Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Army Orders.
Capt. George Z. Stockle, Sth Cavalry.
at the Army Staff College. Fort Leaven-
| worth. Kan. will proceed to Fort Robin
son, Neb., for duty.
Second Lieut. Frank E. Davis, 9Th Cav
airy. will proceed to Fort Robinson, Neb
for duty.
Capt. William r. Davis, Medical Corps,
is relieved from duty at Fort Mason. Cal,
and will proceed to Fort Porter. n Y,
for duty. relieving Capt. Ernest G. Bing-
ham, Medical Corps, who will proceed to
Fort Mason. Cal. for duty
First Lieut. George E. Lowell, 9TH Cav
airy, will report to the examining board
at Fort Riley, Kan, for examination for
promotion.
Capt. Sherwood A. Cheney, general staff,
will proceed to New York city for the
purpose of obtaining detailed information
of plan OF a proposed canal in Colombia
said to be in the possession of Mr.. j.
Simmonds
Capt. Percy p Bishop, Coast Artillery
Corps. is directed to proceed to the ar
tillery district of New London, thence
thence to the artillery district of Mar
| ragansett bay for the purpose of wit
Messing target practice in those districts.
Maj. Percy NJ. Ashburn,. Medical Corps,
is relieved from duty with the commits
sion of the United States to Liberia and
from temporary duty in the Office of the
surgeon general of the army, and will
proceed to San Francisco for duty at the
| General Hospital, the Preside of San
Maj Euclid B. Frick, Medical Corps,
is detailed as a member of the examining
board convened at the General Hospital.
the Presidio of San Francisco, Cal, vice
Maj. Albert E. TRULY. Medical Corps, re-
lieved.
A board Of officers to consist of Lieut.
Col. Robert L. Howe, Porto Rico reg1-
| ment of infantry: Maj. Bailey X. Ash
ford. Medical Corps; Maj. Munroe Nc
try: Maj. William NJ. Morrow, Porto
Rico regiment Of infantry: First Lieut.
Luis G. de Quevedo. Medical Reserve
Corps, and First Lieut.. Abram I. Miller.
er. is appointed to meet at San Juan,
Porto Rico. Wednesday. September 10.
1909, to conduct the examination of can
didates for appointment to the grade Of
second lieutenant in the Porto Rico regi-
ment Of infantry.
The following named officers, who have
been graduated recently from the Mount
ed Service School. Fort Riley, Kan, will
| remain at the school for another year
with a view to qualifying as instructors
! 10th Cavalry: First Lieut.. Eben Swift,
| jr. 18th Cavalry; First Lieut.. Isaac S.
Martin. 14th Cavalry, and Second Lieut..
John c. Montgomery. .7th Cavalry.
Leaves of absence have been granted
as follows: Capt. George E. Cameron,
4th Cavalry, one month and fifteen days:
First Lieut. Edward C. Huber. Medical
Corps. one month: First Lieut.. Albert j.
Macdonald, Philippine Scouts one month S
extension; Lieut.. Col. Thaddeus w.
Jones, general staff, two months.
BY direction of the President and upon
the application of First sergt. James II.
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soldier will be placed upon the retired
| list.
Leave of absence for four months is
granted First Lieut.. Robert ]. Rees. I'D
infantry.
| Capt John D. Long. 18th Cavalry, will
proceeded to West Point. n. Y. and re-
| poet to the superintendent, United States
| Military Academy. for duty.
| Capt. Tilman Campbell. Sd Field Ar
| tillery. will assume charge of construc-
ton work at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. re-
lieying Capt. Lawrence ]. Fleming, 14th
| Cavalry.
| Capt. Grosvenor l.. Townsend. 23d In.
fantry, will proceed to Governors Island
| y. Y, for duty with the 7th Regiment
| National Guard Of New York.
| First Lieut.. Madison II. Bowman is re-
| lieved from duty at Fort Mcdowell, Cal
and will proceed to the department rife
range, Point Bonita Cal, for temporary
duty. relieving First Lieut.. Leonard 8
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Point Bonita Lieut.. Bowman will proceed
to the Presidio of Monterey for duty.
| First Lieut.. Leonard s. Hughes is re
lieved from duty at Fort Mcdowell. Cal
and will proceed to Fort Lawton, Wash.
| for duty.
| Naval Orders.
| Lieut.. Commander J. j. Raby, from the
South Dakota: continue treatment hos
pital, Mare Island. Cal.
Lieut.. j. Franklin, retired. from branch
photographic office, Baltimore. to home
| Lieut.. j. o. Fisher. from the Arethusa
to the South Dakota.
Lieut.. 0. F. Cooper. from navy yard
Norfolk, Va, to the Adder and the Moe.
/ casin. naval station. Cavite. P. l.
/ Machinist f. A. Blackwell, transferred
| to the retired list Of officers Of the navy
from July %. 1909.
Retirement Of Lieut.. Reed.
| First Lieut.. Howard A. Reed OF the
Medical Corps has been placed on the re-
tired list with the rank of captain, the
grade to which he would have been ap-
pointed but for his disability Capt. Reed
is from Pennsylvania and was appointed
an assistant surgeon in June, 1908. He is
| a graduate of the Army Medical School
and has been recently stationed at the
general hospital, Fort Bayard, n. NJ.
Naval Movements.
| Tile gunboat Dubuque has arrived a,
Guantanamo, the gunboat Dolphin at New
York and the cruisers Chicago and Hart
| ford and the monitor Tonopah at Brad
| ford.
| The collier Nanshan has sailed from
Shanghai for Chefoo. the collier Sterling
| from ProvincetoWn for Hampton roads
the battleship Idaho from Philadelphia
| for Provincetown, the collier Hannibal
from Provincetown for Sewalls Point, the
cruiser Olympia from New London for
Newport and the torpedo boats Whipple
Hull Truxton. Perry, Hopkins and Paul
Jones from Seattle for Alaska.