The San Francisco call., 1908-12-03
MANY TRANSFERS
|. OF NAVAL OFFICERS
Wholesale Changes Are Made
Among Men Under Command
of Admiral Sperry
Surgeon Stokes Is Removed
From Charge of Relief
and Ordered Home
Especial Dispatch to The Call

WASHINGTON, Dee. 2.-Wholesale
transfers of naval officers. particularly
on vessels under command of Rear Ad-
miral Sperry, are made in the following
orders Issued by the navy department
today:
sixth lighthouse district. Charleston, s. c.. De-
cember Is. to the Pacific Feet, sailing from San
FRANCISCO about December 2a
rnsigh A. o. Scott Jr., detached from the 81.
Louis TO temporary duty on the Independence at
Mare island navy yard.
The following cable has been received from
near Admiral Sperry, Manila! Commander w,
W. Buchanan, detached from the Ohio to com
mand the Helena; Lieutenant J.. s. Arwine from
The The Kansas to the Helena; Ensign ". B. F.ie
daii from the Kentucky to the Helena; Mid
shipman 4 A, oorwin, fron the Georgia to the
Helena; Nidshipmpn c. S. Keller from the ohie
frem the Connecticut 10 the Cieveland; Leuten-
ant q. p Snyder. from the Vermont TO the
Cleveland; Midshipman ". r. Becker. from the
Minnesota TO the Cleveland; Midshipman g. II.
Laird. from the Wisconsin TO the Cleyelands :
Commander G. Merit. from the Louisiana to COM
mand me Mohican and the Monadnock Ensign
j. B. Marrison. from the New Jersey 10 the Ne
hoan; Lieutenant A. C. Renshaw, from the Ne
eraska to the yillaiobos; Ensign ]. ]. London,
j. +. Horne. from the Illinois TO the Chatta-
nooga Ensign L, w. Townsend, from the Mime
sofa TO the Chattanooga; Midshipman A. W.
Brown Jr.. from the Georgia TO the Chattanooga;
Mtdshipman R. Stover. from the Kearsarge TO
the Chattanooga; Midshipman G. H. Bowdey.
a.
man II. H. tombstone, from the Kearsarge TO the
Chattanooga; Assistant Paynaster p. T. Lathrop.
to to- the Chattanooga; Ensign g. 3. Rodgers.
from the Kansas TO the Cleveland; Ensign j. b.
Goldman, from the New Jersey to the Clevelandt
Ensign L. p Davis, from the Kearssrge to the
gnfa to the s Cleveland; Midshpman 'J J. NJ scheii
Ing, from the Minnesota TO the Cleveland; Mid
shipman r. P. Enrich. from the Rhode Island
10 the Cleveland; Assistant Surgeon Curtis. to
the Chattanooga; Lieutenant Commander Signer.
from the New Jersey to the Monadnock; Lieu-
tenant j. t. Bowers from the Rhode Island to
the Monadnock; Midshipman B. B Taylor. from
the Illinois to the Monadneek; Lieutenant Com
mander @. L. Jewell, from the Louisiana to the
Denver Naval Constructor L. s. Adams to the
from the Missouri TO the Concord; Ensign T. 5.
Robinson. from the Kentucky TO the Coneord
Ensign l.. n. McNair, from the Missouri to the
Chauncey; Lieutenant Commander j. V. Chase
from the Kearsarge. to the Rainbow; Lieutenant
Commander Bertoette from the Vermont to the
bureau OF navigation. Philippines; Second Lieu
tenant II. c. Judson marine corps. from the
Ohio to the First brigade, Manila; Lieutenant
Commander F. Marble from the Chnttanooga to
the Vermont; Lieutenant j. ii. Comfort. from
the Villalobos ia the Vermont; Lieutenant +. T.
Evans. from the Louisiana to the Vermont; En-
sign Ii. A. Stuart, from the Panther to the Yer
mont Lieutenant Commander MseDougall, from
the Virginia to the louisiana Lieutenant q. T.
from the Helena TO the Wisconsin; Ensign e. E.
McSheehy, from the Galveston to the Wisconsin,
Ensigns c. Taylor and E. A. wooieson, from the
Gaiyesten to the Kentucky. Lieutenant R. W
kessler. from tie Chattanooga to the Kentucky; ;
Captain C. II. Lyman marine corps from the
Vermont TO the Panther: Midshipman L. F. KIM
ball, from the Georgia to the Panther; Lieuten-
ant II. A Bslbridge, from the Kentucky. to the
bureau of navigation. Washington; Ensign r.
srs s,and e or ~ ' hsssr
GIL, from the New Jersey to the Ysnkten: Mid
shipman W. H. Lee. from the Rhode Island to
the Yankton; Assistant Surgeon Olson to the
Cugca; Mdshipman w. ". Brady, from the
Virginia to the Culgoa; Surgeon c. F. Stokes
from the Relief to home; Ensign II. M. Jensen
from fho otx 20 Afrr
ant Commander +. B. Bassett, from the Denver
to the Rhode Island; Ensign T.. A. Taffnder
from the Decatur 10 the Rhode Island; Ensign
]. J. Manning from the Wisconsin to the Rhode
Island. Lieutenant Commander de Stiguer, from
the Illinois TO the Connecticut; Ensign j. S.
Mccain, from the naval station OF Cavite 10 the
Connecticut: Lieutenant e. H. Madison, from the
Louisiana to the Georgia; Ensign J. V. Ogan,
from the Bainbridge to the Georgia; Ensign j.
r Hart, from the Panther to the Georgia: Mid
Shipman j. w. Jewell. from the Nebraska to the
Georgia: Lieutenant G.. Whitlock from the Cal
from the Rainbow to the Nebraska; Ensign W.
B. Woodson. from the Denver to the Nebraska (.
Lieutenant s. !. Major, from the Mohiean to the
Illinois: Lieutenant c. r. Miller, from the Kan
sas to the Illinois: Ensign Jacobs from the Rain
bow TO the Illinois, Lieutenant Commander W. s.
Whitted. from the Cleveland to the Kearsarge:
Ensign II. l.. Pence, from the Rainbow TO the
Kearsarge; Ensign II. b. Riebe, from the Cleve
land to the kearsarge; Ensign w l.. Calhoun
from the Chattanooga to the New Jersey; Ensign
r. NJ. Fawell, from the Samar to the New Jer-
sey; Midshipman e. +. Johnson, from the Ken
lucky to the New Jersey; Ensigns w. D. Greet
ham and Fl. A. Orr. from the Wilmington to the
Missouri; Ensign l.. Noyes from the Helena to
the Missouri; Surgeon r. Spear, from the Relief
to the Rhode Island; Lieutenant Commander l.
Y. ellis, from the Rainbow to the Ohio; Ensign
j. L. Miller, from the Galveston to the Ohio; En-
sign w. e. Hall. from the Chattanooga to the
Ohio; Lieutenant g. l.. Smith, from the Connecti-
cut to the Virginia; Ensign W r., Toaz. from
the Culgoa to the Virginia; Ensign T.. d. Causey
from the Dale to the Virginia; Ensign F. NJ. Rob-
inson. from the Wilmington to the Virginia
Lieutenant W r. Vincent. from the Helena to
the Kansas: Midshipman n. G. Copeland from
the Cailac to the Kansas; Ensign e. c. Oberlin
from the Mohiean to the kansas-
Captain X. c. Berkeley and First Lieutenant
A. b. Drum, marine corps. from the Kentucky
and Vermont. respectively. to the First brigade