Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-26
Naval Orders.


photographic office. New York. to home.
Lieut. S. e. Loomis, from Prairie and
wait orders.
Lieut.. w. d. Greetham, from bureau of
ordnance. Navy Department, to works
Bethlehem Steel Company, South Bethle-
hem, Pa
Lieut.. ]. Grady, to branch photographic
| Office, New York.
Lieut. \. c. Pickens, from Michigan to
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine
Building Company. connection Patterson.
Lieut.. III. Mel. Walker. to branch hy-
geographic Office, Boston.
Midshipman w. p. Brown. from Yer
mont to Maine.
Midshipman f. B. Gibson, from Ne
braska to Missouri.
M,dshipman L. F. Reifsnider. from
Delaware to Maine.
Midshipman c. *. Bronson, from Michi-
gan to Missouri.
Midshipm n r. P. P. Meclewski. F. G.
Marsh. \. Y. Lanphier and +. c. Sher-
man, from Montana to Ohio.
Midshipman +. P. Traynor from Miss
issippi to Missouri.
Midshipman ]. p. Edgerly, from New
Hamps shire to Maine.
Midshipman J. II. Smith. from Missis-
| sippi to Maine.
Midshipman c. A. Powell, from Missis-
| sippi to Missouri.
Midshipmen r. II. English. L. C. Carey
D. B. Downer. J. l.. Rodgers. c. c. Cor
don. H. H. Bouson, f. L. Barr. H. 7.
Bartlett and r. G.. Risley. to Connecticut
| Midshipmen E. l.. Patch, r. w. Lewis
B. H. B.eri. H. ]. Shields. S. X Day.
r. p. Myers, G. J. McMillin, A. s. Wolfe
and f. Baltzly, tosDelaware.
Midshipmen r. w. Pane, r. Fl. Booth.
c. Q. Wright. S. G. Strickland and j.
McF Sylvester. TO Kansas.
| Midshpmen Nj. y. Gilmore j A. l..
Zener B. b. Howard, n. Scott and J. III.
Holt, jr, to Idaho.
Passed Assistant Surgeon w. Fl. Short.
from reserve torpedo division, Charles
ton. S. c., to naval station, Key West.
/ Fla.
Passed Assistant Surgeon c. K VIM,
| from naval station. Key West, to naval
hospital New York.
Assistant Surgeon j. B. Pollard, from
the Prairie, to the Virginia.
| Assistant Surgeon L. w. Johnson from
the Prairie. to the reserve torpedo 49,
| vision. navy yard, Charleston, S. c.
Assistant Surgeon w. II. Halsey. from
the Virginia to the Solace.
| Chief Boatswain J. j. Holden. from
naval station. Key West, Fla. to the
navy yard, Boston.
! Cher Boatswain j. Mccoy, from the
Lebanon 20 the naval station. Key West.
| Boatswain II. T. Johnson. to navy yard
Mare Island, Cal, connection the AR
| blehead.
| Chief Machnist f. q. Sprengel from
the Washington and wait orders
| II. NJ. Crawford has been appointed a
lpaymaster's clerk in the navy, duty the
| United States Atlantic torpedo fleet.
Naval Movements.
| The Stringham and Oneida have ar
rived at Washington the Saratoga and
Albany at Nagasaki. the Saturn at Santa
Barbara. the Mohawk at Norfolk, the
Dixie and Chester at Boston, the Hull
and Rowan at Capitola Cal: the Dubuque
at Detroit. the Washington and Montana
at New York. the Virginia and Nebraska
at Provincetown. the Dolphin at New
London and the Alarblehead at Sausa-
| Ito.
| The May1ower has sailed from New
York for Washington: the Helena. from
Siakwan for Shanghai; the California.
Maryland. San Diego. West Virginia.
Colorado. and Prometheus from San
Diego tor San Pedro, and the Vicksburg,
from San Diego. for Corinto.
Cowie Becomes Rear Admiral.
BY the confirmation of the nomina ton
of Thomas J. Cowie as paymaster gen.
eral of the navy that officer attained per-
manently the rank of rear admiral This
is under the provision of law by which
officers with a service of over thirty
years, who are acting as chiefs of bu-
reaus, are given permanent commissions
of rear admirals. Not until the que stion
was submitted to the Attorney General.
however. did the Navy Department reach
the conclusion that the paymaster gen.
gave Chief Naval Constructor Caps the
permanent rank of rear admiral. despite
his retirement from the head OF the bu-
reau Of construction and repairs.