Evening star., 1916-01-09
WAR DEPARTMENT.

! First Lieut.. Walter ID. Smith, I'd Cav
airy. recently stationed at the Wes,
Point Military Academy, has been
! placed on the retired list of the army
I to take effect May 10 next on his own
application. with the advanced rank OF
captain on account of his services in
connection with the construction of the
, Panama canal. He is from Maryland
and was graduated from the Military
Academy in Februaryq, 1901. He re-
ceived the degree of A. B. from ST
Johns College. Annapolis.
Maj. Joseph r. Davidson, who was re-
si.ned to active duty with the organ
! iZed militia of Iowa.
( Capt. Charles S. Lincoln. 2d Infantry
has been appointed colonel of the lst
Infantry. Hawaiian militia.
i When First Lieut.. Lewis +. Goodier
/ jr. Coast Artillery. is relieved from
| treatment at the Letterman General
! cisco. he is. to be given leave of alb
{ sence for six months. While Lieut..
Goodier was in the aviation section OF
! the Signal Corps he was in three fly
J ing accidents. and he has been in the
| hospital for some time recovering from
his injuries.
| Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Louis V. Caziare,
Nv no have spent the past few years
abroad. have returned to Washingt ton
for the season and are ut 1916 street.
! Mai. Edward Kelly, an assistant to
| the chief of engineers Of the War De-
partment, spent the holidays at Duluth,
MINI.
! Army officers at the War Department
! last week were: Maj. Charles Young.
! infantry; Capt Raymond Sheldon. 18th
Infantry: Lieut. H. 3. Lewis. goth In
fantry; Second Lieut. John W. Hyatt.
| infantry; Second Lieut.. c. \. Feamster,
infantry: Maj. M. G. Buckley. Coast
Artillery Corps; Lieut.. E. V. Cutrer.
| Sth Infantry, and Lieut.. Ashmun Hart
well. Sth Cavalry
| The following named candidates for
admission to the United States Military
Academy in 1916 have been appointed
during the Past .;sir week; 1ocnrs,s Fort
Wayne: Charles f. Shannon. alternate.
Garrett; Paul Curie; alternate, ST. Joe;
j ohm H. Elleman, Richmond.
| louisa na-Mark NJ. Boatner. jr New
Orleans: William NJ. owen. alternate.
New orleans: Robert B. Fisher. alter
nate New Orleans.
Michigan-william W Webster. SauIt
Ste. Marie.
Missouri-John p. Dietrich. Kansas
City.
Mississippi-Edwin r. Harlan, alter
nate McComb City.
| New Mexico-Frank o. Bowman, Me-
silla Park.
| North Dakota-Sherman Gilbertson.
! Towner Thomas l. De Lancey alter
nate Valley City.
California a-George II. Graves, San
Andreas; Archie T. Colwell, alternate,
Newcastle; Joseph r Deyon, alternate,
| Tuolumne.
south Dakota Harvey Coacher,
Mitchell; Vernon Parsons. alternate,
| Redfield.
| Ernest r. Cram. radio engineer in the
office of the chief signal officer. War
Department. has been promoted from
the 81, 200 to the s2,40O grade.
| Aaron 3. Zahn of the bureau of insu-
| lar affairs, War Department. sregarded
as one of the best cable code experts
in the government service, died of ty-
phoid fever at the Sibley Hospital last
| Monday. He invented the code in use
! between the, War Department and the
| insular possessions.
Lieut.. B. 6. Chynoweth of the engi-
neers. who has been stationed at Wash
| ington barracks, has gone to his new
station at San. Antonio. Texas.
| James H.. Stewart. o1 the disbirsihS
ofiice was on the sick t last week.