Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-06
ARMY
Army orders:


First Lieutenant Howard r. Smallev.
Second cavalry, j. detailed for recruiting
service AT Fort Slocum. New York.
Major Charles a. Hedekin. attached IA
Eleventh cavalry. l. assigned 10 that regi-
ment.
Major Joseph Wheeler Jr.. coast artil-
lcry corps. upon di~continuance Of port nf
cmbarkation. Galveston. will proceed To
Fort Winfield Scott. California.
Captain Guy Y. Rukke. medical corps.
relieved NJ Fort Bliss. Texas. will report 10
commanding general. Southern department.
Tor assignment at station at Fort Macken-
zie. Wyoming.
First Lieutenant Harry e.. Blair. medical
reserve corps. relieved III Fort Bis. III
Douglas. Ariz.
Special orders. November IL. relieving
Captains Edward Carpenter and Fred y.
Perry. coast artillery corps. and Second
Lieutenant Thomas :. Bridges. Sixth in
iantry. from duty at the Panama Pacific
exposition, effective January s. amended to
relieve them February 2e.
rs direction Of the president. Major
Henry l.. Kinni>on. Twelfth infantry. de
tailed 70 fill vacancy in quartcrma-tcr
corps. effective December p.
Major Peter W. Dawson. infantry, j.
placed on officers detached from their
proper commands. effective january ~.
and Major Frank ID. Webster. infantry, IN
removed. Major Webster j. relieved Of
duty at University of Illinois, Urbana, ILL.,.
effective January u.
BY direction Of the president. Captain
Thomas l.. Smith, quartermaster corps. j.
relieved, effective at once.
By direction II the president. Major FL
mer W. Clark. infantry. recently promoted
with rank to fill vacancy in quarterma-ter
corps, effective December G, vice Major
Ferdinand W. Robbie, quartermaster corps,
who l. relieved. l. assigned ID Eighteenth
infantry. effective December 6.
Leaves of absence: First Lieutenant
John j.. lIolcOmbc. coast artillery corps.
twentN-one days. First Lieutenant Walter
II. Neil, Thirteenth cavalry. two months:
Captain Charles II. Elliot. retired. recruit
ing officer. one month.
The following changes iii the quarter
ma~tcr'~ corps are ordered: Lieutenant
Colonel \. W. kimball. when service, are
no longer required at Galveston will pro-
coed to Chicago and assume hi~ duties W.
assistant quartcrma~ter. Central depart
ment Captain j. w. Furlow. when services
are no longer required at Galveston. will
proceed to Chicago and report To depot
qua rtermaoter for duty a. assistant: Cap
tain IT,. l.. Smith. when services are mo-
longer required at Galveston will stand re-
.ievtd from duty AL Fort Thomas. kr.. and
repair To Washington. ID. g.. for duty WY
assistant 10 the depot quarterma~tcr: Cap
tam l.. ID. Ga~~er. when services are no
longer required at Galveston. will stand
relieved from duty at Fort Smelling ana
will proceed to Fort Monroe for duty.
coast defense Chesapeake Bay.
Second Lieutenant i. q. IIeffernan.
Fifth cavalry. will proceed to Columbus
Barracks and report 10 commanding Of
iiccr for examination for aviation section
signal corps.
BY diccrtion NJ the president. First
Lieutenant Harry IIawley. Ninth infantry.
+ relieved from duty at Riverside Military
academy. Gainesville. ~ take effect aJn-
uary II. ana will then JOIN hi regiment.
First Lieutenant l.. +. TetTt. medical
corps. i relieved from duty al Fort Ethan
Allen and will proceed 10 Fort Randolph.
Canal zone. for duty.