Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
ARMY Orders.

| First Lieut.. James i. Mabee, assistant
surgeon, will report to the examining
board at the General Hospital, the Pre-
sidio of San Francisco to determine his
fitness for advancement.
Leave of absence for four months on
| surgeons certificate Of disability is
granted Second Lieut.. Maynard A. Wells,
| 10th Infantry.
| Leave of absence until March 81, 1903,
Is granted Capt. Richard c. Marshall jr
| Coast Artillery Corps.
BY direction of the President and upon
| the application of Color Sergeant Chris
tian Reiff, 9Th Infantry. that soldier will
be placed upon the retired list.
Leave of absence for three months and
fifteen days is granted Capt. Ralph Har-
riSOn. cOmmiSSary.
lieved from duty at Chicago, Ill.,. and will
| proceed to st. Paul. Mimi. for duty as
chief commissary Of that department.
| Capt. Ralph Harrison commissary. is
relieved from station at ST. Paul. Mimi.
and will proceed to join his proper sta
| ton.
| Capt. Edward Anderson. It'll Cavalry
| will proceed to Chicago for duty
The following changes in the stations
and duties Of officers of the medical de-
partment are ordered:
Maj. Henry p. Birmingham on duty as
medical inspector of the Army of Cuban
Pacif1ca ton. will report for duty as chief
surgeon relieving Lieut.. Col. Blair d.
Taylor. who is relieved from further sta
| ton at the Army and Navy General
Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. and will pro-
| coed to Atlanta. Ca. for duty as chief
| surgeon of that department.
Lieut.. Col. Louis A. La Garde will pro-
| coed to Denver, Col. for duty as chief
surgeon of that department.
| Mai Joseph T. Crabbs. quartermaster,
| having been found by an army retiring
board incapacitated for active service.
and such finding having been approved
by the President to take effect April %,
| 1908. the retirement of Maj Crabbs from
active service on that date is announced.
Capt. Herbert S. Whipple. retired, re-
cruiting officer Cheyenne. Wyo.. will dis
continue the Cheyenne district as soon as
practicable. and will proceed to Chicago,
| Ill.,. for recruiting duty at that place.
| transferring thereto the members of his
recruiting party.
Lieut.. Col. Grin B. Mitcham. ordnance
department. will proceed to New York
| city and Brooklyn. n. Y: East Orange.
N. j., and Binghamton. N. Y. for the
| purpose of making an inspection of the
| 1st I'd and Sd Batteries, National Guard
of New York: Battery A. National Guard
of New Jersey, and the 9th Battery, Ma
| tional Guard of New York
Marine Corps Orders.
NJ c., to Philadelphia. Pa, on temporary
duty.
| First Lieut.. E. A. Greene return to
| marine barracks, Washington, D. c.. and
granted thirty days leave of absence. .
Arrival of the Buford.
The War Department is informed that
the transport Buford has arrived At Ma
Mia from San Francisco with twenty
seven officers and 924 enlisted men.
Naval Movements.
The collier Nero has arrived at Hamp-
ton roads and the gunboat Scorpion and
| the torpedo boats Tingey, Porter. Blake
| Iy, belong and Thornton at Pensacola.
The naval yacht Mayf1ower left Wash
/ ington city yesterday for Norfolk to pre-
pare for q cruise. and the gunboat Du-
buuue has sailed from Puerto Cortez for
Guantanamo.