The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
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RECENT CHANGES
IN THE j. s
NAVY
Orders Issued to Officers IN
Service by Depart
ment.

Washington, d. c., March 11.-The
| following orders were issued to Off
GERS of the United States navy:
Captains-H. Morrell, detached duty
| at New York yard and ordered to duty
in connection with the fitting out OF
| the Wisconsin and to command YES
sci when placed in commission; U.
R. Harris, ordered to naval station,
! Cavite, p. l.
COMMUNICATE c. Gearing, de-
tached CaVite station and ordered to
naval station, Oiongapo, P. l.; w. l..
Howard, commission announced; j.
L. Purcell, detached League Island
yard and ordered to duty in charge
of eighth lighthouse district, New Or
leans, La; ]. ]. Knapp, detached
Washington, D. c., yard and ordered
to duty in charge OF fifteenth light
house district, ST Louis, Mo-; G. w.
Brown, detached eighth lighthouse dis
trict, March 81. and ordered to duty
in connection with the fitting out OF
the North Carolina and assigned to
vessel when placed in commission.
Lieutenant Conlmander-W. S. Cros-
ley, given additional duty as ordnance
officer, New York yard.
Lieutenants-A Buchanan and w.
G. Watts, ordered to League Island
yard in connection with the fitting out
of the New Hampshire and assigned
to vessel when placed in commission;
H. P. Perrill, detached command Of
the QuiroS and ordered home: H. n.
Jenson, ordered to continue duty on
the West Virginia: ]. E. Walker, or
dered to naval station, Guantanamo,
Cuba; G. P. Brown, when discharged
from treatment, ordered home and
placed on waiting orders; K. B. Crit
tenden, commission announced.
Ensign@A. G. Pickens, detached
Bureau of Ordnance, and ordered to
the Dolphin; G. G. Pegram, detached
command of the Plunger and ordered
to command the Porpoise; P. P. Bias
sett, detached command of the Por-
poise and ordered to command the
Plunger; NJ. Milne, detached the St
Louis and ordered to the Perry; E. A.
Swanson, detached the Perry and or
dered to duty in connection with the
fitting out of the Davis and assigned
to vessel when placed in commission;
G. l.. Hand, detached the Pennsylva-
mia and ordered to duty in connection
with the fitting out of the Farragut, |
and assigned to vessel when placed |
in commission; E. R. Shipp, detached
the st. Louis and ordered to duty in |
connection with the fitting out of the |
Davis and assigned to vessel when .
placed in commission: c. H. Shaw,
detached the st. Louis and ordered to
duty in connection with the fitting out
of the Fox and assigned to vessel
when placed in commission: M. S.
Davis, detached the Perry and ordered |
to duty in connection with the fitting
out of the Fox and assigned TO YES
sci when placed in commission r. R.
Riggs, detached the Galveston and Or
dered to naval hospital, Mare Island,
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tached the QuirOs and ordered to
command the Samar-
T Midshipmen-F. F. Rogers, detach-
ed the Quiros, and ordered to the Sa-
mar; R. w Spafford, detached the
PennylVania, ordered home and placed
on waiting orders.
Surgeons-E. S. Bogert, Jr., detach-
ed the Pennsylvania and ordered to
naval hospital, Annapolis. Md; J. F.
Uric, detached Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery and ordered to the Penn
sylvania; K. Ohnesorg, ordered to the
New Hampshire.
Passed Assistant Surgeon-E. M
Brown, when discharged from treat
ment. granted three months sick
leave.
Assistant Surgeons-S. L. Moaan,
ordered to naval hospital, Norfolk;
A. @. Stanley, ordered to naval hos
cal school hospital, Washington, D. c..
Paymaster-W. T. Gray, detached
duty as pay officer, naval hospital.
Yokohama, Japan, ordered home to
settle accounts and wait orders.
Passed Assistant Paymasters-R
Spear and r. b. Lupton, commissions
announced.
Assistant Paymaster-M. H. Phil
brick, when discharged from treat
ment, ordered home and granted one
months sick leave.
Chaplains-E. w. Scott, detached
the MARYLAND and granted one months
leave; e. ]. Brennan, ordered to ma
val training station, Newport, r. l.
Chief Gnnners-W. J. Foley, or
dered to duty at work of E. w. Bliss
& Co.; G. w. Phillips, ordered to
works of e. W. Bliss & Co., with ad
ditional duty at torpedo testing sta
ton, Sag Harbor, n. Y.
Gunners-E.( s. Tucker, ordered TO
duty in connection with the fitting out
of the North Carolina and assigned to
vessel when placed in commission; ].
Mitchell, ordered TO duty at E. w.
Bliss & Co.'S works, with additional
duty at torpedo testing station. Sag
HaFbor, \. Y; r. H. Cheney, detached
the Galveston and nrdorad homo