Evening star., 1909-05-28
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

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Army Orders.
Leave of absence for four months is
granted Lieut.. Col Millard F. Waltz, gen.
eral staff corps.
| Leave of absence for three months. with
permission to go beyond the sea, is grant
ed Capt. Richard T. Ellis, Coast Artillery
Corps.
| Leave of absence for three months, with
permission to go beyond the sea. Is grant
ed First Lieut.. Henry W. Torney. Coast
..rtillery Corps.
| Leave of absence for twenty days is
granted Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Edgerly,
United States Army.
Leave of absence for six months on
surgeons certificate of disability IS grant
nance department.
! Capt. Elmer W. Clark quartermaster
will proceed from this city to Fort Slo-
cum. N. Y. for the purpose Of inspect
hall, drill hall, sea wall. all new con-
| struction work, and other matters pertain
ing to the quartermaster's department.
| Leave of absence for four months is
granted Maj. Champe c. McCulloch. jr..
Medical Corps.
Chaplain Samuel J. Smith, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, will proceed to Fort Mott,
| n. j.. for duty.
First Lieut.. Clyde B. Crusan. 4th In
| fantry. Is relieved from duty al the Okla
| homa University Preparatory School, Ton
kawa, Okla. and will proceed to the Phil
| ppine Islands.
| Capt. Edwin c. Long, Coast Artillery
| Corps will proceed to Seattle Wash. and
assume charge of construction work at
| Forts Lawton, Flagler, Worden, Casey
and Ward.
Second Lieut.. Max B. CARRIER, 22d In
| fantry, is relieved from duty at the Pa
| riff, bra noh TTp{fad mil nrionp
and will proceed to Fort Mcdowell, Cal,
| for duty.
Second Lieut. Cary l. Crockett. 9th In
fantry, is transferred to the I'd Infantry.
| Second Lieut.. Erie M. Wilson. 9th In
| fahtry, is detailed as professor of military
| science and tactics at the West Texas
Military Academy. San Antonio. Texas.
Capt. Morrell NJ Mills, Coast Artillery
| Corps, is relieved from duty at the Vfr-
ginia Military Institute. Lexington, Va.
and assigned to the 39th Company, Coast
| Artillery Corps.
First Lieut.. Brice P. Disque. I'd Cavalry,
will proceed to Columbus. Ohio, and re-
port to the Governor OF Ohio for duty
with the National Guard of that state.
Capt. William T. Davis, Medical Corps.
is detailed as member of the exanlin-
ing board appointed to meet at the army
| dispensary, Washington, vice Mai. Francis
! \. Winter, Medical Corps, relieved
| BY direction of the President, and upon
the application of First Glass Musician
| Bernard Dur. United States Military
| Academy Band that soldier will he
placed upon the retired list
/ Leave of absence for one month and
| twenty-five days is granted Capt. Fred
erick l.. Dengler. Coast Artillery Corps.
Leave of absence for one month Is
granted Capt. Earle D'A. Pearce, Coast
Artillery Corps.
| Capt. George D. Arrowsmith, paymas-
ter is relieved from duty in the Philippine
| Islands, and will proceed to San Fran
| cisco.
Lieut.. Col Henry P. Birmingham, Medi-
| cal Corps. is detailed as member of the
army retiring board at Washington. Dis
| trict of Columbia, for service during the
| examination of Lieut.. Col. -.avrence1 l..
| Bruff, ordnance department, vice Maj
| Francis A. Winter, Medical Corps, who
will continue as a member of the board
for all other purposes.
Naval Orders.
| Lieut.. r. P. Mccullough has been COM
missoned.
Ensign F. NJ Robinson, to the Dubuque.
| Carpenter A. II. Hughes. from the New
York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, N.
j.. to the Michigan.
| Ensign H. S. Babbitt, from the Wash
| ington to the ST. Louis.
Ensign G. E. Baker, from the Tennes-
see to the st. Louis.
| Ensign ii. DeldnO, from tHo 1eHHSyl-
vania to the st. Louis.
Ensign D. s. H. Howard. from the Ten
nessee to the st. Louis.
Marine Corps Orders.
Capt. B. F. Rittenhouse. from head
quarters United States Marine Corps.
| Marine examining board-Col. c. A.
Doyen. Lieut.. Col. F. ]. Moses. Maj L. j.
Magill and First Lieut.. c. F. B. Price,
i Aa lie
ton, D. c.. for examination of First
Lieut. w. E. Smith, U. s. M. c., and
others. for promotion.
| Second Lieut.. l.. S. Wass, to COM
mandant, United States Marine Corps, for
duty.
Capt. A. j. Mathews has been appointed
to represent the United States Navy at
the next annual meeting of the American
Prison Association, Seattle. Wash,
| August 14-19. 1909.
Capt Harry Lee. from Marine Officers
School. Port Royal, s. c.. to marine bar
racks. navy yard Boston.
Capt r. NJ. Cults. from marine bar
racks. Guantanamo, Cuba.
Capt. r. M. Cults, from headquarters
U. S. NJ. c., to Marine Officers School,
Port Royal. 8. C.
Second Lieut.. L. s. Wass. from head
quarters U. s. NJ. c.. to Marine Officers
School. Port Royal. s. c.
/ Naval Movements.
The eunboat Wolverine has arrived at
Ashtabula, the torpedo boat Blakely at
Norfolk. the cruiser Montana at Beirut,
the cruiser Buffalo at San Francisco and
the cruisers West Virginia and Maryland
at Seattle.
The battleship Mississippi has sailed
from New Orleans for Pensacola, the
collier Lebanon from Guantanamo for
| Hampton roads and the cruiser New York
from Boston for New York.
Searchlight at Fort Monroe.
Engineer William H. Mahoney, Coast
Artillery Corps, now at Fort Revere,
Massachusetts. will he sent to Fort Mon
roe, Va. for temporary duty for period
not to exceed one month. to assist in set
ting up the sixty-inch searchlight and
operating it during the test by the ar
tillery board. Upon completion Of that