Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-08
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Ry direction of the President. the re-
tirement Of Lieut.. Col. Samuel r. Jones'
deputy uuartermaster general, from ac-
tive service is announced.
First Lieut.. Sidney D. Maize. 18th Cav
a]ry. will proceed to Fort Riley. Kan.
and report to the commandant OF lhe
mounted service school to take the course
of instruction at that school.
The leave of absence granted Eetef-
marian Sidney l.. Hunter. I'd fleld Az
tillery, is extended Two Hloltilo vi u"
count of sickness.
Rv direction of the President. ana upon
the application of First Serst Ed"alo
F. Moore. Company j. I'D Infantry tla,
soldier will be placed upon the retireo
list. :;
Leave of absence for four months Is
granted Mai. Henry j. Goldman, l2th
Cavalry.
Naval Orders.
Commander s. S. Wood. from the Idaho
IN dutv in connection with fitting out the
New York and command that vessel when
commissioned.
Commander II. p Jones. from the navy
yard, Washington. d. C., TO the ldaho
as executive officer.
Chief Carpenter w. A. Barry 10 navy
yard. Boston, Mass.
Naval Movements.
The torpedo boat Shubrick has arrived
at Beaufort s. c.: the torpedo boat Por-
ter at Norfolk. the gunboat Easle at
Guantanamo. the torpedo boat Wordeh at
Char the collier Saturn at Mare
Island and the tug Osceola at Key west.
The collier Brutus has sailed from
Colon for Curacao. the gunboat DUBUQUE
from Guantanamo for target grounds, the
glpboat Scorpion from COnstantlnople TOT
Naples. the collier Lebanon from Newport
for Buzzards bay. the cruiser Pralrle from
Philadelphia for Charleston and the
Yacht Mayfower from Norfolk for WASH
ington.
Nash Trial Postponed.
The court-martial recently appointed for
the trial of Surgeon F. S. Nash of the
navy will meet at the Washington navy
ward the 18th instant instead of the 10th,
as originally ordered. The postponement
was necessitated by the difficulty of sew
eral members of the court getting to this
city on the date first selected. Surgeon
Nash is charged with unproteSSlonal
treatment of the case of Midshipman IL.
w. Stephenson of the Naval Academy
while the latter was suffering from sranu-
lar eyelidS.
Departure of the 18th Cavalry.
lie " d1 bepdt tHiSlit IDS iSNeiNtu bidS
for the transports alton of the 18th Cav
airy from Fort Myer to San Francisco.
with the idea that that regiment shall
leave the neighboring garrison February
IS This lateness in the departure of the
command is for the purpose of taking
advantage OF the colonists' rates. which
come into effect in the last day of the
month. This makes 1t necessary to de-
| lay the departure of the army transport
Logan from San Francisco for twenty
| four hours and the day of sailing has
been made March instead of March >.
New Aid to Commandant.
| Capt William c. Harliee of the Marine
Corps has been appointed afd-de-camp to
Mai Gen. Elliott commandment of the
Marine Corps. in place of First Lieut..
Russell B. Putnam. who has been APP
pointed captain and assistant payuas-
tier Capt Harllee has recently been on
duty at the headquarters of the Marine
| Corps: prior to that time he was in
charge of the Marine Corps rifle team.
| Gen. Barry's Next Command.
| Mai Gen. Thomas II. Barry. command
! ing the Army OF Cuban PacicatiOn. has
asked that his assignment to depart
ment be postponed until after his return
| from Cuba about the end of April. He
| will probably be given command of the
Department of Columbia at Vancouver
| barracks.