Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-22

torpedo boat Bagley at Norfolk, and
the Atlantic fleet at New'York.
The gunboat Wilmington has sailed
from Shanghai for Marking. the tor
pedo boat Macdonough and totilla from
Helena for Memphis. the cruiser Des
Moines from New York for Guantanamo,
the battleship Montana and torpedo no.
tlla from Hampton roads for LeWes,
Del.
The cruiser Montgomery at Newport
has been ordered to the navy yard, Phil
adelphia. for repairs. preliminary to go
ing to Pensacola, Fla, to engage IN
experimental torpedo work.
The gunboat Wolverine has been Or
The gunboats callao and Villalobas
have arrived at Shanghai. the gunboat
Wolverine at Erie, the torpedo boats
Macdonough. Thornton, Wilkes and Tin
gey at Helena, Ark, the torpedo boat
Hopkins at Seattle, the torpedo boat Wor-
den and fotila at Norfolk, and the gun
boat Castine and submarine dotilla at
New York.
The Atlantic fleet has sailed from
Hampton Roads for New York, the bat
tleship Vermont from Bridgeport for
New York. the cruiser Dixie from Hamp-
ton Roads for LeWes, DEL
Big Guns for Battleships.
Bids for more than s1,OO0,O00 worth
Of big guns. most of which are des-
tined for the battleships Wyoming and
Arkansas, were opened at the Navy
Department yesterday afternoon. The
specifications called for ten 12-inch
guns. twelve 6-inch and twenty 5-inch.
All are to be finished weapons.
The Bethlehem Steel. Company sub
mitted a bid Of $72,S2O each for the 12-
inch. S15,63s each for the 6-inch and
$3.50 each for the 5-inch The Mid
submitted subj a bid Of $4,000 for the 10
inch, $15.75O for the 6-inch and 5000
for the 5-inch.
The 6-inch guns will be Kept as spare
guns to replace wornout guns on the
older battleships. The larger and
smaller sizes will be installed on the
new battleships.
Return of Secretary and Gen. Bell.
Secretary Dickinson, who has spent
the summer at his country home. Belle
mead, near Nashville, Tenn, will re-
turn to this city next Sunday and re-
main until it Is time to meet President
Taft in the south and accompany him
to Ell Paso, Tex, where visits are to be
exchanged with President Diaz of Mex
leo.
Maj. Gen. J. F. Bell. who has been on
an inspection tour all summer. fs eX-
pected to return to this city about the
1st of October and resume his official
visited all the important military posts
and stations in the west and in Alaska
Retirement Of Capt. Nesmith.
Capt. Otto A. Nesmith, Signal Corps
has been placed on the retired list of the
army on account of disability incurred IN
the line of duty. He Is from Call1ornla
and began his military career during the
Spanish war as captain in the volunteer
Signal Corps. He entered the regular
establishment in February, 1901, and has
been recently stationed at the signal
depot at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
To Test Virginia Coal.
In compliance with instructions from
the War Department First Lieut.. Thomas
H. Emerson. Corps of Engineers, WASH
ington barracks, D. c., will proceed to
the mines Of the Maryland Coal and Coke
Company of Baltimore, Md, and the
Pney Mining Company. located in the
New river district. along the line Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, near
Stamford. Raleigh county, w: Va. for
the purpose of experimenting the mining.
packing and shipping of a sample each
of the coal from the Beckley and Sewell
mines for official test by the quartermas-
ter's department.
Booked for Promotion.
The following named officers Of the
Medical Corps will report to Lieut.. Col.
Louis A. La Garde, Medical Corps. presi-
dent of the examining board at the Army
Medical Museum building, Washington,
D. c., for examination to determine
their fitness for promotion: Capts. A.
Murtagh, Gideon Med. Van Poole. Will
liam w Reno. George H. r. Gosman,
Conrad E. koerper, John H. Allen, Rob-
ert U. Patterson, Robert E. Noble, James
w. Van Dusen, Robert B. Grubbs and
Verge E. Sweeney.
Stations Of a Returning Regiment.
On the return Of the 18th Infantry to
the United States from service In the
Philippines it will take station as fol-
lows: Headquarters, band and I'd and
Sd Battalions at Fort Mackenzie, Wyo.;
LIST Battalion at Whipple barracks, Ari-