Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-25
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Army Orders.
The transfer of Second Lieut. Marcel
S. Keene from the infantry arm to the
Coast Artillery Corps is announced He
is assigned to the 1O3d Company
Capt. John r. r. Hannay, duartermas-
ter. will visit Racine Wis. for the pur-
pose of inspecting articles of clothing
being manufactured and delivered under
contract for the government.
Leave of absence for fourteen days is
granted Capt Charles T.. Hay, il, 24th
Infantry.
Capt. Frank w. Coe. Coast Artillery
Corps. is relieved from the 18th Company.
and is detailed an assistant to the
chief of coast artillery. vice capt John
son Hagood general staff. relieved. He
will proceed to this city and report to
the chief of coast artillery.
Leave of absence for one month on
surgeons certificate of disability is grant
ed Capt. Rogers r. Gardner Coast Artil-
lery Corps.
First Lieut.. HaIvor G. Coulter. Coast
Artillery Corps. recently promoted, Is at
tached to the .Sth Company.
Capt. Rex Van Den Corrupt. Coast Artil-
lery Corps, is assigned to the 10Th Com
pany.
The following changes in the assignment
of officers of the Coast Artillery Corps
are ordered:
First Lieut. MILFORD J. Hawkins. from
the 18th Company and placed on the UNI
assigned list. He will report to the
district of New York, for duty on his
staff.
First Lieut. Chester j. Gooder is as
signed to the 18th Company.
First Lieut.. Emory S. West. 18th Cavalry.
is relieved from treatment at the general
hospital, Washington barracks, and will
return to his proper station.
The leave of absence granted First
Lieut.. Raphael ]. Wren. Medical Reserve
Corps. is extended one month on account
of sickness.
The leave of absence granted Lieut.. Col.
William A. Skunk, cavalry, is extended
twenty days.
Leave of absence to December p. 1908.
is granted Maj. Francis G.. Irwin, cavalry.
Second Lieut.. Reginald Fl. Kelley. 4th
Infantry. will proceed from this city to
Fort Leavenworth, Ran, for examination
for promotion.
Capt. Charles c. Ballou. uuartermaster
at Fort Niagara. n. Y. will proceed to
Fort Howard. Md. and assume charge
of construction work at Fort Howard,
Fort Armistead, Fort Carroll and Fort
McHenry, Md. relieving First Lieut..
Samuel C. Cardwell. Coast Artillery Corps.
Retirement of Maj. Irwin.
BY direction of the President Maj
Francis G. Irwin I'd Cavalry. upon his
service to take effect December %, 1908,
after more than thirtyone years service.
Maj Irwin is from Kentucky and was
graduated at the United States Military
Academy in June, 1882. He reached the
grade of major a few weeks ago and has
been recently stationed at Fort Des
Moines. Iowa.
Maj. Cavanaugh Goes South.
ar,erI n
Engineers in charge of the river and har-
Dor division of the office of the chief of
engineers, War Department. has gone to
Columbia S. c.. on official business On
it's completion he will spend q few days
hunting in the vicinity of Montgomery,
Ala.
Lieut.. Warren T. Hannum. Corps of
Engineers has reported at the War De-
partment for duty as assistant to
Maj Spencer Cosby, the engineer officer
in charge Of the Washington water sup
ply system and the Improvement of the
Potomac river. He will relieve Capt.
Elliott J. Dent and will probably devote
his principal attention to the filtration
plant and the construction of the com
bined gateway and bridge over the inlet
to the Potomac BASIN Lieut.. Hannum
has been recently attached to the Engi-
neer Battalion at the Washington bar
racks He is from Pennsylvania and
was one of the star graduates at the Mil
itary Academy in the class of June. 1902.
He served for many months in the Philip
pines. after which he assisted in the con-
struction of fertilization works at the
naval station at Guantanamo.
Capt Dent who has rendered excellent
service in connection. with the govern
ment works in this vicinity during the
past few years, mas been assigned to i'm
portant duty at Vancouver barracks.
Wash.