The San Francisco call., 1910-12-20
COLONEL WISER
DUE JANUARY 20
Commander of Preside Post
viii Take Charge Early
in New Year

Colonel John P Wiser. Coast artil-
lery corps. now at Fort screven. Ga.
is expected to arrive here about Janu-
airy 20. to assume command of the Pre-
sidfo post, and OF the artillery district
OF San Francisco. relieving Colonel John
A. Lundeen, Coast artillery corps. who
Will sail for the Philippines on Feb
ruary 5.
Colonel c. W. Foster. Sixth field artil-
lery. Fort Riley, Kans., registered at
army headquarters yesterday. being
here on leave of absence.
Captain l. $. ChappeIear, Coast ar
tlilery corps; Captain Thomas Q. Ash
burn. Coast artillery corps; Captain
James NJ. Wheeler Coast artillery
corps. all OF the Presidio of San Fran
cisco, and Captain William P. Platt,
ordnance department., Benicia barracks.
returned yesterday from San Diego.
where they have been for the last 10
days as military observers on board
the war ships engaged in target prac-
tee. Major George Blakely, Coast ar
tillery corps, assistant to the inspector
general of this department. and Cap
tam FRANK X. FERGUSON, Coast artil-
/ lery corps, coast defense officer. viii
not return until tomorrow or Thurs
DAY, as the division of ships to which
they were assigned did not complete
Its shooting as soon as the others.
Major Daniel w. Ketcham, Coast ar
tlIlery corps, has been ordered relieved
from his duties in tn, vhilippine
islands, in time to sail fro4- Manila on
the transport leaving there on April
10 for San Francisco. On arrival here
ne Will proceed to Fort Mott. New Jer-
sey, and assume command Of that post
Captain l. c. Chappelear. Coast artiI-
Iery corps, adjutant of the Presfdio
post, has been granted 20 days leave Of
absence and will leave in a day or two
for Seattle.
Captain Robert Woods. Coast artil-
Iery corps. has been ordered to the
Presidfo of San Francisco to assume
command of the Thirty company
and of Battery McKinnon.
Captain II. r. Casey. Coast artillery
corps. who has been ordered to duty
In connection with the Coast artillery
corps, national guard of California.
Will relinquish command of the Twen-
ty-Seventh company, about January l.
Captain John P. Spur. has been or
dered to the Preside to command the
Twenty seventh company.
Captain Charles r. HowIand. Twen-
ty-frst infantry. has been ordered re-
neved from duty in Washington. d. c.,
in time to sail from this port on ApriI
to join his regiment in the Philip
pines.
Captain John ]. O'ConnelI. Twenty
eighth infantry, is dropped from the
rolls OF the army TO date from Decem-
Der IS. for desertion.
Captain James l. Bevans. medical
corps. general hospital. has been de-
tailed for a course of instruction at
the army field service school for med
| ical officers. at Fort Leavenworth. Kan
sas' beginning-April !.
Lieutenant Arthur T. Dalton. Twen-
tieth infantry, aide de camp to General
Maus, who has been in this city on
leave of absence, left yesterday for his
station at Vancouver barracks.
Major w. K. Wright. Eighth infantry.
Preside of Monterey. arrived here yes
terday and has been admitted as a
patient at the general hospital.
Chaplain Jones. assisted by the off,
GERS wives of the Presidio. has ar
ranged Christmas tree for all the
children of the post, to take place on
Christmas eve
Frederick Donnelly. recently relieved
as chief clerk, department of the east
has arrived here and assumed the du-
ties of chief clerk of the department
of California, which was made vacant
by the death recently of A R. Holz-
held, who held that office for a num-
Der OF years W. J. Lisle. who has been
acting chief clerk during the illness
and since the death of Holzheid. and
who was recently appointed TO the
pay corps, has been granted leave of
absence until February ;. when he
will sail on the transport for Manila
On arrival there he will be assigned
TO duty in the chief paymaster's Office
in Manila.