Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-02
Washington Affairs
lFrom a Staff Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, d, c., Feb. L--(speoial
Telegram Army orders: Colonel William
NJ. Black, engineer; Colonel Joseph d.
Giratd. retired; Colonel John Van y Holt,
medical corps; Lieutenant Colonel Allen
NJ. Smith, Charles Wilcox, medical corps:
win proceed to this city and report TO
Brigader General Henry u, Sharpe, COM
missary general, for duty as witnesses be-
fore the army retiring board.
BY direction Of the president Colonel
William $. Arthur and Lieutenant Colonel
Guy l.. Edie, medical corps, are detailed
as members Of the army retiring board,
vice Lieutenant Colonel Henry Z. Bir-
mingham ana jefferson r. kean, medical
corps.
Captain Salmon f. button, commissary.
will proceed to Kansas City and report to
Major Charles Stvers, commssary. for
First Lieutenants Aaris L. Blair, Gilman
G. Doley, Edward G., Lynch, William II.
Mclaughlin, Arthur l.. Pulver, Carl A.
SCherer, Gordon Il. Underwood, Harry b.
Williams and James H. Wilson. medical
reserve corps are relieved from duty at
the Army Medical school this city, and
will proceed to their homes and report by
telegraph to the adJutant general. Each
of the officers named viii stand relieved
from further active duty in medical re-
serve corps, to take effect on arrival
Captain Samuel a. Price, recently pro-
noted Is assigned to the Twenty-thrd In
fantry and VIII report to the regimental
commander for assignment to company.
Captain Adrian S. Fleming, Fourth field
artillery corps, is detailed a member of
TIC mountain HllllldIg bOaTut vice captain
Charles Nj. Bunker, Fourth field artillery.
relieved.
Major James A. shipton, coast artillery
corps Is relieved from recruiting service
duty.
BY direction Of the president First
Lieutenant Resolve p. Palmer. Twenty
fourth infantry, is relieved from duty at
Kentucky Military institute and will pro-
coed to St Louis and report to Brlgader
General Joseph w. Duncan, for appoint
ment as aide-de-camp.
Leaves of absence: First Lieutenant
stephen Abbott coast artillery corps, eX-
tended one month; Captain Israel b. Cos
tello, Philippine scouts, extended one
month.
Captain Logan Tucker OF the United
States Marine corps has rendered his res
ignation to the president. IL has been ac-
eepted. TO take effect on March 1. Captain
tucker, grandson of Mrs. John A. Lo-
gan, has been on duty in the Quartermas-
ters department of the marine corps since
1908. He Is native of Illinois and en-
tered the marine corps from that state
December 80. 1906.
William Geddes announces the marriage
OF his daughter Margaret r. Geddes to W.
a. Johnston, an attorney-at-law OF this
city. Wednesday, February is at noon al
the home Of Mrs. G, w. Smith on Columbia
Ralph E. Johnson of Lincoln, head lee
turer Of the Modern Woodmen of America.
is IN the city,
A. S. Basford of Pierre,/s. D., who has
| been In Washington for several days. left
for Philadelphia and from there win pro
coed home
Representative Martin today was advised
/ by the Postoffice department that a spe.
cial inspector has been sent to the Tenth
| postal district, embracing the Dakotas and
portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin. to
investigate charges OF extremely lax mail
facilities In that district. He was also adj
| Vlsed that an extra railway mail clerk has
| been assigned to the Chadron- Deadwood
line to assist In facilitating CONGESTION IN
handling railway mail along that route