Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-23
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Army Orders.

Second Lieut.. Calvert l.. Davenport,
10th Infantry. will proceed to Fort Sam
Houston, Tex. for observation and treat
ment by the surgeon at that post.
First Lieut.. William P Currier. Coast
Artillery Corps. is relieved from assign
ment to the 10th Company. and is placed
on the unassigned list. He will report
in person to the commandant of the Pa
cific branch, United States military prison.
Alcatraz Island. Cal. for duty. to relieve
First Lieut.. Rollo F. Anderson. Coast
Artillery Corps. Lieut.. Anderson is as
signed to the 10th Company.
Leave of absence for four months on
ed Second Lieut.. William H. Howes, Atm
Infantry
First Lieut.. Samuel NJ De Loire, as
sistant surgeon. now in this city. will
duty.
Second Lieut.. John W. Lang. 23d In
fantry. is relieved from treatment at the
General Hospital. Washington barracks
and will join hts regiment in the Philip
pines division.
Second Lieut.. Harry G. Leckie. 26th In
fantry. will report to the examining
board. Fort Leavenworth, Kan, for ex-
animation to determine his fitness for
promotion
BY direction of the President. and upon
the applications of Sergt Maj. Charles
Black. list Battalion of Engineers, and
FiTst-class Private Charles Peterkin.
be placed upon the retired list.
Naval Orders.
Capt. a. Ward. to the navy yard. New
York. N. Y. for duty as member of a
court of inquiry; then to home and wait
orders.
Chief Boatswain c. Crane, from Yank-
ton. and wait orders
Chief Gunner j. Shannon. from Louisi-
ana. to the Pacific station.
Chief Gunner f.. G.. Messenger, from
Connecticut to the Pacific station
Gunner c. H. Foster, from Louisiana
to the Pacific station.
Gunner c. J. Miller. to the navy yard.
Washington. D. c.. duty in charge of the
naval magazine. Bellevue D. c.
Warrant Machinist A. A. Hooper. when
discharged treatment United States Naval
Hospital. Mare Island, Cal, to the navy
yard. Puget Sound, Wash.
c. E. s:andgren has been appointed a
paymastec's clerk in the navy. duty Ches-
ter.
Naval Movements.
The guaboats Samar and Callao have
arrived at Hongkong. and the gunboat
Albany a. San Diego.
The cunboats Montgomery and Vixen
have sailed from Charleston for League
Island. the cruiser Prairie from Boston
for Bradford. the yacht Eagle from
Guantanamo for surveying grounds and
the gunbOatS Rainbow. Denver Concord
and Helena from Hongkong for Shang-
hal.
Soldiers at Seattle.
Gen. BELL. chief of staff, has issued in
structions to Gen. Brush. commanding the
Department of the Columbia to have the
available troops in that department in
the vicinity of Seattle, Wash. to assist
the citizens of that city In the reception
and entertainment of the officers and
sailora of the Atlantic fleet on it's coming
visit.
Dnath of Commander Noel.
The Navy Department is informed that
Commander York Noel. U.SN.. died this
morning. at the navy yard. New York.
Comm aHder Noel was born in Cumber-
land county. Pa, March Is. 1854, and en-
tered the naval service as a cadet mid
shipmaIi September q. 1870. He was pro-
NOTED 90 ensign July II. 1873: TO lieuten-
ant January 2, 1888, and during the Span
ish-American war served on the United
States steamship Marblehead. He after
ward served on the United States steam
ship Iowa. 1899. 1900 and 1901; at training
station, Newport, r. l., 1901. 1902 and
1903: at the naval station. Cavite, P. l.,
1893 1904 and 1905. and was assigned to
duty at the navy yard. New York. De-
cember II. 1905. on which duty he was
engaged at the time of his death. He
was booked for promotion to the grade
Rear Admiral Very and the promotion OF
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