Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-11
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

BY direction Of the President. Capt.
Winfield S. Overton. Sd Field Artillery.
will report to Brig. Gen. Hall. adjutant
general, president OF an army retiring
board in Washington, for examination by
the board.
First Lieut. Thomas e. Selfridge. LIST
Field Artillery. is relieved from station
in this city. and is assigned to station
at Hammondsport, n. Y. in connection
with his duties pertaining to the Signal
Corps.
BY direction Of the President. and upon
the application OF First Sergt. Frederick
Rueda. LIST Company. United States Mill
tary Prison Guard. that soldier will be
placed upon the retired list.
. Capt Beverly A. Read, acting Judge
advocate, is relieved from duty at head
quarters, Department Of the Visayas. and
will proceed to San Antonio. Tex, for
duty as acting judge advocate of that
Hay, jr.. acting judge advocate first
lieutenant. oath Infantry, who will join
his regiment.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted First Lieut.. Harry D. Mitchell,
I'd Infantry
BY direction of the President. First
Lieut. Charles s. Tarlton. LIST Infantry.
will report to Gen. Funston. president OF
an army retiring board at San Francisco,
for examination by the board.
Naval Orders.
Lieut. Commander NJ. l.. Bristol, from
Connecticut and wait orders.
]. L. Carter, appointed a paymaster S
clerk in the navy, duty on the Minnesota.
Naval Movements.
The scout Birmingham has arrived at
New York, the hospital ship Relief at
Mare Island, the cruiser Chattanooga at
To-
land and the torpedo boats Porter. Blake
w. belong, Thornton and T1ngey at Key
West.
The battleship Idaho has sailed from
Guantanamo for League Island.
Passing Of a Small Warship.
The converted yacht Shearwater, a relic
of the Spanish-American war, has been
stricken from the naval list and will he
sold at public auction to the highest bid
der. The Shearwater is steel schooner.
1OS feet long and 10 feet broad, and was
built at the Atlantic works In East Bos-
ton in 1887. She was purchased by the
government from Henry r. Wolcott in
May, 1885, for $4,000. and was engaged
in a minor capacity in the operations In
the West Indies. After the war she was
loaned to the state OF Pennsylvania Tor
the use of the naval militia of that state.
and was stationed at Philadelphia for
several years, until recently, when she
was condemned and restored to the gov
eminent at the League Island navy yard.
Departure of Gen. Davis.
Gen. Davis. Judge advocate general OF
the army, has gone to Troy, N. Y, for a
weeks visit to his daughter.
Honolulu Naval Station.
Civil Engineer Charles ". Parks. al
the Portsmouth navy yard. and Assistant
Civil Engineer Glenn S. Burrell. at the
Boston navy yard, have been ordered to
Honolulu to survey the site of the pro
posed new naval station at Pearl Haroor
Hawaii. They will be ACCOMPANIED bS
two draughtsmen. several clerks. drll
operators, rodmen and surveyors me
party will sail from San Francisco May %
Target Range In Texas.
The United States having acquired title
to and jurisdiction over a certain trac
Of land known as the Leon Springs
| tract" and roadway thereto, agsregatint
about 17,2736 acres. situated in the
county Of Bexar, state of Texas. for thu
| purposes of a target range and maneuve
| grounds. the same Is hereby announced
| as n military reservation.