Evening star., 1915-12-12
WAR DEPARTMENT.

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. Maj. Gen. John r. Brooke, L. s. "A,
retired, who has been visiting in Rose
mont. Pa. passed through Washing
| ton last week on his way to St Au-
gustine, Fla, where he will spend the
winter season.
] Brig. Gen. William l.. Sibert, com
manding the Pacific coast artillery dis
trict at Fort Miley, Cal, is in this city,
presumably in reference to the case or
Lieut.. Col. Lewis Z. Goodier of the
judge advocate generals department.
| recently tried by court-martial at San
Francisco on the charge of attempting
to interfere with the administration of
the aviation school at San Diego. Gen.
Sibert was president of the court.
Lieut. Col. Mason NJ. Patrick, Corps
of Engineers, stationed at Detroit,
Mich. was in this city last week on
business before Congress and the War
| Department..
Col John r. Williams, U. S. A. re-
tired. who has been i'll at the Walter
Reed Hospital. has returned. to his
home on r street, where he is now
| convalescing.
] Capt James X. Parsons, Sd United
States Infantry. who has been on duty
| at Fort Ontario, has been detailed to
| duty with the militia of New York as an
| inspector instructor.
/ Gen and Mrs. Erasmus NJ. Weaver
! have returned to the Farragut after
visiting their daughter and son-in-law,
at Marion Institute, Ala.
Lieut.. Richard D. La Garde, L. S. A..
and Mrs La Garde have taken an
apartment in the Beacon for the win
| Maj. w. S. Graves, secretary to the
general staff, has returned to his desk
| in the War Department after an ILL
4 L.
narrowly escaped an attack of pneu
monia.
! Lieut.. Robert NJ. Danford, 5th Field
| Artillery, formerly stationed at Fort
SlH, Okla, passed through Washington
last week on his way to New Haven,
Conn, to serve as instructor-inspecto
of the battalion of field artillery or
eanized by the students of Yale Uni
versity.
Surgeon General William C. Gorgas
/ of the army returned to this city last
! week from a short visit to Porto Rico.
! Capt. w. +. Fl. Gadson. adjutant of
| the Sth Cavalry, at Fort Bliss, Tex is
/ in Washington on sick leave of absence
/ for three months. He returned from
! Philippine service in September with
| his regiment.
he War Department last week were
COL Willoughby Wake c. A. c.; Lieut..
| Wliliam D. Frazer, G. A. G.; Second
/ Lieut. George W. c Whiting. 4th Infan-
| ~. W. l.
| fantry; Lieut.. Col. Charles Ruggles,
| ordnance department. and Lieut..
| Eugene J. Ely. 9Th Cavalry.
| George w: Graves of the mail and
| is ON leave of absence
| Arthur f. Holt of the supply division
/ was on leave of absence last week.
Mrs Jennie r. Andrews of the mail
| and record division is on the sick list
| Louis Passarello has returned to his
! Old position in the appointment divi-
| sion.
| The following named candidates for
| adiaission to the United States Military
! Academy in 1916 have been appointed
| duril!g the past two weeks:
| +aiahana-Huriey Everett Burgir, Bir-
| mineham; Virgil 7. Roach. alternate,
/ Efffnlhshan. and Harry b. Williams,
alternate, Birmingham.
| mington; George NJ Bacon. alternate.
Laurel, and Ralph 3. Shippers, alternate,
| Wilmington.
| assachusetts-Joseph L. Hurley. al
ternate, Fall River.
| Michigan = Charles B. ID. Jewell.
Grand Rapids. and Gerrit Bylsma, al
| ternate, Grand Rapids.
| New York-Jerome F. T. Tobio al
| ternate, Anlonia.
| ohio-kenneth W. Leslie. alternate.
lanesFiiIe: Watson l.. Deaver, alter
| nate, Rose Farm; Alfred Mcpherson
+, Hays, alternate, Bucyrus. and John l.,
! Eennecke. alternate, Bucyrus
| fehnsyIyania-1saac J. Harding, al
| tcfnatc, Clarion. and Jessie Lewis Glib
ficy, alternate. coatesville
! NIrginia-William T. Moses, alternate
/ Hurt William j. Epes, Portsmouth; Ed
| gar a. Howard, alternate, Portsmouth,
| aud +. a. Van Patten, alternate, Ports
mouth.
! asbngton-George F. Russell, Ia
| coma; Heath TwichelI. alternate Ia
! coma, and Lester f. Rhodes. alternate,
| Centralia.
j Mai. Ole Waloe of the Philippine con-
StabuiarN has reported at the insular
| bureau on his way back to his post of
duty.
! Frank l.. Crone. director of education
OF the Philippine Islands, called at the
! !nsular bureau last week
Gen. Frank Mcintyre and Col Charles
~. W Nalcutt, jr. We're in New York on
ofhcial business last week
/ Percivai Stanclif of the correspond
erce division insular bureau, is on a
! hunting trip near Langham, Nd.
Mrs. l.. NJ Pool, insular bureau, is
1 taking a few days leave of absence
+! dong her Christmas shopping.
| George W. Scott, correspondence di-
! VISION, Insular bureau. is confined to
/ his room with attack of lumbago
: g \. Benson. property clerk, inSular
! bureau. has returned to duty, after an
! extended vacation