Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-11
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

BY direction of the President First
Lieut.. Clarence s. Nettles. 18th Infantry.
| will report to the army retiring board at
Denver, Col. for examination by the
board.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Capt. Leroy T. Hillman. ordnance
department.
Lieut.. Col. William Fl. c. Bowen. 18th
| Infantry, is relieved from further duty at
Fort LeavenWorth. Kan. and will proceed
to the camp OF instruction at Pine Camp.
Jefferson county. n. Y, for duty.
Leave Of absence to August %. 1908. is
granted Capt. Arthur Thayer, sd Cav
airy.
Second Lieut. Fred H. Baird 10th In
| fantry, is relieved from treatment at the
Army and Navy General Hospital. Hot
Springs. Ark. and will return to his
proper station.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral J. II. Barton has been APP
pointed engineer-in-chief and chief of the
bureau of steam engineering. Navy De-
partment with the rank of rear admiral
from June 3. 1903.
Commander J. NJ. Orchard, from charge
of the ninth lighthouse district. Chicago,
and report to commander third squadron,
United States Pacific feet. for duty.
Commander G.. G. Marsh. from bureau
of navigation. Navy Department. to COM
mand the Yankee.
Lieut.. Commander S. f. Moses. from
the Georgia to the naval station. Hawaii.
and additional duty in command OF the
Iro1uois.
Lieut. Commander J. F. Carter. from
naval station. Hawaii. to the Georgia.
Lieut.. Commander w. \. Edgar, to
charge of the ninth lighthouse district,
Chicago.
Lieut.. Commander X. McAlpine, from
the Connecticut to home and wait orders
Lieut.. G. Shackford, aid to the COM
ma ndant. navy yard. Washington. d. Z.
Lieut.. X. c. Davis, when discharged
treatment United States naval hospital.
Mare Island, Cal. to duty fitting out the
Grampus and command of that vessel
when commissioned.
Lieut.. T. E. Spafford, from the Tennes-
see and wait orders.
Lieut.. K. F. log um. from the Charles
ton and wait orders.
Lieut.. L. y. kitringer. from the West
Virginia and wait orders.
Ensign d. r.. Morrison. from the Wis
consin to the West Virginia
Ensign G. B. Wright. from the Porter to
the Bidd!e.
lucky TO the Tennessee.
Midshipman \. c. Meyers. Wien dis
! charged treatment United States naval
| hospital. Mare Island. Cal. to home.
Midshipman G. f. Davis. from COM
! mand Of the Pike to the Perry
Assistant Surgeon NJ Donelson. from
the Porter to the Bi6de.
| q. +. Clark has been appointed an act
ing assistant surgeon in the navy.
Paymaster W. A. Greer, from navy
yard. Mare Island. Cal, to tn. Pensacola,
San Francisco.
| Paymas;er j. Irwin ir. to the indie
| pendence. navy yard. Mare Island. Cal.
| Assistant Paymas ter p. L. NJ. Lathrop.
! mander-n- chief United States Atlantic
! fleet for duty.
Assistant Paymas.er W. n. Hughes,
| from naval training station, Newport
+. L.. settle accounts and wait orders.
! Chief Gunner l.. Roll and Chief Gunner
G. a. Messing have been commissioned.
| Chief Gunner j. Kenyon. retired, from
the California to home.
Warrant Machinist w. E. e. Grant, re-
tired, from naval station, Port Royal,
i S. c., to home.
! First Lieut.. NJ. +. Shearer, C.SMC
/ has been commissioned.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser South Dakota has arrived
at Santa Barbara. the cruiser Mcntgom-
cry and the collier Abarenda at Hampton
roads, the gunboat Marietta at Port au
Prince. the cruiser Charleston and the
| yuuboat Yorktown at Bremerton, the
! cruisers Galveston and Chattanooga at
| Catite arr, the collier Saturn and the
| torpedo boats Preble. Perry and Farragut
/ at Mare Island.
| The tug Rocket has sailed from WASH
| ington for Norfolk and the cruisers Colo
| RADIO and Pennsylvania from Santa Bar
| bara for Bremerton.
Commended for Gallantry.
! Coxswain c. w. B. Hughes OF the train
ing ship Franklin at the navy yard Nor
folk, has been commended by the Secre-
| tary of the Navy for unusual sallantry''
in jumping overheard from the monitor
! Florida near Portsmouth, Va. June .
| last. and making several dives 10 rescue
j. n. I.aprade. mess attendant vino was
| drowned while bathing.