Evening star., 1909-07-19
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Retirement Of Admiral Moore.


Rear Admiral E. *. Moore, recently
detached from command Of the navy
yard, Portsmouth, \. H.. will be re-
tired for age next Saturday. He Is from
Ohio and entered the navy In October,
1864. His service includes about twenty
five years of sea duty and nineteen years
on shore. His latest sea commands were
the gunboats Bennington and Helena on
the Chinese station. Since then he has
performed important service at Boston
and Portsmouth.
Launch Of the Flusser.
The torpedo boat Flusser will be
launched at the Bath iron works tomor-
row, with the usual ceremonies. She
will be christened by Miss Genevieve s.
Verden of Louisville. KY, grandniece
of Lieut.. Commander c. W. Flusser.
U. S. N, after whom the boat is named.
Retired as Captain.
First Lieut.. Alpha T. Easton. 10Th In
fantry, having been examined for promo
ton by q board Of officers and found
physically disqualified for the duties Of q
captain of infantry, by reason of dis
ability incident to the service, his re-
tirement by the President from active
service as captain is announced to date
from June IL. 1909. the date upon which
he would have been promoted to that
grade by reason of seniority il found
qualified.
Capt Easton Is from Pennsylvania and
during the Spanish war served as cap
tain 18th Pennsylvania Infantry and as
first lieutenant 2Sth United States Volun-
teer Infantry. He was appointed first
lieutenant Goth Regular Infantry In Feb
pines.
Army Orders.
Sergt Charles c. Reynolds, Troop L,
11th Cavalry. in this city, having been
found qualified to enter the final COM
petitive examination for promotion to the
grade Of second lieutenant. will report to
the board to be convened at Fort Leaven-
worth August ?, 1863. for examination.
Leave Of absence for one month is
granted First Lieut.. Charles S. Frank,
18th Infantry.
Capt. Leroy T. Hillman, Ordnance De-
partment. is assigned as principal assist
ant in the Office of the chief Of ordnance.
vice Can't. Herman w. Schulz, Ordnance
Department, relieved.
Naval Orders.
Ensign v. Baker, to command reserve
torpedo fiotilla, navy yard, Norfolk, Va
Midshipman II. r. Van De Boe. dis
charged from treatment at Naval Hos
pital, Annapolis, Nd; to home and await
orders
Chief Boatswain A. Mccone. retired.
from navy yard. Philadelphia, Pa, to
home.
Paymaster w T. Wallace, to Naval
Hospital. Las Aniinas. Col
Passed Assistant Paymaster II. b. Wor-
den. from Naval Hospital. Las Animas,
Col, to treatment at that hospital.
C.. A. Davis, appointment as a paymas-
ter's clerk In the navy, duty at Naval
Mate r. Deickmann orders of July Is,
1909 to the Texas revoked.
Mate II. Forsdal, from the Franklin to
the Texas.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser Prairie has arrived at
Provincetown: the gunboat Wolverine at
Muskegon: the torpedo boat Thornton
and fiotilla at Boston; the collier Aba
rendo and the battleship Nebraska at
Provincetown: the torpedo boat Manly at
New York: the torpedo boat WinsloW at
Newport. and the gunboat Yorktown at
Port Angeles.
The torpedo boat Bainbridge and fotilla
have sailed from Shanghai for Cavite:
the collier Nanshan from Cavite for
Hongkong: the tug Standish from New
London for Annapolis: the cruisers Chat
tanoosa and Cleveland from Hankow for
Woosung: the gunboat Dubuque from
Puerto Cortez for Ceiba; the cruiser AL
bany from San Pedro for San Francisco:
the gnnboat Paducah from Guantanamo
for Puerto Cortez; the gunboat Tacoma
from Colon for Blueneld. and the cruisers
North Carolina. Montana and New York
frNrr, NanleS for Gibraltar,