Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

to the naval construction CORPS There
We're six vacancies in the corps and only
three have been filed This Is partly due
to the~shortage of officers in the line and
the great demand for such officers on board
ship.
Controversy Between Army Bureaus.
Col. S. C. Mills. inspector general of the
United States army, has asked the War
Department to convene tribunal for the
investigation of certain controversies be-
tween the Inspector generals department.
and the quartermasters department, the
request being made in the interest of mil
itary discipline. No action has been taken
on the request, and the department is dis
posed to allow the matter to drop and avoid
a scandal in the service.
Condition Of the Ohio.
The Navy Department has been advised
by the Union iron works Of San Francisco
that the battleship California will be ready
for her official trial by government officers
about the LIST of October.
Col. Crowder's Assignment.
Col. Enoch H. Crowder Of the general
staff, who acted as judge advocate general
during Gen. Davis absence in Europe, has
been ordered to take station at New YORK
city for duty as chief of staff of the Attain
tic division commanded by Maj. Gen. Wade
He has been granted fourteen days leave
of absence.
Lieut.. Poiilon's Resignation.
The President has ordered that 'e resig-
nation of list Lieut.. Richard H. Foi.lon, jr.,
of the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment OF
Infantry be accepted to take effect Septem-
Der Z, 1906.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. Commander D. w. Blamer to the
ST. Louis as navigator.
Lieut.. Commander E. T. Pollock to the
bureau Of equipment Navy Department,
this city, for course of construction in the
COMPASS Office.
Lieut.. C. r. Train to the navy yard, this
city.
Lieut.. ]. F. Hellweg to command the Mac
donough.
Lieut. K. NJ. Bennett from command of
the Macdonough to home and wait orders.
Lieuts. e. j. King and j. 2. Jackson from
the Alabama to home and wait orders.
Lieut.. E. A Brooks to the Alabama.
Ensigns H. Powell and L. E. Morgan from
the Puritan to the Scorpion.
Ensign B. X. Johnson from the Florida to
the Alabama.
Ensign o. H. Oakley from the Scorpion to
the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Nd
Ensign T. c. Davis from the Puritan to
the Dixie.
Medical Director r. A. Marmion. retired.
continue member naval medical and
naval retiring boards. Mills building, Wash
ington. d. c.. until further orders.
Passed Assistant Paymaster c. G. Mayo
from the navy yard. Norfolk, Va, to the
navy yard New York, N. Y, for duty as
assistant to the officer in charge of the
naval clothing factory at that yard.
Boatswain H. E. Olsen, retired. to the
naval training station, Great Lakes. North
Chicago, Ill.
War Machinist R. G. Van Ness from duty
as assistant to inspector of engineering ma
terial, middle west district, headquarters
Shelby. Ohio, from duty on the Puritan to
the Columbia.
Army Orders.
Lieut. Col. George H. Torney. deputy sur
geon general, having completed the duty
for which he was ordered to this city, will
return to his proper station.
Maj. George w. Burr, ordnance depart
ment, has been ordered to accompany the
18th Battery. Field Artillery, on it's march
to Colorado Springs, Col, for observation of
material.
Capt Stanley D. Embick. Artillery Corps,
has been detailed as an observer at the
camp of instruction at Fort Riley, Kan,
and of troops on the march therefrom.
The following board of officers has been
appointed to meet at Columbus Barracks,
Ohio, on September 20, to consider and re-
depot administration, and especially to for
mulate uniform plan for the instruction
OF recruitsat all depots: Lieut. Coils Robert
K. Evans. 9Th Infantry. and William P.
Evans, 18th Infantry, and Maj Edwin F.
Glenn, 9TH Infantry.
Maj. George L. Anderson. Artillery Corps
now on sick leave of absence. has been Or
dered to San Francisco. Cal. for duty in
the Office of the inspector general of the
Pacific division at that place. --t-
First Sergt. Charles Noll. Company D. 9th
Infantry, has upon his own application been
placed on the retired list of the army.
Capt. Noble H. Creager. quartermaster
has been ordered to his home. where he is
authorized to await retirement from active
service.
Contract Surgeon Charles L. Baker.
U.S.A., has been granted an extension of
leave of absence of one month.
Cook Franz Dietrich. detachment of Army
Service Men. quartermaster's department,
has upon his own application been placed
on the retired list of the army.