Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-06
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Officers recently promoted have been
assigned TO regiments as follows: Maj.
George b. Duncan. to the I'd Infantry;
Capt. H. A. Ripley. to the Both Infantry:
Capt. William 4. Kent. to the ID In
fantry; Capt w. c. Sweeny. to the 21st
Infantry: Capt Samuel w. Moves. to the
4th Infantry: First Lieut.. George \.
Lynch. TO the 29th Infantry: First Lieut..
Samuel NJ. Parker. to the I'D Infantry
FIRST Lieut. Robert NJ Lyon. 10 the I'D
Infantry: First Lieut.. Francis II. Far
mum. TO the 9th Infantry: First Lieut..
Benjamin F. Grey, to the 2lst Infantry.
Leaves of absence have been granted as
follows: Maj. Percy f. Trippe, Sd Cav
airy. one month on account of sickness
Capt. Charles F. Bates. 18th Infantry,
three months: Second Lieut.. John p.
Adams, I'D Infantry. one month: First
Lieut.. Benjamin o. Davis. 10th Cavalry,
three months. and First Lieut.. John X.
Barber, Medical Corps. one month.
BY direction of the President, Sergt OF
Ordnance Charles L. Bowen and Sergt.
Harrison Mcdonald, 9th Cavalry, have
been placed on the retired list of the
army on their own applictions.
Maj. George O. Squier. Signal Corps.
will proceed from this city to Brant Rock.
Mass. thence to the works of the Cen
eral Electric Company, Schenectady, n
y. on official business pertaining to the
manufacture of apparatus for the Signal
Corps.
The following named officers are detail
ed for general recruiting service at Fort
Mcdowell. Cal: Capt. Paul H. McCook,
10Th Infantry, and First Lieut.. George
S. Gillis. 26th Infantry.
First Lieut. Henry J. Nichols. Medical
Corps, will proceed to New York city for
duty as attending surgeon.
capt. Willis {. Metcalf, quartermaster,
Is relieved from duty at Newport. r. j.,
and will proceed to the Philippine Islands
for duty.
Second Lieut. Herbert Hayden trans
ferred from the infantry arm I'D Infan-
try) to the field artillery, is assigned to
the 4th Field Artillery, at Vancouver bar
racks. Washington.
Capt. Stephen NJ. Hackney. 21st Infan-
try, will report for examination to deter
mine his fitness for promotion.
Marine Corps Orders.
Capt. Harry r. Lay, to Sea Girt, n. j.,
for special duty in connection with target
practice.
Second Lieut.. r. E. Adams. from head
quarters, L. S. NJ. c., to marine barracks,
Naval Academy. Annapolis. Md.
Lieut.. Col. James r. Mahoney, Capt.
L: NJ. Quick. Capt. r. p. Williams and
First Lieut.. c. F. b. Price, appointed
marine examining board, to convene at
marine barracks, Washington.
Lieut.. Col. Eli X. Cole. to Camp Perry,
Ohio, to observe rifle competitions at that
place.
First Lieut.. J. A. Rossell, granted leave
of absence to August II, 1909.
Capt. r. NJ. Gibson. from headquarters
L. $. NJ. G., to marine barracks, An
napolis. Md
Second Lieut.. r. s. Kingsbury, to ex-
animation for promotion.
Capt. r. I'll. Dunlap. granted leave OF
absence for one month.
First Lieuts. H. F. Wirgman. w. P. Up.
Shur and j. a. RoSSell, and Second IieutS
Z. III. Brainard and f. V. b. Douredoure
to Camp Perry, Ohio, for duty as range
officers.
Naval Movements.
The battleship Maine has arrived at
Portsmouth, n. H., the Brutus at Lam
berts Point. the monitor Monterey al
Olongapo. the cruiser Dixie and the tor
pedo boat fiotilla at Newport. and the
midshipmen's training squadron at Ports
mouth, N. III.
The cruiser Galveston has sailed from
Yokohama for Chefoo, the auxiliary Sup
ply from Bremerton for San Francisco,
the collier Nanshan from Chinwang 40
for Chefoo, the torpedo boat Manly from
New York for Annapolis.
Ordered to Washington.
Capt. Hanson B. Black of the Signal
Corps, L. S. A, who has been stationed
at Valdez, Alaska, for the last three
years. will be relieved from duty at that
post August IL. and will take station at
the headquarters of the Signal Corps in
this city. His wife is the daughter OF
Col. Clarence Deems of the Artillery
Corps, stationed at Fort Hancock, New
Jersey.