Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-19
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.


BY direction of the President, and upon
the application of First Sergt. John Hack
EFT. Troop A. 18th Cavalry. that soldier
will be placed upon the retired list.
Maj. James S. Wilson will proceed to
the prison at Alcatraz Island, Cal, for
duty. relieving Capt. Robert NJ. Thorn
burgh, who will proceed to San Fran
| cisco for duty at the General Hospital at
| the Preside.
Maj. Francis A. Winter. Medical Corps,
is relieved from duty at Fort Myer. Va.
! and will report to the surgeon general for
duty in his Office.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Capt. Wilson T. Davidson. Medi-
cal Corps.
First Lieut.. Blase Cole. Medical Reserve
Corps. recently appointed. is ordered to
active duty at Fort Crook. Neb.
First Lieut. Thomas J. Flynn, Medical
Reserve Corps. recently appointed. Is or
dered to active duty at Fort Ethan Allen,
VT.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Second Lieut.. Henry c. Pratt.
4th Cavalry.
Capt. Charles F. Craig. Medical,
Corps. in addition to his other duties.
will report in person to the president of
the Army Medical School, in this city, for
duty as assistant Instructor In clinical
microscopy and bacterology.
Col. John Van r. Hoff. Medical Corps.
is relieved from duty as chief surgeon,
Department Of the Lakes. and will pro-
coed to Governors Island, New York.
and report to the commanding general.
Department Of the East, for duty as chlef |
surgeon of that department.
Leave of absence for four months Is
granted First Lieut.. Edward c. Wells,
Sth Cavalry.
BY direction of the President. and upon
the application of First Sergt. Oscar
Henderson. Company l.. 10th Infantry,
that soldier will be placed upon the re-
tired list.
Second Lieut. Warder II. Roberts. 18th
Infantry, is transferred at his own re-
quest to the LIST Infantry.
Leave of absence for two months, with
granted Capt. Granville Sewer, Coast Ar
tillery Corps.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral r. c. Mclean. placed
upon the retired list of officers of the
navy from October 25, 1909.
Rear Admiral G. Blocklinger, placed
upon the retired list of officers of the
navy from October q. 1909.
Surgeon j. c. Pryor, from command of
the naval hospital Yokohama, JAPAN to
home in United States via Europe.
Surgeon E. S. Bogert, jr, from the
navy yard. New York. n. Y, to COM
Japan.
Assistant Paymaster F. T. Foxwell, to
the Franklin, navy yard, Norfolk, Va.
Naval Movements.
The gunboat Paducah has arrived at
Guantanamo, the collier Saturn at Quay
aouil, the cruisers New York and North
Carolina at Hampton roads. the cruiser
Dixie at New York, and the torpedo
boats Stringham Biddle, Shubrick and
Dupont at Yorktown.
The gunboat Wilmington has saile9
from Siakwan for Shanghai.
From South Carolina to Delaware.
Orders have been given for the Seth
Company, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort
Moultrie, Charleston, S. c.. to proceed
about November 10 to Fort Dupont, Del.
for station
Retirement of Two Rear Adm1rals.
Announcement was made at the Navy
Department today that Rear Admiral
Gottfried Blocklinger will be transferred
to the retired list on account of age the
23d instant. and that Rear Admiral
Thomas c.. Mclean will be retired the
18th instant for the same reason. Ad-
miral Blocklinger was born in Iowa and
entered the navy in July. 1853. He reached
the rank of rear admiral in October, 1908.
and has had over twenty one years Serv-
ice at sea. Since May, 1908, he has been
stationed in this city as member Of the
naval examining and retiring boards.
Admiral Mclean is from New York and
began his naval career in September, 1864.
He has had about seventeen years sea
service and became rear admiral in
July, 1908. Since october, 1907, he mas
been stationed in this city as president
of the board of inspection and survey
and as a member Of the naval board OF
construction.