Evening star., 1915-11-14
WAR DEPARTMENT.

Brig Gen. Marion P. Maus, retired,
and Mrs. Maus left Washington this
week for California and Oregon. They
will spend the winter in the west.
Col. John A. Hull, judge advocate
generals department., who has just re-
turned from Manila, is in Washington.
the guest of his father, former chair
man of the House committee on mill
tary affairs.
Capt Frank O. Whitlock. I'd Cavalry,
is the fifth officer who has taken ad-
vantage of the law of March last
permitting the retirement with ad-
vanced rank of certain officers for
service in connection with the con-
struction of the Panama canal. Capt.
Whitlock retires major, after
service of nipeteen years at West
Point. and at the age of thirty-seven
years.
Second Lieut.. Douglas G. Worthing
ton, Philippine Scouts, has been dis
charged from the service on account of
misconduct He was appointed to the
service February 16 last.
Mai. John w Heavey. infantry, re-
Gently appeared at his desk in the divi-
sion OF militia affairs with his left arm
stumbled and fell, throwing the officer
over his head and fracturing his arm
near the wrist.
Mai. Arthur NJ. Edwards, retired, re-
siding in Grass Valley, Cal, wants to
be returned to the active list, and will
go before a board appointed Tor that
purpose at Vancouver barracks. MAJ
Edwards is West Pointer of the class
, of 1899, and was retired for disability
necember O. 1911.
Lieut. Col James B. Houston and
Mai. David B. Case. Quartermaster
Corps, were thrown from an automobile
which the latter was driving in Homo
lulu several days ago. Lieut.. Col.
Houston was but slightly injured, but
Mai Case was badly bruised. and was
taken to the hospital at Fort Shafter.
Mai James G. HarDord, 1st Cavalry,
Presidio of San Francisco, is in Wash
ington on a leave of absence until No
vember 20. and is stopping at the
! Richmond.
Texas City, arrived in Washington last
Monday for a leave of absence expiring
January 2. Capt. Dalton is at the Cairo.
| Lieut. George r. Simpson. 9th 1nfan-
try, has arrived in this city on q leave
! of absence for two months. He is the
Army and Navy Club.
| Maj. George A. Nugent. Coast Artil-
iery Corps, arrived in this city last
week and report for duty at the War
| Department.
George w. Koonce, law officer of the
office Of the chief of engineers, has re-
| turned 10 this city from a visit to
Z! Natural Bridge, Va, and to Raleigh,
n. c.
/ Robert L. Parker private secretary
/ to the assistant secretary of war. who
| spent his vacation at Hampton, Va, and
vicinity, has returned to this city.
! Fifteen candidates for admission to
the United States Military Academy in
1915 have been appointed during the
past week as follows: Iowa-Wiley ".
/ ternate. Oskaloosa. Massachusetts
Bernard S. Stearns. Mansfield; orpha
r. Saurotte, alternate, Fall River; Will
| liam NJ. Cleare. alternate, Fall River.
Missouri-John c. Colwell. jr.. alternate
st. Louis Montana-William H. Bar
low. Billings; Peter F. Hunt. alternate.
/ Butte; John f. Mccarthy. alternate.
KaIispel. Pennsylvania. Raymond
Burke. alternate. Bedford; Harry T.
Dolan, Montrose: Parke O. Decker
! alternate. Nicholson: William j. Rine-
bold. alternate. Athens. Texas-William
Constable Banister. Waco; James B.
Thompson. alternate. Frost.
| Gen. Frank Mcintyre and Col.
Charles Walcutt. chief and assistant to
chief of the bureau of insular affairs
| respectively, were in New York last
week on official business connected
with the bureau.
J Abraham Gideon. employe of the
municipal board. Manila. Is at the Eb-
Lieut.. A. X. Buck of the Pbilipnine
constabulary is at the Harris Hotel.
| Thomas F. Norris of the Dominican
customs frontier service is in this
city visiting relatives.
| II. l. Hopkins of the correspondence
division, insular bureau, was hunting in
|! Maryland last week.