Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
ARMY-NAVY
Army Orders.

Army Orders.
Col. Abiel l.. Smith, assistant commits
sary general. will proceed to Buffalo. \.
T., for the purpose of inspecting subsist-
ence supplies purchased at that place.
Capt William p. Plat, ordnance de-
partment, will proceed to Fort Casey,
| Wash, on official business pertaining to
the test firing of two mortars at that
post
First Lieut.. Samuel j. Mixter. Medical
Reserve Corps. will return to his home.
Boston, and stand relieved from active
duty.
Leave Of absence for two months is
granted First Lieut.. Daniel w. Harmon,
Medical Corps.
The following named officers Of the
coast Artillery Corps have been promoted
to the next higher grade in each case:
Lieut. Col. William c. Rafferty,, Mai. Ira
a: HAYNES. Maj. Willoughby Wake and
Maj. Isaac n. Lewis.
board Of medical officers to consist of
Lieut. Col Walter D. McCaw, Maj. Carl
H. Darnall and Capt. William A. Duncan,
Is appointed to meet at the Army Medical
Museum building for the physical exami-
nation of candidates for appointment as
second lieutenants in the army.
Capt. George E. Thorne, oath Infantry,
Is detailed as aid-de-camp on the staff of
Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant. United
States Army,
First Lieut.. John c. Maui. 9Th Field Ar
tiflery. is relieved from recruiting service
at Fort Slocum. New York.
| Leave of absence for three moths on
surgeons certificate of disability is grant
Artillery.
BY direction of the President and upon
the application Of Post Commissary Sergt.
Emil H. Steiner, that soldier will be
! placed upon the retired list.
| The following changes in the stations
or paymaSterS are ordered:
| Maj Timothy D. Keleher. from head
quarters. Department of the Lakes, will
proceed to the Philippine Islands.
Maj William B. Rochester, from the
| Department of the East. to Chicago.
Leave Of absence for six months, with
permission to go beyond the sea. is grant
ed Maj. Robert L. Hirst. general staff.
Capt. Albert G. Jenkins. Coast Artillery
| Corps. now at Governors Island. New
York, will join his company at Galveston,
| Tex.
First Lieut.. Howard L. Martin. Coast
| Artillery Corps, will report to the ex-
amining board, Washington. for exami-
| nation for promotion.
| Maj. William r. Smith. Coast Artillery
| Corps will proceed to Fort Monroe, Vir-
gnia, for the purpose Of conducting the
| have been undergoing course OF instruc-
| ton at that post.
Leave of absence for five months. with
permission to go beyond the sea, is grant
|
| tillery Corps.
By direction of the President. and
upon the application of First Sergt.
Theodore Oxenbauer. s1st Company.
Coast Artillery Corps. that soldier
will be placed upon the retired list.
Capt Joseph P. Tracy, Coast Artillery
Corps. will proceed to Fort Adams, Rhode
Island, for duty.
| fantry, is detailed for service in the adj
jutant generals department
Lieut.. Col Ira A. Haynes. Coast Artil-
| lery Corps. is detailed for service in the
Col. Frederick s. Strong, relieved.
| Maj. Peyton c. March. 9th Field Artil-
| lery. Is detailed for service in the adju-
tant generals department. vice Maj Err
nest Kinds. who is assigned to the 9Th
| Field Artillery.
BY direction of the President, and upon
| the application Of First Sergt. Thomas
Maxwell, Battery B, LIST Field Artillery,
| that soldier will be placed upon the re-
tired list.
! Maj. Elisha s. Benton. retired. is de-
| tailed as professor of military science and
tactics at the Sewanee Military Academy,
Sewanee. Tennessee.
| Capt Salmon F. Dutton commissary.
will proceed to Hays, Kan, for the pur-
pose of inspecting subsistence supplies
purchased at that place.
| The following-named officers will report
| to the examining board at Washington
Jesse Mel Carter 14th Cavalry; Capt. z.
D. Lochridge. 18th Cavalry; Capt Henry
G. Learnard, 18th Infantry; Capt John
H. Wholley. I'd Infantry; Capt George
D. Moore, Goth Infantry.
The following-named officers of the
Coast Artillery Corps will report at Fort
Monroe. Virginia, for examination for
promotion: Capts. Edwin 0: Sarratt,
Arthur S. Conklin and Sam F. Bottoms.
The sick leave Of absence granted Sec
| ond Lieut.. Jack W. Heard. 7th Cavalry.
| is extended three months on surgeons
| certificate of disability.
First Lieut.. Edgar D. Craft, Medical
Reserve Corps, is relieved from duty at
| the Army Medical School in this city
and will report at the Walter Reed Cen
eral Hospital for duty.
Leave of absence for four months is
granted Capt Frank D. Wickham, 10Th
| Infantry.
Lieut. Col. James A. Nancy, I'd Infan-
! try, is relieved from treatment at the
General Hospital. Hot Springs. Ark. and
| will proceed to Fort d. A. Russell, Wye.
and assume command of the battalion of
| his regiment at that post.
Leave of absence for three months is
granted Second Lieut. Frederick c.
Phelps. 18th Infantry.
First Lieut.. Samuel j. Mixter. Medical
Reserve Corps, is ordered to active duty
| at San Antonio, Tex.
Maj Charles Lynch. Medical Corps, is
detailed to take charge of the first aid
department of the American Red Cross.
Capt Hjalmer Erickson. 7th Infantry.
| is detailed as major. Philippine Scouts, in
place of Capt. James w. Furlow. infan-
| try who is assigned to the eth Infantry.
Lieut. Col. William Stephenson, Medical
Corps, and Maj. Charles Keller. Corps of
Engineers. are detailed as members of the
examining board at Fort Leavenworth,
KAN vice Maj. John A. Murtagh, Med
| ical Corps, and Maj. Meriwether l.. Wal
ker, Corps of Engineers. relieved.
Mai. William c. Davis. Coast Artillery
Corps, will report to the president of the
| Army War College for temporary duty.
Second Lieut.. Francis G. DelanO, Coast
Artillery Corps, will repair to the Wal
ter Reed General Hospital for observation
and treatment.
| Capt Guy r. Scott, Coast Artillery
Corps, is relieved from treatment at the
General Hospital. Hot Springs. Ark, and
will return to his proper station.
| Second Lieut. Hughey S. Hemingway.
Coast Artillery Corps. will proceed to
Fort Sam Houston. Tex, for observation
and treatment.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral A. Ward, from duty as
aid for inspections, Navy Department. to
command third division. United States At
lantic feet. on board of Minnesota.
Lieut.. r. Williams. from staff, COM
mander- in-chief. United States Atlantic
fleet, to staff, commander. third division.
United States Atlantic fleet.
Assistant Surgeon r. F. Sheehan. from
Naval Medical School, Washington, d.