Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-07
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
Army Orders.

application Of Post Quartermaster Sergt.
Peter j. MCGEE. that soldier will be placed
upon the retired list.
Maj. George A. Skinner. Medical Corps.
at San Francisco. Cal. will proceed to
Fort Lawton. Wash. for duty.
department, is assigned to duty as COM
officer. New York arsenal. and
armament officer Of the central anna
ment district
The leave of absence granted Lieut.:
Robert r. Love, 9th Cavalry, is extended
two months
The following changes in the stations
of commissaries are ordered
Maj. Charles p. Stivers, at San Fran
cisco, Cal. to Kansas City, Mo-: Capt.
Frederick n. Pomroy. to San Francisco,
The following changes In the stations
of officers of the Medical Corps are or
dered:
Walter Reed General Hospital to Wash
ington barracks. D. c., relieving First
Lieut.. Thomas w. Jackson. who will pro-
coed to Fort Hunt, Va, relieving First
Lieut.. James w. Hart.
Lieut.. Hart will proceed to Henry bar
racks, Cayey, Porto Rico. relieving First
Lieut.. George S. Wallace, who will pro-
coed to Fort Sam Houston. Tex.
First Lieut.. Harold L. Coffin, from the
transport Burnside to Vancouver bar
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BY direction of the President First
class Sergeant Benjamin Vitou, Hospital
Corps: First Sergt. James Kenney. 5th
Cavalry; Sergt. Edward Dohmpropst.
Signal Corps, and First Sergt. Ananias
Lumpkin. 10th Cavalry, have been placed
on the retired list of the army on their
own applications.
Leaves of absence have been granted
oc fa1
Medical Reserve Corps, six months, on
account of sickness; Maj. Henry D. Todd.
jr., general staff. forty days: Col. John
P. Wiser. Coast Artillery Corps. two
months. and Mai a. NJ. Edwards. COM
missary. from October 10 to November
80, 1909.
Capt. Alfred A. Maybach. Coast Ar
tillery Corps. recently promoted, has been
placed on the unassigned list. and will
remain on his present station.
First Lieut.. Daniel Van Voorhis, Sd Cav
airy will repair to this city and report to
the chief of staff for temporary duty.
Capt. Fox Conner, general staff, is de-
tailed to attend the camp of instruction
of militia medical officers at Antietam.
Special orders Of July q. 1909. an
the acceptance by the President
of the resignation by Second Lieut..
Charles S. Jackson. 18th Cavalry. Of his
commission as an officer of the army, are
revoked.
Capt. Chase Doster. quartermaster, will
assume charge of construction work at
Fort Logan. Col. relieving Second Lieut..
Bernard Lentz. 21st Infantry
relieved from treatment at the Army
and Navy General Hospital. Hot Springs.
Ark. He will proceed to his home and
await further orders
The following changes in the duties of
officers of the Signal Corps are ordered:
at
Wash, will repair to this city for duty.
First Lieut.. Charles L. Willard. at
Seattle. will proceed to Fort Wood, n.
Y, for duty.
Clemency to a Soldier.
Private Garland T. Childers. Battery
E. Sd Field Artillery, at Fort Myer, Va.
was recently convicted by court-martial
of the charge of being absent without
leave Evidence of five previous convic-
tions was considered by the court. He
was sentenced to be dishonorably dis
charged, to forfeit pay and allowances
and to confinement at hard labor for
three months. Gen. Wood, commanding
the Department Of the East, approved the
viding for .dishonorable discharge.
: More Officers for Maneuvers.
The following named officers will pro-
coed to Governors Island. n. Y. and re-
port to the commanding general De-
partment of the East. for duty pertain
ing to the maneuvers to be held in
Massachusetts,, August IA to q, 1909:
Maj. Charles II. Barth, 18th Infantry;
Maj. Charles NICK. Saltzman, Signal
Corps: Maj. Edward 4. Millar. 5th Field
Artillery: Maj. Alfred NJ. Hunter. Coast
Artillery Corps: Maj. Waldo E. Aver. 9th
Infantry; Maj. Beaumont B. Buck. 18th
Infantry; Maj Herbert H. Sargent, I'd
Cavalry: Capt. Arthur Johnson. 18th in
fantry; Capt. Harry HI. Tebbetts. 10Th
Infantry, and Capt Thomas E. Merrill.
general staff.
Testing Coal for Army.
In compliance with instructions from
the War Department. Second Lieut.
Charles K. Rockwell, Corps of Engineers.
at the Washington barracks. will visit
certain mines in Pennsylvania for the
purpose of experimenting the mining,
packing and shipping of samples from
those mines for official test by the
department. The mines
in question are the brenda mine Bos-
well. near Johnstown. Pa; the Jerome
mine. near the same place, and the Elk
Lick mine, near Salisbury, Pa
Naval Orders.
Capts. A. G. Winterhalter, A. F. Fech-
teller and r. B. Sullivan. and Command
ers J. w. Oman, w. w. Gilmer. G. F.
Cooper, w. H. G. Billiard. p. Andrews,
H. K. Hines, r. f. Coontz, ". A. Ed
gar, B. c. Decker and ]. S. Mexican, and
Lieut.. Commanders A. j. Hepburn, T..
c. Hart, r. l. Curtin. Fl. C. Muslin and
N. L. Jones have been commissioned.
Lieut.. G. NJ. Baum. to the Colorado
Lieut.. w. Mcdowell. from bureau of
ordnance, Navy Department. to the Col
orado.
Lieut.. P P. Bassett, from works of
Fore River Shipbuilding Company,
Quincy, Mass, to the Tarpon.
Lieut.. j. c. Townsend, to submarine
Narwhall
Lieuts. ]. S. Graham and w. D. Pules-
ton. from the Olympia to Naval Acad-
envy. Annapolis, Md.
Lieut.. w. Bertholf, from the Chicago
to the Naval Academy.
Lieut.. w. L. Conn, jr., from the Hart
ford to the Naval Academy.
Lieut.. J. w. Greenslade. from the Chi
cago to the Naval Academy.
Lieut.. F. l.. Pinney, from the Chicago
to the Des Moines.
Lieut.. F. w. Sterling, from the To-
nopah to the Naval Academy.
Lieut.. c. T. Wade, from the Hart
ford to the Naval Academy.
Lieut.. J. p Lannon. from the Tono-
pah to the Naval Academy.
Lieut.. E. E. Scranton, from the Hart
ford to the Naval Academy.
Ensign w. f. Eberle, from the Colo
RADIO and await orders
Ensign I. c. Shute. from the Supply
to the Concord.
Midshipman E. H. williams. from the
Biddle to the Des Moines.
Midshipman w. r. Munroe, from the
Maine to the Riddle