Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-19
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Leave of absence for one month is
granted Capt. Marion c. Raysor. 18th
Cavalry.
Capt Fred l.. Munson. 9th Infantry.
will proceed on to Fort Sheridan, ILL.,. IN
connection with his duties pertaining to
the army infantry team for the national
match of 1905
A board Of officers of the Medical Corps.
to consist OF Lieut.. Col Charles NJ. Candy.
professor of military hygiene; Lieut. Col.
Charles Richard and Capt John w. Han
ner, is appointed to meet at West Point,
n. Y, May %. 1858. for the purpose OF
making the physical examinations Of
cadets required by the general regulations
for the United States Military Academy.
Second Lieut. Russell v. Venable. 22d
Infantry. will assume charge Of construc-
ton work at Fort William H. Seward
Alaska. relieving Capt. g. Maury Cralle
10th Infantry. OF that duty.
Naval Orders.
Commander A. P. Niblack. from COM
mand Hartford to command Severn.
Lieut.. D. NJ. Wood. to duty as aid to
the conmandant. navy yard, Norfolk. Va.
Lieut.. r. 1. Curtin. to the Alabama.
Passed Assistant Surgeon P. T. Dessez.
from navy recruiting station, Kansas City,
MO-, to the chicago.
Assistant Surgeon T. G. Foster. from
the Chicago to the naval training station.
Newport. r. l.
from charge of the torpedo boat and
auxiliary accounts. navy yard, Mare
Island, Cal. and continue duty as COM
missary officer of the Independence.
Boatswain w. H. NORM. from Naval
Academy. Annapolis Md. to the Severn.
IN, p1Qndar the
Harttorm to the Severn.
Commander j. P. Parker. to duty as
captain of the yard. ordnance and equip
| ment officer. naval station, Cavite p. l..
duty as captain of the yard. naval sta
ton, Olongapo. p. l.. and command
Mohican.
Commander E. E. Wright. from COM
mand Rainbow to command Chattanooga.
Lieut.. c. NJ. Tozzer. from the Rainbow
to duty bureau of navigation. insular gov
eminent. Manila, p. /.
Naval Movements.
The yacht Mayflower has arrived at
Washington. the tug Sioux at Boston, the
collier Abarenda at Bradford, the cruiser
Chattanooga at Hongkong, the yacht
Eagle at Guantanamo, the repair ship
Panther at Mare Island, the hospital ship
Relief at San Francisco. the torpedo boats
Porter. Blakely, De Long, Thornton and
Tingey at Charleston, and the cruisers
West Virginia. Colorado Maryland. Penn
sylvania, Tennessee. Calf ornla and wash
!ngton at Santa Barbara.
The Atlantic fleet has sailed from San
Francisco for Puget sound the tug lr-
vana from Boston for Bradford the scout
Chester from Portsmouth for Brad. ord.
The battleships Maine and Alabama
have been detached from the Atlantic
fleet and formed into a special service
| squadron, under command of Capt. J. B..
Harder, commanding the Maine.
To Torpedo the Florida.
The torpedo boat Morris will be used in
! firing a Whitehead torpedo at the hull
| of the Monitor Florida at the firing test
against the turret and hull of that vessel
| at Hampton roads next week. The Nor
ris Is now at Newport. and will be placed
| in full commission there and as soon as
| she is ready will proceed to Hampton
| roads When the tests are completed the
Norris will return to Newport.
Increased Pay for Soldiers.
The officials of the War Department
| are preparing the new pay scale for
| the enlisted personnel of the army IN
| accordance with the army appropriation
| ac' approved May IL. 1908. In that act
| 1t Is provided that the present enlistment
period OF men In service shall be deter
mined by the number of years Of continu-
| Gus service they had at date of approval
of the act under existing laws. counting
| three years to each enlistment. and the
| former service emitting an enlisted man to
| reinlsted pay under existing laws shall
be counted as one enlistment period
| The War Department holds that the
| enlistment period, when correctly deter
mined. fixes the rate of pay to which
men are entitled under the new pay
schedule. which became effective on date
OF approval Of the act. Therefore. 1t is
ordered that the pay rolls for May 81,
1903. shall contain the following: THE
! particular year Of continuous service in
which each man was serving on May
| IL. 1905: If any men were entitled to
re-enlistment pay on May IL. 1908. the
| fact should be stated In addition to
| noting the year OF continuous service:
| the enlistment period in which each man
| was serving on May II. 1908. computed,
according to the law"