Evening star., 1909-06-25
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.


firing of seacoast guns and carriages at
that post.
Leave of absence TO July 6. 1909. is
granted Capt Charles l.. Foster Medical
Corps.
First Lieut.. Henry II. Robert. Corps of
Engineers will proceed to Fort Bayard.
n. NJ, and report to the commanding
officer of the general hospital for observa-
tion and treatment.
First Lieut.. John II. Baker. 2lst In
fantry, will proceed to his home prepara-
tory to his retirement from active service.
Leave of absence to September 10. 1909,
is granted First Lieut.. John IL. Baker.
21st Infantry.
BY direction of the President. Chaplain
James L. Critics, 4th Cavalry, will report
to the army retiring board at Fort Meade,
s. D., for examination.
Leave of absence for four months Is
granted First Lieut.. Robert II. Lewis,
9TH Field Artillery and Second Lieut..
Edmund A. Buchanan, 9th Cavalry.
First Lieut.. Isaac S. Martin. 18th Caval-
ry. will proceed to Fort Sheridan, H.,
for the purpose of attending the northern
pistol competition to be held at that post
July ~ to 81, 1909.
By direction of the President, Capts.
Henning F. Cooley and Lucian 3. Moody,
ordnance department first lieutenants,
Coast Artillery Corps, are relieved from
detail in the ordnance department.
The leave of absence granted Capt. Guy
E. Carleton, ordnance department, is eA-
tended two months.
Capt. Willard d. Newbill, commissary,
will proceed to Tonawanda, n. V, for the
purpose of inspecting haversack rations
during their manufacture.
First Lieut.. Owen c.. Fisk. Medical Re-
serve Corps. will proceed from Fort Terry
to Fort Niche, n. Y, for temporary
duty.
First Lieut.. Julian l.. Dodge. 10th In.
fantry, is detailed to duty as quarter
master of the transport Buford, with
Ton, Cny IRON
First Lieut.. John A. Pearson, 9TH Caval-
ly, is relieved from duty at the recruit
depot. Fort Mcdowell, Cal, and will
join his regiment.
five days. with permission to go beyond
the sea. is granted First Lieut.. William
NJ Colvin, Coast Artillery Corps
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. J. J. Hannigan, from the United
and wait orders.
navy yard, Portsmouth, n H., settle ac-
counts and wait orders.
Asst. Paymaster L. n. Wertenbaker, to
navy yard. Portsmouth, N. H.
Chief Boatswain J. Clancy, from the
Franklin, navy yard. Norfolk, Va, to the
navy yard, Pensacola, Fla.
Chief Boatswain d. Montague. from the
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sick leave three months.
Boatswain ]. c. Lindberg, to the Frank
lin. navy yard, Norfolk, Va.
Gunner E. Swanson, to the navy yard,
Norfolk, Va.
w A. Settle appointed a paymasters
clerk in the navy, duty the Tennessee.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser Montgomery has arrived al
Boston, the monitor Tonopah at New
port and the yacht Hist at Charleston.
The battleship New Jersey has sailed
from Boston for Hampton roads, the bat
tleship Vermont from ProvinceoWn for
Hampton roads. the collier Ajax from
Boston for Portsmouth. N H., the bat
tleship Wisconsin from Portsmouth for
Hampton roads the battleship Mississippi
from Philadelphia for Hampton roads and
the submarines Cuttlefish, Octopus and
Tarantua and the gunboat Castine from
Norfolk for Newport.
Retirement of Col. Ruffner.
Col. Ernest II. Ruffner, Corps of En-
gineers, stationed at New York city, has
been placed on the retired list by opera
tion of law on account of age. He is
from Kentucky and was a star graduate
In the class of 1867 at the United States
Military Academy His entire service
has been in the engineer department. in
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Septernbr 1906.
His retirement causes the promotion of
Lieut.. Col. Frederic V. Abbot to be col
onel, Maj. Harry Taylor to be lieutenant
colonel, Capt. Edward III. Schulz to be
major and fArst Lieut.. Wildurr Willing
to be captain and Second Lieut. James
j. Loving to be first lieutenant.
To Attend Maryland Encampment.
Troop A of the 10th United States Cav
OIL aY Fort No 1or bnn, .nila a
to attend the annual encampment of the
Maryland National Guard, to be held
at Westminster July IS to %.
Gen. Mills Here.
Brig Gen. Albert L. Mills recently re-
lieved from command of a department in
the Philippines, passed through Wash
ington city today on his way to Atlanta
Ga. to assume command of the Depart
ment of the Gulf.
Secretary Dickinson as a Marksman
Secretary Dickinson probably devotes
more time to open-air exercises than any
other member of the present admins
tration. He is great walker and rides
horseback at every possible opportunity
Within the past few days he has taken
to rifle practice. He had q match with
Gen. Drain of the national board for
the promotion of rifle practice on the
local rifle range the other afternoon. AL
though he was somewhat out of practice
and never before had used a service rifle
he made score of ~ out of n possible
90 beating his opponent by 8 points. Yes
terday afternoon he spent an hour or
two with Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance.
and Gen. Drain in series of matches
with clay pigeons as targets.
Dismissal of Maj. Clarke
The President has approved the sen
tence of dismissal in the case of Mai
Charles J. T. Clarke. 26th Infantry, who
was convicted by court-martiaI on
charges of misconduct III financial af-
fairs, involving violation of the sixty-first
and sixty-second articles of war
Maj. Clarke is now at sea, returning
with his regiment from the Philippines.
He is native of New York and first
entered the army as private i'm No
vember 1870. He was appointed second
lieutenant from sergeant in April, 1852.
and reached the grade of major July -,
1903.
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