Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-26
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

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construction work at Fort Caswell. n. c.
relieving First Lieut.. Richard L. McKen-
ney. Cost Artillery Corps, of that duty
So much of special orders as directs
Capt Elliott j. Dent. Corps of Engineers
| to proceed not later than January l.
| 1909, to Vancouver barracks. Washing
| ton, is so amended to direct him TO
proceed not later than January II, 1903,
| to that post.
| Lieut. Col. Isaac W. Little deputy
quartermaster general. will proceed to
Quincy, Mass. for the purpose of wit
| Messing the trial trip of the steamer Cen
| eral Richard Arnold and of inspecting the
steamer General Robert Anderson.
Capt. Louis NJ. huffman. commissary.
| upon arrival at San Francisco, Cal. will
report to the purchasing commissary, at
| that place for dury.
| First Lieut.. Robert Lennon. Medical
Reserve Corps is relieved from duty at
Fort Caswell. \. c.. and will proceed TO
Fort Howard, Md. for duty.
Naval Orders.
Mdshipman w p. Beehler. from the
Cleveland to the United States Naval
Hospital. Canacao. +. L., for treatment.
Midshipman G. w. Kenyon, from the
Charleston to the Cleveland.
j. II. Siefert has been appointed a pay
| masters clerk in the navy. duty the Mo-
nadnock and the Monterey.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser Des Moines has arrived at
Curacao. the torpedo boats Lawrence and
Goldsborough at San Pedro. the cruiser
Tacoma at Port Prince. the cruiser
Dubuque at Havana, the cruiser Mon
tana "a Hampton Roads. the collier Alex
ander a Parang. the cruiser Prairie at
! Havana and the cruisers Charleston
| Cleveland. Denver and Galveston and the
| torpedo boats Dale, Chauncey and Balm
| bridge at Parang.
The Sunboat Concord has sailed from
Cavite for Guam, the collier Abarenda
from New York for Newport News the
collier Sterling from Newport for Guam
tanamo. the cruiser Solace from Panama
for CallaO and the gunboat Dolphin from
Curacao for La Guaira.
Capt. Franklin Called Home.
Capt Thomas FRANKLIN Of the subsist-
ence department on duty in Manila. +. l., |
has been summoned TO the United States
to explain certain alleged irregularities
in connection with the purchase of sup
plies at West Point. n. Y. when he was
in charge of the cadets mess several
months ago. Capt. Franklin recently re-
signed the office of secretary of the Army
and Navy Club at Manila and is now re-
ported to be on the sick list.
Exemption of Midshipmen.
1t is stated at the Navy Department T,
that there is no intention to require the |
midshipmen at the Naval Academy to !
undergo the walking and other physical
tests prescribed for naval and marine Of
fcers generally. The exemption of the !
midshipmen is due to the fact that they |
have all the physical exercise necessary |
to keep them in tirst-class trim.
Issue Of Identification Tags.
Oaartermaster General Aleshire has |
procured from the ordnance department |
l25,000 aluminium identification tags for
distribution to the army. These tags are !
the size of silver half dollar and will be
suspended from the neck underneath the
undertaking by means CT tape. Each !
tag is to he stamped with the name. rank,
company, r6 giment or corps of the wear
er.
Prohibition Inapplicable to Retired
Soldiers.
According TO a decision just rendered !
by the War Department the statutory
prohibition against the competition o.
army bands with civilian musicians does
not apply in the case o. army musicians
on the retired list. Such soldiers will
therefore be permitted to practice their
profession in civil life after their retire
ment.
Assignments Of General Officers.
1t seems to be practically settled that
Brig. Gen. Tasker III. Bliss. temporarily
in command of the army in the Philip
pines. will shortly return to the United
States and assume the duties OF assist
ant chief of staff at the War Depart
ment. He will succeed in that Office
"a
succeed TO the command OF the army
in the Philippines in the spring Brig.
Gen. Thomas II. Barry. comma nding the
Army of Cuban Pacitcation, had been
picked out by rumor for the billet OF
assistant chief of staff. but it is now
stated he will be given Il regular mill
tary command
as and Charles Morton are scheduled
for duty In the Philippines. They each
will be assigned to the command of
departments in the archipelago the
relief of general officers who have COM
pleted their tour of tropical service and
are coming home during the summer.
Retirement of Capt. Minus.
Capt. Josiah c. Minus. 10th Infantry,
having been found by army retiring
board incapacitated for active service on
account of disability Incident there o, and
such finding having been. approved by tine
President, the retirement of Capt. Minus
from active service is announced. He is
from Texas and was graduated from the |
United States Military Academy in Feb
ruary 1899. He reached the grad, of |
captain in October. 1906, and has been
lately on duty at the Clemson Agricul-
tural College at Clemson. S. G.
Sugar-Fed Cows.