Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-01
ARMY-NAW
Army Orders.

Lieut.. Col. George W. Burr. ordnance
department. is detailed as q member OF
the board of officers appointed to con-
slider and report upon the changes. II
any. that should be made in cavalry horse
equipments, in the personal equipment
Of the cavalry soldier (rine and pistol
excepted). and the cavalry pack.
Capt William II. Noble, 2ad Infantry.
is detailed for service in the pay de-
partment. He will proceed to San An
tonic. Tex. for duty.
Capt Marlborough Churchill. fst Field
Artillery. Is relieved from duty in the
Philippines division and will Join Battery
d. 1st Field Artillery. at Schofield bar
racks. Hawaii Territory.
BY direction Of the President. and upon
the application Of LIST Sergt George l..
Tinker, Company X. 9Th Infantry. that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list.
Leave OF absence for two months is
granted Col. Charles G. Treat. Sd Field
Artillery.
First Lieut.. John P Keeler. Coast Ar
Company and will report to the COM
manding officer. Artillery District OF New
Orleans. for duty on his stan.
Maj Joseph T. Davidson quartermas-
ter at Jeffersonville. Ind. will proceed to
Fort Riley. Kans.. for duty.
The following named officers will report
to the commanding general Department
of the East for duty as instructor -inspec-
tors during the maneuvers OF the Massa-
chusetts militia: Capts. Charles D.
general stan. and Romulus r. Walton.
retired.
Leave of absence for four months IS
granted Capt. John Stcrck. Coast Artil'
lery Corps.
BY direction OF the President. and upon
the application OF LIST Sergt. James Bla-
eek Company L. 9th Infantry. that SOL
der will be placed upon the retired list
Capt. Edmund NJ. Leary and James f.
Mckinley. 18th Cavalry. are relieved from
duty at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga. and Will
join the nth Cavalry at San Antonio.
Tex.
The resignation of Capt. Wesley King.
Philippine Scouts has been accepted by
Capt. John b. Schoeffel. 10th Infantry.
Is relieved from duty with the naneuver
division and will proceed to Fort Logan
Col.
Col. Harry o. Perley. Medical Corps.
is ordered to proceed to Fort Leaven-
Capt. Adolphe H. Huguet. nth 1nfan-
try, is relieved from duty In the maneu-
yer division. and will proceed to Fort
Cant. Clarence NJ. Condor. Coast Artil-
lery Corps, is relieved from detail as
major, Philippine Scouts. and assigned to
the ljlth Company, Coast Artillery Corps.
Col. Grin B. Mitcharn. ordnance depart
ment will proceed to Ansonia. Conn.,. on
official business pertaining to material
being procured by the ordnance depart
ment.
Maj. Henry g. Leonard. 14th Infantry.
is relieved from temporary duty In this
city.
The following transfers are ordered:
First Lieut. Joseph e Myers from the
9Th Field Artillery to the Sd Field Artil-
ery.
First Lieut. Albert L. Hall from the
Sd Field Artillery to the 9Th Field Ar
tillery.
Marine Corps Orders.
Maj. P. NJ. Bannon. from the marine
barracks. New York. to the Philippines.
Maj. G. c. Thorpe. from expeditionary
service to the L. 8. s. Connecticut
Capt ]. T. Bootes. from expeditionary
service to the L. s. s. Michigan.
Capt. T. E Backstrom. from the ma
rine barracks. Annapolis. to recruiting
duty at Atlanta
Capt. r. C. Lander, from Pittsburg to
the marine barracks, Philadelphia
Second Lieut.. ]. d. Murray. from the
marine barracks. Boston, to duty naval
Maj. w. N. McKelvy granted leave for
one month.
Mai. ]. T. Myers, from the marine
barracks, Philadelphia. to recruiting duty
First Lieut.. w. F. Bevan. from re-
cruiting duty, Boston. to the Philippine
Islands.
First Lieut.. r. E. Adams, from the
marine barracks. New York; to CO.. com
mand the marine barracks, Pensacola.
First Lieut.. P. H. Torrey, from the
Marine officers' School, Port Royal to
marine barracks, Philadelphia.
First Lieut.. w. P. Upshur. from the
Marine Officers School. Port Royai' TO
marine barracks, Philadelphia. to the
Marine Officers School, Port Royal.
Second Lieuts ]. L. Doxey and b. F.
Hickey have been commissioner
second Lieut.. S. NJ. Harrington. from
u. s. S. Idaho to the marine barracks.
Second Lieuts Archibald Young. J. A.
Gray and A. NJ. Jones have been COM
The 4th Expeditionary Regiment at
San Diego, Cal, has been broken up,
and officers and men returned to their
original stations. except Cap1s. ;. ~.
Wright. F. J.: schwable and av, ~ F. p re- @
Cole and P. A. Capron and Second
Iieuts. G. A. Nutting and C. w. Alger.
with 200 men, who will remain at camp
Thomas for the present.
Practical Training Of Naval Militia.
The naval militia will be given COM
nrehensive lessons in the art OF warfare
th,s summer In addition to the spec
tacular evolutions on the Atlantic coast
including the defense OF Long Island
sound by the militia and the torpedo boat
fotilla against a simulated attack by the
battleship fleet, the exercises will be ex-
tended to the great lakes and the Pa
cific coast
The California militia will receive In
structions on the L. s. 8. Marblehead on
a cruise extending from today to the 18th
instant. The militia Of Washington will
cruise on the L. s. s. Cheyenne July to
III.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan. Illinois
and Minnesota will participate In the ex-
ercises on the great lakes. These drills
will consist of individual cruises OF the
militia vessels In those waters. The de-
partment desired to give the militia COM
bined exercises on these vessels, but
found that course tmpracticable
The Louisiana militia will cruise about
the end of July for ten days or two weeks
on the U. S 8. Isle De LuEon, stranger
and Alvarado.
its exercises July y. with q three-wssk
cruise ON the u. s. 8. Elfrida and Foote.
Navy Yard Retrenchments.
In the absence Of action by Congress
upon his recommendation for the abandon
ment of the Pensacola and New Orleans