Evening star., 1909-09-03
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

| Capt. James D. Tilford. I'd Cavalry. will
assume charge of all transports now at
Newport News. Va, relieving Capt. Frank
A. Grant. quartermaster, of that duty.
Leave of absence for three months on
surgeons certificate of disability is grant
ed Capt. Garrison McCaskey, 18th In
/ fantry.
granted First Lieut.. James Z. Fechet. 9th
/ Cavalry.
| The following named officers of the
Medical Reserve Corps are relieved from
proceed to Washington. d. c.. and report
! to Col Valery Harvard Medical Corps
president Army Medical School, for a
course of instruction at that school:
First Lieut.. George w; Cook, General
Hospital. Fort Bayard. N. NJ.
/ First Lieut.. Edgar c. Jones. General
Hospital. Fort Bayard. N. NJ.
First Lieut.. Howard A. Knox. Fort
| Niche, n. Y.
| First Lieut. James r. Mount the
| Preside of Monterey. Cal.
| Second Lieut.. Daniel 1. Sultan, Corps OF
| Engineers. is detailed to act as recorder
| of the board of officers of the Corps OF
Engineers appointed TO consider and report
| upon the subject of the most suitable field
| equipment for engineer troops.
/ First Lieut. Joseph E. Bastion, Medical
| Reserve Corps. is relieved from duty at
| Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.. and will pro-
1 Ceeu TO w NdS1ilIiStoil l.. ~, loi a ,oul %
| of instruction.
Col Joseph Garrard. 18th Cavalry, is
detailed as a member of the retiring hoard
| at Washington, D. c.. vice Col. Levi F.
| Hunt. 10th Cavalry, retired.
| The leave of absence granted flrsl
| Lieut. Julian A. Benjamin. Sd Cavalry.
| is extended one month.
| Capt Charles F. Craig. Medical Corps,
| will repair to this city on official busi-
ness pertaining to the medical depart
1 ment.
Maj. Albert Z. TRULY. Medical Corps.
| is relieved from duty as commanding Of
| ficer Company B. Hospital Corps, the
Preside of San Francisco. and will pro-
| ceed to the Philippine Islands for duty
! Capt. Louis r. Burgess. Coast Artillery
Corps, is relieved from duty as artillery
| engineer. artillery district of New Lon
4 don. and is assigned to the 18th Company
Dental Surgeon Jean G. Whinnery Is
relieved from duty at Vancouver bar
racks, Wash. and will proceed to the
| Philippine Islands for duty.
| Capt James B. billiard. ordnance de-
partment. will visit Newport News. Va
! on official business pertaining to materia
| under design by the ordnance depart
ment.
| Capt. James T. Watson. 7th Infantry. is
relieved from duty at the recruit depot
Fort Slocum, New York. and VIII pro
| ceed to join his regiment in the Philip
| pine Islands.
Second Lieut. Andrew w. Smith, &c
! Cavalry. is relieved from treatment al
| the general hospital at the Preside OF
| San Francisco. Cal, and will return To
| his proper station.
Naval Orders.
| Lieut.. Commander j. v. Klemann, from
! the Marietta to office of naval intelli-
gence. Navy Department.
| Lieut. Commander A. w. Kinds, to
Naval Academy. Annapolis. Md.
| Lieut.. A. E. Watson. discharged treat.
ment Naval Hospital, Puget Sound
Wash: sick leave three months.
Lieut.. r. r. Riggs from the lnde-
/ pendence to the Maryland.
Ensign Stephen Doherty, from navy rife
| team to home and wait orders.
| Assistant Paymaster NJ. c. Shirley. from
the Virginia to the Dixie:
] Civil Engineer F. I. Chambers, from
bureau yards and docks, Navy Depart
ment, Washington D. c., to naval coaline
station, California City Point. Cal.
| Chief Machinist c. Hammond, to navy
| yard, Mare Island, Cal.
| Naval Movements.
| The gunboat Dolphin has arrived a.
| Gloucester, the cruisers West Virginia
and Colorado at San Francisco, the
cruiser Prairie at Philadelphia and the
Worden and torpedo fiotila at Norfolk.
/ The battleship Missouri has sailed from
| Provincetown for the southern drill
grounds, the torpedo boat Farragut from
| San Pedro Tor Mare Island.
| Marine Corps Orders.
| Second Lieut. r. E. Adams, from ma
| rine barracks. Annapolis, Md. to marine
barracks. New York. n. Y.
| Lieut.. Col j. H. Pendleton, from ma
rine barracks, Puget Sound. Wash, to
the Philippines.
Capt. J. X. Tracey, from T. $: S
Maine to navy yard. Puget Sound
/ Wash, to command marine detachment
| of L. S. S. Philadelphia.
| Capt. Logan Tucker, granted leave OF
| absence for twenty-five days.
Second Lieut.. r. S. Kingsbury, qualified
| for promotion.
Capt. ]. T. Bootes. to navy yard. New
York, for temporary duty.
Lieut.. Col. J. a. Lejeune,, to report tc
Brig Cen T. III H. Bliss, wa =. o,,sss s a.: foi
Capt. II. r. Lay, granted twenty-five
days leave of absence.
Lieut.. Col. F. j. Moses, leave of alb
! sence extended to include September 30
1909 with permission to leave the United
| States.
Second Lieut.. E. c. Long, to the major
| general. commandant.
First Lieut. ]. r. Horton. to duty as
! depot quartermaster, Cavite, T. l.
| First Lieut.. II. c. Judson, to duty as
post quartermaster, marine barricks. ma
val station, Cavite. P. l.
Capt. Logan Feland appointment as
Judge advocate of general court-martial
navy yard. New York, n. V, made per-
| manent.
Capt. W. c. Harllee, to Washington
| d. c.
Court at Fort Washington.
| A general court-martial has been ap-
| pointed to meet at Fort Washington
Md. for the trial CT such persons as may
be brought before it. The detail fol
the court is: Capt. John l.. Roberts. jr
Coast Artillery Corps; Capt. Joseph Mat
son, Coast Artillery Corps: First Lieut.
| Philip Mathews. Coast Artillery Corps
First Lieut.. Horace +. Spurgin, Coas,
Artillery Corps: First Lieut.. Charles X
| Wing, jr, Coast Artillery Corps; Second
Lieut.. ! ester r. Snow, Coast Artillery
| Corps, and First Lieut.. James II. Gun
ningham. Coast Artillery Corps, judge
| advocate.
PUBLISHED REPORT DOUBTED.