Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-24
ARMY MATTERS

Army order:
Board II medical corps oiiccrS ~
hcrinaftcr constituted appointed q"
meet January ~ 1916. AZ places dies
i"nated. 20 conduct preliminary exam
nations Of applicants Tor appointment
w medical corps:
Letterman general hospital. Preside"
If san Francisco Captains John "
Hammer. Leartus J. owen. Frank y
Weed.
Fort sam Houston Lieutenant t.l
nnrl Merritt w. ireland. Major Ray
mond r. MctrLifr. Captain Calvin -.
CowlcS. Jr.
san Juan. T.. H.. Majors Basil II.
butcher. John 4. Murtagh. Arthur ".
Morse. Captain Robert {. Loving.
.N.llrrSoD Barracks Captains VIII
l.. pylr>. William a. N:kline. Charles
Il. Freeman.
Fort .Jav- Major Albert +. TRULY.
Captain George II. Scott.
Fort Waymc-Captain James Burke.
Fort Captain GcOrc" H.
Lake.
Fort Monroe Lieutenant Colonel Al
eXander n. Stark. Major William l..
Little. Captain Thomas &. Austin.
Fort Preble-Captain James :. Fox.
Vancouver BarrackS-Maior Peter e..
Field. Captains Herbert G. Gibner
Charles T. King.
Chicago Captain William NJ. Smart.
Fort Bank>-Captain George y. Eos
Ten .Ir.
Washington. y. C.-Licutcnant Colo
ncl ChTmpc q. McCHlloch j,.. Major
Carroll u. Buck.
Hot Springs Captains James H..
Fife. Robert NJ. Cutler. Edward u.
Nrllc>. IN.
Columbus barracks Lieutenant Col
oirl Charles Wilcox. Captains +. Morse
Fcliiuand Schmittcr>.
lir>t Lieutenant Kenneth : PrrK
in~. Firth Field Artillery. 60 school ,f
Iiu f.r Field Artillery.
Orders nf November q amc..lc ~ ~
r>truG duty If FIRST Licutrrnn; Edgar
n >ivrvcr Eleventh Infantry. ir uii"c
rhict ~ stall until further orders.
lItt Lieutenant Henri, n. Enil FIfth
Gov rt. to TIN NJ SQUADRON ;'ifth cav
airy.
Leaves: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas
I! Sl&vcnS. plartrmaStcr C,rls. onr
w'nti. FIRST licutcnant rrar Ie "
atnrm. infantry. four DAYS: Second
Ii"rtonart Leo a.. IIcffcrmaa. Fitch
Cavalry. seven lays.
Fourteen hundred pound of Christ
mas turkr, have been purchased by
Captain AIfred Moe of the auartermas
ter department for the consumption nf
the troops e1rrisoncd ia Fort Brown
tn, TURKEYS were bought VA Brown
Vile. ny AIS" were l060 pounds far the
troops MT Hhrlinecn. The TURKEYS have
been dclicvcrcl t. the mess Screelnt>
uf The different organizations AMI "a
worry odur> are arising from The Kit
chcn> "f All troop and company organi
cations.
With the exception of Wha; few men
cannot H. spared and unless something
unforeseen arises. the headquarters
building nj Fort Brown will be desert
ad tomorrow. Most If the Off .crS and
non-commiSSioncd officers doing tlut,
here have other plans than work for
Christmas Day.
The troops will have al duty except
=" necessary guard and fatigue duty
sr>ucrfcl tomorrow III honor If Christ
'ls l''r Tin. men will hr allowed a.
a without runrting Nll day. Just So
: hey are on hind for duty sunday morn
mo.
The detachment III the first aero
squadron stationed here ordered 10
leave fer san Arf~iio win probably
not leave before Monde, =. wv The of
fccr> aud men VI ihp .l~-t1rh",,Ht lrr
anxious Nv reach the Nlmu civ whore
z brand DOW set nf quarters ard hrr
r1ckS await heir arrival The irta I
wcpt has l.krtl everything not c>~rT
tial ~ lif- w cnmr AMI are rraly IN
NOV" ~ ~oon aS the Transportation
reaches here.
The first ~ The series - travel lee
lures IN ~. given in thr recreation tent
hv Lieutenant Colonel John Finley Of
ihr Fourth Infantry Will hc givcn next
Monday night. Colonel Finley has cho-
son fpr his >uhirct The Disaster of
Martiniquc''. Tho lectures viii ~ ~
c%ompaui"l nv slides %rnrtraving the
-nnntr, aud pninf~ 'f interest Will b.
tonchci on BY The I%cctnrcr.