Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-10
ARMY-NAVY
Retirement Of Medical Director
Sirnons.

Medical Director Manly Hale stmons OF
the navy who has been in command OF
the naval hospital at Mare Island. Cal
since May. 1000. will be transferred to
tie retired list OF the navy tomorrow on
account of age. He stands near the head
Of his corps. having entered it MAY -,
1872 and having reached the highest
grade Of medical director in June, 1908.
His record shows that he served nearly
eighteen years at sea and over twenty
years on shore and was unemployed less
York. but was appointed to the navy
from Ohio.
Two Army Courts-Martial.
Cen Grant. commanding the Eastern
Division at New York. has ordered one
court artial to convene AZ Fort Myer.
Va. and another at Washington bar
racks for the trial OF certain soldiers
charged with various military offenses.
The court at Fort Myer il composed of
Lieut. Col. Franklin Q. Johnson, 18th
Cavalry: Capts. George W. hirhpatrick.
18th Cavalry: Henry G. Smither: 10TH
Corps: First Lieuts. William w. Overton
and Victor s. Foster. 18th Cavalry; Sec
ond Iieuts. Adna r. Chaffee, il. and
Chauncey St c. Mcneil. 18th Cavalry.
Sd Field Artillery. as judge advocate
The detail for the court at Washing
ton barracks is Maj William d. Common.
Corps of Engineers; Capts Curtis w Ut
we'll and Hubert l.. Wigmore, Corps OF
Engineers: Milton A. Elliott, jr.. subsist-
ence department. and Wilbur Willing,
Corps of Engineers: First Lieut.. Edward
Z. Ardery. Corps of Engineers. and Sec
ond Lieut.. Richard T. Conner, Corps of
Engineers. with First lieut.. Francis b.
&c TIE Ind RI
vocate.
Army Orders.
Second Lieut.. Cushman Hartwell has
been trans. erred from the I'D Infantry
to the 10th Cavalry.
The following named officers Of the
Coast Artillery Corps will report to the
commandment Of the Coast Artillery School
at Fort Monroe. Va. for the purpose of
taking the advanced course at that
school:
Capts. William E. Cole. Francis ".
Cooke, William II. Monroe, Harry c.
Barnes Albert L. Rhoades. Ralph +.
Herring and John f. Munroe. and First
Lieuts Guy L. Gearhart, Thomas A.
Clark and Alexander J. Stuart.
First Lieut.. Thomas D. Sloan. Sd Field
Artillery. is transferred from Battery a
to Battery d at Fort Myer, Va.
Naval Orders.
Capt. F. A. Wilmer. retired, from
| commandant Of the navy yard. Ports
mouth, y. H.. and as commandant of
the first naval district, to home.
Capt. c. c. Rogers, from navy yard,
Norfolk, Va, to commandant of the
navy yard. Portsmouth n. H., and first
naval district.
Ensign v D. Chapline. from South
Dakota to Hull.
Asst. Surgeon W. E. Eaton. from
North Dakota to Virginia.
Asst Surgeon J. B. Pollard from
Virginia to North Dakota.
Chaplain F. Thompson, from naval
training station. Newport, r. L., to
naval training station. North Chicago.
Machinist c. S. Wolf. to navy yard.
Norfolk. Va.
paymaster's clerk in the navy, duty
naval station, Tutuila, Samoa.
Naval Movements.
The Mars, Arethusa. Yankton and
the Farragut. Hull. Truxtun. Hopkins
Whipple, Lawrence, Stewart, Rowan
and Goldsborough at Sausalito. the
New Orleans at Chefoo, the Lebanon
at Newport. the Delaware at Boston.
enne at Port Townsend. the Yorktown
at Amapala, the Montana at Ports
mouth, n. H: the Mayf1ower at Wash
ington and the Monaghan at Boston.
The Wilmington has sailed from
Hongkong for Olongapo, the North
Carolina from La Guaira for Cristobal
and the Vicksburg from Corinto for
San 1nan del SIR