Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24
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ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.


the application Of Commissary Sergt. AL
bert Saladin, 7th Infantry, that soldier
will be placed upon the retired list.
| Leave of absence for one month is
granted First Lieut.. William F. de Med
man. Medical Reserve Corps.
Maj. Henry L. Ripley, Sth Cavalry, is
relieved from treatment at the Army and
Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs,
Ark, and will join his station.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted First Lieut.. Harry w. Gregg.
| 18th Infantry.
BY direction Of the President, and upon
Fry. Company H, 7th Infantry. that SOL
der will be placed on the retired list.
First Lieut.. Paul w. Beck, Signal
Corps. will proceed to Los Angeles, CAL.
for the purpose of attending the inter
national aviation contests to be held at
that place January to 10. 1910.
Second Lieut.. Thomas H. Lowe, 18th
Infantry. is relieved from treatment at
the Walter Reed General Hospital, and
will return to his proper station. He is
Leave Of absence for twenty days is
granted Maj. James A. Shipton. Coast
Artillery Corps.
BY direction Of the President, Capt.
tailed as professor Of military science
and tactics at the North Georgia Agri-
cultural College. Dahlonega, Ga.
Dental Surgs. E. P. r. Ryan and F.
L. X. Laflamme are relieved from duty
at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., and Fort
to duty in the Philippine Islands.
Dental Surg. John r. Ames. at Fort
Smelling, Mimi. is also ordered to duty
in the Philippines.
M. Hollingsworth and Charles J. Long
are relieved from duty in the Philippines
and ordered to San Francisco for further
orders.
Naval Orders.
Capt A. Sharp. from the command o.
the Virginia and wait orders.
Capt. r. M. Doyle. from command o.
the Missouri and wait orders.
Capt. J. H. Glennon, from the navy
yard, New York, to command the Vir
ginia.
Commander w. r. Rush. from the nav!
yard. Boston. to command the Missouri.
Lieut.. Commander E. H. Campbell, II
| the North Dakota.
| Lieut.. F. w. Osburn. jr., from the indie
pendence, navy yard. Mare Island. Cal.
to the third squadron. United States Pa
| cific fleet.
Lieut.. w. G. Mitchell. from command
| of the Macdonough to the navy yard
Lieut.. w. F. Bricker. from the Vernon
| to the Paducah.
Lieut.. E. Woods, from the Paducah ant
granted leave of two weeks.
Lieut.. G. w. S. Castle, to the New
| Jersey.
Eieut c. p Burt. from the New Jerse.
and wait orders.
Ensign c. B. Mayo. from the Yanktol
| to the Vermont.
Ensign ]. S. Barleon from the Yanktol
IN the Louisiana.
Ensign c. c. Gill, from the New Yorl
to the Idaho.
Ensign C. II. j. Keppler. from thu
Yankton to the Mississippi.
Ensign /. B. Bernheim. from the New
York TO the Nebraska.
Midshipman l.. Jordan. jr., from the In
diana to the Paducah.
| Midshipman III. B. Bird, from the New
/ Hampshire TO the Yankton.
! Midshipman w. T. Boyd, 5r., from tn
Mississippi to the Yankton.
| Midshipman o. Smith. jr. from the Yer
mont to the Yankton.
Medical Director D. N. Bertolette, IRON
the naval retiring board, Mills building
and continue other duties.
/ Surgeon r. T. Orvis. from the Naya
Hospital, New York. to the New Hamp
shire.
| Passed Assistant Surgeon c. NJ. Oman
from the New Hampshire to the Nava
Hospital, New York, N. Y.
| SOl. lent TO 1kCtdSs
| Col. John c. Dent, commanding thu
14th Infantry, in the Philippine Is
| lands has been ordered to his home pre-
| paratory to retirement from active serv
Ice. He is granted four months leave o.
absence. Col. Dent was born in Oregon
but was appointed to the army from
| Florida. He entered the military serv
4 ice in August. 1876, as second lieutenant
| 10th Infantry, and has since served will
| the 18th. oath and 14th regiments of in
| fantry. He has been colonel OF the last
named regiment since July, 1905. He 1!
4 now at Manila
Naval Academy Practice Squadron
\ 1t is announced at the Navy Depart
ment that the Naval Academy practic,
/ squadron. for 1910 will consist of tn,
battIeships Iowa, Indiana and Massachu
eetts Orders have been issued to pre-
pare those vessels for commissioning
March ! next This is the first time thu
| midshipmen have had battleships FOL
}training purposes. Heretofore they hav,
made their summer cruises on cruisers
monitors and gunboats. 1t is expected
that the cruise during the coming sum
mer will include visit to ports in thu