Evening star., 1909-05-12
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Lieut.. Col. L. l. Bruff ordnance de-
partment, Is relieved from duty at
Frankford arsenal. Philadelphia, and as
signed to duty at works Of the Midvale
Steel Company. relieving Maj. William
S. Peirce. ordnance department who VIII
repair to this city for duty in the ONCE
Of the chief OF ordnance
Capt. William p. Platt. ordnance de-
partment. is relieved from duty a! ene
arsenal, Watertown, Mass, and oroered
TO the general cmfwy
to the arsenal at Benicia, Cal.
Capt. Edward NJ. Shinkle, ordnance ue
partment. is relieved from duty at Ihe
Benicia arsenal and ordered TO the
Frankford arsenal. Philadelphia.
Leave OF absence for three months
with permission to go beyond the sea,
Mai Frederick F. Russell. Medical
Corps. will proceed to Philadelphia,
thence to New York on official business
pertaining to the medical department OK
A board OF officers to consist Of Capt;
Jesse r. Harris. Medical Corps, anu
First Lieut.. Charles A. Belts. Medical
Fort Lawton, Wash. for the examina-
tion Of candidate for appointment as
second lieutenant in the army.
First Lieut. John Watson, Sth cav
airy. is detailed as spotter for the army
cavalry team in the national match at
Fort Ethan Allan. VT.
First Lieut. John ]. Kingman,. Corps
Of Engineers, will repair to this city and
report to the chief Of engineers for tenn
porary duty y,,,n IN his ONCE Gs;.rd VIII tnen pro-
First Lieut.. Walter H Smith, Slgnai
Corps, Is relieved from duty at Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga, and will proceed to fort
Logan. Col. ana assume charge OF the
80 %olo at the
latter post.
second Lieut.. Charles w. Mcclure, 7th
Infantry, Is relieved from duty at Fort
Wayne, Mich. and will join his regiment
In the Philippines division.
A board Of officers to consist OF capt
Peter e. Traub. 18th Cavalry; Capt
Charles P. Summerall, I'd Field Artillery;
First Lieut. Mark Brooke, Corps Of En-
gineers; First Lieut.. Alfred a, Maybaeh.
NJ. Nelly, Goth Infantry. is appointed to
meet at West Point, n. Y. June 1, to
examine the present first class at the
United States Military Academy In horse
manshp.
BY direction of the President. and upon
the application Of Cook John Warwick.
Company NJ, ed Infantry. that soldier
will be placed upon the retired list.
First Lieut.. Harrison w. Stuckey. Med
ical Reserve Corps, is relieved from duty
in the Philippines division and will pro-
ceed to San Francisco.
officers recently promoted have been as
signed to regiments as fo.lows: Capt.
a. r. Dillingham;, 23d Infantry: Capt.
". r. Gibson. I'd Infantry; First Lieut..
A. B. Hatfield. 3Oth Infantry. and First
Lieut.. r. H. Kelley, 5th Infantry.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. r. T. Menner, from the navy
yard, New York, to the Rhode Island
Lieut.. III. W. Jenson, from the West
Virginia, AMI leave one month.
Ensign F. II. Roberts. to the Vermont.
Ensigns e. l.. McSheehy and l. B. An
derson, to the third squadron. United
States Pacific feet.
Ensign w. III. Lee, from the Yankton
to the Alabama.
Ensign A. Claude, to the Paducah.
Ensign w. c. Nixon. to command the
Tingey.
Midshipman W. F. Cochrane. from the
Vermont to the Tingey.
Midshipman r. r. Stewart. from the
Tingey to the Severn
Midshipman w. A. Hodgman, from the
Tacoma to the Rhode Island.
Midshipman r. E. Hughes, from the
Tennessee to the third squadron, United
States Pacific feet.
Midshipman j. H. Everson. from the
Tacoma to the Nebraska.
Midshipman B. H. Bruce, from the
Rhode Island TO the Tacoma.
Midshipman r. e. Rogers, from the
Tacoma to the Nebraska.
Midshipman C. NICK. Lynch, from the
Connecticut to the Tacoma.
Midshipman N. III. White, from the Ne
braska to the Tacoma.
Midshipman G. A. Duncan, from the
Tacoma to the Connecticut.
Paymaster T. w. Leutze. from the New
Hampshire to the United States Naval
Medical School Hospital. Washington. D.
c.. for treatment.
Machinist w. Keller. to duty third
squadron. United States Pacific feet.
Naval Movements.
The battleship New Hampshire has ar
rived at Portsmouth, N. H.; the scout
cruiser Chester at Monrovia, Liberia; the
dispatch boat Dolphin at Washington. the
cruiser Buffalo and the tug Fortune at
San Francisco and the supply ship Culgoa
at Tompkinsvile. n. Y.
The cruiser Albany has sailed from
Amapala for Cortnto, the cruiser Prai-
rie. from Newport for Philadelphia. the
New Orleans, the torpedo boat destroyer
Macdonough and the torpedoboats De
Long. Thornton, Tingey and Wilkes from
Pensacola for Charleston via Key West.
and the supply ship Arethusa from San
Diego for San Francisco.
Ordered to New Orleans.
The gunboat Dubuque. which is now at
Guantanamo bay. Cuba. has been ordered
to New Orleans in order that her men
may be given shore liberty. The ves-
sci has been in Central America and West
Indian waters for some time.
Candidates for Medical Corps.
Capts. Charles R Reynold and Henry
F. Pipes. Medical Corps, have been de-
tailed as members of the board Of Of
meet at the Army Medical Museum build
ing in this city to determine the results
of the preliminary examinations of appli-
cants and for the final examination of
candidates for admission to the Medical
Corps. vice Maj. Bailey K. Ashford,
Medical Corps. relieved, and Maj Walter
.. Webb. retired from active service.
TAFT DAY AT PETERSBURG.