Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Movement of Troops.

BY order of the Secretary or War the COL
onel commanding the Dist Infantry has been
directed to send two companies of that reg-
ment at Fort Logan. Col, to Whipple Bar
racks, Arizona territory. to relieve Com
pany E, 2sth Infantry, which has been or
dered to Fort Douglas. Utah, and Troop l..
9Th Infantry. which has been ordered to
Fort Wingate, N. NJ
Naval Paymaster in Trouble.
naval court-martial will assemble at the
Mare Island navy yard San Francisco, next
Thursday for. the trial of Paymaster John
Irwin. jr., U. s. N. who is charged with
serious financial Irregularities. etc. The
court will be composed of Capt T.. s.
Phelps, Pay Director c. M. Ray, Lieut. Col
Lincoln Karmany u. s. M. c.; Pay In
spectOrs T. 8. Jewett and E. d. Ryan.
w. Dunbar, with Passed Assistant Pay
master p ]. Willett as Judge advocate.
Army Orders.
Capt. Dwight E. Aultman. Artillery Corps.
is relieved from duty with the army of
Cuban paciication and ordered to join his
proper station.
The leave of absence granted Maj Will
liam ]. Wakeman, surgeon, is further ex-
tended one month on account of sickness
The advancement from the grade of first
lieutenant to that Of captain of John l..
Shepard, assistant surgeon. is announced.
Private Robert g. Dickson, Company Is,
18th Infantry. has been placed on the re-
tired list on his own application.
Privileges of Non-Commissioned Men.
Assistant Secretary oliver has approved
a Recommendation made by Quartermaster
General Humphrey that the quartermas-
ter's department be authorized to ship the
authorized change of station allowance of
baggage of non-commissioned officers
dered to foreign service TO their homes for
storage for safekeeping during their alb
sence on foreign service just as is done in
the case of commissioned officers
Rejection of Automatic Pistol.
At the suggestion of Gen. Crozier, chief of
ordnance. instructions have been issued
for the shipment to the armory at Spring
field. Mass. of all the Luger automatic pis-
tolls issued to the service In November.
1901 for experimental purposes AS a re-
suit of reports of tests of these pistols the
decision was reached by the War Depart
ment that they are not suitable for the
army.
Army School Of Musketry.
Gen. Bell. chief of stan, has arranged for
the establishment of a school of musketry
at the Preside OF Monterey. Cal, and
has directed that one company of infantry
fornia and the Columbia and one machine
gun IAatO0n- he relieved from duty at their
present stations and sent to the Preside
OF Monterrey. The selection of the troops
is left to the judgment of the commanding
general of the Pacific division. who is
charged with the execution of the move
menfs. The I'd Squadron of the 18th Cav
airy. now at the Preside of Monterey has
been ordered to take station at the Preside
of San Francisco.
Bids have been received by the naval bu-
reau of ordinances for armor for the u. 8. s.
New York as Follows: Midvale Steel Com
pany, Philadelphia, Pa, arHnor $iJ0996:
bolts and nuts. e446.S4;. Bethlehem Steel
Company. South Bethlehem Pa, arh,or.
$1o6 $40; bolta and nuts, $57l.20 Carnegie
Steel Company, Pittsburg, Pa, armor, $780,
296; bolts and nuts, $641.36.