Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-24
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.


BY direction of the President the fol-
lowing transfers of majors in the Philip
pine Scouts are ordered:
Maj. Samuel D. Rockenbach from the
9Th Battalion to the 9th Aattalion.
Maj. EIvin r. Heiberg from the 9th
Battalion to the 9Th Battalion.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Maj. Thomas w. Winston. Coast
Artillery Corps
BY direction of the President, and upon
the application of Sergt. jeremiah
Donovan. Company F. 26th Infantry. that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list.
First Lieut.. Edward C. Huber. Medical
Corps. at Fort Socum. \. y, will pro-
coed to the Philippine Islands for duty.
Second Lieut.. Joseph r. Taulbee. I'd
Cavalry. at Fort Ethan Allen. VT. will
return to his proper station. Fort Riley,
Kan.
BY direction of the President. and upon
the application of Battalion Sergt. Mai.
Thomas White. 18th Infantry. that soldier
will be placed upon the retired list.
Mai. Erneste V. Smith. infantry. re-
Gently promoted. is detailed for service
and TO fill a vacancy in the pay depart
ment to complete a period of four years
detail in that department.
First Lieut.. George r. Clayton, Medical
Reserve Corps. at San Francisco. is re-
lieved from duty in the Philippines Di-
RUSSELL Wyo., for duty.
First Lieut.. Norman L. McDiarmid.
Medical Corps. will proceed to Jefferson
barracks. Missouri, for temporary duty.
BY direction Of the President. and upon
the application of First Seret. Patrick
Murray. Troop X. 9th Cavalry. that sol
der will be placed upon the retired list.
Col. Stephen c. Mills. general staff is
relieved from duty as chief of staff.
Philippines division and will proceed. to
So,o Eyor ..iSan .ul for ,f,,r thoy.
The following transfers are ordered:
First Lieut. William 3. Baker. from the
18th Infantry to the Sth Infantry
First Lieut.. Edward II. Andres. from
the 9Th Infantry to the 18th Infantry.
First Lieut.. Edmund B. Iglehart, I'd
Infantry. will repair to this city and
report at the Walter Reed Genera, Hos
pital. Takoma Park. for observation and
treatment.
Leaves of absence have been granted
as follows: First Lieut. William II. My
ers, Medical Reserve Corps. three months;
FRS, Lieut.. Sherman A. White. 18th In
fantry, two months extension on account
of sickness: Capt. Clarence II. Mcneil.
Coast Artillery Corps, forty days; Capt
Earl II. Bruins, Medical Corps. six months
on account of disability: Chaplain Tim
othy ?. OKeefe, 18th Cavalry. until Oc-
tober 81 next.
Naval Orders.
the naval training station, San Francisco.
to the Pennsylvania
Lieut. Commander S. S. Robson. from
the Pennsylvania. and wait orders.
Lieut.. F.. II. Sadler. from command the
De Long to command the Stringham.
Ensign W. o. Wallace, from the De
Long to the Stringham.
Ensign E. B. Armstrong. from the
Adder to works of Fore River Shipbuild-
ing Company, Quincy. Mass.
Passed Assistant Surgeon f. c. White.
from the naval torpedo station. Newport.
R. l.. to the Naval Hospital, Narragan-
sett bay. r. l.
Assistant Surgeon G. f. Clark from the
Naval Hospital, Newport, r. l., to the
Solace.
Boatswain r. Martin. from the Lam
caster to the Tennessee.
Boatswain w j. Drummond, from the
Tennessee to the Lancaster.
Capt. F.. l.. Bass. to the navy yard.
Philadelphia, Pa
Carpenter T. O. Coveil, to the naval
station. Charleston. 8. c.
Edward H. Porter has been appointed
a paymaster's clerk in the navy for du,y
the Castine and Atlantic submarine fleet.
Naval Movements.
The battleship Maine. the cruiser
Prairie. the collier Lebanon and the tug
the torpedo boat Porter at Boston, the
gunboat Wolverine at Chicago and the
midshipmen's practice squadron at New
Haven.
The cruiser ST. Louis has sailed from
Suva for Tutuila, the gunboat York
town from Esquimault for Port Townsend
and the gunboat Marietta from Colon
for Guantanamo
Maj Barden's New Detail.
Maj William j. Barden, Corps of En-
gineers, one Of the assistants to the chief
of engineers at the War Department.
has been transferred to duty at the
Washington barracks as an instructor at
the Engineer School, to take effect Octo-
Der / next. He has been granted leave
of absence for one month and fifteen
days from August I.
Not Enamored of Army.
The President has accepted the resigna-
ton Of Second Lieut.. Charles s.. Jack
son. nth Cavalry, to take effect Novem-
Der 80 next. Lieut. Jackson is from West
Virginia and was graduated from the
United States Military Academy in Feb
ruary. 1908 He has been recently sta
toned at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Court Martial Of Lieut.. Ball.
Inc record OF the case OF flrSt Lieut..
Frank w. Ball. 25th U. s. Infantry, has
been received at the War Department for
the consideration and action of the Presi-
dent. This officer was tried in the Philip
pines on the charge of drinking intoxi-
eating liquors.
Secretary Meyer on the Dolphin.
Secretary Meyer Of the Navy Depart
ment left here last evening for New
York, where he will board the Dolphin
for short cruise at sea. He expects to
return here Monday. In the absence OF
Secretary Meyer and Assistant Secretary
Winthrop, Rear Admiral Potter, chief OF
the bureau of navigation, is acting Sec
rotary of the navy
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