-
EartmeI-ts intention that Capt C. M
Ihomas should have command of the
Brooklyn, which will serve as Admiral
Eemey's flagship. That officer went out to
Manila expressly to command the Brooklyn.
out admiral Watson declined to make a
Change and relieve Capt. Forsyth until the
latter could return with himself to the
United States
Capt. Edwin Longnecker has apparently
broken Down In health. for he has been re-
heyed of the command of the cruiser New
Orleans and sent to the Yokohama Naval
hospital Tho following named naval off,
Gers VINO have been under treatment in the
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fayrnaster Clerk E. II. Roberts, Capt. j.
H. Russell, L. S. NJ. c.; Ensign J. B. Henry.
Cadet J. L. Matthews and Ensign c. Nj.
TCzer.
Other changes on the Asiatic station fol-
low:
Lieut.. H. G. Macfarland. from BROOKLYN
ordered to Concord: A. W. Mach C. l..
rhiliips. Brooklyn to Yosemite; A w
Mach Samuel Wartman. Brooklyn to Yo-
semitic: Capt. C. NJ. Thomas, Baltimore to
brooklyn; Pay-naster S l.. Heap. Baltimore
70 ~ oregon; Paymaster's Clerk H. D. La
NeIe. Eai II to Oregon; Capt. J. T.
Myers. Is NC, Baltimore to Oregon: As
slstant Surgeon T. NJ. Lippitt Baltimore to
Oregon. Lieut.. c. VI. Mccormick. Benning-
ton to Brooklyn; Lieut.. Commander c. b. +.
Moore. Bennington to Monterey; Ensign NJ
St c. Ellis Bennington to Monterey: p a
Surgeon James Stoughton, Bennington to
CdStne; Ensign W. H. Reynolds Rennipp-
ton to lsla de Cuba; Lieut.. b. b. Bierer,
bennington to Yosemite; Lieut.. d. w
Blamer, Monadnock to Concord Lieut.. F..
q Bieg. New Orleans TO Concord: Lieut. E.
H Scribner. Concord to New Orleans: En-
sign I: t; Owens. Concord to Brooklyn;
Lieut. b. o. Scott. Concord to Brooklyn;
Ensign A T. Chester, Concord to Baltimore:
Lieut. A. n. Mayer. Concord to Yosemite:
Assistant Surgeon J. c. Thompson, Castine
to bennington; Lieut.. Commander j. H.
Bull, Monterey to Bennington; Carpenter
w. T. Harding. Monterey to Baltimore; En-
sign H Lanins, ISla de Cuba to Bennins-
ton: Lieut. Commander H T Cleayer.
Yorktown to Remington: Cadet E. B. Kalb-
fuS, Petrol to General Alava; Ensign w "
| Pratt, Newark to Bennington Ensign f. H.
| Brumby. General Alava to Scindia; Lieut..
T. 5. Rodgers, Scindia to Bennington; Lieut..
+. Boughter, Yosemite to Concord; Lieut..
| Commander c. j. Boush, Yosemite to Con-
| cord; Lieut.. ]. E. Craven. Yosemite to Con-
| cord; Assistant Surgeon A. G. Cromwell
| Yosemite TO Brooklyn; A. w. Mach E. II
| Campbell, Yosemite to Brooklyn; A w
| Mach. J. F. Green, Yosemite to Brooklyn.
| Lieut. J. L. Jayne. to Newark; Lieut. Com
| nander II. Minett, to Monadnock; Lieut. G.
| II. Hayes, to Monadnock