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

Leave Of absence for six months on &C
count Of sickness is granted to First Lieut..
Beverly c. DAILY, 18th Infantry.
First Lieut.. Thomas Madden Foley,
Medical Reserve Corps. is assigned to act
i've duty at Fort Moutrie, s. c.
Maj. Basil H. butcher. Medical Corps.
at Plainfield. N. J., will proceed to Platts-
burg Barracks. n. Y. for duty.
Capt Harry Burgess. Corps Of Engi-
neers. has been ordered to report in per
son to the commanding officer. Jackson
barracks, La. for the prescribed test in
horSemanship.
Second Lieut. John Pullman. I'd Cavalry.
has been ordered to proceed to Washing
ton barracks. District of Columbia, for
temporary duty.
Leave of absence for four months is
granted First Lieut.. William S. Barriger.
Sth Cavalry.
First Lieut.. Madison H. Bowman. Medi-
IN the Philippines Division and ordered to
San Francisco.
Maj. James A. Nancy. 18th Infantry.
is relieved from treatment at the General
Hospital. Washington barracks. and will
join his proper station.
The following officers Of the Coast Artil-
lery Corps have been ordered to Fort
Monroe. Va, for examination to determine
their fitness for promotion: First Lieuts.
Hugh S. Brown. Henry H. Scott. Benja-
AAIit ~ INciIOOI anu TduClS w. SldIh.
The following changes in the stations
OF officers of the Medical Corps are Or
dered:
Maj. Irving ". Rand. from duty in
the Philippines Division. and proceed to
San Francisco.
Capt. Eugene H. Hartnett and First
Lieut. Albert G. Love. from duty in the
Philippines Division, to San Francisco.
Capts. William H. Moncrief and Philip
w. Huntington and First Lieut.. Howard
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duty.
First Lieut.. George W. Daywalt. Medi-
cal Reserve Corps. from his present duty,
and will proceed to the Philippine Islands
for duty.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. Commanders F. P. Baldwin and
j. V. Kemann have been commissioned
Midshipman c. M. Dolan. from the
Hancock, navy yard, New York, NJ Y, to
the Paducah.
Passed Assistant Surgeon L. w. Bishop,
from Naval Hospital. New York. N. Y,
to navy recruiting station. Omaha. Neb.
Naval Movements.
The auxiliary Supply has arrived at
NagasaA, the cruiser Ranger at Naples,
the gunboat Yorktown at San Francisco,
the scout Birmingham at Boston. the
battleships Idaho and Mississippi at
Philadelphia, the cruiser Prairie at Lam
bert point and the tug Penacook at Nor
folk.
The gunboat Des Moines has sailed
from Puerto Cortes flor Guantanamo the
tug Apache from Buzzards bay for New
York, the bnttleship New Hampshire
from Philadelphia for Bridgeport and
the Atlantic fleet from Manila for Yoko-
hama.
Declined Army Commission.
Arthur B. Marston of PHILADELPHIA, who
was recently appointed second lieutenant
In the army and assigned to the Sd Rexi-
ment OF Infantry in the state Of Wash
ington. has declined the appointment and
the assignment has been revoked.
Charleston to Replace Rainbow.
The Navy Department has issued orders
to the cruiser Charleston. now at the
Bremerton navy yard. to proceed on the
18th instant to the Asiatic station, via
Honolulu and Guam. to become the flag
Pacific fleet. replacing the cruiser Rain
bow.
Retirement Of Capt. McAllister.
The Hall retiring board, now in session
In this city. having reported that Capt.
Samuel D. McAlister of the Coast Artil-
lery Corps Is incapacitated for active
service on account of disability incident
thereto. and the President having ap-
proved the findings. that officer has been
transferred to the retired list. Capt Nc
Alister Is from Tennessee and served as
an officer in the volunteer establishment
during the Spanish war and the Philip
pine instruction. He was appointed sec
ond lieutenant, 18th United States Infan-
try. in February. 1901, and became cap
tain in the Artillery Corps In January,
1907. He has been recently stationed at
the Preside of San Francisco and is now
in this city.