Evening star., 1915-11-21
Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
WAR DEPARTMENT.

Mai. Douglas Settle, 10th Infantry,
Canal Zone, was in Washington last
week on leave of absence at the Army
and Navy Club.
Capt. E. S. Wheeler, field artillery.
made brief visit to the city last week.
He stopped at the Ebbitt House.
Mai. L. C. Scherer, Sth Cavalry, has
arrived in Washington and reported
for duty in the depot quartermaster's
office. He is staying at 644 e street
northeast.
Mai George G. Gately, 4th Field Ar
tillery, was in Washington last week at
the Army and Navy Club and reported
to the chief of ordnance en- route TO
his post at Ell Paso, Tex.
Capt. William F. H. Godson, Sth cav
airy, is in Washington on sick leave.
He is at the Army and Navy Club.
Capt. Frank Geere. Coast Artillery
leave of absence and Is at the Raleigh.
Maj. E. L. Swift. retired, arrived IN
this city and reported to the examining
board He is at the Ebbitt.
Col. Hobart K. Bailey. retired, was
Lieut. R. H. Hagood. jr.. Medical
Corps, Noga1es. Ariz., arrived in Wash
ington last week on leave OF absence.
He stopped at the Army and Navy Club.
Col Wilds P. Richardson. infantry,
chairman of the Alaska roads commits
sion. has arrived in Washington for the
winter.
suffering with a broken collarbone. as
a result of running into a barbed wire
fence during the night, while out on
patrol near Columbus, N. NJ, last week.
Infantry, has been ordered to Little
Rock. Ark. to confer with the ad-
jutant general of the state National
Guard with reference to the proposal
university with the organized militia.
The cadets will constitute a battalion
of infantry in the militia.
D. c. Biehl, an employe of the quar-
termaster department for the past
twenty-five years, died last Monday at
Fort Bayard, N. M.
Candidates for admission to the
United States Military Academy for
week. They are: From Alabama-Ira P.
Swift. Bon Secour; Charles P. Jones.
alternate, Montgomery and Forney
Lawson, alternate. Mathews Station.
Bartos, Chicago. and Miles ]. cunat,
alternate. Chicago. From Massach
lsetts-Waldemar S. Broberg, Melrose;
William W. Wanamaker. alternate,
Wakefield. and Lemuel Pope, Sd. alter
nate, Medford From Missouri-William
H. Norwine, Bonne Terre. and Charles
E. Netherton, alternate. Clinton From
North Carolina-Herbert H Harris jr.,
alternate, Louisburg. From Ohio-Jay
D. Morey. Cridersville; Raymond W.
Peck, Lima; Forrest Cookson, alter
nate, Troy: Joe A. Palmer, GAINESVILLE; !;
Lucien s. Brown. Akron: John Walters,
alternate. Ravenna. and Ralph J. Mil
Ter. alternate. Oberlin. From Vermont
Harry A. Montgomery, Brattleboro; c.
Hayward Styles, alternate, South Hero
and Park B. Herrick, alternate, Spring.
field.
R. W. Hardy has resigned his posi-
tion in the Army Medical Museum.
Homer Smith of Nebraska has been
appointed a cleHk in the adjutant gen.
erals office.
H. F. Weltmer Of the telegraph divi-
sion was on leave of absence last week
Mrs. Jennie P. Andrews Of the mail
and record division was called to
Michigan last week by the death Of her
brother-in-law. former Senator j. c.
Burrows.
Mrs NJ L. Jones of the telegraph
division Is enjoying a few days of
leave at her home in this city.
H. F. Weltmer Of the telegraph divi-
sion is on leave until the latter part of
the month.
Forrest D. Van valin has resumed
his duties in the telegraph division
after a trip to the Pacific coast He re-
ports the expositions at San Francisco
and San Diego the 'best ever