Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-01
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Army Orders.
By direction of the President, Maj. Will
| liam Lassiter. Sd Field Artillery. is de-
tailed for service and to fill a vacancy in
the inspector generals department., vice
Maj. Charles G. Treat. inspector general.
who is assigned to the Sd Field Artillery.
Capt. Joseph Matson, Coast Artillery
Corps. will proceed to Washington bar
racks, general hospital, for observation
and treatment.
Capt. Harry L. James. retired. recruit
ing officer. will discontinue the Davenport,
Iowa. recruiting district and proceed to
Des Moines. Iowa. for recruiting duty.
peck. I'd Cavalry, who will return to his
proper station.
Capt. Joseph B. Douglas, Coast Artil-
lery Corps. Is relieved from assignment to
commanding officer, ARTILLERY district Of
Pensacola, for duty on his staff.
First Lieut.. Gouverneur v. Packer. list
Infantry, Is detailed as range officer at
the national match for 1908 at Camp
Perry. Ohio
Leave of absence for one month and If
teen days is granted Capt. Harry b.
Chamberln, quartermaster.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted Maj. Parker w. West. 14th Cav
airy.
By direction of the President, and upon
the applications of Cook William II. For
rest. Company F. 7th Infantry; Ordnance
Sergt. Francis Jones and Ordnance Sergt.
Joseph D. Hayes, those soldiers will be
placed upon the retired list.
Leave of absence for four months Is
granted Capt. Frederick G. Lawton. 10Th
Infantry.
Chaplain Henry A. Brown. Corps of En-
gineers, at Pine Camp Jefferson county,
NaW Ynrk will Y1rOcpod West Point
N. Y, for temporary duty.
Maj. Charles NICK. SaltZman. Signal
Corps. is relieved from duty at the Army
Signal School, Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
for duty in the office Of the chief signal
officer of the army.
Capt. George L. Converse. retired. upon
his own application Is detailed as profess
sor of military science and tactics at the
Leave of absence for twenty days is
granted Capt. Marshall Childs, 25th In
fantry.
Leave Of absence for four months is
granted Maj James w. Dawes, paymas-
ter
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. Commander K. McAlpine, to The
navy yard. Norfolk. Va.
Lieut.. A. ]. Hepburn, from the Dubuque
to the United States Naval Academy.
Annapolis. Md.
Lieut.. IL c. Dinger, from the navy
yard. Norfolk. Va. to the bureau of
steam engineering. Navy Department.
Lieut.. D. NJ Wood. from the navy yard
Norfolk. Va. to the Dubuque.
Midshipman E. B. Walker resignation
as midshipman in the navy, duty Ohio,
accepted, to take effect from June so,
1908.
Midshipman I. c. Davis. from the
Kansas to the Ohio.
Chief Gunner C. H. Sheldon. orders to
the Rhode Island revoked; continue duty
on the Milwaukee.
Chief Carpenter A. G. Burroughs, from
the Iowa to the Texas.
r. H. Washington. resignation
paymasters clerk in the navy. duty Wis
consin. accepted to take effect from July
g. 1908.
w. A. Settle appointment as paymas-
ter's clerk in the navy. duty Minnesota,
revoked: appointed a paymasters clerk.
duty West Virginia.
Naval Movements.
The battleship Idaho has arrived at
Guantanamo. the hospital ship Relief and
the torpedo boats Hull and Whipple at
San Francisco and the gunboat Marietta
at Guantanamo.
The auxiliaries Arethusa. Panther and
Yankton have sailed from San Francisco
for Honolulu, the yacht Hist and the SUBJ
marine Octopus from Newport for New
YIN, anu Tic CRUISER 1IdlTlc ITOUl SOIOIl
for Hampton roads.
To Attend Potomac Mapeuvers.
Gen. Grant commanding the Depart
ment of the East. has detailed the fol-
lowing named artillery officers for duty
in the artillery district of the Potomac
during the joint army and militia coast
defense exercises to be held in that dis
trict July 26 to August 9. 1905. to assist
in the instruction to be given to the
militia attending those exercises:
Lieut.. Col Clarence Deems. Fort Han
cock. n. j.; Maj Oscar l. Straub. Fort
Strong. Mass; First Lieut.. Curtis G.
Rorebeck. Fort Monroe. Va; First Lieut.
Hugh S. Brown. Fort Howard. Md: First
Lieut.. Claude E. Brigham, Fort Monroe
Va; First Lieut.. Adolph Langhorst Fort
Howard. Md: First Lieut.. Lawrence G.
Crawford. Fort Monroe. Va: First Lieut.
Malcolm p. Andrews, Fort Hamilton. n.
Y: First Lieut.. John W. MCKEE. Fort
WadswOrth. n. Y; First Lieut.. Marcel
lus II. Thompson, Fort Monroe. Va;
First Lieut.. John B. Rose Fort Totten.
N. Y: First Lieut.. Harry X. Rutherford
Fort Monroe, Va; First Lieut.. Paul J.
Horton, Fort Totten. n. Y: First Lieut.
Lucian D. Booth. Fort Monroe. Va. Upon
completion of this duty. the officers
named will return to their proper sta