Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.


fifteen days is granted First Lieut. Cliff
| ford L. Corbin, Coast Artillery Corps.
First Lieut.. Henry T. Burgin, Coast Ar
| tillery Corps. will proceed to Seattle
Wash. and assume temporary command
Of the United States Army mine planter
Samuel Ringgold.
Capt. Frederick w. Phisterer is trans
ferred from the seth Company to the 122d
Company. Coast Artillery Corps.
The following named officers will re-
port to the examining board at Fort
Riley. Kan. for examination to determine
their fitness for promotion: First Lieuts.
Charles W. Van Way, 9th Cavalry. and
Edward Davis. 18th Cavalry; Second
Lieuts. Charles NJ. Maigne. eth Cavalry
Herbert E. Mann, 18th Cavalry; Louis H.
kilbourne. Sth Cavalry. and Orlando G.
Palmer. 18th Cavalry.
BY direction of the President and upon
the application of First Sergt. John FltZ7
gerald, Company H. Ith Infantry. that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list.
Leave of absence for three months.
with permission to go beyond the sea. is
granted First Lieut.. Frederic E. jenkins.
Medical Reserve Corps.
Leave of absence for four months Is
granted Capt. Paul l.. Freeman, Medical
Corps.
Capt Haldimand P. Young. quarter
master will report to the depot quarter
master. San Francisco. for duty.
Naval Orders.
Commander r. B. Higgins, from navy
yard, New York, to Hartford, Conn.,, as
inspector of engineering material for
Connecticut district.
Lieut.. F. L. Pinney, to the Vermont.
Lieut. w. r. Sayles, to Naval Academy,
Annapolis. Md.
Lieut. A. c. Pickend. from naval prov
ing ground. Indian Head, Md, and grant
ed one month leave.
Lieut.. w. B. Tardy. from the Vermont
to Naval Academy, Annapolis. Md.
Lieut.. ]. S. Graham. to Naval Academy.
Mdshipman G. L. Schuyler. from naval
torpedo station to bureau of ordnance.
Navy Department.
Passed Assistant Surgeon J. H. Payne.
jr., from navy recruiting station, Hart
ford Conn.,, to Naval Hospital. New
York.
Assistant Surgeon w. S. Kuder, to
Naval Hospital. Mare Island. Cal.
! Assistant Surgeon w. 6: steadman. to
navy recruiting station. Hartford, Conn.
c. L. Bahrendt appointment as pay
masters clerk in the navy, duty on board
the Arethusa, revoked.
Naval Movements.
The gunboat Dolphin has arrived at
New York. the training ship Intrepid and
torpedo boats Macdonough, Wilkes. Fin
gey and Thornton at Baton Rouge.
The yacht Mayf1ower has sailed from
from New York for Washington and the
gupnboat CaStine. the tug Nina and the
submarines Tarantula. Viper. Octopus
and Plunger from Newport for Oyster
bay.
Fleet to Pass in Review.
The commander-in-chiefo of the Atlantic
fleet has Informed the Navy Department mt
that the fleet on It's passage to New York
from Hampton roads will arrive off Bar
negat, on the New Jersey coast, about
noon Of the 21st instant. and will steam
along the New Jersey shore north of
that point, passing Ocean Grove about
3 pm.
Thirty-three officers Of the Medical Re
serve Corps, recently appointed, have been
ordered to this city, October l next, to
take a course of instruction at the Army
Medical School; The list follows: First
Lieuts. Ernest r. Gentry. George NJ. Ed
wards. Roy c. Hefebower. Edward NJ.
Welles. jr., William H. Thearle, Larry 3
McAfee, Henry c. Niche. jr.. Carl E
Holmberg, Adam E. Schlanser Henry
Beeuwkes. William B. Carr, John T. Ay-
holds. Edward D. Kremers. Mark D.
Weed, Taylor E. Darby, Thomas l.. Feren.
baugh, William P. Lamb, Arthur o. Davis
Solomon P. Klotz, Wibb E. Cooper, Will
liam c. Davis, Ralph G. De Voc. Thomas
D. Woodson, William L. Sheep. Julian NJ
Gillespie, Harry r. Berry. Alexander r
Cooper, Harry P. Shugerman, Charles w
Haverkampf. Floyd Kramer and Felix r
Hill.
Lieut.. Lahm Goes to Des Moines.
First Lieut.. Frank P. Lahm, Signal
Corps, has been ordered to proceed from
this city to Des Moines. Iowa, and re.
port in person to the commanding officer
Of the United States troops at that place
for temporary duty in operating the diri.
gible balloon o. Of the Signal Corps al
the military tournament to be held at Des
Moines commencing September 20 1909
and upon the completion of that duty will
return to his proper station.
To Assist Chief of Artillery.
| Maj. Andrew Hero, jr., Coast Artillery
Corps, has been relieved from duty al
Fort Flagler, Wash, and detailed as an
assistant to the chief of coast artillery, at
the War Department. to relieve Mai
Frank w. Coe, Coast Artillery Corps
| Mai. Hero will repair to this city and re.
port in person to the chief of coast ar
| tillery for duty.
To Build the Battleships.
The 26.OO0-ton battleship to be built by
the New York Shipbuilding Company will
be known as the Arkansas and that to be
built by William Cramp Sons & Co. as the
Wyoming.
Free Sunday in Navy.
To the end that Sunday may be general
ly observed as day of rest on board
ship, the acting secretary Of the navy has
directed that the duty required Of officers
and men on that day be reduced to the
minimum consistent with the requirement.
| of the service.
The department order specifies that the
commanding officers inspection of ship
and crew shall not be held Sunday, but or
other days of the week when most conve'
nient.