Evening star., 1909-07-17
ARMY AND NAVY. NEWS.
Army Orders.

Bv direction of the President, Capt.
Edgar A. Fry. 18th Infantry. Is detailed
as professor Of military science and tao
tics at the Pennsylvania State College,
State College, Pennsylvania.
Capt Edwin r Cole. 18th Infantry, will
report at Fort Leavenworth for tempo
rary duty in order to complete the IN
stallation Of presses and cameras con-
nected with developing a new process Of
map making.
Second Lieut. Karl Truesdell, 5th In
fantry. is detailed for duty pertaining to
the national match for 1909 at Camp
Perry, Ohio.
Maj John S. Mallory, 18th Infantry.
will proceed to Manila, Philippine Is
lands, and join his regiment.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted Capt. Graham l.. Johnson, 9Th
Infantry.
Second Lieuts. Wallace c. Philoon. 14th
Infantry. and Arthur J. Hanlon. 2Sth In
fantry. will proceed to West Point, n. Y.
and report to the superintendent, United
States Military Academy, for duty until
November 30. 1909, when they will pro-
ceed to join their proper stations.
First Lieut.. John +. Munroe. Coast
Artillery Corps, is relieved from the 10th
Company and placed on the unassigned
list. He will report to the artillery dis
trict of Baltimore for duty on staff.
Leave of absence for fifteen days is
granted Capt. Stanley D. Embick, Coast
Artillery Corps
First Lieut.. James E. Wilson, Coast
Artillery Corps, is relieved from duty
with the 10Th Company and placed on
the unassigned list
Second Lieut.. Clarence X. Lyman. 4th
Cavalry, is detailed to take a special
course at the Mounted Service School,
Fort Riley. Kansas.
Engineers, is relieved from station at
Pasadena. Cal, and viii take station at
Los Angeles, Cal.
First Lieut.. James NJ. Burroughs, 18th
Cavalry, will report at Fort Riley, Kan,
for examination for promotion.
Leave Of absence for three months is
granted First Lieut.. Thorne Strayer, 18th
Infantry.
The following transfers are ordered:
Capt. George w. Read, from the 9th
Cavalry to the 7th Cavalry.
Capt. Samuel B. Pearson from the 1th
Cavalry to the 9th Cavalry.
Capt. George I. Feeter, United States
Army. retired, is assigned to active re-
cru1tlng duty at Omaha, Neb., relieving
Lieut.. Col. Egbert B. Savage, retired, who
will proceed to his home.
Capt. Moody's Retirement.
BY direction of the President Capt.
Thomas NJ. Moody. 4th Infantry, upon
than thirty years service.
Sdpt. MoOuy Is from wisconsin and
had served nine years in the ranks when
he was appointed second lieutenant in
the 22d Infantry in February 1888. He
became captain of the 18th Infantry in
March. 1899, and has recently completed
detail In the pay department. He is
now at Atlanta, Ga.
Trials Of Three Soldiers.
Private Thomas Driscoll, Battery E..
Sd Field Artillery. and Private George
Toner, Troop d, 18th Cavalry, were each
convicted by courts martial convened at
Fort Myer, Va, Of the charge of being
absent without leave. and were each
sentenced to be dishonorably discharged,
to forfeit pay and allowances and to
be confined at hard labor for three
menths.
Evidence of six previous convictions
was considered in the case of Driscoll
and of five previous convictions in the
case of Toner.
Private Victor Marx. 44th Company,
Coast Artillery Corps. at Fort WASH
ington, Md. was convicted Of being alb
sent without leave and was sentenced
to be confined at hard labor for fifteen
days and TO forfeit SIS of his pay. Evil
dence of one previous conviction was
considered by the court.
The sentences in the three cases were
the Department of the East.