Evening star., 1911-06-09

has been placed on the retired list of the
army on ao count of disability incident to
the service A native of Scotland, Capt
Hunt was appointed to the army from
Vermont as captain and assistant quar-
termas;er in February. 1901. He had
served In the volunteer army during the
Spanish-American war and the Philip
pine insurrection, first as a captain irr
the quartermasters department and then
as a major OF the 9th United States
Volunteer Infantry. He is now in New
York city on leave of absence.
Col. Biddle Coming Here
Col John BiddIe. Corps of Engineers,
recently detailed to the General STAFF
Corps. has been ordered to this city for
duty in the Office of Gen. Wood chief of
staff. At present he is stationed at San
Francisco. in charge of river and harbor
works in that vicinity. Orders were Is
sued today for Lieut.. Col. Thomas H.
Rees. Corps of Engineers on duty at the
Army War College, Washington barracks.
to proceed to San Francisco and relieve
col. Biddle, OF the duties in his charge.
Col. Biddle is we'll known to the resi-
dents Of the District of Columbia through
his services here as Engineer Commission
er from November. 1901. to May. 1907.
Army Orders.
Lieut. Col Frank b. Mccoy, oath In
fantry. is relieved from further duty with
the 18th Infantry. and will proceed to
Fort Mcpherson, Ga, for temporary duty.
He then will join his regiment.
Maj. John H. Rice. ordnance depart
ment, will proceed to Philadelphia. the
Sandy Hook proving ground and the
Watertown arsenal on official business
pertaining to the production of ordnance
material
First Lieut. Robert L. Weeks. 10th In
fantry. is detailed as member of the
board Of road commissioners for Alaska
and as secretary and disbursng officer
of the commission, relieving First Lieut..
Weeks will proceed to Valdez, Alaska.
The leave Of absence granted First
Lieut.. William B. Wallace. Goth Infantry,
is extended one month.
First Lieut. Frederick c.. A. Kellam,
jr., Medical Reserve Corps, is ordered to
active duty at the Walter Reed General
Hospital.
First Lieut.. Joseph o. Mauborgne. Sd
Infantry. will proceed from Fort Leaven
worth to Fort Riley, Kan, for the pur-
pose of overhauling the wireless station
at the latter post.
Changes in the stations of officers of
the subsistence department have been
ordered as follows: Capt. joseph E. Gu
Col. Frank F.. Eastman. from Omaha,
Neb.. to assistant to the chief commits
sary of the central division: Capt. Doug
las Settle to assistant to the chief COM
missary Of the central division: Capt.
Gordon n. kimball. from temporary duty
at st. Paul. MINI.
Changes In the stations of officers in
the ordnance department have been or
dered as follows: Capt. B. o. Mahaffey,
from the Office of chief of ordnance to
the Watertown arsenal; Capt. {. W.
Waller. from Frankford ar. enal Phla-
delphia. 40 the Eenicia arsenal. CAL:
Capt. Earl Mcfarland. from Watertown
H. somers. from Sandy Hook. \. j.. to
Watertown. Mass; First Lieut.. {. 7.
Harris. jr.. from Watertown. Mass. to
Augusta, Ga: First Lieut.. r. w. Case,
Lieut.. L. ". Mcintosh. from Watertown
to Sandy Hook: Filst Lieut.. r. E. Cum
minis. from Sandy Hook to Rock Island.
ILL.,; First Lieut.. James L. Walsh, from
Sandy Hook to New York city.
Infantry. is assigned to duty with the
Signal Corps. He is relieved from
duty at Fort Leavenworth. Kan. and
will proceed to San Antonio. Tex, for
duty with Company I. Signal Corps.
The following named officers are re-
lieved from duty at Dayton, Ohio, and
will proceed to College Park. Md. and
report to the chief signal officer Of the
army for duty: Second Lieuts Henry
H. Arnold, 18th Infantry, and Thomas
Dew Milling. 18th Cavalry.
First Lieut.. William H. Shepherd. Sd
Field Artillery. at Fort Myer Va. Will
proceed to Governors Island. New
York. for duty as pector-instructor
of field artillery OF the organized mill
tia during the month of June. 1911.
Capt. James d. Taylor, paymaster, is
relieved from station at Kansas City,
Mo. and will proceed 10 Fort Leaven-
worth. Kan.
Capt Carroll F. Armistead. 21st In
fantry. Is relieved from treatment at
the General Hospital. the Preside OF
San Francisco, and will return to his
proper station.
The following changes In the stations
of quartermasters are ordered:
Capt. Thomas r. Harker. to San An
tonic. Tex, relieving Capt. William ID.
Chitty, who goes to Fort Huachuca. Ariz.
Capt. Austin F Prescott to Mammoth
Harry l.. Hodges. 1st Cavalry
Each of the following named medical
officers is detailed as instructor at the
School for Off1cers of the Medical Corps.
at Pine Camp. Jefferson county, n. Y.
August ) to 13, 1911:
Lieut. Col Walter D. McCaw. Medical
Corps. instructor in hygiene and santa
ton.
Maj Charles r. Reynolds. Medical
tary units and allied subjects.
First Lieut.. Roger 8. Parrott I'd Field
Artillery. is relieved from duty at Van
couver barracks Washington. and will
proceed to Fort Hancock. n. j., for duty.
BY direction Of the President. and upon
the application OF Post Quartermaster
Sergt John Kearney. that soldier will
be placed upon the retired list.
Col. Frank A. Edwards and Col. Mat
thias w. Day, cavalry. unassigned, will
proceed to San Antonio Tex. for duty.
BY direction Of the President. and upon
the Application of First Sergt. Michael
Moran. Troop I. I'd Cavalry. that soldier
will be placed upon the retired list.
BY direction of the President. the fol-
lowing named officers are detailed as
members Of the General Staff Corps:
Lieut. Col John E. Mcmahon. Field Ar
tillery; Maj William Lassiter. inspector
general: Mai. William S. Graves. infan-
try; Capt John McA. Palmer. 18th In
fantry; Capt. Jens Bugge, 2sth Infantry:
Capt. Alfred W. Bjornstad, 2sth Infantry.
Lieut.. Col. Mcmahon. Majs. Lassiter and
Graves and Capt. Bugge and Capt. Pal
mer will report to the chief of staff for
duty.
The following changes in the stations
of officers Of the Signal Corps are or
dered:
Capt. Charles de F. Chandler. from Fort
Leavenworth. Kan. to this city.
First Lieut.. William 8. Barriger, from
relieving Capt. Mack K. Cunningham.
who viii proceed to Fort Wood. N Y.
BY direction OF the President the fol-
lowing named officers are detailed for
service in the Signal Corps:
Capt. William n. Michel. field ar
First Lieut. Oliver p Robinson. 2sth
First Lieut. Clark Lynn, 22d Infantry
Capt. Michel is relieved from duty at