Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Army Orders.
| Majs Odus c. Horney and Jay E. Hof-
fer ordnance department, will proceed
to New York city for the purpose Of at
tending. September 12. a meeting of the
| joint army and navy board on smokeless
powder.
| First Lieut.. Fred T. Koyle, Medical Re-
serve Corps, recently appointed. is order
ed to active duty in the service at his
! present station.
| Second Lieut. Arthur W. Hanson, 9Th
! ton work at Fort Wingate, N. NJ. reliev-
| ing First Lieut.. Joseph H. Barnard, 9Th
| Cavalry.
Leave of absence for three months is
granted Col. John d. c. Hoskins. Coast
Artilley Corps.
First Lieut.. Godfrey Bartlett. Coast Ar
tillery Corps. is relieved from assign
| ment to the 59th Company and is placed
| on the unassigned list. He will report
to the commanding officer. artillery dis
trict of Boston, for duty on his staff.
The following transfers of officers of
the Coast Artilley Corps are ordered:
| Capt. Percy Willis, from the Bath Com
pany to the 33d Company, Coast Artilley
| Corps; Capt Allen d. Raymond. from the
S3d Company to the 9th Company, Coast
Artillery Corps.
Capt William H. Miller. retired. is re-
lieved from duty at the Kentucky Mill
| tary institute, Lyndon, I\y, and VIII
proceed to his home.
| Capt. Henry G. Learnard general staff
| is detailed as member, recorder and dis
| bursting officer of the national board for
| the promotion of rife practice. vice
Capt. Fred w. Sladen, general stan, re-
| lieved.
| BY direction of the President and upon
| the application of First Sergt. James
| Neville. Company F, 18th Infantry, that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
| list.
Maj. William Lassiter. inspector gen.
eral, is relieved from dut.- in the office
of the inspector general of the army, and
will proceed to Havana. Cuba.
First Lieut.. Albert H. Eber. Medical
Reserve Corps. recently appointed. is re-
| lieved from further duty in the Philip
pines Division. and will proceed to Fort
| De Soto, Fla. for duty.
Leave of absence for one month and
| fifteen days is granted Capt. Ernest f.
Haskell ODD Infantry.
Capt. Lewis H. Rand. Corps of Engi-
neers. is detailed as engineer Of the
fourth lighthouse district to relieve Maj.
Herbert Deakyne, Corps of Engineers.
| First Lieut.. Benjamin D. FoulOis. Signal
! Corps. will proceed to st. Joseph. Mo-.
and carry out such special Instructions
as he may receive from the chief signal
| officer of the army pertaining to the
Signal Corps exhibit at the military tour
nament to be held at that place.
Capt. Edgar T. Conley, 18th Infantry.
| is detailed S professor of military science
and tactics at the Maryland Agricultural
| College. College Park. Md, relieving Maj
Edward Lloyd. United States Army, re-
tired. who will proceed to his home.
| First Lieut.. Asa l.. Singleton, 9TH In
fantry. is relieved from further duty at
| the Army Signal School, Fort Leaven-
worth. Kan, and will proceed to join his
| company.
| Naval Orders.
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| Sound. Wash. and granted sick leave
| three months.
Lieut. Commander L. A. Kaiser. when
discharged treatment q. S. Naval Hos
pital, Puget Sound. Wash. granted sick
leave two months.
| Lieut.. Commander ]. f. Walker. Medi-
| cal Director l.. G. Heneberger and Medi-
| cal Inspector II. T. Percy have been COM
| missioned.
Maj. w. G. Powell has been appointed
an assistant paymaster in the United
States Marine Corps, with rank of major
| from May IL, 1908.
First Lieut.. E. Fl. Conger and First
| Lieut.. l.. Tucker have been commissioned
| first lieutenants in the United States
| Marine Corps.
| Naval Movements.
| The tug Nina and the torpedo boat De-
| Long have arrived at Newport, the col
! lier Lebanon al New York and the tug
| Potomac at Guantanamo.
The Atlantic batteship feet and auxil
| iaries sailed from Melbourne yesterday
| for Albany. Australia.
Death Of Brig. Gen. Corliss.
The adjutant general Of the army has
been advised of the death. from apoplexy.
of Brig. Gen Augustus w. Corliss. United
| States Army. retired. which occurred at
| Denver. Col. yesterday.
| Gen. Coriss was born in Maine March
81. 1897: was appointed major of Rhode
| Island Cavalry June "a. 1867. and honor
| ably mustered out October =. 1862: was
| appointed major in the I'd Rhode Island
| Cavalry December 20: promoted to lieu
| tenant colonel January 10. 1863, and re-
| signed July II. 1863.
! He enlisted in Company Fl. I'd Battalion.
| 18th Infantry. inthe regular army, March
| IA, 1860, and in the following July was ap-
! pointed second lieutenant and promoted
| to first lieutenant in the same regiment.
| He served continuously in the infantry
| arm until his retirement as a colonel of
the I'd Infantry March %. 1901. by opera
| ton of law, having reached the age of
| sixty-fOur years. He was advanced to
the grade of brigadier general on the re-
! tired list April %. 1904.