The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-23
RECENT CHANCES
IN j. 8. NAVY
Orders Issued to Officers IN
Service by Depart
ment.
Special to The Journal.

6ldI6S navy
Rear Admirals-E. c.. PendIeton
detached duty as commandant Phil
adeiphia yard and ordered home; U.
Harris ordered to duty as command
ant Philadelphia yard; +, Singer, re-
tired, detached duty as commandant
naval station, New Orleans, La, and
ordered home.
Captains. II. Newton detached
duty as inspector of equipment on
the Atlantic coast and ordered to
command the Nebraska; w. H. H.
Switzerland detached command of the
New Jersey and ordered to naval war
college, Newport, r. l.; Dew. Coff-
man detached duty as inspector o.
ordnance, naval magazine, st. Juliens
Creek, Va, and ordered to command
the New Jersey; w. c. Cowles de-
tached command of the Kansas and
ordered to command the Connecticut;
r. F. Nicholson detached command
of the Nebraska and ordered to duty
as a member of the beard of inspec-
tion and survey, Washington ID. c.:
C.. J. Badger detached duty as super
intendent naval academy and ordered
to duty in command of the Kansas;
G.. J. Boush detached Portsmouth,
n. H., yard and ordered to command
the Ohio; J. C.. Gilmore detached
navy recruiting station, New York,
and ordered to command the Illinois;
B. Tappan detached duty as a mem
her of the board of inspectors and
survey, Washington, d. c.. and Or
dered to command the KeaFsaFge and
Kentucky; T, b. Howard detached
command of the Ohio and ordered TO
duty as member of the general board,
Washington d. G.
Commanders. N. Bostwick Or
dered to duty as captain Portsmouth,
n. H, yard; r. Welles J. Hood de-
tachsd command of the Tacoma, June
and ordered to command the Sc
vern: A. P. Niblack detached COM
mand of the Severn and ordered to
command the Tacoma; e. Simpson
detached ONCE Of naval intelligence
and ordered to duty as naval attache
American embassy, London, England:
B. W. Hodges detached naval obser-
vatoTy, Washington, d. c., and order
ed to duty as commandant naval sta
ton, New Orleans, La; A. G, def
fenbsch, retired, detached duty as in
spector of ordnance and engineering
material Bethlehem Steel Works,
June 10 and ordered home; V. S.
Nelson detached the Panther and or
dered TO duty as equipment officer,
Mare Island yard: A. S. Halstead
dered to command the Vicksburg; j.
w Oman commission announced.
Lieutenant CommandeTs-T. It.
Craven ordered to duty in connection
with fitting out o. the South Caro-
lima and assigned to vessel when plac-
ed in commission; r. Earle ordered
to duty in charge of naval magazine
and chemical laboratory, Philippine
Islands: G. N Ohley detached the
West Virginia aud ordered to the
Tennessee; H. A. Pearson ordered
To duty as inspector of equipment at
works of Cramps and Sins, Philadel-
phia: +. Lyons detached the New
Jersey and ordered to Naval War
College. Newport. r. l.; E. r. Pol
lcck detached the Yorktown and or
deFed to the Maryland; F. y. Free
man detached bureau of navigation
and ordered to duty in command of
the Atlantic torpedo fiotilla.
Lieutenants-Z. H. Madison de-
taehed the Georgia, ordered home and
wait orders: E. F. Ecknardt detach-
ed the Maryland and ordered to the
Yorktown; r. T. MeBner detached
New York yard and ordered to the
Rhode Island; H. ". Jensen detaeh-
ed the West Virginia, ordered home
and granted one months leave; II.
z. Cook detached the Alabama, and
ordered to duty as inspector of ord
nance and engineering material works
Bethlehem Steel Company, June 10;
r. Morrison detached the California,
ordered home and wait orders; G. S.
Freeman detached the Connecticut
and ordered 10 the California: w. n.
LETTERS detached the Glacier and or
dered to navsy hospital, Mare Island
for treatment; j. u. Wilson detached
h. -, Il nj
on waiting orders; +. Evans ordered
r. l.; W. B. Wells detached the
Rhode Island and ordered to naval
war college.
Ensigns-C. A. Jones detached the
New Jersey and ordered to the Sc
VEIN: r.. B. StrassbUrger detached
the Ohio and resignation accepted;
V. K. Conan detached the Tacoma
and ordered home 20 wait orders:
II. G. Fuller and A A GarceIon,
Jr., ordered to the Tacoma: H. +.
Shoremaker detached the Tacoma and
ordered home and wait orders: F. IA.
Roberts ordered to the Vermont: r
L. McSheehy and L. B. Anderson
ordered TO duty with tae third SQUAD
ron, Pacific fleet; w. II. Lee detach-
ed the Yankton and ordered to the
Alabama; 4. Claude ordered to the
Paducah: w. G. Nixon ordered to
command the Tingey; C. w. Mauldin
continue duty on the West Virginia;
c. S. McWhorter detached the Penn
sylvania, ordered home and wait or
ders; G.. Nee. McGill detached the
California and ordered to the Vicks-
burg; w. f. Reno ordered to the
Vicksburg: L. Moves ordered to the
Missouri: Il. lie C. Slower commits