Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-20
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
ARMY Orders.

Army Orders.
The following named omcers will report
in person to Lieut.. Col. William A. Mich
OILS. 18th Infantry, president Of the ex-
amiuing board at Fort Leavenworth.
Kan. to determine their fitness for pro-
motion:
First Lieut.. Robert H. westcott. 18th
Infantry; First Lieut.. George w. Wallace.
9th Infantry; First Lieut.. Paul Hurst.
Sd Infantry: First Lieut.. Kurtz Eppley.
10th Infantry: First Lieut.. Allen Parker.
18th Infantry; First Lieut.. Allen Smith.
ir. Sd Infantry: First Lieut.. John b. San
ford. oath Infantry.
The leave Of absence granted to Capt.
George s. Gibbs. Signal Corps. Army Of
Cuban Paciflcation. is extended to and
including September Is. 1905
First Lieut.. Madison II. Bowman.
Medical Reserve Corps. surgeon. United
States Army. ordered to active duty.
Upon the expiration of his present leave
eminent Philippine Islands. Capt. Robert
8. Ofiey. Goth Infantry. will report in
person to the commander-in-chief. Van
couver barracks. Washington, for duty
and station.
Capt. clifford c. Carson. Coast Artil-
lery Corps. recruiting officer. upon his
next visit to Hartman. Tenn. will pro-
coed to Huntsville. Tenn. for the pur-
pose of procuring certain evidence neces-
Sary TO compute Tic LTiAi VI ScCOHO
Lieut.. Guy H. Wyman, 18th Cavalry.
Second Lieut.. Emil P. Laurson. nth
Cavalry, is relieved from further duty
in Cuba and will proceed to Fort Ethan
Allen. VT. to join his troop.
The following changes in the assign
ments Of officers of the Coast Artillery
Corps are ordered:
First Lieut.. William r. Bettison is re-
lieved from assignment to the 125th Com
pany and is placed on the unassigned
list.
First Lieut.. Lloyd B. Magruder. now
unassigned, is assigned to the 125th Com
pany.
Artillery Corps. to the 10th Company.
First Lieut.. Richard I. Mckinney. Coast
Artillery Corps. is relieved from the 10th
Company, and placed ON the unassigned
list He will report to the commanding
officer. Artillery District Of the Cape Fear,
for duty on his staff.
By the direction Of the President and
upon the application Of First Sergt. AL
bert Moore. Company A. list Infantry,
will be placed upon the retired list.
The following transfers at the request
effect this date:
Capt. Irving J. Carr. from the 18th
Infantry to the 7th Infantry.
Capt Dana T. Merrill. from the 7th
Infantry to the 18th Infantry.
Maj. Daniel b. Devore. 18th Infantry.
upon the conclusion of the camp of in
struction at American Lake. Washing
ton. will proceed without delay to the
camp of instruction at Fort Benjamin
Harrison. Indiana and report to the
commanding general Of the latter camp
for duty during the encampment.
BY direction of the President. and
upon the application OF Sergt. Roman
Mueller. Troop G. 14th Cavalry. he will
be placed upon the retired list.
Capt. David Y. Beckham Coast Artil-
| lery Corps, is transferred from the 37th
Company to the 155th Company upon
expiration of his present leave of alb
sence.
The following named enlisted men.
now at Fort Jay, New York, will be
discharged without honor from the
| army by the commanding officer of that
post. 1t not being deemed desirable to
retain them in the service: Pvt. Mer-
rift D. Booth. Troop G. 18th Cavalry:
Pvt. Moras H. Smith, Company A. 11th
Infantry: Pvt Harold Granny. Company
| B. 18th Infantry; Pvt Charles Mccoy
ern Battery A. I'd Field Artillery: Pvt.
fantry; Pvt. Thomas r. Smothers. Bat
terry A, I'd Field Artillery: Pvt. Harry
Howard. Company A. 9th Infantry:
Pvt. Edgar B. Brownell. Troop HI. nth
Signal Corps; Pvt. Payne Shoemaker.
Company E, 5th Infantry: Pvt William
]. Gordon. Company g. 18th Infantry:
| Pvt. Reuben Byrd, Troop K. 18th Cav
| airy, FVC. JAMES n. SluuOtI,
B. 18th Infantry: Pvt: Frederick H.
Landeck. Troop K, 18th Cavalry: Pvt.
Delburt Spicer, Company II, 9Th In
fantry: Pvt. Fred F. Wolgamott, Com
pany H. 18th Infantry.
The following named enlisted men now
| in confinement at Fort Jay, New York.
| having been tried by general courts
| martial illegally constituted, the sentences
| in their respective cases are declared to
be void and imperative, and they will
OF ho nnnANAnonf
Private Thad c. Holt, Company H.
list Provisional Regiment. United States
Private Merritt D. Booth, Troop.G G. nth
Cavalry.
| 18th Infantry.
Private Harold Granny. Company B,
| 18th Infantry.
private Archibald Gauld. Company c,
9th Infantry.
Private Thomas r. Smothers. Battery
A. I'd Field Artillery
Private Harry Howard, Company A,
9th Infantry.
| Private John Leslie Company F, LIST
| Provisional Regiment, United States Ma
rine Corps.
| Private Frank w. Huffman. alias Roy
W. Clark, Company H, LIST Provisional
Regiment, United States Marine Corps.
| Private John ]. Gallaghy, Company H
LIST Provisional Regiment. United States
Marine Corps.
Private Edgar B. Brownell, Troop H
| nth Cavalry.
First-class Private James Carey, Signal
Corps
Private Payne Shoemaker, Company
E, 5th Infantry.
| Private William J. Gordon, Company
G. 18th Infantry.
| Private David Shanlon. Company L. 1si
Provisional Regiment, United States Ma
| rine Corps.
Private Reuben Byrd. Troop X. 18th
| Cavalry.
Private James A. simon, Company
| B. nth Infantry.
Private Frederick H. Landeck, TROOP
K. 10Th Cavalry.
Private Delburt Spicer, Company H. 9Th
Infantry.
Private Fred F. Wolgamott, Company
H, 18th Infantry.
Movements of Naval Warships.
The Atlantic battleship fleet has arrived
at Sydney: the battleship Mississippi at
Bar Harbor. and the Montana at Rock
land. Me.
The cruisers Tennessee Washington
and Pennsylvania have arrived at Cali
fornia City. The auxiliary transport So
lace and the collier Saturn have also
arrived at the latter place.
| The cruisers Denver. Cleveland and
Rainbow have arrived at Shanghai.
The gunboat Paducah has sailed from