The times., 1901-05-26
LATE ARMY ORDERS.
Second Battalion of Engineers Or
dered to the PhiIipDfncs.

Secretary Root yesterday issued an order
directing the Second Battalion. L. s En-
gineers, to proceed 10 the Phii.Jpines for
service there. The order follows:
BY direction Of the Secretary OF War.
the Second Battalion, y g Engineers
will proceed from Fort rotten, =. Y. TO
San Francisco, Cal, for -ervi;e in the
! Division of the Philip r-s. 50 as to ar
rive in ample time to depart on transport
sailing for Manila about Eara 25. 1901
The commanding gener1l. Department
of California, will assign all available en-
! gineer recruits at San Francisco to the
battalion upon arrival there. In order that
| the same may be filled as far as practi-
/ cable to the maximum
The battalion commander will report
hours of departure and arrival and
strength of command by telegraph to the
Adjutant General Of the Army also de
parture and arrival to the commanding
general. Department of California, who
viii arrange the necessary details
Property left behind will be securely
packed, marked, and listed in duplicate
The battalion commander will make ev-
cry proper effort to induce enlisted men
! who have dependent relatives to make
! allotments Of pay as contemplated by
/ General Orders, No 149, August II, 1893,
I from this Office.
| The Quartermaster's Department will
| furnish the necessary transportation, the
! Subsistence Department suitable rations.
I and the Medical Department proper medi-
/ cal attendance and supplies.
! The following army orders were issued
at the War Department yesterday:
! BY direction OF the Secretary of War.
! Second Lieut.. Benjamin O. Davis. re
I Gently aDDglUtBL Wit IN rank -
| airy 2 1901 from squadron sergeant ma
! Jor, Ninth Il. 5. Cavalry, is assigned to
the Tenth L. S. Cavalry, and viii be as
signed to a troop by his regimental com
mander, who Will promptly report the as
signment by letter to this Office.
Second Lieut. William p. Ennis Artil-
/ lery Corps is transferred from the TWen-
tieth Company, Coast Artillery, TO the
! Third Battery, Field Artillery, and will
J proceed to Join that battery.
BY direction Of the Secretary Of War
( leave Of absence for four months TO take
! effect July l. 1891, is granted First Lieut.
/ Harry II. Stout, Ordnance Department, u.
| BY direction of the Secretary of War
| First Lieut. William Chamberlain. Ar
| tillery Corps, Will report in person 70
! Col. Francis Moore, Eleventh L. 5. Cav
airy, president Of the examining board
/ appointed to meet at Fort Myer, Va. by
! paragraph 2, Special orders, No. rs, May
/ II, 1901, from this office, at such time as
/ may be required by the board for exami-
by direction of the Secretary Of War.
! Second Lieut. Hanson 3. Black. ARTILLERY
| Corps, is detailed as recorder of the board
! Of officers convened at Fort Riley. kan
! sas for examination of officers for pro
! motion. vice iii Lieut.. Philip X. Ward,
/ Artillery Corps, .gho is hereby relieved as
recorder Of the board during his eXamina-
| ton only.
| BY direction of the Secretary Of War.
| the following named officers will report
! I'm person TO Col. George B. Rodney, Ar
] tillery Corps, president of the examining
/ board convened at Fort Riley, Kansas at
! such time as they may be required ~ the
! board for examination as to their fitness
! for promotion:
| First Lieut. Earle D'A. Pearcc, Artil-
! lery Corps; First Lieut.. Andrew Moses,
/ Artillery Corps First Lieut.. Philip X.
! Ward, Artillery Corps; First Lieut.. Hen
/ ~ W. Butner Artillery Corps. Second
/ Lieut. FrancE a. Pope. Artillery Corps
/ Second Lieut.. arthur p. S. Hyde. Artil-
| lery Corps.
! BY direction of the Secretary of War.
paragraph ., Special orders, No. ll9, May
/ y, 1901 from this office, is amended to
/ read as follows: By direction Of the Sec
| retary of War, Capt. Eugene l.. Swift. as
/ sistant surgeon, Il. S A., will report in
/ person to Col. Calvin De Witt. assistant
! surgeon general. u. S. A, president Of the
! examining board appointed by Special Or
/ ders No. 49, January %, 1901. from this
J office, to meet at rhe Army Medical MI
scum Building. in this city, at such time
/ as he may designate for examination as
to his Captain Swifts) fitness for promo
! tion.