Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-06
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders,

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Army Orders.
BY direction of the President. Maj Will
liam A. Mercer, nth Cavalry. will report
to the army retiring board at Governors
Island, New York, for examination by the
board.
Lieut.. Col. Charles G. Woodward. Coast
rartlllery Corps. Is detailed for service
and TO NIL a vacancy in the inspector gen.
eral s department. vice Lieut. Col. George
L. Anderson, inspector general. relieved
from detail in that department. Lieut..
Col. Woodward will report to the COM
manding general. Department of the Gulf.
Tor duty as inspector general of that de-
partment. with station at Atlanta, Ga.
Lieut.. Col Anderson will remain on his
present duties until further orders.
Leave or absence for four months IS
gIan1ed second Lieut.. George L. Morrison,
9th Cavalry.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted !:1 a First Lieut.. Stephen o. Fuaua,
I'D Infantry.
, The leave of absence granted First
Lieut.. Noble. J. Wiley. 9Th Infantry. is
further extended one month.
rrst Lieut.. Leonard l.. Deitrick. 18th
EdFaiY' IS detailed as competitor IN
IN sne Atlantic rife competition at Fort Mia
Second Lieut.. Henry T. Bull, 18th Cav
airy, IS detailed as a competitor in the
Atlantic pistol competition at Fort MI
agara, N. Y.
omar Bundy, 9Th Infantry. is detailed fer
service and to I'LL a vacancy in the in
spector generals department, and will re-
port to the commanding general, Depart
ment or Texas, for duty.
deLailed as acting inspector general and
VIII report to the commanding general,
Phlllppines division, for duty. :
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral r. Clover, from duty as
president of the board of inspection and
survey. Mills building, Washington, D. c..
to home
Rear Admiral J. A. B. Smith, retired.
from duty as general inspector of ma
chinery building for the navy on Atlantic
coast
Capt. A. F. Dixon. from duty as assist
ant to the bureau of steam engineering
Navy Department, to duty as general
inspector of machinery building for the
navy and senior member of all boards in
machinery on the Atlantic coast, head
quarters, New York
Capt: NJ. L. Wood and Capt. r. NJ.
Doyle have been commissioned
Capt. j. Doyle retired. from Wash
ington to home
Commander r. S. Griffin. to duty as as
sistant to the bureau of steam engineer
ing. navy department..
Commander r. Wells and Commander
F. X. Hill have been commissioned
Lieut.. Commander c. F. Hughes. to
Washington.
Lieut.. Commander P. Williams. to the
navy yard. New York.
Lieut.. Comma nder r. H. Leigh. from
navy yard, New York, n. Y, to Wash
ington.
Midshipman G. W. Simpson, from the
Kansas to the Missouri.
Midshipman G. K Davis, from the Bir-
m:ngham to the Salem.
Surgeon E. NJ. Blackwell. Surgeon ]. J.
Snyder and Passed Assistant Surgeon P.
r. Stalnaker have been commissioned.
Assistant Surgeon F. w. Smith. from
the Wisconsin to Sd Squadron, United
States Pacific fleet
Assistant Surgeon F. X. Koltes. from
the Connecticut to commander. Sd Squad
ron, United States Pacific feet.
Assistant Surgeon j. Flint. from the
Wilmington to the Connecticut.
Assistant Surgeon E. O. j. Eytings.
from the Concord to the Illinois.
Assistant Surgeon NJ. E. Higgins. from
the Illinois to Sd Squadron, United States
Pacific fleet.
Assistant Surgeon c. K VIM, from the
Villalobos to the Missouri
Assistant Surgeon H. l.. Smith. from
the Missouri to commander Sd Squadron,
United States Pacific fleet.
Chief Carpenter ]. p. Yates. from the
Georgia to the United States naval hos
pital. Mare Island. Cal, for treatment.
Chief Carpenter F. H. Preble, from
navy yard, Puget Sound, Wash. to the
Georgia
navy yard. New York, N. Y.
Warrant Machinist ]. ]. Cullen. to the
United States Naval Academy. Annapolis.
Nd
Z. R. Zivnuska has been appointed a
paymasters clerk in the navy, duty on
the Nebra ska
W. A. Settle has been appointed a pay
ma ster's clerk in the navy, duty on the
Minnesota.
Midshipman R. w. Cabaniss, from the
Callao to the Cleveland
Midshipman d. G. Copeland. from the
Cleveland to the Callao.
Warrant Machinist o. Boldt, from the
Rainbow to the Ranger.
Warrant Machinist w. D. Sullivan, from
the Cleveland to the Rainbow.
Assistant Surgeon E.. H; H. Old. from
the naval hospital, Cavite, P. L., to
Washington. D. c.. examination for pro-
motion; then await orders.
Paymaster's Clerk A. S. Smith, from
naval station Cavite, p. l., settling ac-
Examined for Promotion.
The following named officers Of the
Medical Corps will report in person to
Mai. William D. Crosby, Medical Corps,
president of the examining board, at the
Army Medical Museum building. Wash
ington, D. c., for examination to deter
mine their fitness for promotion:
Capts Robert C. Loving, Orville G.
Brown, Joseph F. Siler, James D. Hey
singer, Lloyd l.. Smith. Edgar w. Miller,
William H. Tefft, Leartus J. Owen, Stan
ley G. Zinke. Robert NJ. Cutler, Frank w.
Weed. Henry l.. Brown. Harry G. Humph-
phreys, Paul l.. Freeman. Robert H. Pier
son, Cary A. Snoddy. Percy NJ. Ashburn.
Willard r. TRULY Edwin P. Wolfe, Henry
s. Greenleaf. Louis T. Hess, Charles E.
Marrow, Walter d. Webb, Robert N.
VIM, Theodore c. Lyster and Harry l..
Gflchrist. and First I.ieuts. Earl II. Bruins
and Clarence LeR. Cole.
Naval Movements.
The cruisers Tennessee. Washington and
California and the torpedo boats Farra-
gut, Perry and Preble have arrived at
San Diego, the battleship Kearsarge and
the cruiser Buffalo at San Francisco. the
torpedo boats Fox. Davis. Rowan and
Goldsborough at Eureka. Cal, the battle
ship New Hampshire at New Hampshire
and the yacht Sylph at Oyster Bay.
The battleship Mississippi has sailed
from Newport for a cruise. the hospital
ship Relief from San Francisco for Homo |
lulu. the tug Standish from New London
for Annapolis.
TRAGEDY ON THE MYSTIC.
Three Canoes Upset and Three Are