Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-12
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Armv Orders,

Lieut. Col. Louis Brechemin. Medical
Corps. is relieved from duty as officer in
charge Of the medical supply depot. New
York city. and will proceed to the Philip
pine Islands for assignment to duty.
Maj. Tracy C. Dickson. ordnance de-
partment, will proceed to Fort Monroe,
Va on official business In connection with
the inspection Of armament installed there.
Capt. Theodore b. Hacker. comnissary,
at Kansas City. Mo-. is detailed as an act
ing Quartermaster at that place, to relieve
Capt Frank III. Lawton. commissary.
First Lieut.. James Edward Maloney,
Medical Reserve Corps. recently appoint
ed, is assigned to active duty at Fort
Hancock, N. J.
Leave of absence for four months is
granted Col Charles D. Parkhurst' Coast
The detail of Maj. Charles w. Abbot.
jr., United States Army. retired, for duty
with the organized militia of Rhode Island
is extended until further orders.
First Lieut.. Emory 8. West, 9TH Caval-
ry, proceed to Washington barracks, Dis
trict of Columbia. and report at the Cen
eral Hospital for observation and treat
ment.
Dental Surgeon Clarence E. Lauderdale
Is relieved from duty in the Philippines
Division. and will proceed to San Fran
cisco for further orders.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. commander II. i. bdkef nus Deen
commissioned
Surgeon e. NJ. Shipp. from the Pennsyl-
| vania, to home and wait orders.
Surgeon s. G. Evans. from Z. s. Naval
Hospital. Washington. D. c., to the Penn
sylvania:
Assistant Surgeon NJ. E. Rose, from
the Hist.
Chief Carpenter J. P. Yates, when dis
| charged treatment, U. s. Naval Hospi-
| tai, Mare Island, Cal, to the Albany.
Naval Movements.
The gunboat Tacoma has arrived at
San Juan. the battleship New Hampshire
at Bridgeport. Conn.,: the yacht Scorpion
and the submarines Cuttleflsh. Octopus.
Viper and Tarantula, at Philadelphia, and
the tug Apache at New York.
The tug Potomac has sailed from Guam
tanamo for Port Antonio. the tug Tecum-
sch from Washington for Norfolk the
gunboat Dolphin from Philadelphia for
New York. the torpedo boat Blakely, from
Norfolk for New York, and the torpedo
| boats Dahlgren. Riddle, Craven and Wor-
den, from Nrfolk for Charleston.
Died at Cavite.
| The Navy Department is informed that
Rob Roy E. Mulverhill. an ordinary on
the U.S.S. Wisconsin, died at Cavite, P.
l., on the Sth instant. from meningitis.
His next OF kin Is Mrs. e. B. Crawford
of 904 Jackson street, Houston, Tex.
Punished for Desertion.
| Gen. Grant, commanding the Depart.
ment of the East, has approved the sen.
fences imposed by courts-martial in the
cases Of Private Cedric A. Rice. Battery
E. Sd Field Artillery, and Of Private Ed.
mon J. Cason, Company c. Hospital
Corps. Rice was convicted of absentins
himself without leave from Fort Myel
May IL and Case of deserving from Wash.
| ington barracks April II. Each soldier
\ was sentenced to be dishonorably dis
charged. to forfeit pay and allowance and
to one years confinement at hard labor.
! Examination at Fort Myer.
In compliance with instructions from
| the War Department, board of officers
consisting Of Maj. Joseph T. Dickman,
Capt Guy H. Preston, First Lieut.. Leon
ard L. Deitrick all Of the 18th Cavalry
met at Fort Myer, Va. today to examine
into and report upon the qualifications of
| Commissary Sergt. George H. Giland,
| 18th Cavalry. for the position of post
conmiSsary sergeant.