Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

with a view to appointment as chief ma
recent session of Congress and incorporat-
eu IN the naval appropriation act of
March 3 last. The examinations will be
conducted by boards convened on board
snip and at various navy yards and sta
lions in this country and on the Asiatc
station. 1t is intended to have the ques-
tons prepared in Washington, that the
basis of the examination may be Identical
IN all cases. The examination will take
place In this country early in May and at
later date on the Asiatic station.
POSTGRADUATE Medical Course.
The spring course of postgraduate in
struction at the Naval Medical School in
Washington will begin April 10. The list
of officers who will have the benefit of
this special instruction includes Surgeon
N. j. Blackwood, r. M. Kennedy, w. H.
Bell. r. T. Orvis. r. E Ledbetter, Passed
Assistant Surgeons A. E. Peck, ]. F. Muir
Grayson c. G.. Smith. Assistant Surgeons
T. G. Foster, E. L. Woods, A. H Allen,
c. b. Munger, E. o. ]. Eytinge. 1. F.
Cohh. E. L. Reed. A. H. Ropne.t. q. NJ.
Naval Orders.
Commander w. G. Miller to twelfth
lighthouse district, San Francisco. Cal.
Commander R. F. Lopez. from twelfth
lighthouse district, San Francisco. Cal,
and await orders.
Ensign L. Noyes, from Missouri, and
leave one month.
Midshipman B. A. Strait, from Kear-
sarge, and await orders.
Midshipman c. r. Norris. from Ken
lucky, and resignation accepted to take
effect April ), 1903.
Chief BoatsWan S. w. Gardner, to be
transferred to the retired list Of officers
of the navy, May 20, 1YO0-completion of
thirty years service.
Army Orders.
Maj. Harry L. Hawthorne, Coast Ar
tillery Corps. is detailed as a member of
The board for testing rifle cannon. vice
Lieut.. Col. George f. Barney, retired
from active service.
Capt. Bernard Sharp. Sd Infantry. is
detailed as a member Of the retiring
board at Fort George Wright. Washing
ton vice Capt. William r. Sample, Sd
Infantry, relieved
First Lieut. Winfield Harper, 1st In
fantry, will report to that board for ex-
animation.
Maj. Percy NJ. Ashburn, Medical Corps,
will report In person to the surgeon gen
eral of the army for temporary duty in
his office.
Torpedo Boats as Targets.
During the battle practice of the YES
sells of the At antic fleet this summer the
torpedo .boats OBrien and Nicholson will
be used as targets. 1t is the intention OF
the Navy Department to have the little
vessels taken to Annapolis where the
students of the Naval Academy will take
their machinery out and afterward use
it for instruction purposes. The vessels
then will be toWed to No. folk and nIted
up. They will be filled with cork in or
der to keep them atiOat after beng snot
into by the bait eships
Marines for Philippines.
A detachment of 100 marines and five
officers will proceed to the Philippines,
sailing from Norfolk on the cruiser
Prairie for Colon. From Panama the,
will proceed to San F. ancisco on the
cruiser Buffalo and thence to Mania
leaving San Francisco May II.
Nays Biggest Gun.
Ordnance officials expect that the
fourteen-inch gun now under construc-
ton for the navy at the Washington
gun foundry will be ready for tests al
the Indian Head proving grounds within
e.ght or nine months Satisfactory prog
ress is being made on the gun.
Economy in Military Estimates.
To enable the President and the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to properly DIS
charge the duties imposed on them by
section Of the latest sundry civil ap-
preparation act, it will be necessary to
forward the estimates of the executive
departments to the Secretary of the
Treasury much earlier than has been the
practice heretofore. Secretary Dickinson
has issued a circular to all the bureau
officers of the War Department directing
that estimates for the fiscal year 1911 be
prepared without delay and forwarded
to the Secretary of War by May 1 next
mo Item he says shall be estimated
for, no matter how desirable it NAV be
unless required by the actual necessi-
ties of the service economically admins
tered"
For Duty With Organized Militia.
Exercising the discretion resting with
him under the act of Congress approved
February .. 1901, the President has au-
thorized the addition of two sergeants to
each company of the 1st I'd, 3D. 4th and
9Th regiments Of infantry, except that
company from which a sergeant Is de-
tailed to duty with the machine-g gun pla-
toon and to that company but one SER
geant. The additional sergeants thus au-
thorZed are to be available exclusively
for detail to duty in connection with the
organized militia. The vacancies in the
grade of sergeant created by this author
iZatiOn are to be filled by regimental COM