Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-21
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
ARMY Orders.

.. Long, 18th Cavalry: First Lieut.. Goss
l.. Stryker 4th Cavalry: First Lieut.. Nor
ton e. Wood. LIST Field Artillery; First
Lieut.. Clifton r. Norton. 14th Cavalry:
First Lieut.. Charles S. Blakely. Sd Field
Artillery: First Lieut.. John Cooke. 1oth
Cavalry: Second Lieut.. Matt {. Bristol
18th Cavalry: Second Lieut.. John c. Pc
gram. LIST Cavalry: Second Lieut.. George
L. Morrison, 9Th Cavalry.
First Lieut.. Charles C. Winnia. ath
Cavalry, is detailed as range officer at the
national match for 1908.
BY direction of the President First
Lieut.. Russell r. Hazard, 7th Infantry.
will report In person to an army retiring
board at Washington, ID. c., for exam
ination by the board.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted First Lieut.. Carl E. Wiggin,
Leave of absence for twenty days IS
granted First Lieut.. James S. Dusenbury.
Coast Artillery Corps.
Capt. William A. Phillips. ordnance de-
which he was ordered to this city. Will
return to his proper station at Frank
ford arsenal. Pa.
Capt. William A. Phillips. ordnance de-
partment, will proceed to Camp Perry.
Ohio. in connection with his duties as
chief ordnance officer of the rifle match
Second Lieut.. Benjamin F. Mcclellan,
18th Infantry. is relieved from further
treatment at the general hospital. Wash
ington barracks, and will join his regi-
ment.
Leave Of absence for one month is
granted First Lieut.. John Cooke, 18th
Cavalry.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Second Lieut. John G. Winter,
jr.. 9Th Cavalry
Capt. George j. Holden. paymaster is
relieved from duty at Burlington, w.
and will proceed to Boston for duty.
Capt. George r. Spalding, Corps of En-
gineers, is relieved from duty under the
immediate orders of Lieut.. Col. Curtis
Med. Townsend at Detroit, Mich, and
lieve Lieut.. Col. Lansing II. Beach of the
works and duties in his charge.
Lieut.. Col. Beach will proceed to New
Orleans. La, for duty.
First Lieut.. Rozier c. Bayly. Medical
Reserve Corps, recently appointed is or
dered to active duty in the service Of the
United States on account of an existing
emergency, and will proceed to Fort u.
A. Russell. Wyo.. for duty.
Capt. Theodore B. Hacker, commissary.
will proceed to Gansas City, Mo-. for the
purpose of observing the preparation of
the wheat component of the emergency
ration purchased at that place.
Col. Joseph w. Duncan. general staff,
will repair to this city and report to the
chief of staff for duty in his ONCE.
Capt Guy E. Carleton, ordnance de-
partment, will visit the works of the
c. H. Cowdrey Machine Company. Fitch
burg. Mass. on official business pertaining
to the inspection of material in process of
ment.
First Lieut.. Dawson Olmstead, 9Th Field
Artillery is detailed to enter the class at
the Army Signal School at Fort Leaven-
worth. Kan.
By direction of the President, and upon
the ann1ioafio nf First Sor0f David Fl
Lewis. Company I, 18th Infantry, that
soldier will be placed upon the retired list.
Naval Orders.
Commander j. H. Oliver, from United
States Naval War College: Newport. r. l..
to duty as chief Of staff Of the United
States Pacific fleet on board the West
Virginia.
Ensign f. G. Hargis, from the Chester
and granted sick leave three months.
Death of Surgeon Jacobson.
Information has been received at the
Navy Department Of the death yesterday
of Louis c. Jacobson. acting assistant
surgeon. United States Navy. at the
Kings Daughters Hospital, Portsmouth,
Va. Surgeon Jacobson was a native Of
Elroy. Wis, and was appointed an acting
assistant surgeon January 3, 19Oe.
Naval Movements.
The battleship New Hampshire mas ar
rived at Quebec. the collier Abarenda at
Bradford. the gunboat Guantanamo. the
cruiser Olympia at Bradford. the yacht
Siyph at New York and the gunboat Ma
rietta at Puerto Cortez.
The battleship Mississippi has sailed
from New York for Newport and the
tanamo.
Cholera Stamped Out.
According to advices received by the
War Department, cholera has been
stamped out in the Department of the
Philippines. Some sporadic cases of the
disease recently have been reported, but
epidemic. No further cases are expected
this season.
Cruiser Albany's Movements.
The United States cruiser Albany. now
at Amapala. Honduras. will continue her
cruise from that port to San Francisco
instead of returning to Panama, as in
tended, to secure hospital treatment for
Lieut. Paul a. Capron of the Marine
Corps. who was i'll with malaria1 fever.
The change in plans Is due to the decided
Improvement in the condition of the OFF,
Ger.
Diphtheria in Sperry's Fleet.
cable message was received at the
Navy Department today from Rear Ad-
miraI Sperry, commanding the Atlantic
fleet. at Honolulu, saying that as the re-
suit of an examination Of the officers and
crew of the battleship Nebraska for dtph-
iberia bacillus, nine suspects had been
transferred to the hospital ship Relief
for observation and treatment, and the
ship and crew fumigated. Admiral
Sperry added that the Nebraska had been
granted pratique or clean bill of health,
and will proceed with the fleet to Aus
tralia.
Lieut.. G.. W. Burr Dead.
In a cablegram to the War Department
today Gov. Gen. Smith of the Phil
ippines announces the death of Sec
ond Lieut.. Guy W. Burr on the 18th
instant Lieut.. Burr was wounded In
action at Uyan a few days ago, and died
as result of his injuries. He was buried
at Camp keithley on the. Goth instant.
Lieut.. Burr was an officer of the Philip
pine constabulary. His father, A. A. Burr,
resides at Peoria, Ill.
Maj. Cosby Returns.
Maj Spencer Cosby, the engineer Off
Ger in charge Of the Washington water
supply system and the improvement of
the Potomac river. has just returned to
this city from ST. Petersburg, Russia.
where he represented the United States
as a member Of the permanent interna-
tional commission of the congresses OF
navigation. He has been appointed