Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-18
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

BY direction Of the President and
upon the application Of Post Commissary
Sergt John Mccarthy, that soldier will
be placed upon the retired list.
The leave Of absence granted Capt.
Robert L. Carswell. Medical Corps, is
extended one month.
Leave Of absence for one month and
eight days Is granted Capt. Harold Ham,
mond, paymaster.
A board OF officers of the Medical
Maj. William H. Arthur. Maj. William
D. Crosby. Maj. Walter D. McCaw, Maj.
Francis A. Winter. Capt. Carl r. Oar
nall. Capt. Bailey K. Ashford. Capt.
l.. Webb. is appointed to meet at the
Army Medical Museum building in this
city to determine the results Of the pre-
liminary examinations of applicants for
the final examination of candidates for
admission to the Medical Corps.
Naval Orders.
Commander w. A. Gill, from duty as
inspector of ordnance. Midvale Steel
Company, Nicetown. Pa. to duty In con-
nection with fitting out Solace and COM
mand of that vessel when commissioned.
Commander n. r. Usher. to duty bu-
reau of navigation. Navy Department
Lieut.. Commander w. W. Gilmer. from
charge Of the navy recruiting station.
Philadelphia. Pa, to inspector OF ord
nance Midvale Steel Company, Nicetown.
Pa.
Lieut. c. r. Train, to duty in charge of
the navy recruiting station, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Lieut.. H. D. Cooke, jr., has been COM
missioned lieutenant in the navy from
February 3. 1908. Detached from Vir-
GINA to Independence. navy yard. Mare
Island. Cal.
Ensign r. A. Koch. to Lancaster. navy
yard. League Island. Pa.
Surgeon A. Farenholt, from Independ-
ence. navy yard. Mare Island. Cal. to
Maryland.
Surgeon ]. T. Kennedy. from navy re-
cruiting station. Dallas. Tex. to INDIE
pendence. navy yard. Mare Island. Cal.
Surgeon T. NJ. Shipp. from Illinois to
Pennsylvania.
Surgeon J. F. Uric. from Pennsylvania
to Illinois.
Passed Assistant Surgeon G. M. Mayors.
to the navy yard. Mare Island, Cal.
Passed Assistant Surgeon H. o. Shinert.
to Lancaster. navy yard. League Island,
Pa.
Passed Assistant Surgeon NJ. w. Baker.
from Colorado to Nebraska.
Passed Assistant Surgeon II. A. Dunn,
from Nebraska to Colorado.
Assistant Surgeon d. c. Gather. from
Lancaster. navy yard. League Island. Pa.
to the navy recruiting station. Kansas
City, Mo.
Assistant Surgeon H. A. Garrison. from
United States Naval Hospital. Philadel-
phia. Pa. to the naval station, Guam,
Assistant Surgeon C. l.. Moran. from
United States Naval Hospital Norfolk.
Va. to the navy recruiting station.
Dallas. Tex.
Assistant Surgeon NJ. c. Baker. from
navy yard. Mare Island. Cal. to Ohio.
Pay Director T. ]. Cpwie has been COM
missioned
Assistant Paymaster F. Baldwin. from
Louisiana to Arethusa.
Assistant Paymaster w. S. Zane, from
Arethusa to duty as pay officer in charge
of the accounts of second torpedo hotilla.
r. r. Barton has been appointed pay
masters clerk in the navy, duty Con-
necticut.
A. r. Beck has been appointed pay
masters clerk in the navy, duty navy
yard. Pensacola, Fla.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser Prairie has arrived at
Charleston. the gunboat Paducah at
Curacao, the cruiser Charleston and the
gunboat Yorktown at Monterey. the scout
Birmingham at Hampton roads and the
repair ship Panther at San Francisco.
The cruiser Albany has sailed from
Acajutta for Panama. the torpedo boats
Porter. Blakely belong, Thornton and
Tfngey from Savannah for Charleston.
the torpedo boat Decatur from Cavite for
Saigon and the cruisers West Virginia.
Colorado. Maryland. Pennsylvania. Ten
nessee. California and Washington from
San Francisco for Santa Barbara.
The auxiliary cruiser Solace has been
ordered placed in commission at the Mare
Island navy yard about the first of June.
Commended for Life Saving.
The acting secretary of the navy has
Officially commended William H. Koon.
ordinary seaman, for his gallant ac-
ton In jumping overheard from the
L. 8! 8. Maine. April 6. 1908. at Magda-
lena bay, Mexico, and assisting Frank
A. johnson. ordinary seaman, in regain
ING the boat from which he had acci-