Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-18
Order Changing Stations Of
United States Troops.
WAR Department POLICY
Movements to Occur During Coming
Spring and Summer.
DETAIL FOR THE PHILIPPINES
Soldiers on Duty There to Be Re
lieved-Thousands to Find Sta
tions Changed.

Thousands of troops will find their
stations changed as result of an order
issued from the War Department today
This order affects the soldiers in various
sections of the country, in Hawaii and
the Philippines. 1t was issued in con-
formity with the settled policy of the
War Department to limit to three years
| where practicable the tour of duty OF the
soldiers in the insular possessions. The
movements will begin in the early spring
and will run through until December.
Ordered to Philippines.
Companies K and L. Sd Battalion En-
gineers, will go from Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. to the Philippines to relieve Com
panies E and H, I'd Battalion, which will
go to Fort Leavenworth. The 4th Cav
airy, at Fort Meade, S. D., and Fort
Smelling, Mimi, gees to the Philippines
to relieve the 14th cavalry, which will
be stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
The Sd Cavalry goes from Fort Sam
I'd Cavalry, which will be stationed at
Fort Meade s. D.. and Fort Smelling.
Mimi. Batteries A and and head
quarters, LIST Battalion, I'd Field Ar
tillery, go from Vancouver barracks.
Wash. to the Philippines. to relieve head
quarters, band and Batteries E and F.
I'd Battalion, I'd Field Artillery, which
I is ordered to Vancouver barracks, Wash.
The seth and 95th Companies, Coast
Artillery. go to Corregidor Island, Philip
pines, and the 33d and Goth Coast Artil-
lery from Fort Mckinley, Me-, to Cor
regidor Island.
The 18th Infantry goes from Fort Leav-
enwOrth, Kan, to the Philippines to re-
lieve the 7th Infantry, which is ordered
to Fort Leavenworth. The 18th Infantry
goes from Fort Douglas, Utah, to the
Philippines, to relieve the Goth Infantry,
which will be stationed at Fort Douglas
The oath Infantry. from Madison bar
racks, N. Y, to the Philippines. to re-
to the Preside of Monterey. Cal. The
Sth Infantry goes from the Preside of
Monterey to the Philippines, to relieve
the Sd Infantry at Madison barracks and
goes from Vancouver barracks. Wash,
to the Philippines. to relieve the 21st
Infantry. which goes to Vancouver. Wash.
Philippine Troops Coming Home.
The 10th and 51st Companies, Coast Artil-
lery. from the Philippines to Fort McKin-
ley, Me- The 54th Company. Coast Artillery.
from the Philippines to Wadsworth, N. Y.
The 55th Company. Coast Artillery. from
the Philippines to Fort Du Pont. Del.
The 1st Field Artillery headquarters,
band. I'd Battalion and Batteries D
and go from Fort Sill, Okla,
to Schofield barracks, Oahu. Hawaii.
They will be relieved at Fort Sill by
headquarters Of the LIST Battalion and
Batteries and B, 5th Field Artillery.
The I'd Infantry goes from Fort Thomas.
KY, to Oahu. Hawaii relieving the I'd
Battalion. Goth Infantry, which is ordered
to Fort Douglas, Utah.
Within the United States. 49,
These changes are ordered among troops
within the United States: Headquarters.
LIST Battalion and Batteries A and B,
9Th Field Artillery. from the Preside. San
Francisco, to Fort Sill. Okla. The 18th
Company, Coast Artillery, from Fort
Wordsworth, N Y, to Fort Crockett,
Texas. The SD Company. Coast Artil-
lery, from Fort Wadsworth, N. Y, to Fort
Hancock, N. J.
Upcn the departure for the Philippines
of the troops now at Fort Wingate, N.
NJ. and of those at Fort Thomas, KY.
and Fort Assinniboine, Mont, to Hawaii,
those posts are to be left in charge Of
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