Evening star., 1909-06-12
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Armv Orders.

Army Orders.
Maj. Frederick NJ. Hartsock, Medical
Corps. is relieved from duty at Fort
Meade. s. D., and will proceed to Fort
Wayne, Mich. for duty.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Capt. Morrell NJ. Mills. Coast Ar
tillery Corps.
First Lieut.. William A. Alfonte, 18th
Infantry, is relieved from treatment at
the general hospital at the Preside of
San Francisco and will Join the station
to which he may be assigned.
Leave OF absence for one month Is
granted Capt. Jay P. Hopkins. Coast Ar
tillery Corps.
Leave of absence for one month and
Quartermaster.
BY direction Of the President. First
Lieut.. Richard A. kearny. Medical Re-
serve Corps. Is honorably discharged from
the service OF the United States, his serv-
ices being no longer required.
Lieut.. Col. Charles j. Bailey and Capt.
Edward Carpenter. Coast Artillery Corps.
have been ordered to proceed to Cover
nors Island. N. Y. and report to the COM
mandng general, Department of the East.
and accompany him on an inspection trip
within the limits of that department.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral J. N. Hemphill, placed
on the TetlIeO llSI OF OulCeTS OIL the navy
from June 1s, 1909.
Capt. F. A. Wilmer. from command Of
the Pennsylvania and wait orders.
Capt. C. F. Pond, from thirteenth light
house district, Portland, Ore, to COM
mand the Pennsylvania.
Lieut.. F. D. Burns. to the Georgia.
Lieut.. F. Morrison, to navy yard, Nor
folk, Va.
Lieut.. F. H. Poteet. to the Connecticut
Ensign v. Baker, from the Des Moines
and wait orders.
Ensign H. c. Laird. placed on the re-
tired list from June 8, 1909
Ensign B. H. Green, to the Georgia.
Ensign ]. P. Hart, placed on the re-
tired list from June 8. 1909.
Midshipman c. c. Clark. from the Chey-
enne to the Maryland.
Midshipman C. NJ. Yates, from the
Maryland to the Cheyenne
Midshipman e. F. Buck, from the West
Virginia to the Cheyenne.
Midshipman X. H. Donavin. from the
cheyenne to the West Virginia.
Midshipman A. M. Penn, from the Lou
isiana to the Minnesota.
Passed Assistant Paymaster B. Mayer,
to navy yard, Portsmouth, N. H.
Paymaster I; T; Hagner. from the
Franklin and the Richmond and wait or
ders.
Paymaster q. w. Reeves, from the
Kentucky and the Illinois to the Franklin
and the Richmond.
bOdISWd1n j. +. Judge, from the llll-
nois to command the Tecumseh.
Boatswain H. M. Anderson. to navy
yard. New York.
Machinist T. ]. Hayes. to the Nebraska
Machinist W. B. Cothran. from navy
yard, Charleston, s. c., to the Vermont
G. G. Schweizer. appointed a paymas-
ter's clerk for duty on the Tennessee.
G. w. Masterton, T. S. Veitch and r.
w. Bell, appointments as paymaster's S
clerks revoked.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser South Dakota has arrived
at Amapala. the collier Saturn at Guaya-
quill. the tug Sioux at Boston and the
collier Abarenda and the torpedo fotilla
at Hampton roads.
The cruiser Albany has sailed from
Corinto for Panama, the torpedo boat
Wilkes from Charleston for Norfolk and
the collier Lebanon from Boston for
Portsmouth. n. II.
Delay in Assembly of Fleet.
While every effort has been made by
the Navy Department and the COM
mandants Of the navy yards having the
repairs of the battleships Of the Atlantic
feet In hand. the vessels will not be
fully completed until June % instead
of June Is as previously ordered. This
delay Is due partly to the lac of ma
which are being installed on all the
ships The change of date when the
repairs must be completed naturally will
change the date Of the assembling of the
the battleships will not meet there to be-
gin the summer maneuvers and target
practice until June u.
To Protect Armenians
The. gunboat Scorpion. which has been
NanIaS for 10 bov hor
boilers repaired. will be ready to sail for
her station June 81. While the Scorpions
duty is as station ship at Constantinople
where massacres Of the Armenians have
recently occurred. Conditions in that
country were such that the armored
cruisers North Carolina and Montana
were sent there for protection of Ameri
cans. When the Scorpion reaches the
scene these two cruisers will be relieved
from that duty and will return to the
United States. They will be joined in
the Mediterranean by the cruiser New
York, which will leave the United States
joins the armored cruiser squadron it
will return to the Atlantic coast and join
the Atlantic feet and participate in tho
summer maneuvers.
Retirement Of Admiral Hemphill.
Rear Admiral Joseph N. Hemphill.
president Of the naval examining and re-
firing boards In this city, will be placed
on the retired list Of the navy next We'd
nesday on account Of age. He is from
Ohio and entered the navy in September,
1852 He reached his present grade in
August, 1906. and has had about twenty
one years sea service in all parts of the
world.
To Command the Pennsylvania.
Capt. C. F. Pond, now on duty at Port
land. Ore, as inspector of the thirteenth
lighthouse district, has been ordered to
assume command of the armored cruiser
Pennsylvania of the Pacific feet, as the
relief OF Capt +. A. Wilmer, who Is
ordered to his home and placed on wait
ing orders.
Elevators on Warships.
Passenger elevators on battleships for
the use of officers is the latest innova-
tion in the United States Navy. The new
battleships Florida, Utah. Delaware and
North Dakota each will be equipped
with three automatic electric elevators
with cars about 3 feet inches by feet
They will be installed between the lower
hanging grating in the fireroom and the
gun deck, and will make the trip in about
nfteen seconds. Officers using the eleva-
tors will operate the cars themselves by
means of push buttons.
Another Officer Court-Martialed.