Evening star., 1908-01-14
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Army Orders.

Capt Frederick B. Hennessy. Sd Field
Artillery, will visit Binghamton, N. ",
for the purpose of instructing the per
sonnel of the 9Th Battery. Light Artillery.
National Guard of New York. in the use,
care and preservation of the three-inch
field artillery material recently shipped
to that battery.
BY direction of the President and upon
the application of Ordnance Sergeant
James Clark, Company F, 21st Infantry,
those soldiers will he placed upon the
retired list ..--
A board of officers is appointed to meet
at the proving grounds, sandy Hook.
" j. on the 10Th instant, for the ex
animation of such captains of the ord
nance department IS may be ordered be-
fore it to determine their fitness for
promotion. The detail for the board is:
Maj Charles B. Wheeler. ordnance de-
department; Maj. William H. Wilson, sur
geon; Maj. John Fl. Rice. ordnance de-
partment. and Capt. Ira A. Sinner, assist
ant surgeon
The following-named officers of the ord
nance department will report to board for
examination: Capt Edward p OHern,
Capt. Edwin ID. Bricker.
Leave OF absence to May ., 1908, is
granted Mai. Charles c. Pierce, chaplain,
Corps of Engineers.
relieved from duty at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, and will proceed to Fort Ontario.
\. w. to accompany the I'D Infantry to
the Philippine Islands.
Contract Surgeon Frederick Hadra. al
San Antonio, Texas. will proceed to Madi-
son barracks. \. Y, to accompany the
23d Infantry to the Philippine Islands.
Maj. Francis J. Ives. surgeon, having
been found by an army retiring board
incapacitated for active service on ac-
.,f Il,
such finding having been approved by the
President the retirement of Maj. Ives
from active service is announced.
Sudden Death of Two Sailors.
Thomas George Hayes blacksmith, and
Harry Wilson. fireman, on board the
U.S.S. ST. Louis, died suddenly on board
of that vessel at Vallejo. Cal. on the
18th instant. Hayes enlisted at Boston,
Mass, and was d native of Somerville,
Mass. Wilson enlisted at New York,
N Y, and his relatives live in Chicago,
Ill
Retirement of Chaplain Pierce.
Because Chaplain Charles C. Pierce of
the Corps of Engineers is not physically
able to endure the fatigues of a prolonged
horseback ride under service conditions
he has been placed on the retired list on
one of the best known and most popular
chaplains in the army. and has endearad
himself to the people of Washington by
his services in this vicinity, especially at
the Cathedral close.
He was born in New Jersey, and is
graduate of the New Jersey State Normal
School. He received the degrees of Phi. b.
from Wesleyan University. III: a. b.
and B. ID. from Shurtleff College, H.;
B. ID. from the Kansas Theological School,
and d. p. from st. Johns College,
Annapolis Md. In December. 1852. he
was appointed chaplain of the 9th L. S.
Cavalry. and served with that regiment
and later with the 11tn Cavalry and the
I'd Cavalry in the Philippines. in Cuba
and in the far west. In October, 1908
he was transferred to the Artillery Corps.
and was serving with that arm at Fort
Myer in June. 1906. when he was trans
ferred TO the Corps of Engineers and
assigned to duty at the Washington bar
racks. He is the only chaplain in the
Corps of Engineers and is the oldest chap
lain in the army in point of service. He
is also one of the two chaplains In the
army having the rank of major. He has
been in somewhat impaired health for
several months. but has always been able
to perform the duties required of him,
which were particularly exacting while he
was stationed at Fort Myer, as he was
then called upon TO officiate at practically
all the numerous military funerals at the
Arlington National cemetery. He was
never known to shirk task and by his
kind and gentle nature and liberal views
was a great favorite in the army. His
plans for the future are unknown, but
he has received several fattering offers
from churches in different parts of the
country, and it is not improbable he will
accept a call to church in pennsylvania.