New-York tribune., 1905-01-04
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.


Washington. January D
ARMY GENERAL STAFF PRoBLEMs-The
General Stan of the army has taken up the question
of assignments OF line officers to special stan duty
There is possibility that the representations OF
the chiefs OF staff corps will have some influence
upon the conclusions OF the military authorities
For some time it has been held by heads Of stan
corps that interests of their respective DEPART
ments were In jeopardy account OF the system OF
selecting officers for such duty as that Of the quar-
termasters, commiSsaries and payIrasters II Is
insisted that It would be advantageous to the ser
vice II there was a return 10 the condition OF a
permanent personnel. with possibly the exception
the officers in the junior grades. From among the
latter could be selected the officers who would serve
In the senior positions permanently, The objection
TO this is that it would interfere In some degree
with the present arrangement Of promotion Fl
has been pointed out to the General staff that the
situation will be worse than it is now when the
colonels being transferred from ther regimeutal
commands to such places chief quartermasters.
chief commissaries and chief paymasters with stat
duties which exactins and responsible. II IS
maintained, too that the line Is suffering BY the
drain upon its most available officers 1t is real
lied that in time OF the line be seriously
handicapped by the absence on star duty OF these
line officers. while the staff would not be particU-
larly benefited by the detail to it OF officers with
only temporary interest in the duties The pres
ect question before the General Staff is due TO the
decision OF General Chaffee TO Ill vacancy in the
inspector generals department By detailing an
I
sion among the officers Of the latter arm is that
they were deprived OF their right TO promotion by
General Chaffee says the chief Of staff corps
should De permitted 20 select his own assistants
promotion between the various arms of the service
ORDERS ISsUED-Ths following army orders
have been issued:
ARMY
Second nd Lsgtsna9s % cI4ARENc sToTr l2sh Cavalry
Lieutenant A HICKMAN 1ye zir7T
detailed professor military science at wentworth
Captain GEORGE H. PATTEN, 14th Infantry having
been found ineaPseitasd for active service account
Brgatier General FRANK D. BALDWIN. 70 Hot Springs
First Lieutenant CHARLES GEER assistant surgeon
Of disability incident thereto retirement an
First Lieutenant JOSEPH sII.ER, assistant surgeon
trom FGt L9gsn 70 E9T5 Meade relieving First Lien
win proceed to Fort Logan 49, ''0-' WV
F1rs. Lieutenant leu WILLIAM NJ GOODWIN. signal corps
MASr Soay TaM Il Ian ow5 @ @s?s:Sn Sssor' retiring
Colonel CHARLES B. BYRNE assistant surgeon general
s 1Stsed member & Tst5ing 5S9Td At Eor Leaysnorth
| surgeon general
| Second Lieutenant EUGENE r WEST artillery CORPS
| to Washington barracks
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL. vEssELs.-The fol-
lowing movements OF vessels have been reported 70
| the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
Decerber s1-The Topeka al Newport Views; the Whip
| pie. at Sewall Point.
| January THE Alabama, Hampton Roads; the At
lanta Annapolis; the Stewart and the Worisn. AZ
| Sewall Point; the Cugoa. Puerto Plata: the Ia
coma, az ToHpzinsvtlle. the Newport, Nev-forS;
the MacDonouSh, at Piney Beach; the Vixen. Port
| Antonio the New-Orleans. at Guam.
January 2-The Vixen. at Guantanamo: the Yankee. at
| TompkinsviIIe.
! SAILED
December 51-The Wasp Royal for Chiriqui:
the Topeka from Hampton Roads for Newport News:
| the Alabama from North River. New-Yorz. for
| Hampton Roads: the Atlanta, from Hampton Roads
for Annspolio the Whipple. from Norfolk Sewall
Point ths CulEoa. rom san Juan for Puerto Plata
January 1.-The Stewart Worden. from Norfolk
| Sswau Point the from Puerto Plata for
CuIebra HsTtford from Key West for Pensacola;
the Tacoma from Nsw-York for Hampton Roads
the MacDonough from Norfolk for Piney Beach; th-
/ Vixen. from Guantanamo for Port Antonio. the Yan-
kee. from Hampton Roads for TompknsvIle.
January 2-The Vixen. from Port Antonio for Guam
tanamo' the New-Orisans. from Guam for Midway
Francisco placed Of commission Saturday
Norfolk Navy Yard