Evening star., 1909-06-18
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

is relieved from duty at the New Hamp-
shire College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, Durham. n. H, and will join his
company.
Second Lieut. Pickens E. Woodson, Sth
Infantry, will proceed to his home pre-
paratory to retirement. He is granted
leave of absence to October q. 1909.
Mai. Albert E. TRULY, Medical Corrs.
will report for duty as commanding OFF,
Ger of the field hospital in a camp near
San Francisco Cal, for the instruction OF
militia medical officers.
Maj Powell c. FauntleEoy, Medical
the field hospital at a camp at Sparta.
Wis, for the instruction of militia medl-
cal officers.
BY direction Of the President and upon
the application of Color Sergt. George W.
Pumphrey, 9th Cavalry. that soldier will
be placed upon the retired list.
The following transfers are ordered:
Mai Daniel H. Boughton. from the 11th
Cavalry to the 5th Cavalry; Maj George
w. Goode, from the 9Th Cavalry to the
11th Cavalry.
Maj Frederick P. Reynolds, Medical
Corps. at Fort Monroe, Va. will pro-
ceed to Governors Island, N. Y, for duty
as commanding officer Of field hospital
in camp at Antietam, Md, for the in
struction of militia medical officers.
First Lieut.. Kenneth P. Williams. 18th
Infantry. is relieved from duty at Whip
ole barracks, Arizona. and will proceed
Fort Douglas. Utah. and assume
charge of construction work. relieving
Capt. Thomas r. Harker. 18th Infantry.
The leave of absence granted Capt.
George LeR. Irwin, I'd Field Artillery, is
extended two months.
officers recently promoted have been as
signed to regiments as follows: Capt. S.
B. Pearson. 9TH Cavalry; Capt. F. p.
Holcomb. 10th Cavalry; First Lieut.. B. r.
Camp, 9th Cavalry: First Lieut.. S. w.
Cook, 4th Cavalry. and First Lieut.. T. B.
Esty, 14th Cavalry.
Leave Of absence for one month and
fifteen days is granted First Lieut..
Charles E. T. Lull. Coast Artillery Corps.
Leave of absence for one month and
twenty-five days is granted Capt. John
o. Steger, Coast Artillery Corps.
Leave of absence for three months is
granted Capt. Adna G. Clarke. Coast Ar
tillery Corps.
First Lieut. George C. Lewis. Signal
Wood. N Y. and will proceed to Fair
banks, Alaska.
Dental Surgeon Hugh G. voorhies, is
relieved from duty at Fort Smelling Mimi,
and will proceed to Jefferson barracks,
Mo-, for duty, relieving Dental Surgeon
John R. Ames. who will proceed to Fort
Smelling Mimi
Maj John r. Lynch. paymaster. will
report to the retiring board at San Fran
cisco for examination by the board.
Naval Orders.
Lieut. Commander w. S. Crosley from
the Des Moines to the Celtic: Ensign L..
Minor, from the Yorktown and wait or
ders; Surgeon E. r. Stitt, from Naval
Medical School, Washington, D. c.. to
command Naval Hospital. Canacao. P. T.;
Asst. Surg. j. NJ. Minter, discharged
treatment Naval Medical School Hos
pital, Washington, d. c., sick leave one
month; Paymaster J. Fyffe. from naval
torpedo station. Newport. r. l., and wait
orders; Asst. Civil Engineer n. NJ. Smith.
from Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, n. Y, and wait orders: Asst. Civil
Engineer r. S. Furber, from Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute to bureau of yards
and docks. Navy Department; Machinist
G. c. Ellerton. from the Kansas to the
Virginia; Machinist A. H. Hawley, from
the Virginia to the Kansas; r. r. Bolles,
appointed a paymaster's clerk in the
navy for duty training station. Nara
gansett bay, r. l.; B. Louis Lankford
training station. Narragansett bay. r. l.,
accepted; r. H. Washington, resignation
as a paymaster's clerk, duty the Chey-
enne, accepted.
Khaki Tents for Army.
Quartermaster General Aleshire has
awarded contracts for $4,000 yards of
khaki duck for use in the manufacture
of tents for the army for the next fiscal
year equally among John H. Meyer &
Co., Otto Goetz Company and Fred S.
Bennett, all of New York The contracts
amount to about S212.OO0. The govern
ment has the privilege of increasing by
% per cent the quantity of cloth.
Marine Corps Orders.
First Lieut.. E. B. Miller, for re-exam-
ination for promotion.
Second Lieut.. E. A. Ostermann, from
marine barracks. Washington, D. c.. to
naval prison, navy yard. Portsmouth.
n. H.
First Lieut.. A. P. Crist, from recruit
ing duty, Cincinnati, Ohio. to Washing
Capt R. H. Dunlap, to Washington
D. c.
Capt F. c. Lander, First Lieuts. 8. w.
Began, A. E. Randall and H. G. Bart
lett, from 1st Brigade Marines, Manila,
P. l., to the United States.
First Lieut.. E. S. Yates, from L. s..
Naval Hospital, Yokahama, Japan, to the
United States.
Capt Logan Feland. appointed judge
advocate of a general court-martial, navy
yard. New York.
Maj. H. c. Reisinger. A. P. NJ, granted
leave of absence to August 4, 1909. with
Capt. II. D. South, from marine bar
racks, Annapolis, Nd, to recruiting duty,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
General court-martial consisting of
Lieut.. Col. T. P. Kane, president: Majs.
S. D. Butler. w. B. Lemly. P. NJ. Ban
lace, jr., and j. NJ. Salladay. members,
and Second Lieut.. E. S. Willing. judge
advocate. ordered to convene at Sea Girr,
n. j., June II, 1909.