Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-09
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

l 1890
fifteen days is granted to First Lieut..
Ernest Graves. Corps of Engineers.
Mas. John D. Barrette and Richmond
P. Davis, Coast Artillery Corps, will pro-
coed to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. and re-
port to the commandant of the Army
| Staff College for temporary duty.
BY direction of the President. and upon
| the applications of Sergt. First Class Gus
j. Westerdahl. Hospital Corps. and Chief
those soldiers will be placed upon the re-
tired list.
Leave of absence for fifteen days is
| granted Capt Herbert o. Williams, 9th
Infantry.
Capt. Clyde s. Ford, Medical Corps, is
relieved from duty in the Philippines divi-
sion. and will proceed to the United
States.
Leave of absence for six months is
granted Capt. Clyde s. Ford Medical
| Corps. with permission to go beyond the
sea.
Maj Charles NICK. Saltzman. Signal
Corps. will proceed to New York city
for temporary duty in connection with the
| inspection Of certain material with view
| to its purchase by the Signal Corps.
First Lieut.. Edwin W. Patterson. Medi-
| cal Reserve Corps. Is relieved from duty
| in the Philippines division and will pro-
Naval Orders.
Midshipman G. S. Bryan. to Naval
| Academy. Annapolis, Nd. examination
for promotion to ensign, wait orders.
Capt. w. L. jolly and Second Lieut.. y.
B. Garrett, from Marine Brigade, Manila,
P. l.. to home.
Assistant Surgeon H. l.. Smith, from the
Missouri to the Villalobos.
| Assistant Surgeon NJ E. Higgins, from
the Illinois to the United States Naval
Hospital CanacaO, =. l.
Assistant Surgeon F. X. Koltes, from
the Connecticut to the Wilmington.
| Paymaster Clerk p. H. Cologne, from
the Cleveland. settle accounts, to home,
| appointment revoked.
Naval Movements.
| The battleships Maine and Alabama have
arrived at Ponta Delgada. Azores, and
the tug Choctaw at Washington.
The gunboat Yankton has sailed from
| Manila for Yokohama, the scout Birming-
ham from Newport for Boston, and the
tug Penacook from Norfolk to destroy
| a wreck.
Marine Corps Orders.
Capt. p. F. Archer. A.Q.M., to New
York. N. Y: temporary duty inspection
| tentage.
| Maj. d. D. Porter, IA. and l., to
Hampton roads. Va; temporary duty in
connection with military inspection of
U.S.S. North Carolina.
Capt. D. c. McDougal, proceed to San
Diego, Cal.
Second Lieut.. W. L. Burchfield. from
Charleston to navy yard, Mare Island.
Cal.
Lieut.. Col G. Richards, A.P.M., to Bos-
ton, Mass, for purpose of inspecting ac-
counts of pay department there and pay
Ing the command.
| Cant n NJ
York. N. Y. for purpose of inspecting &C
! counts of pay department., marine bar
racks, there and paying the command
Maj. c. S. Hill. granted fifteen days
| extension of leave Of absence
| Maj. w. N. McKelvy, granted leave of
absence to October %. 1908. inclusive.
Death Of Mate o'Connor.
The Navy Department is informed that
Peter ]. O'Connor Of Pennsylvania. chief
machinist's mate on the u S. 8. Rhode
| Island. died at Cavite today of encepili-
us. His wife. Mrs. Annie O'Connor. lives
at 2o4s Catherine street, Philadelphia.
Twice Tried by Court-Martial.
/ Inc records In the case of Capt. Solo
mon Avery, jr.. of the Coast Artillery
Corps. stationed at the preside of San
francisco. Cal. are now under consider
alton at the War Department and will be
transmitted to the President for his &C
ton In short time. Capt. Avery was
recently tried on two separate charges
growing out of alleged maladministration
| of the funds of his company and of the
post exchange. These two charges were
tried before different courts-martial and
the records of the proceedings of both
courts are now before the War Depart
ment. The fact that the case requires
the action of the President has led to the
belief in military circles that the officer
was convicted and sentenced to be dis
missed by either or both of the courts
martial.
Death Of Warrant Machinist Peary.
The commandant Of the naval training
station at Newport, r. l., has informed
the Navy Department of the death yester-
day of Warrant Machinist George l..
Peary from heart failure. Peary was
born at Rangeley, Me-, April 80, 1870, and
| appointed a warrant machinist in the
navy December %. 1904, having previously
served two years and one month as an