Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-24
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Arny Orders.

BY direction of the president, capt.
Gustave r. Lukesh. Corps of Engineers,
is detailed as engineer OF the fifteenth
lighthouse district to relieve Col. Clinton
Il. Sears. Corps of Engineers. of that
l.duty.
Contract Surgeon William +. de Med
man is relieved from duty at Benicia
barracks. California. and will report at
Benicia arsenal, California, for duty.
Contract Surgeon Thomas G. Holmes
at Detroit. Mich. is relieved from further
duty at Fort Sill. Okla, and will prOce I'd
| to Fort Wayne. Mich. to accompany the
eth Infantry to the Philippine Islands
Officers recently promoted have been
assigned to regiments as follows: Lieut..
Col. W. r. Abercrombie to the 18th In
fantry, Maj. Leon S. RoudieZ to the Both
Infantry, Maj William c. Wren to the
18th Infantry and Capt. F. r. De- Funak.
jr.. to the 9th Infantry.
Boards of officers are appointed to meet
at the posts hereinafter indicated at 10
o'clock am. April IA. 1908 for the pur-
pose of conducting. the examination of
such applicants for commissions in Tolun-
teer forces as, may be authorized to APP
pear before them, under section % OF an
act of Congress approved January II.
1903. in order to determine their qualifica-
lions for the command of troops or for
the performance of staff duties with such
volunteer forces: At Fort Mcpherson,
Ga; Fort Sheridan. ILL.,; Fort Banks,
Mass: Fort Crook, Neb: Fort Mackenzie
Wyo.: Fort Logan II. Root, Ark; Fort
Oglethorpe. Ga; Fort Rosecrans. Cal.
Fort Sam Houston. Tex, and at Fort
Riley, Kan.
Naval Orders.
Chief Roatswain G. b. Moncrief. from
naval station, New Orleans. La. to the
works of the Newport News Shipbuilding
Company, Newport News, Va, duty in
connection, with the North Carolina.
Chief Bdhtswain j. ". Stoakley. from
navy yard. Norfolk, Va. to the naval sta
ton. New Orleans, La.
CHIEF Gunner P. Hill from the naval
magazine, ST. Juiens creek. Va, II the
works of the Newport News Shipbuildng
Company. Newport News. Va. duty in
connection with the North Carolina.
Capt. A. ]. Matthews, United States Ma
rne Corps, from naval station. Cavite
=. l.. to home.
Assistant Surgeon c. f. Strife, from the
Barry to home.
Passed Assistant Surgeon F. NJ. Num-
son, to the Barry.
Naval Movements
The gunboat YanktOn and the collier
Ajax have arrived at Callao. the collier
/
Galveston at IloilO, the yacht Eagle at
Guantanamo. the cruiser Cleveland at
Shanghai and the gunboat Denver at
Hongkong.
The cruiser Rainbow has sailed from
Sandaken for Iloi!o, the cruiser Caiifor-
MIA from San Francisco foc Magaalena
bay. the cruiser Colorado from Port
Townsend for Bremerton and the gunboat
Tacoma from San Juan for st. Thomas.
Sale of Two Warships.
The Secretary Of the Navy has approved
the sale OF the monitor Canonicus to Jo-
seph Fatermayer of Philadelphia for SILL
1T. and the sale of the gunboat Pinta to
Hyman Davis of Oakland. Cal, for 81, 30.
the highest bidders in each case.
The Canonicus and Pinta are relics of
the war of the rebellion and have long
outlived their usefulness for naval pur-
poses The Canonicus is an iron single
turret monitor with displa C ement OF
Zoo tons, and was built in 1862 by
Harrison Loring Of Boston. The Pinta was
built by Reany and Archibald in Chester.
Pa. in 1850, .and is an iron steam vessel
schooner rugged with a displacement of IJU
tons