Evening star., 1909-05-20
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.


Maj Amos w. Kimball, quartermaster
will proceed to Newark. N. j., for the
purpose Of examining into the facilities
of the B. Schlessinger Company OF that
place for the manufacture Of 5000 ollve
drab flannel shirts
BY direction of the President and upon
the application of Ordnance Sergt. Johr
J. Lee. that soldier will be placed upor
the retired list.
The following named officers VIII pro
ceed to Fort Omaha. Neb.. for temporary
duty pertaining 10 aeronauticai WORK
and upon the completion thereof will pro-
ceed TO Fort Leavenworth, Kan. for tenn
porary duty in connection with aer3nau.
ical work: First Lieut. Frank P. Lahm
Signal Corps; First Lieut.. BENJAMIN y
Foulois. Signal Corps; First Lieut. Kay,
mond S. Bamberger. I'd Cavalry: Seconc
Lieut.: John 6; Winter. 6th Cavalry; sec.
ond Lieut.. Oliver A. Dickinson, ath In,
fantry. Upon the completion of the duty
herein required OF them Lieuts. Lahm
and Foulois will return 10 their proper
station in this city.
Leave of absence for one month Is
granted Maj. Henry III. Whitney. Coast
Artillery Corps.
Capt Charles NJ. Wesson ordnance de-
partment. will proceed to Philadelphia OF
official business pertaining to the test
and inspection of ordnance material in
process of manufacture at the Newton
machine tool works. in that city.
First Lieut.. Herbert II. Smith, Medical
Reserve Corps, recently appointed. Is or
dered to active duty in the Philippine Is
lands.
Dental Surgeon Edwin p Tignor is re-
lieved from temporary duty at Fort Mon
roe. Va. and from further duty at For,
Adams, r. L., and will proceed to Fort
Slocum. N. Y, for duty, relieving Dental
Surgeon Alden Carpenter, United States
Army, who will return to Fort Hancock
n. J.
Dental Surgeon Robert H. Mills will
proceed from Monticello, Fla, to Fort
Adams. r. l., for duty. :,
Capt. John S. Winn. auartermaster. VII
proceed to Detroit, Mich. for the purpose
cilities OF the factory of Snedicor &
Hathaway for manufacturing and fur
nishing gymnasium shoes.
BY direction of the President and upOr
Fischer, 4th Company. the Pacific Branch
of the United States Military Prison
Guard. that soldier will be placed upon
the retired list.
Naval Orders.
Capt. A. NJ Knight, from command
of the Washington to home and wait
orders.
Capt. c. c. Rogers, from command Of
the Milwaukee to command the Washing
ton.
the Montgomery to charge of the naval
magazine. bingham, Mass.
Lieut. A. s. kibbee has been commits.
stoned.
W. Bliss Company, Brooklyn, n. Y, to
the Montgomery.
Lieut. j. F. Hellweg. to works of E. w.
Bliss Company, Brooklyn. n. Y.
Ensigns H. ]. French. H. l.. Pence and
W. l.. Calhoun to the Maryland.
NaJf d
II. Brown. Marine Corps. and Second
Lieut. Lester f. Wass, Marine Corp!
have been commissioned.
/ Midshipman A. NJ. Steckel, from the
Rainbow to the Monterey.
Movements Of Naval Vessels.
The gunboat Yankton has arrived, a,
Tompkinsville, the cruiser Prairie at
Hampton roads. the armored cruiser
Colorado at California City.
The cruiser Montgomery has sailed
from Key West for Newport. the supply
ship Iris from Cavite for Guam and .ne
converted yacht Mayhower from Havana
for Washington.
Dramatic Rescue at Sea.
Thomas c. Bishop, a boatswains mate
Of the battleship New Hampshire, Is
heartily commended In a letter written to
him by Secretary Meyer for his gallantry
in jumping overheard and assisting In the
rescue from drowning of Harry kohn, a
shipmate, April p while the New Hamp-
shire was on the target range OF Cape
Cruz. Cuba. Seaman KOhn fell overheard
and either could not swim or was stunned
by striking the ships side in falling. He
sank once and was sinking second time
when Lieut. Commander c. l.. hussey,
who was In his room at the time, jumped
overheard through the stateroom air port.
and at the same time Boatswain Bishop
jumped overheard to rescue Kohn BY
their combined efforts Kohn was saved
from drowning.
To Cruise to the Levant.
The cruiser New York, which has been
practically rebuilt at the Boston navy
yard, will sail about June II for the
Mediterranean to join the armored cruis-
err squadron, consisting of the North
Carolina and Montana, now at ports in
Asiatic Turkey protecting American In
terests The New York will become the
flagship of the squadron. 1t Is probable
mand the squadron. The purpose of send
ing the New York to join the North Car
olina and Montana Is to enable the three
cruisers to drill as unit on the return
voyage. 1t is not with the intention OF
augmenting the naval forces In Turkish
waters, because it Is believed conditions
there are such that the American ves-
sells can be shortly withdrawn and
brought back to the United States.
Tracking the South Atlantic.
The photographic Office Of the United
States Navy. which is the principal agen-
cy for the collection and distribution of
information regarding navigation, has
Just issued after a long period of prep
aration another valuable chart for distri-
button among mariners. 1t is pilot
chart Of the South Atlantic ocean. cover
ing METEOROLOGICAL conditions. all matters
pertaining to navigation which are of a
transitory nature. position of derelicts
and other floating dangers, ice move
ments, storm tracks, direction and force
of the winds and the heights of barome-
ters and thermometers. as well as the
ocean currents and the best sailing and
steamer routes. This chart is the third
Of it's kind, the others being the North
Atlantic ocean and the North Pacific
ocean, and is to be issued quarterly.
A pilot chart Of the great lakes Is being
prepared by the photographic office. II
is the hope Of Commander Albert G. Win
terhaher, photographer of the navy, to
eventually have similar charts OF the