Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-06
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
ARMY Orders.

Army Orders.
First Lieut.. Halvor G. Coulter Coast
Artillery Corps. 5sth Company. is relieved
from duty with that company and assign
ed to the SD Company
BY direction Of the President and upon
the application of Private George Hum
bic. Company A. 10th Infantry. that SOL
der viii be placed upon the retired list.
Chaplain Charles s. Walkley. Coast Ar
tillery Corps, is relieved from duty at
Fort Monroe. Va. and will proceed to his
home to await retirement
Capt Ernest r. Tilton. quartermaster.
is designated and detailed to make dis
bursements for payment OF salaries of
caretakers. procurement Of necessary
supplies. ETC.. and to assume the account
ability for the property pertaining to the
transports while out Of commission, here
tofore connected with the army trans
port service at Newport News Va.
By direction Of the President and upon
the application OF First Sergt. August
Scholle. Company l.. 9th Infantry, that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list.
Maj. William G. Ham, Coast Artillery
Corps. VIII repair to this city and report
to the chief of stan for temporary duty
pertaining to the work OF the land de-
Tense board.
Capt. Isaac c. jerks. 24th Infantry.
will proceed to Washington barracks gen.
eral hospital for observation and treat
ment.
First Lieut. Ellery w. Niles. Coast
Artillery Corps. Is relieved from the SD
Company. Coast Artillery Corps. and upon
the completion Of the United States Army
mine planter General Samuel M. Mills
will assume command OF that planter.
Leave OF absence for twenty-five days
is granted Second Lieut.. Leo 1. Samuel
son. 7th Infantry.
Second Lieut.. Raymond s. Bambereer
TN Cavalry IA QSgiRpAA ~ dsv%xr 11,Sf1 .
Signal Corps. He will repair to this city
and report to the chief signal officer Of
the army for duty pertaining to aeronaut-
ical work OF the Signal Corps
BY direction OF the President First
Lieut.. James X. Stockard. Medical Re-
serve Corps. Is honorably discharged from
the service of the United States. his serv-
ices being no longer required.
Capt. Frederick L. Dengler Coast Ar
tillery Corps. assisted by vetsrinar1an
Robert C. Musser, 18th Cavalry, Is de-
tailed to examine and select public ami
mails for the quarterma0ter department
First Lieut. Jacob A. Mack. Coast Ar
tilery Corps. is relieved from duty as
quartermaster and acting oonnissary Of
the transport Meade and will Join his
company.
Leave of absence for one month Is
granted First Lieut.. Albert s. Williams
10Th Infantry.
First Lieut.. Henry T. Burgin. Coast Ar
tillery Corps. Is relieved from the Goth
Company and ordered to duty on the
United States mine planter Col. George
Armstead.
By direction Of the President and upon
application OF First Sergt. Irving Hough-
ton. Company I, Sd Battalion Of EnH-
neers. that soldier will be placed upon the
retired list.
The following named officers OF the
Coast Artillery Corps have been ordered
to examination for promotion: Second
Lieuts Robert R Welshimer, William w.
Charles X. Wing, jr.. and Eugene B.
Walker.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. Commander w s. Whitfield, from
Kearsarge and wait orders
Lieut.. c. p Burt. Panther to New York.
Ensign s. A. Taffinder. when DISCHARGED
treatment L. S. Naval Medical School
Hospital Washington. D. c., to home and
wait orders.
Ensigns c. Taylor and e. A. wolleson,
from Kentucky and granted leave one
month
Surgeon G. Pickrell. from bureau OF
medicine and surgery, Navy Department,
to Solace.
Passed Assistant Paymaster e. H. Cone.
from training station, Nara gansett Bay,
r. l., to third squadron. U. s. Pacific
fleet
Assistant Paymaster F. P. Williams. to
training station, Narragansett Bay, r. T.
Gunner A: Langheld. from California to
Pensacola, naval station San Francisco
Machinist j. A. Hickey, from Kearsarge
to Chicago.
Machinist A. Peterson, from Illinois to
Olympia.
p. J. Scion. appointed q machinfst in
the navy to Virginia
Pharmacist T. w. Scott, from U. s.
Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md. to Sol
ace.
To Aid in National Match.
Maj Frederick s. Foltz. 18th Cavalry.
and Capt. Monroe c. Kerth. 28d Infantry,
have been ordered to report to Col. R. K.
Evans, executive Officer Of the national
match in this city. to assist in arranging
the preliminary details OF the match.
Both officers will subsequently proceed to
Camp Perry. Ohio. where the match Is
to take place.
Sergt. Hittinger In Charge.
Post Q. NJ. sergt. Joseph j. Hit
finger. now on duty In the office of
the chief clerk Of the War Department.
will have charge of the War Department
exhibit at the Ala ska-Yukon-Pacifc ex-
position at Seattle this summer. He has
ha dconsiderable experience in such az
fairs, having performed similar duty at
the Chicago, Buffalo and st. Louis expo
sitions.
Movements Of Naval Vessels
The torpedo boat Morris has arrived at
Newport; the battleship Kentucky at
Philadelphia; the converted yacht Hist at
Guantanamo, and the transport Buffalo at
California City.
The gunboat Dubuque has sailed from
Bluefeld for Guantanamo. and the ar