Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-25
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Naval Movements.

The torpedo boats Stringham. Dupont,
Biddle and Subrick have arrived at
Charleston. the torpedo boat Wnslow at
Boston. the tug Osceola at Key West
and the gunboat Marietta at Guantanamo
The torpedo boats Macdenough Thornton
Tingey and Wilkes have sailed from st.
Louis for Cairo, Ill.
Retirement Of Col. Harris.
Col. Henry l.. Harris, Coast Artillery
Corps commanding the post at Fort
HANCOCK, y. j.. has been relieved from
duty and ordered to his home prepara-
tory to retirement for age, December A..
Col. Harris is from Pennsylvania and was
graduated from the United States Mill
tary Academy in June. 1862 and from
the Artillery School IN 1880. His entire
service has been in the artillery arm. in
which he reached the grade of colonel in
October, 1905.
To Command the Delaware.
Capt. Richard T. Mulligan. detail officer
of the bureau of navigation, Navy De-
partment, will be the first commander of
the new big battleship Delaware which
has just completed her trial runs over
the Rockland Maine, course. The Della
ware was built by the Newport News
Company, and will be the first Of the So
ed in commission. 1t is expected she will
be ready for service about the 1st of
January. Capt. Mulligan is from New
Jersey and entered the navy in 1871. Dur
ing the Spanish war he was attached to
the cruiser New York and since then has
made a long cruise in command of the
gunbOat Yorktown.
Holiday for Britons.
BY an order recently issued by Col.
OHIO ~ ho
canal commission. several thousand Brit
ish subjects employed on the canal will
be given holiday November g. in order
that they may celebrate the anniversary
of the birthday of King Edward VII.
Secretary to General Staff.
Capt. Charles d. Rhodes, 9th United
States Cavalry, who has just returned
from the Philippines, has reported at the
War Department for duty as military sec
rotary to Gen. j. Franklin Bell. chief of
staff. He succeeds Maj. Davis, recently
retired on account Of Ill health.
Marines for Canal Zone.
The battalion OF marines now station
ed on the Panama Canal Zone will be
relieved early in December by the bat
talon being assembled at the Philadel-
phia navy yard. The auxiliary cruiser
phia to Colon. and bring back those now
on the isthmus.
More Machine Gun Platoons.
The general staff Of the army is con-
sidering a reorganization of the machine
gun platoons in each regiment of cavalry
and infantry, SO as to provide an addi-
tional platoon to each regiment. Congress
will be asked to make provision for the
increase.
From Navy to Army.
Ensign Virginius L. Clark of Pennsyl-
vana. who recently resigned from the
United States Navy. has qualified for
appointment as second lieutenant in
the Coast Artillery Corps.
High Naval Promotions.
Rear Admiral Gottleb Blocklinger was
retired Saturday and Rear Admiral
Thomas c. Mclean was retired today,
both on account Of age. Their retire
ment promotes Capts. S. P. Comley and
John Hubbard to be rear admirals. Com
manders John G. Quimby and John H.
Giennon to be captains. Lieut.. Com
manders John f. Hubbard and NJ. l..
Miller to be comma nders. Lieuts. William
D. Leahy and Andrew L. Graham to be
lieutenant commanders