Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-03
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

By direction OF the PRESIDENT FIRST
Lieut. Walter c. Jones. 18th Infantry. Is
detailed for service and to fill a vacancy
in the Signal Corps. to take effect De-
cember l. 1909. vice First Lieut.. Frank P.
Lahm. Signal Corps. who is relieved from
detail i'm that corps.
Capt. George T. Langhorne 18th Cav
airy is relieved from the further operation
Of special orders, October 20, 1909. War
station at Fort OglethOrpe. Ga, for duty.
Capt Charles B. Gatewood, ordnance
department. will proceed to Fort Rodman
Mass. on official business pertaining to
the special inspection of certain guns
mounted at that post.
The leave of absence granted Maj Ira
A. Haynes. adjutant general. is extended
one month.
First Lieut.. George II. White. 10th In
fantry will assume charge Of .cOnstruc-
ton work at Fort Crook. Neb.. relieving
Capt. Joseph F. Gohn. 10th Infantry.
Capt. George A. Wieczorek. Coast Ar
tillery Corps. is relieved from duty with
the Signal Corps and will return to Fort
First. Lieut.. Frank r. Curtis, 18th In
fantry. is relieved from duty with the
Signal Corps. and will join his regiment.
Firt Lieut.. F.. Alexis Jeunet. 18th infan-
try. is relieved from duty In the office OF
the chief signal officer, Department Of the
Columbia. and will repair to this city for
duty until January /. 1910. when he will
join his regiment.
First Lieut. Walter c. Jones. 18th In
fantry, at jefferson barracks Mo-, will
proceed to St Paul Mimi, for duty per
tanning to the installation of telephone
system at Fort Smelling, MINI.
First Lieut.. Sebring G. Megill. Signal
Corps. is relieved from duty at the Pre-
sidio of San Francisco and will proceed
to Fort Omaha. Neb.. for duty.
First Lieut.. Walter H. Smith. Signal
Corps. is relieved from duty at Fort Lo-
gan. Col. and will proceed to Fort Wood
n. Y. for duty.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted Capt. Francis A. Pope, Corps of
Engineers.
Retirement of Maj. Benton.
Maj. Elisha S. Benton. Coast Artil-
lery Corps. has been ordered to his home
preparatory to his retirement February
% next, and he is granted leave of alb
sence until that date. Maj. Benton is
from Massachusetts. and was graduated
from the United States Military Academy
in June. 1884. He reached the grade of
major In the Artillery Corps in January.
1907. and has been recently stationed at
Fort De Soto, Florida.
Naval Orders.
Lieut. j. r. Lewis. from the Louisiana
to the naval hospital. Las Animas. Col,
for observati and treatment.
Lieut. p w. = cote. from the navy yard.
Washington. D. c., to the Louisiana.
W. IL. Crap. appointed a paymaster' s
clerk settle accounts of the LouisiaSsd.
f. r. Won Pressig. appointed a pay
masters clerk in the navy. duty on the
Nebraska.
Naval Movements.
The gunboat Paducah has arrived at
Guantanamo. the torpedo boats Blakely
and Stockton at Charleston. and the aux
iliaries Iris and Justin and the torpedo
boats Paul Jones. Preble. Perry, Hull,
Truxtun and Whipple at Magdalena Bay.
The gunboat Helena has sailed from
Hongkong for Canton, the tug Rocket
from Washington for Indian Head, the
cruiser ST. Louis from San Francisco for
Bremerton, the yacht Hist from Ports
mouth, n. H.. for Norfolk, the battleship
Mississippi from New Orleans for Phila-
delphia. and the cruisers New York, Mon
tana and North Carolina from New Or
leans for Hampton roads.