New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-26
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES
Secretary Meyer to Relieve
Retired Officers.
TFrorn The Tribune Bureau
washington, October

Washington, October %
TIE sECRETARY'S POLiCN--Navai
.0@icars are interested in the action which
ssu be taken by Secretary Meyer on his
,,o,,,-n 10 washington in regard to retired
officers who are stfu on active duty. 1t
&c Mr. Meyers intention 10 uetach these
officers as soon as possible, reserving for
active duty only those who are on the
active list. At the hearings before the
Kzopse and Senate Naval committees at the
last session OF Congress the Secretary
-,oin.ed out the need Of additional officers,
80 said this need would grow with the
detachment OF retired officers from duty.
!, Is The policy of the Navy Department
N regard retired officers as unavailable
Tor duty. An officer is retired because he
has either reached the age of retirement
or IS physically incapacitated- Active Of
foers are entitled TO certain amount OF
shore duty following period of duty afoat
ano with retired officers. who never go to
sea and for whom duty or shore must be
provided. there are not always enough
shore billets 10 keep the active officers busy,
A large number OF retired officers have al
ready been detached from duty.
Two prominent officers Will be detached
"a the next few weeks. They arc Rear
Admiral William Swift and Commander
Henry Y. Parmenter. who were retired a
year or more ago and have since been
husily engaged on special duty in the Navy
Department. They have had much to DO
with formulating Mr.. Meyers plans for
navy yard operation. Their work in that
capacity has practically ended. The ad-
5ustInent OF the situation in the Navy De
partment by the appointment Of q new
paymaster general and a new chief con-
Secretary OF the Navy 20 have other aid
Those officers are in entire accord with
Mr.. Meyer, as distinguished from their
predecessors, who were more or less an
tagonist.c. especially the former psyrnas-
Ter general.
Mr. Meyer does not intend to make any
wholesale transfer Of retired officers from
active duty, but this viii be done era ually-,
SO that by The FIRST of the year nearly all
the retired officers On active duty VIII have
been relieved, while by the end OF the
fiscal year, on June so. there viii be prac-
tically no retired officers on duty. Retired
officers who are summoned TO active duty
receive the full pay Of their grade, and
This IS sn item Of expense which. viii he
saved.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders
have been issued;
captain ROBERT z l. NICHE. 18th cavalry.
expiration Of present leave Of absence 20
arrival Of his regiment.
Captain WILLIAM " HAMILTON. coast artil-
T77rt LsqtersrT RHEEs JACKSON. 18th IN
<srtry, from Department OF Columbia. No
veraaber I, % san Francisco. thence 70
'7rst IisaseRsn. FRANK ?, LAIN. IN Cav
s7trst fasutena-lt ARTHUR R EHRNBEcK
oorps Of engineers. 70 Fort Bsysrd General
F4rsi Lleutenant FRANCIS Il CAMERON. -.
tr9ra lS T. ~ IIyPoS r,o1st7 from
18th 10 18th CavaiTy--
1esves OF absence: First Lieutenant DAVID ..
HOGAN, medical reserve corps. and First
Lieutenant RFTEES JACKSON. 18th In
fantry. one month; Captain JOHN J. BRAD
Icy, acting Judge advocate four months
NAVY.
o,seutensut Commander G. s. LINCOLN, 70 navy
r.eutensnt Gu cominsnder ". II STANDBY. TO
the Pennsylvania
s.ieutenant II. 6. BOWEN when DISCHARGED
from us2al hospital, Mare Island. leave OF
r,sir1 r Fi.' r JOHNSON. detached the Chester:
Ensign H g. Taylor. detached the Rhode
y-ueis4 \. l. NICHOLS. detached the Georgia:
s,rsir- i. D 3TURNK1-I.1.. detached the Kan
zas, to New York ShipbUildinE Company,
camden. IN connection with fitting out the
Ensign : II. PENN detached the Minnesota; 10
New York Shiplsuflding Company IN ccnnec-
s-n-;-n ! r ETEI+i.Y- detached the Mississippi
ana Nidshipman G. n DOl-AN. detached
the Montgomery; both 20 William cram? d
sens ship and Engine Building Company.
Philadelphia. in connection with fitting OUT
,ua~5ifrnsn J. G; BIaAKEsI.EF1. detached the
North Carolina; 10 the PauldinE
zsidshitman " 4. ITCDGAIAN. detached fhc
NOM ornery. William CranH & sons
Ship and Engine Building Co Philadeli,ha'
iu connection With fitting out the Ma1rant.
E'sEsFl Assistant Surgeon r NJ NltCtDk- when
discharged from Naval Medical school HOS
Iitai. Washington, leave one month
charged from Naval Medical School Hospital, /
Washington. leave OF two months.
Assistant surgeon g c. KREsS, 10 Naval Med
,0ay 1nErecior = W Lift .F:FIFI.D. placed on
rstired list froIi January l. l9ii -,
chief Gunner J.. L. STAPLES, 70 charge naval
magazine, Fort Lafayette
C71lef Carpentor r J LOGAN. to Naval
orsoainis5 II cITANPEHo. to navy yard. Nor
.Hscilnist o. HoIDT. detached the Indiana; to
Che Nebraska
MOVEMENTS or wARSHTPS.-The fol-
lowing movements Of vessels have been re
ported 10 the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
Oct 22.-Tfe Dolphin, Key West; the Mari
eta BluehelGs.
oct 24.-The Annapolis, at suava, FIJI.
SAILED
CT 24-The Leontdas from Newport News for
Boston. the BruJus, from Hampton Roads
for Cristobal Colon the Smith, the Flusser.
tho Lamson and the Reid, from Annapolis
Tor Soiornon's Island; the Triton, from Wash
f-rton cor Norfolk.
o. 25-TGie supply from Cavite FOR Guam.
The Buffalo will sail on November . from
Manila for san Francisco. touching at Guam
The ricIsiourg is ordered from Corinto. Mica
iagua, TO nav yard, MsTe Island
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