The San Francisco call., 1909-07-25
COLONEL CROWDER
SEES old FRIENDS
Distinguished Army Officer Is
Here for Brief Tour of Duty
as Judge Advocate
Filled Important Position in
Cuba During Period of Pro-
visional Government

Colonel Enoch H. Crowder. U. S. A..
who has been recently appointed to
temporary duty as judge advocate of
the department of California, arrived
yesterday from the east and reported
for duty.
Colonel Crowder. who is the ranking
colonel of his department and is one of
the prominent men of the service, will
remain here until some time in October,
when he will return to Washington, d.
C., for permanent duty in the office of
the judge advocate general of the army.
He is guest at the st. Francis at pres
ent. but will probably make his home
at one of the clubs later.
For the two years and half of the
provisional government of Cuba Colonel
Crowder was there in the office of the
provisional governor, where he was act
Ing secretary of state, acting secretary
of justice, president of the legislature
and legal adviser to the government.
He returned from there early IN Febru-
ary and has since then been on tenn
porary duty in the judge advocate gen.
erals office in Washington, and more
recently on leave.
This is not Colonel Crowder's first
visit here, where he has number of
friends, both In and out of army cir
cles, by whom he is being gladly well
coined
His first visit here was in 1898. when
he was member of General Merritt's
staff, and stayed here a month en- route
to the Philippines, where he remained
until 1901.
In 1904 he was again in San Fran
cisco on his way to Manchuria, where
he was one of the observers with the
Japanese army. He spent year and
hair there, and was with General Ku-
rokl OF the first army most of the time.
For Philippines Duty
Orders from the war department of
July II are SO amended as to relieve
First Lieutenant e. G. Huber, medical
corps from duty at Fort Slocum, N. Y.
that he proceed to this city to sail for
the Philippines October 5.
First Lieutenant G. r. Clayton, medi-
cal reserve corps, now at San Francisco,
is relieved from further duty in the
Philippines and will proceed to Fort
d. A Russell, Wyo., and report to the
commanding officer and by letter to
commanding general, department of the
Missouri.
Two well known officers at the Pre-
sidio, Major Elisha S. Benton. coast ar
tillery, and Captain Edwin G. Davis,
also of the coast artillery forces. are
to come up shortly before the retiring
board.
Both these officers have been sta
toned at posts in this Immediate yicin-
.ty for the last three years.
Major Benton has been suffering from
III health for long time, principally
stomach trouble. He was graduated
from the military academy at West
Point June 10, 1884, and was also grad
uated from the artillery school in 1898.
Captain Davis was injured in the
Philippines by the blistering of his
heel, BY hot water bag, while he was
undergoing an operation.
When he returned to the Presidio the
heel was SO affected that he was COM
PEELED to go to the general hospital
for treatment. He recovered in a
measure, but later his left eye became
infected and for two months he has
been unable to attend to his duties.
Davis is also a graduate of West
Point, being in the class of 1900. ,
The retiring board is composed of
General j. F. Weston, Colonel John A.
Lundeen, Colonel Frederick Marsh,
Major j. M. Kennedy and Major Euclid
B. Frick.