Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-27
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Arny Orders.

Army Orders.
BY direction of the President First
Lieut.. Wallace r. Parkman. Medical Re-
serve Corps, is honorably discharged
from the service of the United States,
his services being no longer required.
Leave of absence for four months Is
granted Mai. Harry Z. Wilkins, commits
sary.
The following named officers Of the
ing board at tho Army Medical Museum
building. Washington. for examinat1ol9
for promotion: Majs. Charles E. WOOD
ruff, Paul Shillock and Charles F. Ma
son.
Capt. William Roberts. retired, with his
consent. is detailed for active duty on
recruiting service at Los Angeles. Cal
relieving Capt. William s. Graves, 10Th
Infantry. who will repair to this city
and report to the chief of staff for duty;
officers Of the Medical Corps are ordered
Mai. Charles Wilcox. at Newport News.
Va, to Fort Totten. n. y.
Capt. Robert u. Patterson. at Newport
duty with Company c. Hospital Corps.
Capt. Robert l.. Richards. at Newport
News. Va. to Fort Wayne. Mich. re-
lieving Capt. Peter c. Field. who Will
proceed to Fort Slocunl, N. Y. for duty.
Col. Grin B. Mitcham. ordnance depart
5000
and Portsmouth. Va. on official business
pertaining to the inspection Of Batteries
A, B and c. Virginia Volunteers.
Leave of absence including June 1, 1909,
is granted Capt Charles w. Farr, Medi-
cal Corps.
Major Kenneth Morton. ordinance de-
partment. will visit the works of the
Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company,
| tanning to the inspection of material be-
ing procured by the ordnance department
under contract.
Capt Louis E. Bennett. Coast Artillery
Corps. will report to the army retiring
board at Governors Island, n. Y. for
examination by the board
Maj. Harry l.. Hawthorne. Coast Artil-
ley Corps, is detailed as a member of the
ordnance board. under the orders OF the
chief of ordnance vice Lieut.. Col. George
F. Barney, retired from active service.
Maj. Archibald Campbell. Coast Artil-
lery Corps. Is relieved from his present
duties. and will proceed to Vancouver
barracks, Wash. for duty.
Eleutheros II. Cooke. 9Th Infantry. is
detailed for service to fill vacancy In
the pay department. vice Capt. George J.
Holden. paymaster, who is assigned to
the 9Th Infantry at Denver, Col.
The following named officers will re-
port to the examining board at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, for examination for
promotion: First Lieuts. Walter c.
Sweeney. oath Infantry: Charles w.
Weeks. goth Infantry, and James T. Wat
son. 26th Infantry. and Second Lieut..
Elvid Hunt, 18th Infantry.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. A. Kautz from naval torpedo sta
ton. Newport. r. l.. to Missouri
Lieut.. K. G. CastIeman. from Kansas
to naval torpedo station. Newport. R. I.
Lieut.. L. c. Palmer. to duty bureau Of
ton, D. c.. as inspector of target prac-
tice.
Paymaster w. r.. Bovine. from navy
yard. Portsmouth. N. H., settle accounts:
thence navy yard. New York, N. Y.
Assistant Paymaster w. s. Zane. from
Solace, settle accounts; thence to South
cry and pay officer of the naval prison.
Chief Boatswain G. B. Moncreif, from
Hartford to United States Naval Acad-
envy. Annapolis, Md.
Boatswain H. n. Huxford from Supply
to navy yard, Puget sound, Wash.
Boatswain F. Bresnan, from navy yard,
Puget sound Wash, to Supply
Boatswain A. j. Svenson, from Connec-
ticut to Hancock navy yard, New York.
n. Y.
Chief Gunner H. Johnsen, to charge of
the naval magazine, Fort Lafayette. n. Y.
E. 5. Covey, appointed a carpenter in
the navy from March Is. 1909, Dolphin.
r. T. Alternately, appointed a pharma-
cist in the navy from March %, 1909.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
The scout cruisers Chester, Birmingham
and Salem have arrived at Bradford,
r. /.
The armored cruiser Montana has sail
ed from Norfolk for Guantanamo. the
cruisers Charleston, Cleveland. Denver
and Galveston from Honkong for Annoy
and the converted yacht Eagle from Port
Antonio for Guantanamo.
Death of Brig. Gen. Osgood, Retired
The adjutant general of the army has
been advised OF the death of Brig. Gen.
Henry B. Osgood. U.S.A., retired, which
occurred at Stephentown. N. Y, March
II, 1909.
Gen. Osgood was born in Maine October
IL. 1S43, and served as second and first
lieutenants of the 9th Maine Infantry
out, July II. 1863. He entered the Mill
tary Academy. at West Point, September
!, 1868. and was graduated and appointed
a second lieutenant of the Sd Artillery
ant April %. 1870: appointed captain in
the subsistence department October s.
1883; was promoted through the several
grades to colonel which grade he reach
eu january 10, 13Uo. lie was retlfed OctO-
Der 13, 1907, by operation Of law. having
reached the age of sixty-four years, and
was advanced to the grade of brigadier
general on the retired list. to rank as
such from the date of his retirement.
Surgeon to Command Solace.
Surgeon George Pickrell. on duty at the
Annapolis Naval Academy, has been or
dered to this city for temporary duty in
the bureau Of medicine and surgery,
Navy Department. with a view to his
assignment to the command Of the U.S.S.
Solace when that vessel has been con-
verted into a naval hospital ship. The
Solace was recently attached to the Pa
cif1c feet as a naval transport. Several
weeks ago she sailed from San Francisco
for a cruise around South America to
Charleston S. c., where she is to be fitted
out a floating hospital. She Is due at
Charleston in a few days 1t is estimated
it will take about four months to but
her In. condition for her new "a reer