Evening star., 1911-06-08
cooper. from the Maynoxer to the Pres

el. from the Pennsylvania to the Colo
rado
the Pennsylvania to the Colorado
Medical Director E. G. Derr. placed upon
the retired list Of the navy June 10. 1911,
detached duty navy recruiting station.
Providence. r. l.. to home.
Surgeon 4: Ohnesorg. from navy yard.
New York, to Naval Hospital, Philadel-
phia.
Passed Asst Surgeon F. w. S. Dean,
from naval zine. Iona Island, n. Y,
to navy yard. New York
Chief Boatswain P. Herbert, from the
Glacier to Naval Hospital, Mare Island,
Cal. for treatment
Chief Gunner p. Hill, to navy yard.
Norfolk. Va.
Naval Movements.
The Stringham has arrived at Nor
folk. the Celtic at Boston. the Bur-
rows at Newport, the Tonopah at New
York. the Yorktown at Amapala, the
Minnesota. Mississippi and Vermont at
Galveston and the Idaho at Pensacola.
The Ajax has sailed from Charleston
for Norfolk. the Trippe from Boston
Tor Newport, the Smith. Flusser. Lam
son and Preston from Norfolk for New
port and the Colorado from San Fran
cisco for San Diego
The Warrington has arrived at navy
yard, Philadelphia. the New Orleans at
Kobe. the Mccall at GARDENERS bay. the
Rocket at Norfolk, the Tallahassee at
Tangier sound ard the Yankton at Mon
tauk.
The Ajax has sailed from Charleston
for Norfolk, the Burrows from New York
for Newport the Smith, Flusser. Preston
and Lamson from Norfolk for Newport,
the Colorado from San Francisco for San
Diego. the Abarenda from Cavite for
Kobe, the Buffalo from Cordova, Alaska,
for Pribilof Islands, the Patapsco from
Boston for New York, the Idaho from
New Orleans for Pensacola and the York
town from San Juan del Sur for
Amapala.
Promotions in Cavalry.
Officers of the cavalry arm have been
promoted to the rank indicated and as
signed to regiments as follows:
Lieut.. CO.. Charles H. Grierson. 10th
Cavalry; Majs. George L. Byram and
Charles W. Farber. sth; selah r. H.
Tompkins. 7th: Sedgwick Rice and Ar
thur Thayer. Sd; Capts. Joseph A. Baer.
eth: Frank o. Whitlock, 14th; Charles
E;,,,, F. Martin 3D. Robert lob, t., F. e.; Wood 3D.; %,
3D. Charles NJ. Wesson. detailed to
ordnance department., and Morton c.
Mumma, I'd, and First. Lieuts. Emmet r.
Harris, 11th: John c. Pegram, 1st; Har-
.. !,
Oscar Foley. 9Th, and Frederick d. Crit
fifth, jr., 9Th.
To Command Walter Reed Hospital.
Col. Charles Richard OF the Army Medi
cal Corps. now en- route to San Francisco
from the Philippine Islands, where HI
was stationed for many months. has beer
ordered to proceed to this city to assume
command OF the Walter Reed Genera
Hospital near Brightwood.
New Member Militia Board.
Maj. Harry S. Berry, quartermaster'.
department, Tennessee National Guard
has been appointed a member of the
national militia board constituted by th'
War Department under orders of MAY
~. 1903. vice Brig. Gen. Bibb Graves, late
adjutant general, state Of Alabama.
Facts About Long Army Hike.
No wholesale heat prostrations and nj
cases of officers calling enlisted men un
complimentary names was the gist of q
telegram to the War Department from
Gen Mills. commanding the list Separate
Brigade at Galveston. regarding theil
long practice march to San Antonio and
return. Instead of hundreds of men fall.
ing unconscious by the roadside because
of the hot wave, Gen. Mills said that 1Jf
men in all were allowed to leave the col
umn for various causes not all due tc
the heat Many of the men reto.ned their
companies before reaching camp. Gen
Mills reported eleven heat cases in his
command now. He commended the con
duct Of his brigade as excellent.
Secretary Stimson Vaccinated.
AS an example to the army. Secretar,
Stimson has been vaccinated against ty
phcid fever. The virus was administered
by Maj. F. F. Russell. Medical Corps. a.
the Army War College. While anti-ty
phoid vaccination is earnestly advocated
by Surgeon General Torney for the en-
tire personnel Of the army. 1t is not com
pulsory except in the maneuver division
at San Antonio, Tex.
Retirement of Col. Howe.
Lieut.. Col. Edgar w. Howe. 11th In
fantry, has been placed on the retired
list Of the army on account of disability
incurred in the line Of duty. Col. Howe
is from Massachusetts and was grad.
uated. from the United States Military
Academy In ,.ne. 1878. He was attached
to the 18th Infantry for tWenty-foul
years and to the I'D and 18th Infantry
to the grade of lieutenant colonel in Feb.
ruary last and recently has been station.
ed at San Antonio.
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