The Washington herald., 1914-10-23
ARMY ORDERS.
CopyngfIt, 1914

at San Francisco. Cal, for the examina.
tion of officers of the Corps OF Engineers
to determine their fitness for promotion
is dissolved.
| board OF officers is appointed to meet
at the call of the president thereof at
| San Francisco. Cal, for the examination
| OF such officers Of the Corps Of Engineers
Detail for the board. Lieut. Col Thomas
II. Rees, Corps OF Engineers: Mai. Rob
eTt r. Raymond, Corps OF Engineers;
Maj. Roger Brooke, Medical Corps; Maj.
Capt William H. Tent. Medical Corps.
The following officers OF the Corps Of
Engineers will report to Lieut.. Col.
Thomas II. Rees, Corps OF Engineers.
Francisco, Cal, appointed in paragraph
?. Special Orders, No 24S. October q.
at such time as they may be required
by the board for examination to deter
mine their fitness for promotion: Capt.
Warren T. Hannum, First Lieut. Cleve-
land Z. Gee, Second Lieut.. James 3.
Cress. Second Lieut.. Dabney o. Elliott.
Before complying with so much Of this
order as directs him to proceed to San
Francisco, Cal. each OF the officers will
report to the commanding officer Of the
post after which his name appears for
the prescribed test in craftsmanship. Fort
ShafteT. Hawaii, Capt. Hahnum and Lieut..
Gee. Vancouver Barracks, Wash, Lieuts
Cress and Elliott.
Third Infantry. is detailed with the Or
ganiZcd Militia OF South Dakota as in
speCtOr-instructor. to take effect Novem-
beT !, and will proceed to Redheld, S.
Leave for one month, to take effect
upon his arrival IN the United States,
is granted First Lieut. Ralph W. Dusen-
bury. Eighth Infantry.
The depot quartermaster. New York
City, or one OF his commissioned as
sistants. will make not exceed one visit
per month To Wilmington, Del. on Of
fcial business pertaining to the inspCc-
tion and construction Of three motor life
boats.
Capt. Albert Z. saxton. Eighth Cav
airy. is detailed TO fll a vacancy in the
Quartermaster Corps, to take effect No
vember = After his arrival in the United
States and upon the expiration of the
leave Of absence heretofore granted
Quartermaster General Of the army fOT
duty in his Office.
Capt. Fox Conner. Sixth Field Ar
tillery, is transferred to the Fifth Field
Artillery. and will proceed to Fort Sill.
Okla, and report to the School Of Fire
for Field Artillery
Lieut.. Col. DE Rosey c. Cabell, cav
airy. unassigned, is assigned to the Tenth
Cavalry He viii proceed to Fort OgIe-
thorpe. Ga, for temporary duty, and
upon completion thereof will join his
regiment at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
The following changes in the stations
and duties Of officers of the Corps of
Engineers are ordered: Capt. Henry c.
Jewet will report TO the commanding
officer, Washington Barracks, d. c. for
duty with the First Battalion Of En-
gineers; Capt. Thomas NJ. Robins viii.
proceed on or about November l to New
York City; Maj. Francis a. Pope will
proceed to Portland, Me. relieving Lieut.
Col William +. Craighill of the duties
in his charge pertaining to the Portland
Engineer District; Lieut. Col. Craighi!l
upon being thus relieved will proceed TO
In nit =
duties pertaining to the Boston Engineer
District
The following transfers at the request
of the officers concerned are ordered
Maj. Sydney A. Cloman from Twenty
first Infantry to Thirtieth Infantry; Mai
William Brooke from Thirtieth to
Twenty-first Infantry: Maj Brooke will
is transferred.
Leave for two months on surgeons
certificate of disability is granted First
Lieut.. Fred W. Pitts, Nineteenth In
Leave for two months, to take effect
upon his arrival in the United States, Is
granted Capt. Alexander 7. Cooper, Med
ical Corps.
Paragraph 3s, Special Orders, No. PIP.
9. War Department, is amend
ed to read as follows: Capt William P.
Ennis, First Field Artillery. Yill pro-
at Honolulu, Hawaii. on or about Feb
ruary 5, 1915, to San Francisco. Cal,
thence TO West Point, n. Y, and report
to the superintendent, United States Mill
tary Academy.
First Lieut.. George R. Byrd. Seven
teenth Infantry. is detailed as professor
of military science and tactics at the
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington,
Va.
Maj. Sydney A. Cloman is relieved from
Thirtieth Infantry and is attached to
Infantry, to take effect Febru- |
ary l, 1915. Maj. Cloman will proceed to
Manila. P. l., at such time as will en-
able him to arrive at that place not later |
than February 5, 1915, and will then Join |
the Thirteenth Infantry.
Leave granted Mai. Sydney A. Cloman |
Thirtieth Infantry, August Is, is extended |
two months and four days.
Leave for ten days is granted Capt.
Cyrus A. Dolph, Quartermaster Corps