New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Picking Best Men for Instruc-
tions in Riding.
lFrom The Tribune Bureau. !

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WANT BETTER HORsEMANSHIP.-
The War Department has sent orders tC
commanding officers of cavalry regiment:
I TO exercise greater care in the selection
OF members OF the regiments who are des.
tined TO take a course OF instruction a.
the mounted service school at Fort Riley
/ Kansas Every effort has been made IL
recent years TO have an advanced course in
equitation established ri that institution
4 II is not considered that the instruction
there need any longer be ruoimentary OF
/ for the benefit Of beginners in horseman-
ship. il is desired to turn out graduates
Y ho viii he able to return 10 their regi-
ments and act as instructors in the regi-
mental riding schools. To this end II is
necessary to send 10 the Fort Riley school
only the best riders in the regiments, and
the selection Of officers for this purpose
must hereafter be made according TO the
War Departments instructions. The course
is a hard one, from a physical point OF
view. and it is necessary to have a special
examination. conducted by an army sur
geon. OF an officer recommended for the
detail. II is in the interest of the indi-
NidUals selected that they shall be up TO
the highest standards in order that there
may be no personal humiliation on account
of failure TO come up to the exacting re-
quirements. This means that there must
be an end 10 the selection OF ordinary
horsemen merely TO give officers the op-
portunity Of attending the Fort Riley
school. II Is hoped by the military authori-
ties 10 improve the system Of horseman-
ship in the army. il is considered that
with the system Of obtaining better horses,
which prevails by virtue of the army re-
mount depots, there may easily be an i'm
provement in military riding.
ORDERS ISSUED-The following orders
have been issued:
Major CHARLES :. FARNSwORTH. 18th In
IentTy. 70 his regiment On relief from Army
Captain HENRY Il SHEEN. quartermaster, 10
Pacific branch military prison. Aleatraz. as
GCsTtermastSr- vice Captain kENSEY J.
HAMPTON. quar1ermaster. TO San Fran
cisco, as assistant chief quartermasteT, De
parunent of California
CAPTAIN MARCUS 3. STOKES. 10Th Infantry,
detailed inspector and instructor Of % ana
% regiments Of infantry, organized militia
OF North Carolina, al encaulpments al More
head city, July 70 l3 and July - 10 70 =,
i MUSGRAVE, coast artillery. TO Fort
Monroe June II for examination for promo
First Lieutenant BEVERLY c DAILY. from
18th to 18th Infantry. ,
First Lieutenant EDWARD H TARBUTTON,
from 18th 18th Infantry
First Lieutenant JAMES A HIGGINS. 18th In
fartry, on completion OF duties al Army
u A. Russell. reporting 10 Brigadier Gen
erel Ralph ". Hoyt for staff duty.
Leaves Of absence: Colonel CCNlIFF'E II. MUIR
RAY. 18th Cavalry, one month from June II;
Captain HUGH X TAYLOR coast artillery
recruiting officer, twenty days. Captain Ed
WARD kTMMEI.. coast artillery. fourteen
DAYS: CAPTAIN FRANK A. BARTON. Sd Cav
Hsn 5 'TR RAsoS %9R5SS f9n WRRREN HG 5h fs s
four months First Lieutenant NATHANIEL
NJ CAETMEI4I.. 10Th Cavalry. fourteen days.
NAVY
Lieutenant r A DAWES, TO conference Naval
War college
Lieutenant y. n. POST, 10 charge navy recruit
ing station Buffalo.
Lieutenant =. : FREEMAN. from Naval Medi-
cal School Hospital, Washington; TO confer
erce Naval War college
I.icgtenant J. F GREENE. detached the Penn
Sylvania. to the Princeton
Lieutenant G. H FISCHER, detached charge
recruiting staten, Buffalo; continue other
Ensign ". O. WALLACE. detached the Prince
ION. 10 the Albany.
Ensign r Il. MOSES. detached the Iris; 70 the
Paw Direct6r !, c. KERR. detached navy pay
once san Francisco; wait orders.
MOVEMENTS OF WARsHIPs.-The fol-
lowing movements Of vessels have been re-
ported TO the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
J,--7e The Hannibal at Port smouth. y. H.
The Wolverine. at MacInac City. -
June 3-The Dolphin. al Annapolis; the wheel
ing At Mare Island.
SAILED.
June The Caesar, from Newport News FOR New
June The wolverine. from Mackinac City for
Muskegon: The Dolphin, from Annapolis for
june s-The Dubuque from CristoSaI for Blue
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