Evening star., 1909-06-24

charged from treatment at the United
States Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Cal,
resume duties at navy yard Mare Island,
Cal
r. A. Ashton. appointed a paymaster' >
clerk in the navy; duty in connection
with deserters' roll, bureau of supplies
and accounts. Navy Department.
r. II. Washington. appointed a aE-
masters clerk in the navy; duty on the
California.
W. D. Bollard. appointed paymaster 5
clerk in the navy; duty at naval torpedo
station, Newport. r. ].
J. 2. Fireng, appointed a paymasters $
clerk in the navy; duty at Naval Acad-
emy, Annapolis, Nd.
{. w. Charlton, appointed a paymas-
ters clerk in the navy. duty at navy
yard, Boston, Mass.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser Montgomery has arrived al
Provincetown: the torpedo boat Manly at
Mechanicsburg. n. Y; the gunboat Dol
phin at Gloucester; the collier Lebanon
at Lamberts Point, and the cruisers
Olympia and Chicago and the monitor
Tonopah at GARDENERS bay.
The battleship Vermont has sailed from
Boston for Provincetown, the collier Gel
tic from New York for hampton roads
the yacht Sylph from Washington for
Beverly. Mass. the tug Standish from
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Triton from Norfolk for Washington.
Acquitted of Falsehood.
Acting Secretary Winthrop of the Navy
Department has approved the action of
the court-martial i'll the case of Carpen-
ter A. l.. Sundquist of the navy, who
was tried at Newport and acquitted OF
the charge OF falsehood to the command
ing officer.
Dismissal of Lieut.. Schoonmaker.
The President has approved the SEN
tence of dismissal in the case of Second
Lieut. Louis p Schoonmaker. 10th Cav
airy. recently convicted by court-martial
in the Philippine Islands on charges of
giving a worthless check, making false
duplicating pay accounts. Lieut. Schoon-
maker was appointed to the military
Academy from New Jersey in 1901. and
was graduated and appointed second lieu
tenant in his present regiment June IL.
1905.
Command of Yokohama Japan.
Medical Inspector W. r. Du Bose has
been detached from command of the
United States Naval Hospital at Yoko-
hama. Japan. and ordered to duty in the
bureau of medicine and surgery, Navy
Department. Surgeon j. p. Pryor. who
has been attached to the hospital at Yo-
kohama. has been promoted to the COM
mand of the institution,
Repair of the Sherman.
The Sherman, one of the three crack
transports of the United States Army,
which has been out of commission at
San Francisco for about a year, owing
to lack of available funds for it's re-
pair, is now to be thoroughly overhauled
and put in first-class condition. With
the approval of Secretary Dickinson, a
contract has been made with the Union
Iron Works of San Francisco for the
complete repair of the ship at its bid of
$314OO0. The Sherman is valued at
81, 50O.OOO and. according to army quar-
termasters, when repaired will be as
good as new. According to them the
Sheridan. Logan and Sherman are the
finest military transports in the world.
Marine Band at Pittsburg.
Acting Secretary Winthrop of the Navy
Department has authorized the United
States Marine Band to take part in the
Western Pennsylvania exposition, to be
held at Pittsburg from October IL o Oc-
tober % next, on condition that all ex-
penses be borne by the exposition man
agement.