Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-20
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Parker ". West. l4th Cavalry. will report
| to the army retiring board at Washing
ton. for examination by the board.
Capt Fred H. Gallup. field artillery. IN
assigned. is assigned TO 1.-The Sd Field
Artillery
The following panied. officers OF the
Medical Corps win report to the examn-
| ing board at Manila. Philippine Islands,
for examination to determine their fitness
for promotion:
Capts. George, NJ. Ekwurzel, Carroll y.
Buck. Roderic +. O'Connor. George P.
Heard and Roger Brooke. jr.
BY direction of the President. Cap.
Frank B. Edwards. Coast Artillery Corps,
Is detailed for service and to fl va
cancy in the quartermaster's department,
vice Capt. Robert II. c. kelton Coast Ar
sllery Corps. who is rel eyed from detail
In that department
| Maj. William G. Gambrill paymaster.
will repair to this city and report at the
waiter Reed General Hospital District
| OF Columbia. = for observation and ,reat-
ment.
! Dental Surgeon Robert II. Mills will
proceed to. Fort Slocum. New York, for
| temporary duty. !:
! Capt. John O. Stegcr. Coast Artillery
corps. will proceed to Rochester. \. T.,
on official business pertaining to the ptr-
chase of ma -erial and equipment for, the
Photographic plant in the department OF
enlisted. specialists of the Coast Artillery
school Fort Monroe. Virginia
Ihe foilowing-named officers OF tine
indicated, and will proceed to the Philip
pine Islands for assignment to duty !:
First Lieut. Mahlon Ashford, from dutY
with Company G, Hospital Corps. Fort
Niagara. New York: First Lieut.. Edward
q. Huber. from duty at. Fort Slocum, New
York: First Lieuts. ;Rozier c. Bayly and
Thomas J. I.eary, from duty with Com
pany- A. Hospital Corps. Fort d. A. Rus
sell Wyoming; First LIeuts. Robert W.
Kerr and william s.. Shields. from duty
with Company B. Hospital Corps. General
Hospital. the Preside of San Francisco.
Cal: First Lieut.. Charles A. Belts. from
duty at Fort Lawton. Washing on: First
Lieut.. George 7. Tyler. from Piattsburg
barracks, New York.
Leave of absence for one month, to take
effect on or about July IS. 1909. is granted
Capt. Palmer E. Pierce. 13th Infantry
First Lieut.. William Tidbali. Coast Ar
tillery. has been granted leave of absence
for two months and Dental Surgeon Ed
win P. Tignor leave for one month.
The following named officers of the
Coast Artillery Corps have each been
granted one months leave: First Lieut..
John NJ. Page, First Lieut.. NJ. S. Grassy.
Ter. First Lieut.. w. r. Bettison. First
Lieut., nj. p. An1russ. First Lieut.. j. w
Mckie, First Lieut.. John A. Berry. First
Lieut.. Franc Lecocq, First Lieut.. Howard
l.. Martin and capt. Joseph NneeieT, il.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser Albany has arrived at
San Francisco. the gunboat fankton at
Provincetown. the gunboat Wolverine at
Holland Mich: the gunboat Yorktown
at Esduimault, the cruiser Olympia at
Bradford. the auxiliary Iris at Mare Is
land and the GOLFERS Brutus and Mar
cellus and the torpedo boat Winslow at
Provincetown.
The cruisers Chicago and Hartford
from New London for Gardeners bay and
the torpedo boat Dupont and tiotilla
| from Boston for Provincetown.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral f. H. Moore. transferred
to the retired list Of officers of the navy
from July "a. 19O9l
Civil Engineer A. II. Menoca1. to navy
yard. Boston, Mass
stoned.
Chief Boatswain r. J. Damon, from
naval training station. Newport. K. H..
to navy yard. Boston.
Chief Boatswain e. j. Norcott. from
navy yard. Boston. to. the Patapsco.
and to. command that vessel when COM
Chief Gunner w Fl. F. Schluter: to
navy yard. New York, n. Y.
To Be Examined for Retirement.
BY direction of the President Chap
lain William T. Anderson. 10th Cavalry,
and Second Lieut.. Lawrence c. Kicker.
10th Infantry. have been ordered to re-
port to the army retiring board in this
city for. examination To determine their
fitness for further &C i've duty. Chap
lain Anderson, who has the rank of
jor. is from Texas. and Was appoint
ed to the 10th Cavalry in August 1897.
He is now stationed at Fort Ethan AL
len. Vt
Lieut.. Flicker is from Maine and
was graduated from the Uni ed States
Military Academy in February. 1908. He
is stationed at Fort Ben iainin Harri-
son. Ind.
To Lecture to Militia Convention.
Lieut. Col. Erasmus NJ. Weaver. gen
eral staff. chief of the militia division
of the War Department has been or
dercd to proceed to Los Angeles. Cal.
for the purpose of delivering lecture
before the convention of the National
Guard Association of the United States
on the subject of The Relation Of the
War Department to the Organized Mill
tia. Including the Issue of Stores In
struction of Officers and Joint Maneu-
vers.' On the completion of that duty,
Col. Weaver will resume his station in
this ci y.
The following named officers have been
ordered to report for duty at the Mounted
Service School at Fort Riley. Kan: Capt.
| Daniel f. Craig. 4th Field Artillery:
First I.euts. Edwin Del. Smith, 4th
Field Artillery: John Watson. Sth Cav
airy: John II. Howard, Sth Cavalry
Henry Gibbins. 9th Cavalry. and Walter
S. Sturgil I'd Field Artillery. and Second
Lieut.. Carl BOYD. Sd Cavalry.
Mai. Frank W.-Coe' and Capt. Percy p.
Bishop Coast Artillery Corps. will pro-
| coed to Fort Monroe. Va, for the purpose
of witnessing battle command service
practice at that post by the student Off
GERS of the Coast Artillery School
Second Lieut.. Carl 4. Lohr. Coast Ar
tillery Corps, will assume charge of con-
relieving First Lieut.. Charles +. I. Luli,
Coast Artillery Corps.
Cant. Bertram T. Clayton. quarter
master. will proceed to Fort Moultrie, $.
C., on official business pertaining 10
dredging and construction work
Officers recently promoted have been
assigned to regiments as follows: Col.
James A. Irons. to the Doth Infantry:
| Lieut.. Col L. w. V. Kennon to the 14th
/ Infantry and Maj Charles c. Ballou, to
the 7th Infantry.
Leaves of absence have been granted as
! follows: Capt. II, +. Young. qnartermas-
/ ter. three months. and Second Lieut.
George A. Nafi]e. 24th Infantry: Maj. f.
| NJ. c. Usher. Medical Corps: Capt. Rob
| ert w Collins. Coast ARTILLERY Corps:
Can't. X c. Masteller Coast Artillery
Corps: Capt. f. G. Abbott Coast Artil-