Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-25
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

First Lieut.. Raymond s. Hamburger. I'd
Cavalry, attached to the Signal Corps.
will proceed from Fort Omaha. Neb.. to
Des Moines, Ia, for temporary duty
pertaining to the securing Of supplies for
the dirigible balloon tent
Leave of ABSENCE for one month Is
granted Lieut.. Col. Benjamin H. Cheever,
Sd Cavalry.
First Lieut.. Fred ". Hershler. 4th
Cavalry. will repair to this city and re-
port In person to the commanding ofncer
of the Walter Reed General Hospital.
District of Columbia, for observation and
treatment.
Maj. Thomas Cruise. quartermaster. or
Capt Robert II. Rolfe, quarrermaster.
will make two visits per month to the
factory of the Massachusetts Cotton Conn
pany, Lowell, Mass, on official business
pertaining to the inspection of olive drab
cotton cloth.
the application of Sergt. John w. But
cher. Company D. LIST Battalion OF En-
gineers. that soldier will be placed upon
the retired list.
Leave of absence for one month and
fifteen days is granted 1st Lieut.. West e.
Jacobs, Coast Artillery Corps.
The following transfers are ordered:
Second Lieut.. Burt w. Phillips, from
the 18th Infantry to the 20th Infantry.
Maj. julius A. Penn. 18th Infantry. is
will proceed to San Francisco. Cal, to
join his regiment in the Philippines Dr.
vision.
BY direction Of the President. LIST Lieut..
Mark L. Ireland. ordnance department, IS
relieved from detail in that department,
to take effect upon the expiration of the
leave of absence granted him. Lieut..
Ireland will proceed to Fort Stevens,
Ore, and report to the commanding onl-
Ger, Artillery District Of the Columbia.
for duty on his staff.
Naval Orders.
Commander ]. NJ. Orchard, to command
the West Virginia
Commander G. r. Salisbury, from com
mand Of naval station, Culebra, P. r..
and command Of the Alliance. to duty in
connection with the Vestal.
Commanders G. II. Burrage. E. II. Du-
rell and c. II. Hayes have been commits
stoned.
Lieutenant Commander c. A. Brand,
from the Hancock to command the naval
station at Culebra, P. r., and command OF
the Alliance.
Lieutenant Commander W. L. Littleield
has been commissioned.
Lieut.. Pope Washington to the Han
cock.
Lieut.. w. C. Asserson, from the Naval
Academy, Annapolis Md. to the Vestal.
Acting Assistant Surgeon ]. T. Johnson,
to the Naval Hospital. Naval Home. Phil
adelphia.
Passed Assistant Paymaster L. W. L.
Jennings, from the navy yard, Philadel-
phia, to the Missouri.
Chief Boatswain James Laven, from the
Chicago to the Reina Mercedes, naval sta
ton, Narragansett bay, r. 1.
Boatswain G. G. Robertson, from the
Reina Mercedes to the Vestal.
w. c. Wood, appointment as a paymas-
ters clerk for duty on the Missouri, re-
vOked.
c. w. Ioomis, appointed as paymaster's
stellation.
. E. F.. Delaney. appointed paymaster's
clerk in the navy, for duty at the naval
training station. Newport. r. /.
Naval Movements.
The cruisers Montana, New York and
North Carolina have arrived at Hampton
roads, the tug Standish at Norfolk, and
the collier Celtic at New York.
The cruiser Rainbow has sailed from
Hongkong for Cavite, the auxiliary Aba
renda from Newport News for Bradford,
r. l., and the gunboat Tacoma from
Colon for Bluefield.
Resignation Of Lieut.. Awl.
The resignation Of First Lieut.. F. A.
Anvil, 9th United States Infantry. has been
accepted by the President, to take effect
September 1, 1909. Lieut.. Anvil served as
a private in the Governors Troop, Penn
syIvan1a Cavalry. during the Spanish war.
In December, 1899, he was appointed
second lieutenant 9Th United States In
fantry, and was promoted first lieutenant
in that regiment In September, 1901.
Since then he has been attached to the
18th and 9th Regiments of Infantry. He
has been recently stationed at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex.