Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03

George b. tritchard, ir., 9Th Cavalry is
detailed as professor of military science
and tactics at Wentworth Military Acad-
envy. Lexington. Mo.
By direction of the President, Capt.
Jesse &. Nichols. ordnance department. is
relieved from detail in that department,
to take effect January l, 1909.
The leave of absence heretofore granted
Second Lieut.. Earl c. Buck. 18th Infan-
try. Is extended twenty days.
More Buildings for Army Hospital.
A board of officers. to consist of Lieut..
Col. William H. Arthur, medical corps
Maj. Walter D. McCaw. medical corps,
and Capt. Harry l.. Pettus, quartermas-
ter. is appointed to meet in this city for
the purpose of considering the question
of the location OF certain buildings ada
cent to the Walter Reed United States
Army General Hospital.
Employment for Retired Soldiers.
Lieut.. Col. Weaver chief of the militia
division, thinks a field is opened up in
this country for employing retired regu
lars in the Field Artillery by engaging
them to care for Field Artillery material
issued to the states Col. Weaver in his
annual report mentions one militia bat
terry where there are fourteen retired reg
ular soldiers employed in the armory and
enlisted in the battery, some acting as
non-com He recommends tnat\if states
apply for non-commissioned officers or
privates on the active list of the army
for such duty the request be honored and
that the number of enlisted men in the
army be increased by the number SO de-
tailed.
Heavy Furniture for Army.
Specifications have been prepared in the
quartermaster's department for the heavy
fItr -
army the coming year. There was an
allotment of $4,000 last year. and con-
tract was let for $26O 900 for the manu-
facture of dining tables. sideboards. din
ing chairs and library desks. The tables
and sideboards have been made and de-
livered to the various posts The con-
tracts this year will be for bookcases
chests of drawers. hat racks parlor ia
bles and Morris chairs. The allotment
this year is again $780, The work is
under the charge of Capt. Hugh .. Berke-
ley, who has as assistants four skilled
woodworkers at a salary of $3.50 a month
All the furniture Is made of mahogany
and is the best that can be made in point
of material and workmanship.
New Marine Station at Port Royal
The abandoned naval station at Port
Royal. S. c., has been formally turned
over to the Marine Corps. which will oc-
cupy the place, at least for a time, as a
school for junior officers of that branch.
Later it is purposed to move the school
to Il permanent establishment at New
London, Conn. This school has been stu
ated at Annapolis, but friction is under
stood to have prevailed on account of the
presence of the marine officers on the
naval reservation with the midshipmen.
1t is believed by the Marine Corps au-
thorities that the situation will be I'M
proved by having the marine school OF
application independent of the Naval
Academy. There have been recently ap-
pointed TO the corps forty-five candidates.
who have qualified physically and pro-
feSSionaliy. These will be at once sent to
Port Royal for instruction. Seventeen
other candidates have passed the mental
examination, but failed physically. and
will be re-eXam ned by the surgeons The
instruction at the school at Port Royal
will be conducted by ten officers, and
there will be on duty at the establishment
some three hundred marines.
Fixed Penalties for Soldiers.
Gen. Bell, chief of staff has issued gen.
eral orders to the army. promulgating
an executive order establishing limits OF
punishment for enlisted men of the army
In accordance with an act of Congress ap-
proved September. 1890. Heretofore the
punishments prescribed for desertion va
ried according to whether the soldier sur
rendered or was apprehended, length OF
service and duration of desertion. The
limit OF punishment now fixed for simple
deSertion is three years, with lncreaSeG
limits for previous convictions and when
in execution of a conspiracy or In the