Evening star., 1909-03-02
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

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Army Orders.
Capt. Charles b. Hepburn, Signal Corps.
is relieved from duty at Fort Omaha
Nebraska. and will proceed to Fort Wood
| New York. for duty.
Capt. Halsey E. Yates. 18th Infantry,
at Fort Slocum. New York. to reheve
Capt. Alexander J. Macnab. 9th Infantry
who will proceed to Fort Sheridan I'LL
nois. for duty.
| fantry, will proceed to Fort Bayard, n
| NJ. for observation and treatment.
Capt. Frederic III. Pomroy. commissary,
is detailed as an acting quartermaster al
Kansas City. Mo-. to relieve Capt. Iheo-
dore B. Hacker commissary.
| Maj. Andre W. Brewster, 10th 1nantry,
will repair to this city and report to the
inspector general Of the army for duty
! in his Office.
| Capt. George g. Galley. Sd Field Artil-
lery. will proceed to Fort Sheridan. ILL.,.
for the purpose Of looking after theprop-
erty Of the battery to which he belongs,
and upon completion Of this duty will re-
| turn to his present station.
| Capt William H Tobdn, quartermaster
will proceed to Seattle. Wash. for duty.
| Capt. Benjamin B. Hyer. 18th Cavalry.
Fort Myer. Va. win remain on duty at
that post for such time as may be neoes-
| termaster and will then join his regiment.
| First Lieut. Copley Emos, 9Th Cavalry.
| is relieved from treatment at the General
| Hospital at the Preside Of San Francisco,
and will return to his proper station
Naval Orders.
| Lieut.. .. r. Ghent, from command
the Goldsborough to tho Annapolis.
| Surgeon K. Ohnesorg. from the New
Hampshire to the United States Naval
Medical School Hospital. Washington. D.
c.. for treatment.
! Passed Assistant Surgeon ". H Rem
ME, from the Kentucky to the illinois.
Passed Assistant Surgeon G. M. Oman.
from the Illinois to the New Hampshire.
from the Mississippi to the navy yard.
| Norfolk, Va
Assistant Paymaster r. s. Chew: from
the New Hampshire to the navy yard.
Norfolk, Va
Naval Constructor +. r. Ruhm, from
the bureau of construction and repair.
Navy Department, to duty as superin-
| tending constructor Of submarine boats.
building works of Moran Brothers Com
pany, Seattle. Wash.
Civil Engineer F. II. Cooke. from the
bureau Of yards and docks. Navy De-
partment, to duty Naval Training Sta
ton. Great Lakes, North Chicago, III.
D. Fisher. appointed q paymasters clerk
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Naval Movements.
| The battleships New Jersey and Rhode
| Island have arrived at New York, the
| cruiser Montana at Norfolk, the torpedo
boats Perry and Paul Jones at San Pedro.
the torpedo boat Worden at Charleston,
the yacht Eagle at Guantanamo and the
scouts Chester, Salem and Birmingham
| at Bradford.
The hospital ship Solace has sailed
from Bahia for San Juan, the cruisers
Hartford and Prairie from Hampton
| roads for Washington city. the cruisers
California and Pennsylvania from Pan
from New York for Philadelphia. the
tug Uncas from Guantanamo for Santi-
ago and the torpedo boats T1ngey and
Wilkes from New Orleans for Pensacola
Important Naval Changes.
Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree, commanding
| the second divisions Of the Pacific feet,
will assume command Of the fleet on the
retirement of Rear Admiral William T.
| Swinburne next summer. Rear Admiral
r. P Rodgers will succeed to the COM
mand vacated by Rear Admiral Sebree
and Capt. C. e. Vreeland, now command
ing the batteship Kansas, will become
chief intelligence officer of the Navy
Department.
Retirement Of Capt. Hutchins.
| Capt Hamilton Hutchins of the navy
has been placed on the retired list on his
own application under the thirty years
service law. He made the trip around
the world with the Atlantic feet and was
relieved of command Of the battleship
Kearsarge at Gibraltar at his own request
| because Of i'll health. He is now under
medical treatment at his residence in
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June "a. 1870. He is a native of New
| Hampshire. During the Spanish war he
served as a. lieutenant commander on the
| gunboat Machfas. Prior to assuming
command of the Kearsarge in November.
| 1907, he was equipment and ordnance off,
Ger of the League Island navy yard.
Probable Retirement Of Col. Tucker.
The case of Col William F. Tucker of
| the pay department of the army is now
before Gen. Bell, chief Of staff, prepara-
tory to it's submission to the President
for final action. Col. Tucker was re-
Gently examined by retiring board at
Chicago, of which board Gen. Grant. COM
| rnanding the Department Of the Lakes,
was president, to determine his fitness
| for further active service He has been
under treatment at the General Hospital
| at Hot Springs. Ark, for several weeks
Although not officially admitted, it Is
officer incapaciated for active duty, and
| recommended that he be transferred to
the retired list of the army. Col Tucker
| is q son-in-law of Mrs. John A. Logan.
Warships in Honduras.
Rear Admiral Swinburne, commanding
the Pacific fleet, has dispatched the ar
mored cruisers California and Pennsylva-
mia from Panama to Amapala, Honduras,
to watch developments In the Central
Arnarican Sifna atian which hecauSa of