Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-01
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.


First Lieut. Lewis 8. Morey. 18th Cav
airy. will proceed to West Point. n. Y,
and report to the superintendent of the
United States Military Academy for duty.
The leave of absence granted First
Lieut.. Otto B. Grimm, Signal Corps, is
extended one month.
Reserve Corps. will report to the presi-
dent of the Army Medical School for a
course of instruction at that school.
Leave Of absence for two months is
granted First Lieut.. Clarence A Mitchell.
Coast Artillery Corps.
Capt Arthur T. Balentine. Coast Ar
tllery Corps, will proceed to Washing
ton barracks, d. c., and report to the
, commanding officer of the general hospi-
tai at that post for observation and treat
ment.
The following transfers of officers Of the
infantry arm are ordered: First Lieut..
George w. Wallace. from the 9th In
fantry to the Goth Infantry; First Lieut..
Charles G. Sturtevant, from the 10th In
fantry to the 9th Infantry.
First lieutenants recently promoted
have been assigned to regiments as fol-
lows: Robert J. West. 18th Infantry: See
ley 4. Wallen. 7th Infantry; Archibald
c. Hutchinson. Sd Infantry: Odiorne II.
Sampson. 11th Infantry; Charles G. Stur-
tevant, 10Th Infantry; Albert Hartman.
4th Infantry; William f. Holiday. 18th
Infantry; Frank b. kobes. list Infantry.
Naval Orders.
Midshipman ]. w. Lewis, to Lawrence.
Passed Assistant Surgeon F. f. Porter,
from navy yard. Washington, D. c.. to
the navy recruiting station, Detroit
Mich.
Assistant Surgeon NJ. Boland, from navy
recruiting station, Detroit, Mich, to Cas-
tine.
Assistant Surgeon F.. W. Brown. from
United States naval hospital Norfolk,
Va; granted sick leave Of three months.
Assistant Surgeons L. w. Johnson and
L. P. Shipper, to duty In attendance on
the course of instruction United States
Naval Medical School, Washington. D. c.
Naval Movements.
The battleships Maine and Alabama
have arrived at Gibraltar. the torpedo
boats Stringham. Tingey and belong at
New York, the auxiliary Arethusa at San
Francisco, the gunboat Wilmington and
the auxiliary Panther at Manila and the
auxiliary Glacier at Cavite.
The gunboats Callao and Villalobos
have sailed from Shanghai for Hongkong,
the battleship New Hampshire from New
York for Philadelphia. the tug Standish
from Norfolk for Annapolis and the bat
tleshipS Montana and North Carolina
from Norfolk for Philadelphia.
Army Chaplain Appointed.
Rev. Stanley G. Ramsden. a Baptist
minister of Philadelphia. has been ap-
pointed a chaplain in the army and as
signed to duty with the 18th Infantry,
stationed in Cuba and in Minnesota. He
has been ordered to Fort Du Pont, Del,
for temporary duty.
Return Of Gen. Bates.
Lieut.. Gen. John c. Bates, lisa. re-
tired has resumed his residence in this
city at 1913 Massachusetts, avenue after
an absence of several months spent in
travel. He is in excellent health and
spirits.
Retirement Of Two Captains.
Capt Willis r. Vance. Coast Artillery
Corps. has been placed on the retired list
on account of disability incident to the
service. Capt. Vance is from Pennsyl-
vanfa and during the Spanish war served
as first lieutenant Of the 18th Pennsyl-
vania Infantry. He was appointed sec
ond lieutenant in the United States Artil-
lery Corps in July, 1901, and reached the
grade of captain in that arm in May. 1907.
He has been recently stationed at Fort
McHenry. Md.
Capt. Hugh LaF Applewhite, Coast
Artillery Corps. having been found by an
army retiring board fncapacitated for ac-
tive service on account of disability in
cident to the service, has been placed on
the retired list Of the army. Capt. Apple
white is a native of Mississippi, and was
appointed to the Military Academy from
that state. He has been recently on duty
in Denver. Col, as a recruiting officer.
Well Represented in tho Army.
Among the civilians just appointed Sec
ond lieutenants in the army Is Frederick
W. Stewart. temporarily Of Washington,
D. c., son of Col. William F. Stewart,
Of the Coast Artillery Corps. commanding
the ungarrisoned post of Fort Grant, now
undergoing examination by a retiring
board at Washington barracks. Young
Stewart has qualified at the War Depart
ment and been assigned to the field artil-
lery. Col. Stewart has another son in
the army, Capt. William F. Stewart. jr.,
Of the Coast Artillery Corps on duty at
Fort Barrancas, Fla. 1t thus appears
that the family will be we'll represented
on the active list of the army regardless
of the action Of the retiring board in the
case of Col Stewart.
A preliminary physical examination of
Col Stewart was made yesterday by the
medical officers attached to the army re-
firing board before which Col Stewart
has been ordered. The examination will
be continued from day to day and the
medical officers probably will be ready to
submit their reDOrt To the hoard nv Mon.