Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Armv Orders.

Lieut.. Col. Isaac w. Littell. deputy
quartermaster general. will proceed at
once from this city to Newport News. Va.
for the purpose of examining into the
matter of the new lease for proper wharf
facilities for the mooring of four quarter
masters transports now out Of commits
sion.
BY direction of the President First
Lieut.. Robert X. Spiler 26th Infantry.
Infantry, president of an army retiring
board at San Francisco. CAL, for eX-
animation by the board.
Contract Surgeon Pascal NJ. Dowd
United States Army, now at Fort Ontario,
N. Y, will proceed to his home, Oswego.
N. Y, and upon arrival report by tele-
graph to the surgeon general of the army
for annulment of contract.
Maj. Charles p. George. United States
Army, retired. now awaiting orders at
Fort Des MoineS, Iowa, will proceed 10
his home.
Post Quartermaster .Sergt. Robert A.
Gilmore. now at San Francisco, Cal, has
been ordered to Fort Terry, n. Y.
The following named officers of the
Coast Artillery Corps, now attached to the
companies indicated after their respective
names, are assigned to those companies:
First Lieut.. William w. Ballard, jr-.
to the JOh Company.
First Lieut. James E. Wilson to the
10th Company.
The following named officers of the
Coast Artillery Corps are relieved from
assignment to the companies indicated
after their respective names and placed
on the unassigned list:
Capt. George A. Nugent 29th Company:
Capt. William F. Hase, 9TH Company
Capt. Samuel G. Shartle Goth Company;
Capt. Henry c. Merriam, SID Company;
Capt Robert w. Collins. 10Th Company;
Capt. Elisha G. Abott. ed Company:
I~l~r NJ
Capt. Francis H. Lincoln. 10th Company
First. Lieut.. Arthur H. Bryant. 32d Com
pany; First Lieut.. John A. Berry, SD
Company: First Lieut.. Claude E. Brig
ham, 16Sth Company: First Lieut.. Ed
mund T. Weisel. 56th Company; First
First Lieut.. John NJ. Page. Tooth Com
pany: First Lieut. Avery ]. Cooper. 13Oth
Company: First Lieut.. Myron S. Crissy.
S1st Company: First Lieut.. John O'Neil.
list Company: First Lieut.. John W. Nc
Kie. a0th Company.
Capt. John Storck. Coast Artillery
Corps. is transferred from the S9th Com
pany to the 9TH Company.
Second Lieut.. Frederick w. Boschen.
18th Infantry. upon completion of his
duties at the camp of instruction, Fort
Riley. Kan. will proceed to Denver. Colo.
and report In person to Brig. Gen. Earl
u. Thomas. United States Army, for APP
pointment and duty as aide-de-camp on
his staff.
Naval Orders.
Capt A. Mertz, now in charge of the
naval magazine at st. Julien's Creek,
Va, has been ordered to assume COM
mand of the fiotilla of lighthouse vessels
en- route to the Pacific coast.
Lieut.. A. c. Kali has been commissioned.
Passed Assistant Surgeon w. S. Hoen
to duty with f1otilla of lighthouse vessels
en- route to the Pacific coast.
Naval Medical School.
The examinations for admittance to the
Naval. Medical School in this city will
take place during the month of Septem-
ber The first examination will take place
Tuesday of next week and the second
on the 14th of the month. Examinations
will also be held for promotion in the
regular corps. These examinations are
October /. A great many requests have
been received by the surgeon general of
the navy from civilians who desire to en-
ter the school, and it is thought there
will be large class at that institution
this year.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
The battleship Mississippi has left Bar
Harbor for Provincetown, and the Mon
tana from Rockland, Me, for East La
moline. Me.
The cruisers Tennessee, Washington and
Pennsylvania have arrived at San Fran
cisco.
The Naval Academy practice squadron.
consisting of the Olympia. Hartford. Chi
cago, Nevada and Arkansas, has arrived
at Hampton roads
The torpedo boats Strfngham, belong,
Thornton. Tingey and Barney have ar
rived at Newport.
The yacht Mayflower has arrived at
Guantanamo.
The supply ship Culgoa has arrived at
San Francisco.
The torpedo boat destroyer Whipple
has arrived at San Francisco.
The Golfers Saturn and Justin have left
San Francisco for Honolulu.
The training ship Intrepid has arrived at
Yerba Buena.
The tug Standish has left Annapolis for
Hampton roads.
The auxiliary transport Buffalo has left
Mare Island for San Francisco.
Army Board to Meet.
A board of army officers, to consist of
Lieut.. Col. John V. White. Maj. b.
Frank Cheatham and Capt. Frank J.
Morrow of the quartemasters depart
ment is to meet at Fort Williams, Me-,
for the purpose of definitely considering
and reporting upon the question of i'm
provement of the parade ground at that
post.