Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-08
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
ARMY Orders.

Capt Henry r. Pipes. Medical Corps. is
detailed as member of the examining
board at Fort Myer. Virginia. vice First
Lieut. Frederick NJ. Barney. Medical
Corps. relieved.
Capt George A. Wieczorek. Coast r.
tillery Corps, is assigned to the 43d Com
pany.
Leave Of absence for two months is
granted Dental Surgeon Harold o. Scott,
United States Army.
COL Grin r. MitCham. ordnance depart
ment will proceed 10 Fort Inward. Fort
McHenry Fort Carroll. Fort SmallwoOd
and Fort Arnistead. Mi, on official busi-
ness pertaining tn the Inspection of sea-
coast armament and the work of me-
chanics engaged thereon.
Lieut. Col Charles J. Bailey. Coast Ar
tillery Corps will proceed To Fort Terry.
New York. for the purpose Of witnessing
night target practice at that place.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser Buffalo has arrived at
Pichilinuue, the cruisers Montana and
North Carlina and the torpedo boats
Worden and Porter at Norfolk, the gum
boat Dubuque at Portsmouth, ~ H.:
the Yacht Eagle AT Kingston Jamaica.
and the torpedo boats Thornton, Tingey
and Wilkes a Beaumont.
The gInboat CaStine has "a lied from
Charleston for Hampton roads, the COL
ler Brutus from Boston for Hampton
roads. tho auxiliary Supply from Noko-
hama for Kobe. the gunboat Wilmington
from Shanghai for Nimrod sound and the
torpedo boats Stringham. Biddle. Du-
pont aud Shubrick from Savannah for
Wilmington.
Court at Fort Washington.
4 general court-martial has been APP
pointed 10 meet AT Fort Washington. Md.
today for the trial of such persons as
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the court is Capt. George l.. Hicks, il;
capt. John l.. Roberts. jr.: First Lieut..
Lewis Turtle. First Lieut.. Allison h.
Deans. jr.; First Lieut. Charles X. Wing.
jr.: Second Lieut.. Chester r. Snow. Sec
ond Lieut.. Theodore NJ. Chase and First
Lieut.. Edward \. Brown. judge advo-
cate. all the Coast Artillery Corps.
Retirement of Carpenter Hay.
Chief Carpenter f. II. Hay, one of the
few officers on the active list or the navy
who took part i'm the civil war will be re-
tired for age tomorrow. His service be-
gan in the early part of 1866. lie resigned
at the close Of the war, but was reap
pointed an acting carpenter in March,
1874. He was commissioned chief carpen-
ter March. 1892. after service i'm all parts
of the world. lie was OH inspection duty
in the bureau of construction and repair
at the Navy Department from August.
1901. until recently, when he was assigned
10 duty at the yards OF the Fore RIVER
Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Mass.
He is a native of Massachusetts.
Fast Marching of Artillery.
The I'd Battalion of the Sd Field Artil-
lery, stationed at Fort Myer and COM
manded by Mai. &. g. Treat. established
a new record for field artillery for a days
march last week. The march was from
White Sulphur Springs to Fort Mycr, a
distance of nearly fifty-two miles.
Commended for Heroism.
Gen. Elliot, commandment of the Ma
rine Corps, has written letter to Private
Howard Ritter of the Marine Corps, sta
toned at Philadelphia, commencing the
heroism and presence of mind displayed
by him in the rescue of fOur-year-old
child who had fallen into the river near
the navy yard. Private Ritter was on
guard duty at the time and, observing the
child,S peril. immped into the river and