The Washington herald., 1917-02-07
Total enlisted strength dncluding
ARMY ORDERS,

Col z. I. Lasssisne. infantry. is placed 90 the
Detached Officers List, to take effect March 10,
1917, and Col. James A. Irons infantry Is removed
therefrom, to take effect March .. 1917. Col Irons
Is assigned to the Second Infantry. to take efect
March TO- 1917.
Capt. Fulton O. c. Gardner. Coast Artillery
Corps, Detached oficers' List will repair to this
city and report to the Chief Of Coast ARTILLERY for
consultation on Official business.
board to consist Of Lieut. Col. George r Pat
terson, Coast ARTILLERY CONS; Mai. Arthur s.
Conklin, Coast Artillery Corrs; Mai Marcellus G.
Spinks. Coast Artillery Corps; Mai John c. Good
Cooke. Coast Artillery Corps, is appointed To meet
at "a Paso. Tex, for the examination Of oH1cers
for trsnsfer to the Coast ARTILLERY Corpa
The following officers will report to Lieut. Col.
George T. Patterson at III Paso Tex. for cxamina-
ton for transfer to the Coast ARTILLERY: Maj.
Daniel G. Berry. Twenty fourth Infantry; Cant.
Calvin p. Titus. Twenty-fourtb Infantry; CAPT.
George J. Holden Twenty fourth Infantry: First
Lieut.. Roy H. Coles. infantry; First Lieut.. Tom
Fo1, Twenty fourth Infantry; Firs Lieut. Spencer
B. Akin, infantry, Detached OfIcers' List; First
Lieut. Chapman Grant, Seventeenth Cavalry, and
Second Lieut.. Daniel A. Connor. Seventeenth Cav
airy.
First Lieut.. Harry O. Smith, Medical Reserve
Corps. is ordered to active duty.
Capt Harold Z. Ferguson Second Infantry,
Florida National Guard h discharged
Capt Lewis Z. Goodier, IT.. retired will proceed
to Daytona. Miami, and Pensacola. Fla, for tenn
porary duty in connection with scronautics
board to consist Of Col. Ira A. HAYNES. Coast
ARTILLERY Corps. Detached Officers List: Col.
George W. McTrer, infantry. detached; Lieut.. Col.
Charles P. summerall Field Artillery, detached /:
Maj. Allie W. Williams Medical Corps, and First
Lieut.. James W. Hart, Medical Reserve Corps is
appointed to meet at Washington, d. G.. for e.
animation of officers for promotion.
The following officers will report to Col Ira A.
Haynes for examination for promotion: Capt
Maln Craig. cavalry. detached; Capt. Alfred W.
Bjornstad infantry detached; Capt. William H.
0ury tQuartermaster Corps) infantry; Capt Tenney
Ross General STAFF Corpsl, infantry; and Capt.
Robert o. Van Horn. infantry, detached.
MONTGOMERY. Ordnance Department. viii visit
Poughkeepse. n. Y, on business pertaining to the
Ordnance Department
The leave Of absence granted First Lieut.. Percy
eight days.
Leave of absence for ten days is granted CAPT
Charles d. Vim, Coast ARTILLERY Corps, detached.
Leave Of absence for one month is granted Mai
Frank A. Grant, Qusrtermaster Corps.
First Lieut.. Howell Brewer, Medical Reserve
Corps. Is relieved from duty.
Leave Of absence for one month Is granted First
Lieut. Howell Brewer. Medical Reserve Corps.
Special Orders, No. ls relating to First Lieut.
voked.
F1nt Lieut.. Benjamin II. Fauer, Medical Re-
serve Corps Ia relieved from duty In the Southern
Department and will report BY telegraph to the
Adjutant General OF the army.
Leave OF absence for twenty one days Is granted
First Lieut.. BENJAMIN Fl. Faysr, Medical Reserve
Corps.
Special Orders, No. a6, relating to Second (now
Ffrso Lieut.. Harry J. Mallory, Twenty-sirth In
fantry. are revoked
The resignation by Capt Harry Fl. Blodsett, Mcdi-
cal Corps, is accepted.
First Leut. Alonzo Graves Medical Reserve
Corps. is relieved from duty. ..
Leave Of abeence for twenty-tour days is granted
First Lieut. Alonzo Graves. Medical Reserve Corrs.
Maj. Melville s. Jarvis. infantry. Is removed from
the Detached Officers List. having been promoted
to the grade Of lieutenant colonel.
Mai George W. Moss Sixteenth Cavalry, Is
placed on the Detached Oficers' List.
Capt George r. Norton, Ordnance Department. Is
relieved from duty in the Southern Department for
assignment to duty to accompany troops to a pint
nearest Springfield Amory Springfield Mass.
having been found ncapacitated for active sernoe.
is retired.
Mai. Adam F. Casad, Ordnance Department, Is
relieved from duty in the Office Of the Chief of
Ordnance and will report at Rock Island Arsenal.
Rock Island Ill
relieved from duty at the Rock Island Arsenal,
Rock Island, ILL.,. and will report to the Chief Of
Ordnance
Special Orders, No. 2s. relating to Mai Adam r.
Casad. Ordnance Department, revoked.
Mai. John B. Christian is assigned to duty in
the coast defenses Of Chesapeake Bay.
The following officers viii report at West Point,
George l.. Haniin, infantry. Detached Officers
List, and First Lieut.. Charles A. Ross, infantry,
Detached Officers List
Capt Charles 8. Bhkely Field Artillery De
tached Officers List, viii resume his duties in
spsctor-instructor Of the Organized militia New
Orleans.
Lieut. Col George Montgomery. Ordinances Depart