Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-26
ARMY NAVY
Army Orders.

Mai. George 0. Sauier, Signal Corps
is relieved from duty in the office of the
chief signal officer of the army, and will
proceed to Chicago for duty as chief sig-
nal officer of that division.
Leave of absence to March %. 1912. is
granted Col. William l.. Pitcher, Infan-
try.
BY direction of the President and upon
the application Of Post COmmissary
Sergt William Hartlaub. that soldier
will be placed upon the retired list.
Leave of absence for three months is
granted Capt. Robert l. Rees, Sd In
fantry.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Chaplain Timothy p. O'Keefe,
18th Cavalry.
Private First Class John j. Pempey,
Hospital Corps, Frankford arsenal, Pa,
will be sent to the Walter Reed General
Hospital for duty.
Leave of absence for three months on
surgeons certificate Of disability is
The following changes in the Medical
Department are ordered:
Maj. Wilson T.. Davidson. Medical
Corps, from Fort Mcintosh Tex. to Fort
Bliss. Tex. relieving Mai. Robert b:
to Fort Baker, CAL: First Lieut.. Clar-
ance F. Dickinson, from Fort Duchesne,
Utah, to Whipple barracks. Ariz..
The leave of absence granted First
Lieut.. Phillip w. Booker, 9th Field Ar
tillery. is extended fifteen days.
First Lieut.. Leon c. Garcia, Medical
Corps, is relieved from treatment at the
Letterman General Hospital. San Fran
cisco, and will return to his proper sta
ton in the Philippines division.
Leave of absence for one month, with
permission to go beyond the sea. is grant
ed Col. Rogers BRINE, ordnance depart
ment.
Second Lieut. Malcolm Wheeler Nichol-
son, recently appointed from civil life, is
assigned to the I'd Cavalry. He will
proceed to Fort Leavenworth. Kan. for
a course OF preliminary instruction for a
period of three months.
First Lieut.. William F. Morrison, I'd
Field Artillery, is detailed as student
officer at the School Of Fire for Field Ar
tillery, Fort Sill. Okla.
Naval Orders.
Capt. G. r. Salisbury. from command
ant. naval station, Guam, home and
wait orders.
Lieuts. W. L. Friedell and II. NJ.
Jensen. from New Orleans home and
wait orders.
Lieut. f. S. Root. to Naval Academy.
Machinist r. f. Rucker. from New Or
leans, home and wait orders.
Marine Corps Orders.
Capt. T. W. Banker, a. Q. NJ, from
marine barracks, Philadelphia, to marine
barracks, Honolulu.
Capt C.. J. e. Guggenheim and
First Lieut. T.. A. Perkins have been
commissioned.
First Lieut.. II. Ii. Farquharson, from
recruiting duty, Boston, to marine bar
racks. Boston.
Second Lieut. +. L. Martin. from ma
rine barracks, Philadelphia, to marine
barracks, Annapolis.
Paymaster's Clerk Il. Il. Price, fifteen
days leave.
Continuous Service on Staff Duty.
Another order intended to insure rota-
ton OF line officers of the army was is
sued today by the Secretary of War IT
provides that hereafter all selections
from the line for detail on any stan
corps or department. or for other de-
tached service for stated periods. shall
be made from officers who are with
troops and have been serving Herewith
continuously for at least two years. The
purpose Of the order is said to be to Sc
cure for the staff corps ana departments
the benefit Of the continuous service OF
such officers for the full period author-
lied by law or regulations.