Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-19
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

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Army Orders.
BY direction of the President Capt
Hiram Mel. Powell 25th Infantry. is de-
tailed as professor of military science
and tactics at the New Mexico College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Agri-
cultural College. New Mexico.
BY direction of the President and upon
the application of First Sergt. Lawrence
{. Binkley. Company ], 23d Infantry, that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list.
BY direction Of the President. First
Lieut.. John T. H. Slayter Medical Re-
serve Corps. is honorably discharged from
| the service of the United States, his serv-
ices being no longer required.
First Lieut.. Samuel V. Mcclure. retir-
| ed. at his own request Is relieved from
duty at the University of Arizona. Tue
son. Arizona, and will proceed to his
home.
Capt. Walter H. Gordon, general staff
| 0Sth Infantry is directed to proceed to
| Fort LeavenWOrth, Kan, for examination
| for promotion, and upon the conclusion
| OF the examination to repair to this city
and report to the chief of staff.
| By direction of the President and upon
| the application of Chief Musician Valen-
tine Buckries. band. Goth Infantry, that
| soldier will be placed upon the retired
| list.
| The leave Of absence granted Maj.
Harry s. Rowland. Philippine Scouts. is
| extended two months.
BY direction of the President and upon
| the application of Chief Trumpeter Louis
Muhlenbruch, band, 9TH Cavalry, that SOL
der will be placed upon the retired list.
Leave of absence for two months Is
granted First Lieut.. John H. Howard.
| United States Cavalry.
Lieut.. Col. Albert D. Kniskern. deputy
cor 1V,,jSS nil IN
Louisville. Ky. for the purpose of at
| tending the sessions of the National Can
ners' Association, to be held in that city
| from February l to g. 1909.
upon his own. application is detailed as
professor of military science and tactics
at the Peacock Military School, San An
tonic. Texas.
The following named officers will pro
coed to Harrisburg. Pa, for the purpose
of delivering lectures before the officers
of the Pennsylvania National Guard AS
ISOLATION December and 5: Col. Mont
gomery M. Macomb. general staff; Maj.
Joseph f. Kuhn, Corps of Engineers: First
Lieut.. Frank p Lahm, Signal Corps.
The leave of absence granted Col. Will
liam H. Comegys. assistant paymaster
general, is extended twenty days.
Leave of absence for four months is
granted Col William T. ROSSell, Corps
of Engineers.
BY direction of the President and upon
the application of Cook James Hammett.
10th Company. Coast Artillery Corps,
that soldier will be placed upon the re-
tired list.
Capt. Joseph j. Hervey, I'd Infantry,
Montana National Guard, is authorized by
the President to continue the regular
school. Fort William Henry Harrison,
Montana
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral ]. A. Adams. from navy
yard, New York. n. Y. to duty as COM
mandant sixth naval district and naval
station. Charleston, S. c.
Commodore G. L. Dyer. retired, from
duty as commandant sixth naval district
and naval station. Charleston. S. c., to
home.
Lieut.. Commander ]. V. Chase,
from kearsarge to duty Rainbow as staff
commander third squadron United States
Pacific fleet.
Lieut. R. l. Curtin, from the Ala
bama' to the Maine as ordnance officer.
Ensign A. H. Rice to the North Caro-
lima.
Assistant Paymaster NJ. H. Philbrick to
duty as pay officer of first and second
submarine fiotillas.
Naval Movements.
The tug Standish has arrived at An
napolis.
The gunboat Dolphin has sailed from
New York for Portsmouth, n. H.; the
sunboat Scorpion from Gibraltar for
Naples. and the auxiliares Lebanon, Pen
tucket, Powhatan and Abarenda from
Newport for New York.
To Command Charleston Yard.
Rear Admiral James B. Adams, recently
promoted. has been relieved from duty as
captain of the New York navy yard and
ordered to assume command of the naval
stations at Charleston and Port Royal, s.
c., to relieve Rear Admiral George L.
Dyer, retired.
Reprimand of Lieut. Evans.
Lieut.. Franck T. Evans, United States
Navy, who was recently reduced $50 num-
bers in rank for conduct unbecoming an
officer and prejudicial to the service. has
been reprimanded by Acting Secretary
Newberry. in accordance with the findings
OF the court-martial, in the following
language:
THE department. for reasons obvious to
the service. regards this a peculiarly
deplorable case, and in publishing it's dis
approval of the conduct of Lieut.. Evans
refrains from expressing fully it's condem-
nation of the actions of this officer on the
occasion in question. A casual reading,
however, of the charges and specifications,
with the findings thereon. will be sufficient
TO enable the service to form it's own
estimate of an officer who has been found
guilty of the acts alleged in this case"
Rear Admiral Sperry, commander-in-
chief of the Atlantic fleet Of battleships
in approving the sentence said that he
Ibid so in order that Lieut.. Evans should
not entirely escape punishment but
made known his belief that the young
officer had not been adequately punished
The court-martial found Lieut.. Evans
guilty Of leaving his station before being
adequately relieved. of disrespectful lam
guage to his superior officer and of in
viting two enlisted men to have a bottle