Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
WAR DEPARTMENT.

h Lieut.. James p Barney, I'd Cav
airy. has been promoted to be cap
tain under the act which authorizes the
Secretary of War to restore retired OH
GERS to the active list.
Two officers of the Corps of Engineers
on duty-in Washington will be relieved
of their present duty in August and
enter the class of the Army Field En-
gineer School at Fort Leavenworth.
Kan. beginning September !. They
are Capt. James a. O'Connor. assistant
to Col. w. W. Harris. engineer officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds.
and Capt. Charles A. Hall. assistant to
engineer office. Capt. Z. S. Grant Sd.
now on the Texas border. but formerly
superintendent of the State, War and
Navy buildings, also will be trans
ferred.
With the promotion of First Lieut..
James f. Abbott. 9th Cavalry. to be
captain, the block that has existed in
promotions in the cavalry since April
5 has been removed. AS the result
fourteen first lieutenants will be ad-
vanced to the grade of captain and
fourteen second lieutenants to first
lieutenants.
Army officers who reported at the
War Department last week were Capt
'
18th Cavalry: Col. r. L. Ballard. c. A.
G; Capt. William Smith, 2sth Infantry;
Col; H. K. Bailey. retired; Col. w.
Wake. G. A.. c. and Capt. Halstead
Capt. Charles r. Rowland. 9th In
fantry. commanding the Pacific branch
OF the disciplinariar barracks. at
Alcatraz. Cal. makes an appeal
for the enlisted men who are serving
In that institution. 1t Is the belief of
Capt. Rowland that the soldiers con-
fined to the barracks should improve
their minds while they are under a
course of discipline.
The first resignation of the new year
was that of Capt. Curtis G. Rorebeck,
Coast Artillery. who left the service
last week. Capt. Rorebeck received
the degree of B. S. from the Virginia
July of that year enlisted In the 31st
United States Volunteer Infantry. He
served for a year and was then ap-
pointed second lieutenant in that
regiment. In 1901 he was appointed
a second lieutenant H. the Artillery
Corps and was promoted captain in
1908. Capt. Rorebeck has been sta
toned at Key West
The following-named candidates for
admission to the United States Naval
during the past week:
Georgia. Blake Gulley, competitive
alternate. Loganville: Francis II.
Hearn. competitive alternate, Eaton
ton. Indiana. Glenn D. Melick. War
saw: Thomas Eldon Black, alternate.
Rochester: Hamon Gray. alternate. La
porte. Kentucky, J. Emory Walden.
alternate. Cane Creek: Earl c. Elliott,
alternate. Burnside. Minnesota. Neil A.
Faus. alternate, Osakis New York,
Nicholas Stark, alternate, New York.
pennsylvania. Frank w. Mehrten, al
ternate, Knox; lie Roy Clark, Canton.
south Carolina. Ernest c. Norman, Co
lumbia: Sam Littlejohn, jr.. alternate.
Jonesville; John NJ Tatum. alternate
Cope. '' w.
Mrs. Jennie p. Andrews of the mail
ana record division was called to her
nome in Michigan last week by the
death of her cousin.
Paul d. Wollard of the Judge advo-
cate generals Office was on leave Of
absence last week.
William H. Lynch of the disbursine
once was on the sick list last week
Mrs: Della w. MofYett of the CORE
sence. az"
sydney E.. Smith. disbursing clerk,
was confined to his home last week
by reason of illness.