New-York tribune., 1909-06-24
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Standing Army To Be Increased By
One Thousand Men.
from The Tribune Bureau

Washington June @
TWO ORDERS BY WAR SECRETARY--The
standing army has been increased by 1000 men, OF
Will De as soon as two general orders recently
issued by the Secretary of War have taken effect
One of these adds 500 for duty with army re-
cruiting parties, the general recruiting depots
and in the recruiting branch generally making 5000
instead of 800 with that service The other gen
eral order establishes the brancn, to be known
the service schools detachments, and made up
mostly of staff non-commissoned officers. who Will
be attached to the schools. such as the Army war
College in Washington, the artillery school at Fort
Monroe. the cavalry and infantry and staff schools
at Forts Riley and Leavenworth the hospital corps
schools and the schools for bakers and cooks This
detachment will be. the title implies. an institu-
ton separated from the of the army and SINH
lar in organization and independent administration
10 the detachment of enlisted me1f including nom
commissioned officers at the Military Academy at
West Point In these new detachments there. will
be $50 members This brings the total authorized
strength of the regular army up to 79.35s. not in
cludng the Philippine scouts. of which the aggre-
gate strength is 5731 and the army hospital corps
of which the total strength is $500.
ORDERS IssUED-The following orders have
been issued:
Captain SAMUEL. P LYON. 25th Infantry from Wash
Captain CHARLES L FOSTER medical corps. from
FIRST fit 70 pIfTeF T WILSON 7tb infantry
from Fort Wayne, to san Francisco. sailing August
8. for Philippines.
absence: Captain SAMUEL P. LYON 18th IN
fanrry- month and twelve days; Captain WILL
TAM F. CLARK paymaster. one month and hfteen
DAYS from August l, First Lieutenant SHERMAN
A WHITE. 18th Infantry, month
NAVY.
Lieutenant d BOYD detached as Inspector Of equip
nent Philadepha continue IN connection Si4lsn, H.,
tai Yokohama Bureau of Medicine and surgery
= r3yOF ror7-7and naval hospital.
Surgeon L NORRIS detached naval station Cavie leave
rr11 rr~r1I -a0T emil
Passed Assistant Surgeon E G WHITE. detached re
cruitirg station. Cleveland. TO naval torpedo s'aon
Passed Assistant Surgeon J. z GILL recruiting sta
Acting Assistant Surgeon C p " FRENCH appointed
MOVEMENTS OF WARsHIPs.-The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department
ARRIVED
June 22-The Montana al syra Greece. the Nero New
News. the Dixie at Provincetovvn the Manly az
Albany Wordeu. Blaksy. the De Ions. the
Shubrick the MacDonough. the Thornton, the Tingey
Wilkes. the stockton the Biddle. the Du rom
and the Porter at ProvinCetoVn. Marietta at Port
land an Denver Eladivostok-
June 23-The Nanshan a. Nanking, the Buffalo az Guam
SAILED
June 22-The Nev York from Provi9sstoTyn for Bad &
Srubri-k. the NacDonousb. the Thornton the Tlnzes
the Wilkes. the stockton. the Biddle, The D1 font
Nero from Hampton Roads for Newport News. the
Douhn from New York for Gloucester. the Marietta
Port Linlcn for Colon. the Montgomery rom
To~rukinsviIla for ProvinCeto7n
Tns a8The Chester and the 8irringha from F1nclal
80. IN ress-ye a. PhadsIphia ordered
Boston 20 he placed Of commission
Stewart glazed IN reserve az nay EAEl l1
The Hopkins placed N fuil commission a. navy yarl
Island