Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-12
Nearly Score, Stationed Here,
to Be Transferred to
Other Stations.
COL. SPENCER COSBY
AMONG THOSE TO GO
Secretary Garrison Limits Tour Of
Service in This City to
Four Years.

Nearly a score Of well konwn officers
OF the army. stationed in this city, Will
shortly be transferred to other stations.
In accordance with orders just issued by
Secretary Garrison limiting the tour Of
service In this city to a period OF four
years In the case OF all officers not In
charge Of bureaus or not serving with
troops.
Brig. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, former
commissary general and now a member
Of the Quartermaster Corps by virtue
Of the consolidation act, will be one OF
the first officers Of high rank to be affect
ed by the order. Gen. Sharpe probably
will be sent to one Of the outside army
division headquarters.
Engineer Officers Affected.
Two officers of the Corps Of Engineers
are affected by the new policy-Col
Spencer Cosby, In charge of public
buildings and grounds and Maj. William
b. Ladue, one Of the assistants to the
chief of engineers. The latter probably
will be transferred to Memphis. Tenn
Col. Cosby's new station has not yet
War Department that the order in his
case will not take effect before Septem-
Der 1 next, as 1t was desired to permit
him to complete some work now in prog
ress.
Col Cosby first came to this city in
1905. Since then he has served sue
cessively as officer in charge Of the
| missioner Of the District Of Columbia
and then as superintendent Of public
buildings and grounds.
Medical Department Changes.
The Medical Department OF the army
| will be particularly hard hit by the en-
forcement of the new four-year detail
| policy. Among the medical officers af-
fected are Col Henry P. Birmingham,
| commanding the Walter Reed General
Hospital who is to be transferred to duty
at Fort Slocum, n. Y; Lieut.. Col Jeffer-
son R. Kean. one of the assistants to the
| surgeon general. who is to be transferred
| to either Fort Leavenworth, Kan. OF
San Antonio, Tex: Lieut.. Col Francis A.
Winter. another one of the assistants to
the surgeon general who goes to the
Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs
| Ark: Maj. Charles R Reynolds. at thu
Washington barracks, who will go &c
| San Antonio, and Capt William T. Davis
assistant to the attending surgeon in this
| city. who goes to Fort Leavenworth
Kan
At the special request Of Surgeon Gen
Torney the operation Of the orders will
be deferred until about the end Of the
year In the cases Of Col w. D. McCaw,
in charge of the library Of the surgeon
generals office; Maj F. r. Russell. pro-
lessor Of bacteriology. and Maj. Carl r.
Darnall, professor of chemistry, on duty
In this city. The delay in those cases Is
due to the necessity of training other
officers In their technical duties.
Change for Maj. Rhoads.
Another officer of the medical depart
ment booked for transfer to another sta
ton is Maj. Thomas L. RhOads, attached
to the W alter Reed Hospital. and former
ly chief military aid to President Taft.
He is still on detail as military aid to
the President, but Is expected to be re-
lieved of that duty within a few weeks.
He is out of the city at present, con-
valescing from a recent operation for
appendicitis.
Oficers of the Quartermaster Corps now
in this city who will be transferred to
other stations, in addition to Brig. Gen.
Sharpe, are Lieut.. Col. George +. Dow
ney, depot quartermaster, and Maj.
Pierre C. Stevens, in charge Of the local
army pay office.
Among those booked for transfers in
the ordnance department are Lieut.. Col.
John T. Thompson, Maj. Edward z.
O'Hern. and Mai. L. I. Hillman, assist
| ants to the chief of ordnance.