Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-28
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

First Lieut. William r. Kendrick, 18th
Infantry, Is relieved from treatment at
the General Hospital. Washington bar
racks, and will proceed to Fort McPher-
The following transfers of officers are
from the 18th Infantry to the 2lst 1nfan-
try; First Lieut.. Otis r. Cole. from the
21st Infantry to the 18th Infantry.
BY direction Of the President Capt Ed
detailed as engineer of the sixth lighthouse
district to relieve Col. Dan c. Kingman,
Corps Of Engineers.
Capt. Ira L. Fredendall. ouartermaster.
Dorset. VT, for the purpose of inspecting
the quarries of the Lee marble works and
the Manchester Marble Company. with a
view to ascertaining the facilities for
handling contract for headstones.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted First Lieut.. Benjamin H. Kerfoot,
Coast Artillery Corps.
Capt. Charles F. Humphrey. jr.. 18th
Infantry. will report to the army retiring
board at Governors Island. N. Y. for ex-
Capt. Alfred T. Clifton. Signal Corps.
will take temporary station at Seattle for
duty as chief signal ofacer. Department
of the Columbia, during the absence on
Corps upon whose return to duty Capt.
Clifton will proceed to Fort Omaha.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral W. 8. Cowles. to be placed
on the retired list Of officers of the navy
August 1. 1908.
Capt. F. E. Beatty. Commander c. s.
Williams and Lieut.. Commander G. R.
Ghererdi have been commissioned.
Lieut. Commander w. p. Scott. from the
bureau of equipment, Navy Department.
to the Prairie.
Lieut.. Commander F. L. Chadwick. from
the Prairie to the Franklin, navy yard,
| Norfolk, Va.
Lieut.. Commander G. E. Gelm and
| Lieut. Commander H. V. Butler have
been commissioned
Lieut.. Commander c. N. Ofley. to duty
as feet engineer. United States Pacific
| fleet. on board the West Virginia
| Lieut.. C. s. Vanderbeck and Passed AS
sistant Paymaster w. ]. Hine have been
commissioned
Passed Assistant Paymaster W. N.
Hughes. to the third torpedo flotilla.
Assistant Paymaster ]. F. OMara, to
| the Scorpion.
Assistant Paymaster ]. H. Knapp. from
| the Yankee to Washington. D. c., and re-
| port to paymaster general. settle accounts
| and wait orders.
Capts H. D. South. j. X. Tracy r. w.
Sibley and F. F. Robards, U. s. NJ. c.,
have been commissioned.
Naval Movements.
The battleship Mississippi and the gun
boat Tacoma have arrived at Philadelphia
the tug Rocket at Norfolk; the gunboat
Nanshan at Manila: the cruiser Chicago
at Bradford: the yacht Mayf1ower a,
Whitestone landing. and the yacht Sylph
at New York.
The torpedo boat Stringham has sailed
from Norfolk for Newport: the torpedo
boats Barney. Tingey. DeLong and Thorn
ton from Annapolis for Newport. and the
cruiser Yankee from Alexandria for
Hampton roads.
The scout Salem has been delivered TO
the government at the Boston navy yard
Returned From Alaska.
The adjutant general Is advised that the
transport Crook has arrived at Seattle.
Wash, from Alaska, with the 10th In
fantry twenty-seven officers and 321 en-
listed mem and Ave convicts. Private
Stack. Company NJ, 10th Infantry, died
July 81.
Seven Naval Paymasters.
It Is announced at the Navy Depart
ment that T. r. LeCompte. r. e. Corco-
ran. r. Van De W. Blocker. E. A. Cobey
r. s. Chew. jr.. s. E. Dickinson and w. r
Van Buren, have been appointed assistant
! paymasters In the navy.