Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-29
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Army Orders.
Chaplain Francis P. Joyce. 9Th Cav
airy. is transferred to the 4th Field Ar
tillery. He will proceed to Vancouver
barracks. Washington, for duty.
Leave of absence for twenty-one days
is granted First Lieut.. Elvin H. Wagner.
Goth Infantry.
Leave of absence for fifteen days is
granted Second Lieut.. Oliver A. Dick
inson, 9Th Infantry.
Capt. Glen F. jerks, ordnance depart
ment. will proceed to Fort Monroe. Va.
for the purpose of witnessing tests OF
experimental azimuth instruments.
Maj. Charles c. Jameson. ordnance de-
partment, will visit Syracuse, n. y, on
official business pertaining to the in
spection of material being procured by
the ordnance department.
Col. Frank Baker. ordnance depart
ment. will visit Hartford. Conn, on Offf-
cial business pertaining to the inspection
Of material being procured by the ord
nance department..
Leave Of absence for two months IS
granted to First Lieut.. Fred I. koyle,
Medical Reserve Corps.
The leave of absence granted capt.
Wallace De Witt, Medical Corps. is eX-
tended one month and twenty days.
Leave Of absence for three months,
with permission to go beyond the sea,
is granted Lieut.. Col. Edwin B. Bah
bitt. ordnance department. -
Leave of absence for two months IS
granted Maj. Waldo E. Aver, 9th In
fantry
Naval Orders.
Capts. F.. NJ. Bostwick, T. S. Rogers and
V. s. Nelson have been commissioned.
Capt. E. H. Campbell. from duty judge
advocate general, Navy Department,
Washington, D. c., to home and wait Or
ders.
Commanders c. B. Morgan and A. H.
Robertson have been commissioned.
Commander r. l.. Russell. from duty
as inspector in charge of the fifth light
house district, Baltimore, Nd, to special
duty Navy Department, Washington,
D. c.
Lieut.. Commander L. r. de Steiguer, to
charge of the fifth lighthouse district,
Baltimore. Md.
Lieut.. Commander W. r. Sexton has
been commissioned.
Lieut.. Commander J. p. J. Ryan, to
duty on the New Orleans.
Lieut.. F. V. McNair. from Fore River
Shipbuildng Company, Quincy. Mass, to
command the Bonita.
Lieut.. P. w. Foote. from navy yard.
Washington, D. c.. to the Connecticut.
Ensign J.. A. Monroe, orders to Iris re-
voked.
Midshipman w D. Brereton, to the
Medical Inspector H. G. Boyer. to
United States Naval Medical School,
Washington, d. c.
Surgeon c. f. Riggs, to Naval Academy,
Annapolis. Md.
dell. J. B. Mears. c. f. Strife. w. s. Ku-
der. J. p. Haynes. 7. W. Reed, c. X
VIM and T. W. Raison have been COM
missioned.
Chief Machinist n D. Grant, from the
Missouri to navy yard. Boston.
Machlnist b. c. Howard. from navy
yard. Boston, to the Missouri.
Mate G. Dahlberg, orders to Lanca ster
revoked
Mate H. Wilson. orders to reserve tor
pedo f1otilla. Charleston. s. c., revoked
Rear Admiral Fl. n. Nancy, retired.
from charge naval coaling station, San
Diego. Cal, to home.
Commander c. NJ. Stone, has been COM
missioned.
Lieut.. Commander Y. Blue, from North
Carolina. to command Yorktown.
Lieut.. Commander F. Fl. Schofield. from
Concord to North Carolina.
Gunner +. Swanson, orders to reserve
torpedo f1otila. Charleston, S. c. revoked.
Machinist j. McPhee. has been placed
on the retired list of officers of the navy.
w. NJ Smith appointed a payma ster' s
clerk in the navy, for duty on New Or
G. p. Sefert, appointed a paymaster's
clerk in the navy. duty, naval station,
New Orleans, La.
Naval Movements.
The cruiser Buffalo has arrived at Cali
fornia City, the torpedo boat Paul Jones
at Mare Island and the cruisers New
York. Montana and North Carolina at
New Orleans.
The cruiser Dixie has sailed from Bos-
ton for Hampton roads, the cruiser AL
bany from San Francisco for Magdalena
bay, the torpedo boats Blakely and
Stockton from New York for Norfolk
and the gunboat Castine and the subma-
rines Plunger Tarantula and Viper from
Delaware breakwater for Norfolk.
The destroyer FlUsser has been placed
in commission at the navy yard Boston.