The Washington herald., 1918-07-12

stronghold OF Peruka Utig on the
Island OF Joio.
Col. Pickering. then Major. was in
command OF the troops at Alcatraz
island at the time Of the earthquake
in San Francisco and assisted IN the
relief and protection Of the city.
Afterwards he was made colonel
and commanded the eleventh infantry
at Texas City, Tex, Fort Douglas,
Ariz., and at Fork Crook. Neb.
The war Council, which was Great
ed under General Orders. No. 100,
war Department. 1917. Is abolished.
The room now occupied by the War
Council for its meeting place will be
turned over to the statistics branch
of the General Staff and will be
utilized for the Monday meetings OF
the heads Of bureaus as at present:
the wednesday conferences with the
representatives of the Shipping
Board. Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion, War Industries Board. etc, and
for the meetings with the Senate and
House Military Committees.
The wednesday Meetings
At the wednesday meetings the
War Department will be represented
by the Secretary of War. the assist
ant secretary OF war. Mr.. Crowell.
and the second assistant secretary
of war. Mr.. Stettinius, the Chief of
Stan, and the Director of Purchase.
Storage, and Traffic.
The meetings with the Senate and
House Military Committees will be
under the direction of the assistant
secretary of war, Mr.. Crowell, and
will be attended when practicable
by the Chief of stan.
All records OF the War Council will
be filed with the records of the War
Plans Division. General Stan.
MAI. Watson Assigned to General
star
Maj. B. F. walton Is assigned to
the General Stan, coordination sec
tion. for the period OF the present
emergency. He will, in addition. re-
main in charge OF the details of the
conferences indicated above.
At these conferences Lieut.. Col.
Ayres or other representatives OF
the statistics branch. and Capt. Mar
tin will continue as at present their
exposition OF the information avail
able pertaining to the conduct Of
the war.
The Navy Department has received
dispatches stating that in addition
to the IL destroyers launched on
July 4. other naval vessels were
launched as follows:
Gunboat-Charlesto Navy Yard.
Charleston, s. c.. gunboat Asheville.
Mine sweepers-Alabama Dry
Dock Co., Mobile. Ala, the Swanhill.
Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., New
York. the oriole.
Chaplain william r. Arnold. Coast
Artillery Corps, will proceed without
delay to Camp Zachary Taylor, Louis
willie, KY, and report to the COM
manding general thereof for temporary
duty as instructor In the training
school for chaplains and approved
chaplain candidates at that place.
Three hundred men (whItes) called
| by the selective draft of June, 1918,
have been directed to report at Fort
William Seward, Haines. Alaska No
date of entrainment has been an
nounced.
Limited service clerks will entrain
/ July Is, 1918, as follows:
From New York. 500, to Camp Jo-
seph johnson, Jacksonville. Fla.
From Connecticut. $50. to Camp
Meigs, Washington, D. c.
Lieut. Col. Norris Stayton. Quarter
master Corps, national army, is re-
i lieved from his present duties and will
proceed from Fort Worth. Tex, to
! Washington. d. c., and report to the
acting quartermaster general OF the
army for assignment to duty in the
depot division.
The Navy Department is informed
that Hugh Geary Martin. yeoman.
| first class, United States Navy. was
| found dead on a railroad abroad. He
enlisted at Houston. Tex. Next OF
kin. mother, Mrs. Julia Martin, 23s
Front street. McComb. Miss.