Evening star., 1911-08-15
ARMY NAVY
Army Orders.

Maj Paul c. Hutton, Medical Corps,
having completed the duty for which he
was ordered to this city. will return to
San Antonio. Tex.
Capt. John L. De Witt. auartermaster.
will proceed to the general depot of the
auartermaster department Philadelphia,
and the mills Of the Kent Manufacturing
Company Clifton Heights, Pa, for the
purpose of familiariz'ng himself with the
process Of manufacture of woolen cloths
and the method Of inspection at the
depot.
The following transfers are ordered:
First Lieut. Francis W. Glover, from the
9Th Cavalry to the 18th Cavalry; First
Lieut.. Roy ". Holderness, from the 18th
Cavalry to the 9Th Cavalry
Each Of the following named officers
will proceed to West Point. \. r.. for
duty at the United States Military Acad-
emy: Second Lieut.. William ". Erwin.
9th Cavalry: Second Lieut.. Wallace G.
Philoon. 14th Cavalry.
Maj Edwin d. .Bricker, ordnance de-
partment, will proceed to the Washington
navy yard on official business pertaining
to the construction Of guns
The FOLLOWING named second lieutenants
recently promoted from the ranks, have
been attached to companies OF the Coast
Artillery Corps as follows: Second Lieut..
Douglas B. Netherwood to the Both Com
the 9th Company: Second Lieut.. Roy T..
Cunningham to the 4Ist Company. They
are ordered to Fort Monroe. Va. for duty.
Lieut. Col. Isaac n. Lewis. Coast Ar
the Coast Artillery School at Fort Mon
roe. Va, and will proceed to Fort Ham
ilton. y. T.. for duty.
Capt. BENJAMIN NJ. koehler. Coast .Nrtil-
lery Corps will proceed to Fort Terry.
n. Y. for duty.
The leave of absence granted First
Lieut.. Basil \. Rittenhouse, 11th Cavalry,
is extended fifteen days.
Maj Daniel w. Arnold, auartermaster,
will visit Duluth. Minn.. on official bust.
to be delivered at that place. and will
attend to the shipment or reshipment OF
the coal. as the case may be, to the posts
where required.
First Lieut.. William {. Whitaker. Coast
Artillery Corps, is detailed for general re-
cruiting service at New York city to re-
lieve Capt Benjamin NJ. koehler. Coast
Artillery Corps.
Leave Of absence for six months. with
permjssion to go beyond the sea. is grant
ed Lieut.. Col. Isaac \. Lewis, Noast AT
tiilery Corps.
Leave Of absence for one month is
granted Lieut. Edwin ST. j. Greble. Sd
Field Artillery.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral A. ReNnoidS ana Ndp'- :.
L. Chaplin commissioned.
Commander r. r. Coontz. from Naval
Academy. Annapolis. Md. to home and
wait orders.
Commanders r. Fl. Christy. ". Evans,
q. +. Preston. r. Fl. Leigh. A. Althouse
and L. McNamee have been commits
stoned.
Lieut.. Commander II. n. Jensen. to
Montana. as senior engineer officer
Lieut.. Commanders f. 3. Larimer, \.
N. Johnson J. J. Hyland and +. T.
Evans, have been commissioned.
Lieut.. ]. l.. Hileman, from Montana, to
home and wait orders.
I.ieuts. r. l.. Lowman. z. r. Arm
strong and ". A. Giassford. jr.. from
Montana to home and wait orders.
Medical Director J. d. Gatewood, conf
missioned.
Medical Inspector NJ. F. Gates, commits
stoned.
Passed Assistant Surgeons G. w Shep-
ard, NJ Boland. J. r. Phelps, A. J.. Cliff
ton. s. Bacon w Chambers. *. c. Mel
horn and l.. W. Mcclure have been COM
missioned.
Naval Constructors r. p. Schlabach and
G. S. Radford have been commissioned.
Naval Constructor w. b. Fogarty, from
navy yard, Pensacola. Fla. and naval
station. New Orleans. La, to navy yard.
Puget Sound. Wash.
Assistant Naval Constructor +. c.
Hammer, jr.. from naval station, Cavite,
p L. to bureau of construction and re-
pair, Navy. Department.
Served In Two Wars.
The department has been advised OF the
death OF Chief Boatswain Charles Miller
L. s. N, retired. which occurred at Sea-
cliff. Long Island. \. Y, Sunday.
Chief Boatswain Miller was born in New
York. y. Y, May . 1897. and was APP
pointed an acting boatswain in the navy
June l3. 1851. During the civil war he
served on board the L. s. s. Susquehanna.
the receiving ship at Boston. Mass. the
T.. s. 8 Powhatan. the L. s. s. Wabash.
He was promoted TO chief boafsWain
March 3, 1899. serving at various stations
and on various vessels of the navy. Dur
ing the spanish-American war he served
in command of the L. s. s. Michigan ana
was attached TO that vessel until April
10 1899 that being his last active duty.
He was transferred to the retired list
as a chief boatswain. with the rank or
lieutenant Gunior Grade) on May :. 1ss.
,Ipop reaching the statutory retirement
age of sixty-tvo years.