New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-02
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
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PHYSICAL TESTS FOR NAVAL OFFICERS
The President Is understood to have under consid-
GRAFTON plan which he hopes to communicate
to the navy and marine corps at an early date,
with view of Kidding the active list of the COM
nissioned personnel of those branches of officers
who are unfit physically well as professionally
TO perform the duties devolving upon them This
condition has been obtained in the army by the
horseback test which this year took the form OF
a ninety-me three-day ride. Some such sugges-
ton has been made in behalf Of officers of the
marine corps and IL is thought that naval officers
might as well be subjected occasionally to the
Qualifying requirement The idea of the Presi-
dent is to stimulate PHYSICAL exercise among off,
GERS, to the end that they may become more alert
and better fitted to perform their professional du-
ties, which follows a natural consequence Of
vigorous exercise in The open air. Such exercise
is particularly essential to officers on shore duty.
including those holding important administrative
positions in Washington and at navy yards.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders have
been issued
Major W. FITzKUGH CARTER medical to re-
Captain ARrHTR I. VALENTINE. coast artillery. TO
Captain THEODORE LAMs0N medical corps. to Medi-
cal Museum Building. Washington
First Lieutenant HARRY PEEL, from 9th to list Field
feIe ente gGPs T0S AMB1E Jr medical corps
The following assgnmoSts Of first ieutenants infantry
recently promoted, announced: ROBERT JOHN
BALD @. HUTCHINSON, 80; ODIORNE II. sAMP-
SON 18th; CHARLES G. STURTEVANT, 10Th; AL
BERT HARDMAN, 18th: WILLIAM Il. HOLIDAY.
18th and FRANK B. kOBES. 2lst
First Lieutenant GEORGE VI. WALLACE from 9th TO
10th Infantry lat end o. six monthsl:. 49, ,,-- -.
First Lieutenant CHARLES G. STURTENANT. from
10th TO 9th Infantry upon expiration Of leave OF alb
Leaves Of abssnco-Cap.ain OLIVER H. DocKERY, Jr.
25th Infantry, six months; First Lieutenant CLAIR
ENCE A. MITCHELL coast artillery, two months
from November 10; Captain CLYDE d. " HUNT,
ouart@rmaster, twenty days from October 20.
NAVY.
Midshpman J. ". LEWIS, the Lawrence.
Pass ASST F Z. PORTER. detached
yard washington; recruiting station. Detroit vics
Assistant Surgeon NJ. BOlIAND. 70 the Castlne
Assistant Surgeon r. W. BROWN. detached navy hos
pitaI Norfolk leave OF absence FOR three months.
PEN TO Naval Medical School. Washington.
MOVEMENTS OF wARSHIPS.-The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
Sent so-The Alabama the Maine at Gibraltar; the
StrinRham the T1ngey and the De Long. at nay
ward New York; the Arethusa at San Francisco; the
Wilmington and the Panther. at Manila
Oct. THE Glacier. at Csvte
SAILED.
Sept 30The Sandish, from Norfolk for Annapolis: the
North Carolina and the Montana, from Norfolk for
StTingham. the Barney, the De Long
Thornton Ttngey. from Newport for New
York; the New Hampshire from New York for Phia-
delphiR; the Arethusa. from Mare Island for san
Francisco.
Oct THE VHlaobos CalIao. from Shanghai for
Hong Kong: the Atlanta from navy yard. Norfolk. to
navy yard. Charleston.