Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
WAR DEPARTMENT.

ern Department have been authorized
to take an examination January "a for
detail to the ordnance department., as
follows: Second Lieuts. Harold A
i Strauss. Selby H. Frank and James c.
Waddell, Coast Artillery, and Francis
r. Kerr, 3Oth Infantry; First Lieut.
William P. Wilson. Coast Artillery
First Lieut.. Franklin T. Burt, ed Ip-
fantry: Second Lieut.. Bethel W. Simp-
son, Sd Field Artillery. and Second
Lieuts. Edward B. Dennis, Carleton u
Edwards. Augustin NJ. Prentiss and
Albion r. lockwood. Coast Artillery
and Capt. Robert s. Eddy, Coast Artil-
lery.
! The cath Infantry, at the Preside OF
San Francisco, 1900 men strong, and
the only regiment in the continental
United States at war strength, prob
ably will be sent to the Mexican bor-
der. The cath has been in the Philip
pines for four years
| Capt. Harold c. Fiske, Corps of En-
gineers, has been nominated to be
major. vice Maj. Horton W. Sickle,
| retired from active service. First
Lieut.. Earl North. Corps of Engineers
| has been nominated to be captain, vice
Capt. Fiske. promoted.
Second Lieut.. Daniel H. Torrey, 23d
| Infantry, at Fort Crockett. has been
| detailed as assistant to the professor
of law at West Point.
After being out of the army for two
years, Archibald G. Hutchinson, who
, resigned January 10, 1914, while a first
| lieutenant in the Sd Infantry, wants TO
return to the service, and bill to that
effect has been introduced in the Sen
ate.
Lieut.. Col George B. Duncan. 18th
Infantry, who was relieved as mem
on receiving his present rank, was
again detailed to that corps last week.
Second Lieut.. Chapman Grant, 14th
! Cavalry. at Fort Clark, has resigned
from the army. He was graduated
from Williams College in 1910. and was
appointed a second lieutenant in the
18th Cavalry in October, 1913.
Col. Harry Taylor, in charge of river
and harbor work in the office of the
chief of engineers at the War Depart
ment, is gradually recovering from an
attack of illness due to ptomaine poi
soning.
Army officers who reported at the
War Department last week were: Mai
Wilbur Willing, Corps of Engineers;
Capt. T. B. Watson. 2Sth Infantry: Capt
William H. Monroe, 18th Coast Artil-
lery: Lieut.. r. w. Lesher, retired. and
Lieut.. George F.. Everett. oath Infantry.
admission to the United States Military
Academy in 1915 have been appointed
during the past week:
Georgia-Thomas G. Crawford, jr..
Valdosta; Hoke V. Smith. alternate,
Waycross; Milton o. Rudolph, alter
nate, Douglas. Indiana-Paul f. Reed.
alternate, Alpine. Iowa--Oliver F. Por-
ter. alternate, Iowa City. Kentucky
Charles r. Cooley. Catlettsburg: Bryan
Duff, alternate, Owingsville. Missouri
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Springs; Albert c. Laun. alternate, st.
James. New fork-Richard A. Troy.
New York city. North Dakota-James
V. Cole, alternate. Lisbon. Texas
Hugh r. Schwecke. New Ulm. Wiscon-
similarly Blair. Menomonee Falls;
Willard A. Holbrook. Arkansas; Corn
man L. Hahn, alternate. Menomonie;
Clarence O'Leary. alternate. Hammond,
Jay Bowker of the requisitions and
accounts division was on leave of alb
sence last week.
n. E. E1lingsen of the supply divi-
sion was on the sick list last week.
George Hybl of Illinois has been ap-
pointed clerk in the quartermaster
generals Office.
The Engineer Department Banquet
Association has completed arrange
ments for it's fourteenth annual BAN
quet, to be held Saturday evening,
February 10 next, at the Hotel Cont
mental. The members of the associa-
ton are the civilian employees of the
office of the chief of engineers, United
States Army: the river and harbor
board. the United States engineer office,
the Engineer School and depot and of
the Office of the Engineer Commissioner
of the District of Columbia The com
mittee on ARRANGEMENTS consists of the
following named gentlemen: Samuel
T Hind, Gustave Bender, William T.
George. Frank S. Holliger and William
A. Morsell.