Evening star., 1909-04-25

awarded to the Bethlehem steel works q
contract for the following projectilss:
One thousand six hundred 7-inch target
shells at $10.4s, 1900 s-inch target
shells at $l7.s6 and coo 1o-inch shells
at $32.7o. To the Tredegar Iron Com
pany Of Richmond. Va, . contract was
awarded for 1900 12-inch cast iron tar
get shells at sac each.
To Honor Gen. Boynton.
The Secretary Of War has given per-
mission to George Alfred Townsend.
through whose instrumentality the mon
ument to the war correspondents Of the
civil war was raised on the battlefield at
Antietam. to place on that monument
bust OF the late Gen. II. v. Boynton.
who was not only q war correspondent.
but brave soldier. who received severe
wounds In the civil war.
Army Orders.
The following-named officers Of the
Medical Corps win report to the examin-
building. Washington. for examination
for promotion:
Mats. w. Fitzhugh Carter. Robert J.
Gibson and Richard w. Johnson.
First Lieut. Jesse M. Holmes. 9th In
tion work at Fort Wayne, Mich. reiev-
ing Capt. Hjalmer Erickson. 7th Infan-
try. Of that duty.
BY direction Of the President. First
Lieut. John H. Baker. 2lst Infantry. will
report to the retiring board at San
Francisco for examination by the board.
Capt Frank A. Cook, commissary, will
proceed to Boston for duty with the Ma
tional Guard Of that state for q period
Of one week. commencing May 3. 1909.
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ment. will repair to this city on official
business pertaining to material in proc
ess OF construction by the ordnance de-
partment.
Second Lieut.. Ambrose r. Emery. 9th
Infantry, Is detailed as spotter for the
army infantry team In the national match
at Fort Sheridan. Ill.
The leave of absence granted Maj. Louis
T. Hess. Medical Corps. is extended one
month.
Leave Of absence for two months is
granted Col. John r. Williams. Coast Ar
tillery Corps.
BY direction Of the President and upon
the application Of Q. NJ. Sergt. John J..
be placed upon the retired list.
Capt. Edgar A. Macklin, 25th Infantry,
is relieved from treatment at the general
hospital. Fort Bayard, N. NJ, and will
proceed to Fort George Wright Wash.
for duty.
Capt. Halstead Dorey, 4th Infantry, is
relieved from duty with the I'd Battalion,
18th Infantry, and will report at Fort
Jay. New York. for duty.
Maj. Charles F. Mason, Medical Corps
Is relieved from duty in the Office OF the
surgeon general of the army and is de-
tailed for duty with the isthmian canal
commission.
Lieut.. Col Isaac w. Littell, deputy
Quartermaster general, will proceed to
Camden, N. j., for the purpose Of wit
Messing the trial trip of the General s. M.
Mills At the yards of the New York Ship
building Company.
BY direction Of the President and upon
the application Of First Sergt. Ewald
Mass. Company B, 23d Infantry. that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list.
The following-named officers Of the Med
ical Corps are relieved from their present
duties and will proceed to the Philippine
Islands: Majs. Charles e. Woodruff. Fort
Wadsworth, N. Y, and Thomas ]. Kirk
patrick. Fort Moultrie, s. G.
Dental Surgeon Clarence z. Lauderdale
will proceed to Fort Logan. Col. for duty.
relieving Dental Surgeon William G.
Hammond, who will proceed to the Phil
ippine Islands for duty.
By direction OF the President and upon
the application OF Sergt. OF Ordnance
Reuben A. Collins that soldier will be
placed upon the retired list.