Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-28
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

BY direction of the President First
Lieut.. Howard Hume. Medical Reserve
Corps, is ho9orably discharged from the
service of the United States. his services
being no longer required.
Maj. Eugene o. Fechet, Signal Corps,
will proceed to Detroit. Mich. and there
await orders for the convenience of the
government.
BY direction of the President Capt.
Clark D. Dudley, 14th Cavalry. will re-
port to an army retiring board at San
Francisco for examination.
Second Lieut.. John ]. Burleigh. 22d In
fantry. is relieved from treatment at the
General Hospital. the Preside of San
Francisco and will join his proper sta
ton.
First Lieut.. Albert S. Bowen, Medical
Reserve Corps. recently appointed. is or
dered to report at the Army Medical
School for course of instruction.
The following changes in the stations of
officers of the Medical Corps are ordered:
Capt. Carroll D. Buck and First Lieut..
Guy V. Rukke. from duty in the Philip
pines division to San Francisco.
First Lieut.. Calvin D. Cowles, jr., from
the Philippines division to duty the trans
port Logan, with station at San Francisco,
relieving First Lieut.. Henry c. Pillsbury.
First Lieut.. Arthur n. Tasker. from the
dan. with stat on at San Francisco, re-
lieving First Lieut.. Edgar King.
Lieut.. King will proceed from Manila
Philippine Islands, to San Francisco.
Leave of absence for three months is
granted Maj. Willoughby Wake, Coast
Artillery Corps.
BY direction of the President Lieut. Col
Charles A. Farnum, retired, upon his own
application, is detailed as professor of
military science and tactics at the Uni
versity of Maine, Orono, Me. Lieut.. Col.
Varnum is relieved from duty with the
organized militia of Idaho.
Lieut.. Col Charles ]. Bailey, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, will proceed to Province
town, Mass, to witness tests of submarine
boats now under way at that place.
Leave of absence for one month and
twenty-nine days is granted to Lieut.. Col.
Albert c. Blunt, Coast Artillery Corps.
First Lieut.. Paul ]. Horton, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, is relieved from the S7th
list.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. P. P. Bassett from trial of Gray
ling, Bonita and Snapper to Fore River
Shipbuilding Company.
Ensign w. E. Eberle to Marietta.
Midshipman c. T. Osborn to Mississippi.
A. B. Davidson. appointed an acting as
sistant surgeon in the navy. with rank of
lieutenant junior grade), and to Naval
Medical School. Washington. D. c.. for
instruction.
Boatswain T. Macklin from Tonopah to
Hist.
Boatswain H. c. Gum to Tonopah.
Boatswain G. G. Robertson from Vestal
to naval station. Guantanamo, Cuba.
Chief Carpenter j. P. Yates from AL
bany, granted leave one month.
Carpenter F. Mackle from Vestal to AL
bany.
Chief Machinist j. T. Pennycock from
navy yard, New York, to Montgomery.
Lieut.. j. I. Powers from Monterey to
Naval Hospital, Mare Island Cal, for
trea tment.
Medical Inspector O. Diehl to feet sur
geon. Sd Squadron. Pacific fleet, on
Charleston.
Pay Inspector NJ NJ. Ramsay to fleet
paymaster, Sd Squadron. Pacific fleet, on
Charleston.
Paymaster's Clerk A. B. Canham to
Charleston.
Paymaster's Clerk F.. Hunt to feet
clerk. Sd Squadron. Pacific fleet on
Charleston.
Naval Movements.
The gunboat Des Moines has arrived
a Guantanamo, the auxiliary Culgoa at
New York, the submarine Octopus and
the tug Nina at Newport. the tug Po-
tomac at Provincetown, the tug Stand
ish at Annapolis, the collier Celtic and
the torpedo boat Biddle at New York.
the torpedo boat Hopkins at Bremerton
and the collier Leonidas at Newport
News
The torpedo boat Macdenough and
fotilla have sailed from Cairo for Ches-