The San Francisco call., 1913-08-07
many COMING ON
TRANSPORT THOMAS
Long List Of Military Pas
sengers for Honolulu and
San Francisco

The transport Thomas, which left
Manila July 80 for Honolulu and this
port, has the following military pas
sengers, according to cable received
by the western department yesterday:
Fer Observation-Disclosures Colonel Charles T.
Me9eher First field artillery; Captain a Arthur LI,l
r. Casseis First field artillery; Captain William
Pelham a cIsssferd 5sld First sld % arlery First
Mari Sss sd yrst e
artillery; Seesnd Lieutenant Walter F., Winton,
First neid artillery; second Lieutenant Joseph Q.
man. First field artillery; Captain Charles NJ;
Trsnkenherger, First Geld ARTILLERY, First Lieu
lery; Second Lieutenant George s. Gay, First
neid artillery; Second Lieutenant Ivens Jones,
sd fs ed arery s ensfed
Second regiment, feid artillery.
For San Francisco-Major julius N. Killian,
quartermaster corps: Captain John L. Shepard,
medical corps; Captain William ]. Ayers, Philip
pine. scouts; First Lieutenant Jose r. Brown.
Phiiippfne scouts: First Lieutenant Edwin III:
Hackley. Philippine scouts; Second Lieutenant
Kenneth p. Lord, Seventh cavalry; Second Lieu
tenant Clarence +. Elefson. Seventh cavalry;
cspts,n c Harry B. Jordan ordnance department
First Lieutenant Robert W. Adams, seventh in
yfantry; First Lieutenant Eugene Reybold Twen-.
Lieutenant Frederick W. league First field ar
tilIery; First Lieutenant Waldo C. Potter First
field artillery; e sick. 13 general prisoners II
easuals line; 33 staff corps and departments.
Far diseharge-Infantry az. cavalry 73, feld ar
tiiiery, mountain "a. coast %, engineers I.
y x
Company M. Twelfth infantry, left
the Preside of Monterey yesterday for
Fort Roseerans, San Diego. to act as
dfers who have been arrested by United
States troops in Texas. The Mexicans
are members Of both the revolutionary
factions In Mexico, and were captured
by American troops for violating the
international treaty laws by entering a
neutral country. The Mexieans are
NOW being transported by train to
Fort Rosecrans and will arrive this
morning. The United States govern
ment is bound by treaty law to hold
the Mexieans until peace is established
In Mexico.
Increase in Presidio
WASHINGTON. Aug. s.-The increase
Of the garrison at the Presidio, San
Francisco. is in line with development
of the policy of the general staff,
adopted by Secretary Garrison, of con-
the army in brigade units
and with view to the operation of
the forces under division command,
It is understood that similar move
ments looking to the concentration of
troops In larger posts will follow in
the east in the near future.
Major Ray Loses Case
WASHINGTON, Aug. e.-Major
Beecher E. Rays application for an i'm
junction to prevent Secretary Garrison
from promoting another officer in the
army pay corps over his head was de-
MED here today by the district SUI
preme court.
Although Major Ray is in line of
seniority, the war department. in view
of disclosures before. a congressional
committee, asked Attorney General
McReynolds if the president might
nominate. another man. Mr. Mercy
nolds held that the president could.
Ray appealed to the court.
In it's decision the court held in
part: ~
The court recognizes that some one
must have some discretion in the selec-
tion of officers to be promoted or ap-
pointed to higher grade and that 1t
would be difficult to pass law that
would operate automatically without
such discretion. The personal equation
is one that must be considered and
personal fitness should be determined
by those who are responsible for the
proper execution of the duties of such
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