The Washington herald., 1914-04-24
ARMY ORDERS.

Lieut. Col Tracy g Dickson. Ordnance Depart
| nent. in addition to his other duties is detailed
| for duty a membr Of the Board Of Eusneers
! vice Col EdWin Il. Babhitt, Ordnance Department
who is hereby relieved.
Lieut. Col Tracy e. Dickson Ordnance DeHart
mcut in addition to his other duties is detailed
a. member of the busrd Of Officers appointed II
TaragTapL =. Special Orders. No 81 November L
1909. War DCPlrtmeEt. for the purpose Of making
a study Il all features Of guns. carriages. ammuni
tim. fre-CIutrDl instruments. rarge tables. and
ranEc charts. with the object of determining their
probable effect uIEn the accuracy Of FIRE with
coast cannon. vice Col Edwin b. Babhitt ord
nance department. berebv relieved
By dirertI0n Of the President. Capt. Frank i.
McCUy. General STAFF. relieved memher Of
the General stat CorTE. Capt. Mccoy will r,port
in Ters0n al once to Mai. Gen Leonard Wood
L :. 4. for appointment and duty as aid-de-camI
on his stah-
The Leave of absence granted FIrst Lieut.. Robert
r. GlasShurn. Coast Artillery CorTS. recruiting
officer. l Paragraph p. Special Orters No IS
Drccmbsr l9. 1913, War Department. Is extended
month.
80 much of paragraph y. Special Orders No.
-. October !, lgls. War DEPARTMENT. a. dirpC
Capt lVcrs W. Leonard Twenty four Infantry, tO
remain on duty with the Twenty sixth Infantry
until about May q. 1914 and then prpceed to San
Francisco cal. and sail the transport scheduled
to leave that place on about June 5. 1914. To
join his regiment in the PHILIP pine Department i
amended TO direct that officer to remain on
duty with a Cumpany Of the Twenty-siNth Infantry
until July !. 1914. when he will TrDceed to Fort
WAYNE. MICH. Tor temporary duty until such TIM
as will enable him to comply with this order. and
will pTJ,Cred the prDIer time to san Francisco.
Cal, and sail the transport scheduled to leave
that plar' O about August s. 1914 for Manila.
7. l. UI"n arrival at Manila he will join his
regiment.
FTrst Lieut. DeshIer Whiting T,Eenty-fOurth in
fantry. is relieved from treatment al the Waller
Reed General Hospital d. e. and will proceed -
the commanding officer. Fifth Infantry. for such
duty he he able to Terurm.
Bng. Cen Hunter Lgsctt. L. =. A. is rSleSed
frum duty in this city and is assigned TO the com
mand Of the Fourth Brigade. take effect nr
later than MAY l. 1914. Rrg- ten. Liggett will
IrUceed To Chicago. Ill. ard take station at that
place. rvIsErtIUg his arrival by telegraph TO the
Adiutant General Of the Army.
The lraye Of ah~enco granted Mai. William S
Guignard First Field ARTILLERY in Special Orders
No. 81. December Is. 1915 War Department, and
extended in Special Orlers. No. 81. February TO-
1914. War Department. is further extended one
month
Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing L. 5. A.. Command
ing the Eighth Brigade. is placed in command Of
the pUst Of the Preside Of san Francisco, Cal
Brig. Gen. Pershing will designate officer of his
brigade to administrative officer in order that
he may be fr,. to dCTote practically his entire time
to the instruction and training Of his brigade.
BY direction Il the President, Lieut.. Col Charles
s BrOmwell. CorTs Of Engineers in addition to the
duties assigned to him in paragraph special orders.
No. 50. ATn Is. lsH. War Department. is detailed.
under the TTUyisiOnS' Of of Congress approved
construction repair of any aid to navigation
thOrized by Congress in the Nineteenth lighthouse
district. vice Mai William 7. WoOten. Corps Of
Engineers. hereby relieved.
BY direction uf the President. Capt. Abraham G.
Lott. Sixth Cavalry. is detailed as member Of the
General staff COrI~. to take effect April .. 1914.
CAPT Lott will repair to this city and report in
person 10 the Chief Of staff for duty.
So much # paragraph IA. special orders, No. 50.
April ls 1914. War DrIartment. relating to boards
for the examination Of candidates for the United
States Military Academy directs that the "
aminations will be conducted in accnrdancc with
instructions contained in circular dated April Is.
1913. War Department. the Adjutant Generals
Offce,' is amended nv adding therpto the following:
and printed instructions forwarded with the mental
examination papers ty the superintendent Of the
United States Military Academy
So much Of paragraph IS. special orders, No. 75.
March 81 1914 War Department. relates TO First
Lieut. Ralph VI. Parker. cavalry, is revoked.