Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-22
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.


The following-named officers of the
Coast Artillery Corps will report to the
examining board at Fort Monroe. Vir-
ginia, for examination to determine their
fitness for promotion: Second Lieuts. John
S. Williams and George Ruhlen. jr.
Leave of absence for one month. with
permission to 60 beyond the sea. Is
granted First Lieut.. William M. Colvin.
Coast Artillery Corps.
The leave of absence granted Capt. Ar
thur F. Cassels. 9Th Field Artillery, is
extended one month and five days.
Second Lieut. James A. Shannon. TIN
Cavalry. now at Portland, Oreg.. will join
his regiment at Fort Riley. Kansas
Naval Orders.
Capt. A. Reynolds from works Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com
pany. Newport News, Va. to command
Montana when commissioned.
Lieut.. Commander ]. L. Sticht from
Indiana to Naval War College, Newport.
r. I.
Lieut.. G. W. S. Castle from Pike to the
Pacific station.
Ensign N. H. Goss from Grampus to the
Pacific station.
Medical Director w. A. McClurg to be
placed on the retired list of officers Of the
navy September l, 1908, on competing
thirty years service.
Asst Surgeon ]. L. Taylor to the U. ..
Naval Hospital. New Fort Lyon, COLO.
Naval Constructor A. w. Stahl from
navy yard. Portsmouth. N. H., to the
navy yard, League Island. Pa.
Naval Constructor w. P. Roberts from
navy yard, New York. to the works Of the
New York Shipbuilding Company, Cam
den. n. ].
Naval Constructor w. G. Groesbeck from
ol,;~
den, n. j., to the navy yard. New York,
n. Y.
Naval Constructor ]. c. Tawresey from
Union Iron Works, San Francisco. Cal.'
to the navy yard. Portsmouth. N; II;
Boatswain ]. P. O'Neil from Wabash,
navy yard. Boston. Salem.
Chief Gunner s. Chiles to Montana.
Chief Carpenter J. Burke from Brooklyn
and wait orders.
Chief Carpenter w. A. Berry from navy
yard, Boston. to Yankee.
Warrant Machinist w. c. Dronberger to
Montana.
Pharmacist S. Englander, retired from
navy yard, Mare Island, Cal, to home.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser St. Louis has arrived at
Honolulu. the tug Sioux at Rockland. Me.
the battleship Georgia at San Francisco,
the yacht Sylph at Oyster Bay and the
collier Lebanon at Bradford.
The gunboat Dubuque has sailed from
Guantanamo for Hampton roads. the
scout Chester from Guantanamo for
Portsmouth, N. H.: the battleship New
Hampshire from New York for Colon the
battleship Idaho from League Island for
Colon and the gunboat Dolphin from
Washington for Newport.
Soldiers for Alaska.
The adjutant general is advised that the
transport Crook has sailed from San
Francisco for Alaska with following
troops and military passengers: 22d
Infantry headquarters. field staff, band.
detachment Company A. companies B. c.
D. E, F, G, H. 1. X. L and NJ, twenty
four officers. 574 enlisted men. Col. Rey
nolds. Lieut.. Col. Cooke, Majs. Frederick
and Kreps, Capts Kobbe, Dawson. Wolfe,
Halstead. Stewart. Hanigan. Lieuts. Kent.
Goodale, Doane, Terry. Hit. Whitfield,
West, Novak, Graham. Henkes. Herr,
Pearce, Thomlinson and Test, Capt. Cum
pital Corps, tifty-nine Signal Corps. one
male nurses
To Command Montana.
Capt. Alfred Reynolds. now on duty at
the works Of the Newport News Ship
building Company, has been ordered to
hold himself in readiness to take COM
E.and of the battleship Montana when
that vessel is commissioned.