Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-04
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Leave OF absence for four months, with
permission to return to the United States
via Europe. is granted Mai. Christopher
c. Collins, Medical Corps
y board OF officers is appointed to meet
al the call of the president thereof at
For; Greb!e, r. L.. for the examination
Of such persons as may be authorized to
appear before it to determine their fitness
for appoint ment as chaplain in the army.
Leave Of absence for month is
granted Capt James \. Shipton, Coast
Artillery Corps.
Leave of absence for -four months is
granted FRS. Lieut.. James G. Taylor
18th Infantry.
Mai Charles Nick SaItzman Signal
Corps. will proceed to Fort Monroe. Va.
for temporary duty pertaining to the
demonstration of time-interval device
for tirc-control purposes before the coast
artillery board
Leave OF absence for three months Is
granted Maj. Herbert NJ. Lord, pay
master.
Maj. Herbert NJ. Lord. paymaster. is
relieved from duty in this city and Will
return to his station. Omaha. Neb.
Col. George Ruhlen, assistant quarter
master general, will visit Chicago. Ill.,
for the purpose of inspecting the office of
the chief uuartermaster, Department of
the Lakes.
cant. George F. Connolly. Coast Ar
tillery Corps, is transferred from the
44th Company to the G4tl Company.
BY direction of the President and upon
the applicat ton of Post Commissary SerSt.
Gustav Auring. that soldier VII! placed
upon the retired list
Mai. Carl r. Darnall. Medical Corps. IS
detailed as a member of the examining
board convened at the Army Medical
Museum building, Washington
The following changes in the assign
ments Of officers Of the Coast Artillery
Corps are ordered:
First Lieut.. Luclan d. Booth from the
16sth Company to the o4th Company.
First Lieut.. William T. Carpenter, from
the 9th Company and report to the com
manding officer, articllery district of Ma
Mia bay, for duty on his STAFF.
First Lieut. Haiver G. Coulter. from the
SGD Company To the Both Company.
First Lieut.. John c. Donovan from the
10th Company to the 5fth Company.
Naval Orders.
Commander \. I. Long has been COM
missioned.
Ensign II. G. Bowen from Pcnnsyl-
vania to Hopkins.
Ensign r. S. Edwards from Hopkins
to Pennsylvania.
Passed Asst Surg. j. +. Murphy to
Naval Hospital. Las Animas. Colo:
Chief Gunner Q. Fries from Washington
and wait orders.
Gunner f. \. Robe from independence
to Maryland
Gunner A. Lansfeld from Pcnacoia to
Washington.
Machinist G.. ]. Lovett from navy ward.
Mare Island, Cal. to West Virginia.
Machinist N. ID. Snyder from West
Virginia. continue treatment Naval Hos
pital, Mare Island. Cal.
Machinist J.. A. Mcclure from Nebraska,
continue treatment Naval Hospital, New
York, \. Y.
Naval Movements.
The cruisers North Carolina, New York
and Montana have arrived at Boston, the
torpedo boat fiotilla at Provincetown, the
collier Caesar at Boston ard the midship-
mems practice squadron at Gloucester.
The cruiser Buffalo has sailed from
Guam for Honolulu. the cruiser st. Louis
from Tutuila for Honolulu, the collier
Brutus from ProvincetoWn for Hampton
roads and the torpedo boat flotilla from
Sitka for Skagway.
Entire Regiment at Fort Russell.
Orders have been issued at the War
Department relieving troop G., 9th United
States Cavalry. from duty at the Army
Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth,
nan, and directing it to proceed to Fort
D. A. Russell. Wyom., for station. All
the othc1. troops of that regiment are at
Fort Russell with Col. George S. Ander-
son in command.