Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-20
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

Chaplain John A. Ferry, 10th lnfan-
try will repair to the Walter Reed Cen
eral Hospital, District Of Columbia, for
observation and treatment.
Mai. Edward n Jones. jr., recently pro-
NOTED. is assigned to the 18th Infantry.
Capt Frank Il. Edwards. quartermaster,
will proceed from this city to Baltimore
and Philadelphia on ofYicial business per-
tanning to the purchase or supplies and
material for construction of stable at
Fort Myer. Va, and to other matters re-
lating to the quartermasters department.
First Lieut.. Edmund A. Buchanan. re-
Gently promoted, Is assigned to the ID
Cavalry.
Leave of absence for three months on
surgeons certificate OF disability IL grant,
ed First Lieut.. Edmund b. lslehart' ID
Infantry.
BY direction of the President, and upon
the application of First Sergt. George
Howard. Company K. sd Infantry, that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list iaXk19
Leave OF absence for three months on
surgeons certificate of disability Is grant
ed Capt. William A. Duncan, Medical
Corps.
BY direction of the President, and upon
the application Of Sergt Emil Rauner.
Military Academy detachment of army
service men, that soldier will be placed
upon the retired list.
Marine Corps Orders.
Second Lieut. R. S. Keyser, from head
quarters, L. S. NJ. c.. TO command ma
rine barracks, navy yard. Pensacola, Fla,
relieving Capt. J. n. Wright.
Capt. II. J. Hirshinger. from duty gen.
eral court-r1artiaI Boston and granted
leave of absence TO January Z, 1910.
First Lieut.. Arthur Stokes. appointed
Judge advocate court-martial Boston.
Mass.
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quartermaster of Panama Battalion.
Mai S. ID. Butler. to Washington, ID. c.,
for consultation with the major general.
commandment.
FIRST Lieut.. E. S. Berry. to marine bar
racks, Mare Island. Cal
First Lieut.. G. r. Matthews. TO navy
yard, New York. to command marine de-
tachment of L. s. 8. Hancock.
Capt. +. NJ. Wise and First Lieut.. H.
G. Bartlett, appointed board Of survey at
Marine Corps recruiting ONCE. Philadel-
phia.
second Lieut. NJ B. Humphrey. from
Headquarters, L. S. NJ. c.. to Marine Of
ficers' School, Port Royal, s. c., for in
structiOn.
Capt. George Van Orden, from Camp
Elliott, Penama. and proceed to United
States and granted one months leave
Capt. ]. X. Tracy, appointed to the gem
eral court martial. Puget sound. wash:
Second Lieut.. II. s. keyser, qualified for
promotion.
Naval Movements.
The gunboats Helena and Samar have
arrived at Annoy, the yacht Hist at Man.
zanillo, the collier Leonidas at Charles
ton, the gunboats Tacoma and Marietta
at Guantanamo, and the torpedo boats
Thornton, Tingey and Wilkes at Key
West.
The cruiser Dixie has sailed from
Charleston for Philadelphia, the gunboat
Tacoma from Guantanamo for CristObal
and the gunboat Vicksburg from San Jose
de Guatemala for Corinto.
Details to the Ordnance Corps.
A board of ordnance officers has been
appointed to meet at the Sandy Hook
proving ground, n. j., next Monday. to pre-
pare questions and instructions for the
examinations OF captains and lieutenants
of the army at large who may apply for
detail in the ordnance department. The
board consists OF Majs. T. G. Dickson,
c. c. Williams and f. p. OHern.
To Review Adverse Reports.
Lieut.. Coils. W. II. Arthur, Guy L. Edie
and W. u. McCaw of the medical de-
partment of the army have been appoint
ed a board to meet I'm this city for the
purpose of reviewing the proceedings and
findings of medical examining boards in
the cases of medical officers who have
been found by such boards to be dis
qualified for promotion fer reasons other
than physical disability contracted in the
line OF duty.