Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

by army boards convened at military
posts in the vicinity of the homes of the
candidates. There are twenty-five vacan-
cies in the grade. and about 100 appli-
cations have so far been received. 4
candidate must be unmarried and between
the ages of twenty-one and tWentyseven
years. A candidate may be exempted
from the preliminary examination on the
presentation of a certificate of technical
school of recognized standing.
Examination of Military Surgeons.
The surgeon general of the army has
received fifty-one applications from young
men who wish to be examined January
IA for appointment to the Army Medical
Reserve Corps. with a view to subse
quent appointment in the regular branch
of the medical department. There are
ffty-eisht vacancies in the lowest grade,
and it is expected that at least seventy
candidates Will present themselves.
Gasoline Mining Launches.
Thrty-two gasoline launches have just
been completed by the Electric Launch
Company at Bayonne for the War De-
partment. These boats are to be used by
the Coast Artillery Corps in planting
submarine mine junction boxes in con-
nection with terrifying harbors and rivers
along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Ha
wall and the Philippine Islands. They
are thirty-two feet long, nine and ten
feet beam and three feet draught. They
are substantially built with oak frames,
heavy cedar planllinS. copper fastened.
There are two cockpits, divided with two
water-tight steel bulkheads Through the
center deck between the cOckpits is
stepped a substantial derrick mast. BY
means of this derrick the heavy junction
boxes. which weigh about 5000 pounds
each, are hoisted or lowered over the
stern. The cockpit is provided with
working table sheathed with galvanized
steel, on which the junction box will
rest when being worked on by the men
in the boat. In the forward cockpit a
company of twelve to fifteen men can
be carried. The power equipment con-
Standard motor, which is placed in the
after cockpit. The control and steering
wheel is in the forward cockpit. Fifty
gallons of gasoline can be carried in the
tank. In their trials the boats showed
a speed of eight and a half miles an
hour and proved to be very Seaworthy.
Army Orders.
The following named officers of the
Coast Artillery Corps are relieved from
assignment to the companies indicated
and placed on fhe unassigned list:
Capt. Hugh *. Taylor from the 14th
Company.
First Lieut. James F. Walker from the
10th Company.
First Lieut. Joseph J. Grace from the
116th Company.
First Lieut. Clarence n. Mitchell from
the 6Sth Company.
First Lieut. Ralph D. Bates from the
10th Company.
Mai. Kenneth Morton, ordnance depart
ment, will make not to exceed three Wis
it's per month during January February
n lar works n
Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company,
Worcester, Mass, on official business.
First Lieut.. Brice z. Dispute, Sd Cavalry,
will proceed to Washington barracks, Dis
to the commanding officer of the general
hospital at that post for observation AND
treatment.
Orders of November 81 are so amended
as to direct First Lieut.. Emory S. West,
L. S. A., retired, to proceed to his home.
The following named officers of the
Coast Artillery Corps, now unassigned,
are assigned to the companies indicated
after their respective names, to take effect
upon their relief from recruiting duty:
Capt. John L. Geary to the list Com
pany.
Capt Clarence G. Bunker to the 9th
Company.
Capt. Edward D. Powers to the 14th
Company.
First Lieut.. John R. Musgrave to the
The leave of absence granted Second
Lieut.. Gordon R. Cats, 10th Infantry,
August 6, 1903, department of the lakes.
is extended ten days.
Capt. Theodore Lamson. Medical Corps.
is relieved from further duty at Fort Bliss,
Tex. and will proceed without delay to
Columbus barracks, Ohio. and report in
person to the commanding officer of the
latter post for duty.
First Lieut.. Austin NJ. Pardee, Goth In
Go ,f,~x- ;C Inlo lad mar moi n
board of officers appointed to meet at
Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Hawaii territory,
for the mental and physical examination
of candidates for admission to the United
States Military Academy vice First Lieut..
John Randolph, Doth Infantry, relieved.
Capt. Edward r. Chrisman. 10th Infan-
try, is detailed as professor of military
science and tactics at the South Dakota
State College Of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts. Brookings, S. D.. and will proceed
president of the college for duty.
Capt Edward d. Powers. Coast Artil-
lery Corps, recruiting officer, Birming-
ham, Ala, upon his next ofhcial visit to
Montgomery, Ala. will proceed to Opelika.
Ala, for the purpose of procuring certain
evidence necessary to complete this. trial
of an enlisted man. '.
Capt Walter G. Penf1eld, ordinance de-
partment, will make not to exceed four
visits per month during January and
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lean Steel and Wire Company, Worcester.
Mass on official business pertaining to
the inspection of materials in process of
manufacture for the ordnance depart
ment.
Leave of absence for twenty-one days
is granted Maj. John X. Cree, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, to take effect on or about
December %. 1908.
The leave of absence on account of sick
ness granted First Lieut.. Raphael J.
Wren. Medical Reserve Corps is extended
one month on account of sickness.
Leave of absence for one month and five
days on surgeons certificate of disability
is granted Capt. Henry S. Greenleaf, Med
ical Corps.
Leave of absence for four months, with
permission to go beyond the sea. is grant
ed First Lieut.. Thaddeus- B. Seigle, eth
Infantry, to take effect on or about Feb
ruary ., 1903.
Naval Movements.
The Hist has sailed from Philadelphia
for Charleston; the Macdonough, belong,
Thornton Tingey and Wilkes from Key
West to Pensacola; the Culgoa from CO.
lombo for Suez and the. Alexander from
Cavite for Zamboanga. The Dubuque has
arrived at Key West, the Manshan at
Guam and the Charleston, Cleveland,
Denver, Galveston and Chattanooga at
Iloilo.
Lapses Of Memory.
From the London Chronicle.
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