New-York tribune., 1908-05-19
AND NAVY NEWS
Board on Involuntary Retrements
Selected.
LFrom The Tribune Bureau


Washington. May IS.
FIVE REAR ADMIRALs ON BOARD--A board
of rear admirals before July. TO select
out officers of the active list of the navy in order
to make promotions. has been designated
The president is Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich,
commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard. second on
the list of adnirals. 1t was thought that pos
sibIy Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans would again
selected to head this board last year, but he
has chosen go the general board. Rear Ad-
miral Goodrichs associates this important board.
the action of which is awaited with interest
akin to positive anxiety, Will be Rear Admiral
L. H. c. Leutze, conmandant of the Washington
navy yard; Rear Admiral Albert R. Couden. preSi-
dent of the examining and retiring boards; Rear
Admiral Clover, president of the board Of insPec-
ton and survey. and Rear Admiral Edward d.
Taussig. commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard
who has Just reached the grade of rear admiral
The recorder will be Lieutenant Commander David
F. Sellers. of the assistants to the chief OF the
bureau of navigation. II is not announced how
many officers are likely to be selected out Every
thing depends the number of officers who VIII
apply for retirement Thirty such applications have
already been received by the bureau OF navigation
and ii is understood that among those who nave
asked will ask for transfer to the retired list is
Rear Admiral William Swift. now commandant OF
the Boston Navy Yard The new naval appropr'a-
ton act allows naval officers who have served
thirty years TO apply for retirement ms IS eA-
pected to create many vacancies next year 30
roucb objection has been made to the system Of
selecting out naval officers that every effort vi" De
made TO induce officers 10 send In their appica-
tions In order TO avoid the unpleasant task OF elm
inatiOn.
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
ARMY.
Captain FRED L. MUNsoN. 9th Infantry 20 Fort sner-
Captain, MARION G RAYsoR 18th Gayslry HAR9ID sR1
WELL MEDICAL corps granted months leave
NAVY
sHNR W W TO GnER spEsdE dssssd
ing Philadelphia tetaiie5 insge'2 fII to
Lieutenant r. TRa1N to charge recruiting Phiadel
Lieutenant Ra H D COOKE j. commissioned detached
Virginia; to the Independence
nssa EafSs0n rARGSHoIr detained Independence 70
as NJ SHIP detached the the Penn
ssIa3ia UR1E deta.ned the Pennsylvania; TO the
PASSED. Assistant Surgeon NJ MATETs to navy yard
Msrs saat Surgeon H O. sHIFFERT. to the Ian
pss.sg Assistant Surgeon NJ W BAKER detached the
Colorado: s2 'ns surgeon H DUNN detached the
NEBRASKA TO thf 5 cA1.HER detached Ian
sas5sr 75 to y a.acb. Naval
Hospital FhiladsDna N9| to Rsysl atachs SaTsi
AsSsan' Sorfok 10 recruiting Dallas. vice Surgeon J.
KENNEDY to The Rsks EndsPeRdS9ds Detached navy yard
6,5sef9s n s. fREi louisiana"
70 tn Pavnaster ZANE detached t1e 80.
detailed pay officer second torpedo H''''-A
Solace.
,,o1-EyFSTs OF WARsHIPS--The following
,,a,.errents of vessels have been reported 70 lHe
Navy Department:
ARRIVED
Ma, f5-The Panther. at san trahciSe0
Vay 16-The Albany at AcaJuta - pi--,rrhsr1 AZ
nay at. Charleston. the
May Rosds the Charleston and the 4orkto"h at
Manterep; MaTnerep the Paducah. at curacao
SAILED
NJ, =, The Panther from Mare Island for san iran
Nav ISThe Albany from san Jose for A6aJ1r1 1,- and
Porter the siaHe f51 rsnnah for charleston
u,r 17Tha Albany from AcajutIa for fd!a.an. Li,
NaS 'a,sIa- rhe Decatur. from Cavite for saigon ~,
,aeston ana the Yorktown. from san FranclsGo Li
$1,000, the West Virginia the Colorado tne 80
'rIrsnis the Maryland. the Tennessee the SIta
and the washington. from san Francisco lo' 7
sn1sSe ordered commissioned. navy yard Mare Izi
June J.