Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-11
Army AND NAVY NEWS.
Armv Orders.


| BY direction of the President Capt.
Alpha 7. Easton. retired, is detailed as
| professor of military science and tactics
at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. Boston. Mass. relieving Maj.
Fred Wheeler, retired, who will proceed
to his home
Capt Kirby Walker quartermaster. will
proceed to hayden, Col, for the purchase
Of public animals.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted Capt. Frank T. Woodbury.. Medi
cal Corps.
Second Lieut. Harry l.. Simpson. Sd
Infantry. is relieved from treatment at
the General Hospital. the Presidio. San
| Francisco, and will join his regiment in
the Philippines.
Leave of absence for three months on
surgeons certificate Of disability is grant
ed First Lieut.. John X. Cowan. 4th In
fantry.
First sergt. Michael Gleason. Company
H. 9th Infantry; First Sergt. Henry
Brady. Company E. 18th Infantry. and
! First Sergt. John Finger, Troop X. 4th
Cavalry. have been placed on the retired
list on their own applications.
Leave of absence for two months is
Artillery Corps.
Second Lieut. Marcel S. keene. Coast
Artillery Corps. is relieved from treat
| ment at the Walter Reed General Hos
station.
|, Leave of absence for three months
and twenty-three days Is granted Col.
Valery Hazard Medical Corps.
Capt. Frank c. Bolles. quartermaster
at Fort William Henry Harrison. Mont.
will proceed to ST. Louis, Mo-, for tenn
porary duty.
By direction of the President. and upon
the app fcation Of Chief Trumpeter Will
liam Matson, 9TH Band. Coast Artillery
Corps. that soldier will be placed upon
the retired list
Leave of absence for three months, with
permission to go beyond the sea. is grant
ed Second Lieut.. Karl D. Klemm 4th
Maj. B. Frank Cheatham quartermas-
ter. will proceed to Fort Yellowstone and
Fort D. A. Russell. Wyoming. on o.--cial
, business pertaining to the inspection of
construction work at those posts.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Second Lieut.. William c. Rus
sell, Sth Infantry.
Naval Orders.
Lieut. NJ. H. Smons. from the bureau Of
navigation, Navy Department, to home
and wait orders.
Lieut.. E. W. Mcintyre, continue treat
ment at the Naval Hospital. Mare Island,
Cal.
Ensign G. A. Beall, from the Nebraska
to the Montgomery.
Medical Inspector w. r. DuBose. to
command the Naval Hospital, Norfolk
Va.
Assistant Surgeon D. H. Caste, from the
Concord to the Princeton.
Passed Assistant Paymaster T. J. Bright,
from the navy yard. New York, to Puget
Sound. Wash.
Chief Gunner G. Charrette. to the navy
yard. Boston.
! Chief Gunner c. F. Clrich, from the
navy yard. Boston. to the Naval Medical
School Hospital, Washington, D. c., for
observation and treatment.
Naval Movements.
| The ram katahdin, in tow of the tug
Tecumseh, sailed from Hampton roads
Saturday for Washington. and if weather
conditions are favorable will arrive here
| this evening.
The auxiliary Supply has arrived at
Yokohama. the sunboat Yankton. the tug
Patapsco. the collier Hannibal and the
submarine f1otilla at New York the tor
pedo boat Perry at Seattle. the cruisers
Intrepid and VigiIant at Yerba Buena,
| the collier Leonidas at Norfolk, the tor
| pedo boat f1ot!ia at Albany. the gunboat
| Helena at Hongkong. and the gunboat
| Yorktown and the torpedo boats Hull and
| Hopkins at Bremerton.
The gunboat Callao has sailed from
Shanghai up the Yangtze river. the COL
| lier Justine from San Pedro for San
| Albany for New York, the battleship
Kansas from New York for Philadelphia
| the torpedo f1otilla from Seattle for San
salito. the battleship Vermont from New
York for Boston, the collier Brutus from
Boston for Norfolk, and the tug Osceola
| from Key West in search of derelict.
Col. Pullman. to Be Retired.
! Col. John W. Pullman of the quarter
masters department has been granted
Ino1 Of ohc
| when he will be transferred to the retired
| list on account of age. Col Pullman has
been on duty in the Office of the quarter
| master general at the War Department
| for several months. He is from Michigan
and was graduated at the United States
Military Academy in June, IsD. After
| four years service in the cavalry arm he
was transferred to the quartermaster' $
| department and reached the grade of
colonel in that department in June 1904.
! Khaki Helmets for Troops
| Under instructions from the War De-
partment. khaki helmets have been is
sued for experimental purposes to all
United States troops in the Philippines
except Philippine Scouts. 1t is direct
ed that these helmets be habituafly
| worn by officers and enlisted men for
/ all garrison duty, save target practice.
| The term garrison duty is interpreted
! to include not only the occasions when
troops are technically on duty in garri-
son, at drills and other exercises,
but also when troops are off duty in
the garrison or are on pass. The only
occasion in garrison when service hats
are authorized is at target practice or
! in going to or returning from same
! Careful observation will be made Of
| these helmets while in use. with view
| of obtaining. IL possible, sufficient data
| to settle definitely the question whether
| or not this helmet is desirable for use
in our army in the tropics in time of
| peace.
Acquittal of a Soldier.
Private James A. Walsh, 143d Com
| pany. Coast Artillery Corps, at Fort
| Washington, convicted by court
martial of the charge of drunkenness
on duty and sentenced to be confined
at hard labor for four months and to
forfeit $40 per month during that pc
| Rod Four Of the FIVE members Of the
| court having recommended clemency.
| Gen. Wood, commanding the Depart
| ment of the East. mitigated the term
! of imprisonment to two months.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
GIRLS PORTION Charles F. Mckinney
ct uX. to Edward l.. SeckinGer, part !:
$40 Edward l.. Seckinger conveys
same property to Annie H. Mckinney: