Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-12
ARMY-NAVY.
Army Orders.

The resignation by First Lieut.. Albert
E. Catherwood. Medical Reserve Corps,
is accepted by the President.
| Capt. Nathan J.. Shelton, U. S. A. re-
tired. is assigned to active duty and de-
tailed as an acting quartermaster. He
Twill report to the depot quartermaster,
New York city.
| Boards of officers will be convened at
the posts hereafter named for the eX-
animation of officers who have applied
for transfer to the field artillery arm:
| Washington, D. Cool. Charles G..
Treat, field artillery; Lieut.. Col. Charles
T. Menoher. Sd Field Artillery; Lieut.,
! Col. William L. Kenly, field artillery
! Mai Charles P Summerall, field artil-
| Field Artillery.
| Eagle Pass. Tex.-Col. Edward A.
Millar. Sd Field Artillery; Col. Lucien
| G. Berry, LIST Field Artillery: Col. Ed
ward F. McClachlin. jr.. 5th Artillery;
Maj. Manus McCloskey, Sd Field Artil-
lery, and Maj. Richard H. McMaster, 4th
Field Artillery.
The following named officers will re-
port in person to Col. Charles G. Treat.
field artillery, president of the exam
lining board at Washington. D. c., Tor
examination to determine their fitness
for transfer to the field artillery:
Corps; Capt. Hershei Tupes, infantry;
Capt. Gerritt Van S. Quacken bush. 18th
Infantry; Capt. George V. H. Moseley.
cavalry: Capt. Charles D. Heron, 10th
Artillery Corps; Capt. Marion S. Bat
tie, Coast Artillery Corps; Capt. Frank
p. Bamford, 2Sth infantry; First Lieut..
Cary r. Wilson. Coast Artillery Corps;
First Lieut. Charles I. Smart, in
fantry, First Lieut.. Maxwell Murray,
Coast Artillery Corps; First Lieut..
Donald NJ. Ashbridge, Coast Artillery
Corps; First Lieut.. William A. Pendle-
tenant, Coast Artillery Corps; Second
Lieut. Leigh F. J. Zerbee. Coast Artil-
lery Corps; Second Lieut.. Francis T.
Armstrong, Coast Artillery Corps; Sec
tille!y Corps; Second Lieut.. Iverson B.
Summers. jr., Coast ARTILLERY Corps
Second Lieut.. Walter w Hess jr.
Coast Artillery Corps: Second Lieut.
Corps: Second Lieut.. William P. Cher
rington. Coast Artillery Corps; Second
Lieut. Carl a. Baehr. 22d Infantry and
Second Lieut.. Alvin C. Sandeford, 22d
Infantry.
Col. Thomas Cruise, Quartermaster
Corps. viii proceed to Philadelphia. Pa.
on official business pertaining to the
Quartermaster Corps.
Mai Johnson Hagood, Coast Artillery
Corps. is relieved from duty as COM
manding officer, coast defenses of San
Diego. and. will report to the command
ing officer. South Atlantic Coast Artil-
lery District, for duty on his staff as
materiel officer.
First Lieut.. Edgar N. Coffey. United
States Army. retired, is directed, upon
arrival at Fort George Wright, Wash.
to report to the commanding officer
thereof for assignment to duty as quar-
termaster. relieving Capt. Mathew E.
Saville, Quarterma ster Corps Capt.
saville will proceed to Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Tex, and report to the command
ing general, southern Department. for
temporary duty, retaining station at
Fort George Wright.
Capt. William H. Raymond, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, is relieved from his pres
ent assignment in the coast defenses
of Charleston and will report to the
commanding officer. coast defenses OF
Portland.
Coast Artillery Corps. is relieved from
treatment at the Walter Reed General
Hospital, D. c.. and will proceed to
join his proper station.
Leave of absence for three days is
granted Second Lieut. Leigh F. J.
Zerbee. Coast Artillery Corps.
The following named officers Of the
Signal Corps, having become entitled
to promotion, are relieved from detail
First Lieuts Howard c. Tatum. Olney
Place. Charles H. Mason and Kinzie B.
Edmunds.
Majs. Benjamin T Simmons and Fred
r. Brown Captains of infantry are
relieved from duty as majors of the
Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry. and
will report to the adjutant general of
the army for further orders
Special orders, War Department. re-
firing Capt. Jens Bugge, 21st Infantry.
from active service is revoked
Color Sergt. John Moss, 9Th Cavalry,
is placed upon the retired list at Fort
Mcdowell. Cal, and will repair to his
home.
Col Charles B. Wheeler, ordnance de-
partment, or one of his commissioned
assistants, will make not to exceed
two visits to the Sandy Hook proving
ground, N J., during the month Of
July. 1916, and one visit to the Indian