Evening star., 1909-05-05
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Armv Orders.

| Army Orders.
First Lieut.. Clark 1. Wertenbaker, Medi-
cal Reserve Corps, will proceed to Fort
Terry, N. Y, for duty, relieving Capt.
Harry G. Humphreys Medical Corps. who
will proceed to Fort Wadsworth, N. Y,
for duty.
BY direction of the President. and upon
the application of Sergt. Charles T..
Mossey. general service. infantry, that
soldier will be placed upon the retired list.
| BY direction of the President, Capt.
Howard r. Perry. 23th Infantry, is re
leved from duty at the Agricultural Col
lege of Utah. Logan. Utah. and will join
4 his proper station.
/ Capt. George p White, 9Th Cavalry, is
relieved from duty at the recruit depot at
Columbus barracks. Ohio, and will join
i his troop.
surgeons certificate of disability is grant
| ed Capt. Walter S. McBroom, 7th In
fantry.
! The leave Of absence granted Maj.
Charles E. Marrow. Medical Corps. is ex-
! tended one month.
/ Capt. William A. Phillips, ordnance de-
| partment. is detailed as ordnance officer
of the national match for 1909. He will
report to Lieut.. Col. Robert X Evans.
general staff, executive officer of the
match.
Second Lieut.. Frank X. Chaplin, Sd Cav
airy. is transferred to the :.h Cavalry, at
/ FOrI -. "A. russell, WyO.
Maj. Charles B. Wheeler, ordnance de-
| partment, will repair to this city for con-
| sutation with the chief Of ordnance on
official business pertaining to the opera
| tions of the Watertown arsenal.
Capt. James B. billiard, ordnance de-
partment. will visit Baltimore, Md, on
official business pertaining to material in
| process OF construction for the ordnance
| department.
Col. William S. Patten. assistant quar-
torn fnv~ to Drnr lx-
| lyn and Jamestown, N. Y, for the pur-
| pose Of examining into the facilities Of
certain manufacturers for the construc-
| ton of articles of furniture for the quar-
| termasters department.
Capt Frrrand Sayre, Sth Cavalry, will
proceed to Fort Leavenworth. Kan, for
| temporary duty.
Capt Walter S. Brown, 18th Infantry. at
his own request is relieved from duty at
| the University of Maine. Orono, Me.
BY direction of the President and upon
| the application of Cook John w. Holt
| band. oath Infantry. that soldier will be
placed upon the retired list.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Second Lieut.. Edward H. Tar
button, 18th Infantry.
Capt. Alexander M. Wetherill, 10th In
fantry. is detailed for duty at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition.
Naval Orders.
Capt. j. c. Gilmore. from charge of
navy recruiting station, New York, N. Y,
and wait orders.
Commander ]. H. Oliver, from chief of
staff, U. S. Pacific fleet, on board West
Virginia, to command Albany.
Commander w. s. Benson, from COM
mand Albany, to chief of staff, U. S.
Pacific fleet, on board Tennessee.
Lieut. Commander A. H. Scales, to hy-
geographic office. bureau of equipment
Navy Department
Lieut. j. W. Hayward has been COM
missioned.
Lieut. L. B. Potterfeld. to U. s. Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md.
Lieut.. w. L. Pryor, from Tennessee. to
bureau of ordnance, Navy Department
Lieut.. R. w. McNeely, to bureau OF
| ordnance, Navy Department.
Ensign L. c. Farley, from Maryland
Ensign w. S. McClintic. from Mary
land, and leave one month.
Ensign r. l.. Ghormley, from Buffalo, to
| third squadron, U. s. Pacific fleet
West Virginia
Midshipman s. L. Henderson, from
Louisiana, and granted leave until Sep
tember 15, 1909.
Williams and E. r. Wilson have been
commissioned.
Boatswain F. W. Meters, to Pensacola
naval training station, San Francisco.
MaCnlnlSt w. -. SnyQer, from lnOepen-
dence, navy yard, Mare Island, CAL. to
West Virginia.
Machinist w. C. Dronberger. transferred
| to the retired list.
| Mate F. B. H. Krause, from Southery
navy yard, Portsmouth, N. H.. to Han
| cock. navy yard, New York.
! Mate c. Goring, from Hancock. navy
yard, New York, to Southery, navy yard.
Portsmouth, N. FL.
| F. Miller has been appointed a pay
masters clerk in the navy, duty Mil
waukee.
G. p. Seifert has been appointed a pay
masters clerk in the navy, duty, Tono-
pah.
Naval Movements.
| The cruisers North Carolina and Mon
tana have arrived at Gibraltar, the cruiser
Washington at California City, the aux
liary Glacier at San Francisco and the
gunboat Yorktown at San Diego.
The scout Chester has sailed from Cape
Verde for Monrovia, the tug Navajo from
San Diego for Bremerton and the col
| lier Brutus from Guantanamo for Hamp-