Evening star., 1915-06-20

eighteen days is granted Contract Surs
geon John n. Merrick.
Capt. Francis W. Griffin, Quarterma0-
ter Corps. is assigned TO the 9Th Field
Artillery.
Private Leo Fowler. Company G. 7th
Infantry. Galveston. Tex. Is trans
ferred second-class private to COM
pany c. lst Battalion Of Engineers. at
Washington Barracks. II. G.
Contract Surgeon John y. Merrick IS
relieved from duty on the transport
Logan and will proceed to his home
for annulment of contract.
Leave of absence for two months
is granted Chaplain Walter X. Lloyd.
Coast Artillery Corps.
First Lieut.. Victor f. Putnam. Med
tcal Reserve Corps. is ordered to
active duty at Fort Miley. Cal.
Leave of absence to July >. 1918. 10
granted Capt John l.. De witt, Quar-
termaster Corps
The leave of absence granted Sec
ond Lieut. Harry A. Flint. 4th Cav
airy is extended one month on ac-
count of sickness.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. J. s. Arwine. from inspector of
powder east coast. to works New York
Shipbuilding Company. Camden, n. j..
connection Melville.
Lieut.. 6unior grade) A. T. Bidwell.
| from navy yard. New York. to Rhode
Island.
Lieut. Gunior grade) G E. Reardan.
to navy yard, Puget sound. Wash.
Lieut.. Gunior grade, L. P. johnson.
from Connecticut to Naval Academy.
Annapolis. Md.
Ensign G. A. Smith. from North Car
olina to Dubuque.
Ensign w d. Baker. from North
Carolina to Dubuque.
Passed Assistant Surgeon T G. Fos-
ter. from Atlantic reserve fleet to Prat-
rie.
Passed Assistant Surgeon r. G. Helm
er. from general inspector of the pay
corps, Navy Department, to navy pay
office, New York. n. Y.
Pay Inspector z. w. Reynolds. from
navy pay office. Washington. ID. C.. to
general inspector of the pay corps,
Navy Department
Pay Director Reah Frazer, from navy
pay office. New York, to home and
wait orders
Pay Inspector ]. II. Merriam. to navy
pay office, Washington. d. c.
| Boatswain A. n Anderson. from Iro-
Quois to Princeton.
Chief Machinist w S. White. from
| Oklahoma to Melville.
| Chief Machinist Il. \. Sherwin. from
| Delaware to Oklahoma.
Machinist Max Bayer, from receiv-
ing ship at Norfolk to Delaware.
| Cnle1 carpenter w. ii. squire, from
| Kearsarge to Ala bama.
| Carpenter w. A. Nightingale, from
Alabama to Kearsarge.
Officers Commissioned.
| Officers of the navy recently promoted
| have been commissioned as follows:
| Lieuts. Junior grade) c. Q. Wright, J.
r. Mann. G. L. Woodruff. C. A. Lock-
| wood. NJ. r. Anderson, E. K. Niles. p.
r. Baker, w. H. OBrien, Webb Tram
| nell. G. B. Nroom, H. X. Lewis. J. b.
viii. H. S. Haislip. J. !. Kerley. Frank
Loftin. Thomas Baxter, H. j. Shields,
c. J. Moore. E. S. Stone, H. F. Kingman,
O. c. Pailthorp and A Y. Lanphier.
Naval Movements.
The Nero arrived at La Paz June
II; the Cincinnati, at Shanghai Juno
10; the Abarenda, at Hongkong June
10: the Ammen. at Newport June IS:
the Cheyenne, HI. h. and H-3, at
San Diego June IS; the Standish. at
lima. at Boston June is; the Eagle, at
Guantanamo June IS: the Nicholson. at
Whitestone Landing June IS.
The Dolphin sailed from Washing
ton June II for New York: the Mari
eta, from Boston June IL for Key
West; the Maryland. from Honolulu
June IS for San Francisco: the, Chat
tanooga, from San Diego June II for
San Francisco; the Denver, from
Manzanillo June 16 for Acapulco; the
Raleigh. from San Diego June IS for
San Francisco.