New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-27
AND NAVY NEWS
Shake-Ub in the Artillery Corps.
LFrom The Tribune Bureau
Wasbfpo+Ou October

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! TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK DIsTRIcT.LThe
extensive transfer OF artillery officers, inVoiFlhs
many changes Of station throughout that branch
of the army and including number Of notable ON
GERS the New York district, has no otner sig
nihcance than that of periodical shake-up Inc
orders not suggested In some quarters the
of a policy to select younger officers ior I'M
I portant billets. The changes made by transfers OF
officers from duty in the New York district are
due entirely to the fact that those officers nave
been long in locality. This Is notably the case
with Colonel @. NJ Whistler. VINO has never oeen
away from duty the Atlantic Coast and IS now
take COMMAND Of the artillery district OF Puget
Sound one of the most important in the country
There has talk OF further changes IN
artillery details. but there is nothing OF I'M
portance in contemplation by chief of artillery
The subject be taken up is the selection OF
TWO or three coast artillery companies FOR station
in the new defences in the Philippines. The aU-
thoritfes desire to these companies from the
commands on the Atlantic Coast including one or
two from the New artillery district. provided
/ transportation for them can be obtained from New
York. II there is transport sailing from New
York for the Philippines. the artillery companies
will be chosen from the troops on the Pacific coast
SEARCHLIGHT ON ARTILLERYMEN-In
structtons have been from the War Department
10 General Grant at Governors Island. to arrange
for the trial by martial at tibet place OF Lieu
tenant Edward Ciottleb Of the coast artillery corps
some weeks ago that officer the subject OF an
investigation tn instance of General Grant and
the trial is based the recommendation OF the
inspector general of the army, who has reported
that Lieutenant Gottleb failed satisfy the Inspect
ing officer concerning the handling Of certain funds
intrusted to his keeping Lieutenant GOttiebs OF
fence be largely inattention TO his duties
and failure respond official requests for infor-
nation. For time he has been engaged on
special duty connected with the trial OF search
light which he devised He failed to attend to that
subject is alleged, and has not been accessible
when the officials desired to transact business with
him.
MACHINE GUN sERvICE-Mator General J.
Franklin Bell. chief Of the general staff called on
the President to-day and presented a report made
by Captain John H Parker experiments for a
machine gun service It is said that he has rec
commended machine gun company for every res1-
ment of infantry President Roosevelt is much in
terested in the subject. In his forthcoming message
to Congress he will probably recommend that such
a service be established and appropriation made
for its maintenance.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
been issued:
Captain ELLWOOD ". EVANS sth Cavalry TO chief OF
star for duty his once until December Is; then
corps: captain Albert G JENKINS. to s4th Com
PsHy captain A8THTR T BALENTISE from attn
, 57 n $50 S9P 63sn caP5 sBPs PIATK LP P 0
I25th Company; First Lieutenant ALEXANDER 9:
STEPHEN ABBOT. from Attn To 18th Company.
Captain EDWARD s. WALTON, 10th Infantry, assume
construction work Fort Mackenzie, relieving
Second Lieutenant LAWRENCE F. HOHIl, 18th IN
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Leaves Of absence-Captain RALPH s GRANGER. Let
Artillery December three months; Captain
JAMES r. MITCHELL. December r. two months
NAVY.
/ Lieutenant Commander s. H. CALDWELL. orders to
Buffalo revoked: continue the Milwaukee.
Lieutenant o. F. COOPER, detached the Washington;
home orders.
Anirnas. revoked continue on the Bu1alo
, EusiKns : b SMITH and 7 : lowell, detached the
Alabama. home leave of one month.
Passed Assistant Paymaster 2. J. WILLETT. detached
navy yard. Island to the Soace as paw ofhcsr
and charge accounts second torpedo fotlla
and await orders
MOVEMENTS OF wARSHIPs--The following
movements Of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
Oct 24-The stringham. Annapolis. the Bar-eJ and
Tangier Sound. the Salem, at GuaI1ta-
nanlo: the Ericsson OcrsCoke. y. c. the Abar-
at News, the Fox at san Diego; ms
Buffalo at Bremerton
SAILED
oct 23-The SoIace from Honolulu Diego
oct Stringhau Tangier Sound for Annap-
oil he Barn Rocket from Norfolk for
Taueier sound: the Choctaw from Norfolk for Wash
ington the Eagle. from portsmouth, n H. for Nor
Oct 9Th. supply. from Nagassd Kobe: the Con
the Georgia the Nebraska, the New Jersey and the
Rhode Island Yokohama for Oiongapo; the
Louisiana Missouri, the Ohio. the virginia the
Wisconsin. Illinois. the Kearsarge and the Ken