Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-13
Changes in Stations of
Army and Navy Officers
OF Interest to Capital

Lisbon, Portugal, Tor duty as mill
tary attache.
Lieut. Col James Prentice, Coast
Artillery Corps. at Fort Eustis. Va,
Lieut.. Col. H. G. Stahl. Field Artil-
lery. at Fort Bragg, n. C..sand Capt
w. y. Thomas, Jr., Corps OF Engi-
neers, at Fort Benning, Ga, have
been ordered to this city for treat
ment at Walter Reed general hos
Maj. C. S. McNeill, retired. military
instructor at the Presbyterian Col
lege OF South Carolina has been
transferred to Waynes6oro, va; for
'a Col. j G. 'welborn, infantry, has
been relieved from duty with the
War Department general staff and
assigned to the Sd Division at SAP
Lieut.. Col. Hjalmar Erickson. field
artillery, under treatment at Walter
Reed general hospital has been as
signed to duty as librarian at the
Army War College, Washington
Lieut. Col. Charles H. Danforth.
air service, has been detailed as
commandant of the Air service
Thomas De w. Milling. air service,
as assistant commandant or the
school
Lieut.. Col. Daniel D. Tompkins. 9Th
Cavalry, at Fort Oglethorpe. Ca,
generals department and assigned
to duty at Fort Sam Houston. Texas.
Mai Gen. Edward F. McGlachlin,
jr., president OF the Army war Col
lege, will be placed on the retired llit
November 9 on his own application,
after more than thirty eight years
service.
Col. H. A. White, judge advocate.
has been assigned to duty at Fort
Sam Houston. Tex.
Maj Gen. Walter A. Bethel, judge
advocate general. has been granted
twenty days leave OF absence. with
permission to leave the continental
limits of the United States.
Capt. W. L. Mitchell. 9Th Infantry
at Walter Reed General Hospital, has
been assigned to DUTY at JeHersoli
Col. Woodson Hooker. at Fort Ben
ming, Ca, has been assigned to the
25th Infantry.
Capt. Roger williams, jr.. 18th In
fantry, has been relieved from duty
in China and ordered to Fort War
rem, Mass.
Col. E. B. Martindale, jr.. Coast Ar
tillery Corps, has been assigned to
duty at Fort Hancock, n. J.
Maj. F. L. Walker. at Fort Ben
ming, Ga, has been temporarily as
signed to the 18th Infantry at Camp
Mai L. H. Campbell. jr.. ordnance
department. at the proving ground,
Aberdeen, Md. has been transferred
to the arsenal at Rock Island, Ill.
Mai. Leopoldo Mercader, infantry,
military instructor, University of Porto
Rico. has been assigned to the LIST d.
vision.
Capt. E. P. Sorensen. First Lieut..
J. H Doolittle and Second Lieut.. l..
- e he -
been ordered to Boston to take
course of instruction at the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology.
Navy.
Capt. A. A Alderman of the third
naval district has been relieved from
Commander l.. F. Thibault of the
bureau of navigation, Navy Depart
ment, has been assigned to the fif-
teenth naval district; Commander ID.
NJ. LIE Breton of the office of naval in
telligence, Navy Department, to the
battle fleet; Commander Jacob Stepp,
Medical Corps, to the Bridgeport:
Lieut.. L. H. Johnson, Medical Corps.
from the navy yard. Boston. to the
cal Corps. of the scouting fleet, to the
marine barracks, Quantico, Va. and
Lieut.. O. D. Colvin, Construction Corps,
at the Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology. to the navy yard. Boston.
officers of the Naval Supply Corps
have been ordered to take a course OF
instruction at the school of applica-
ton, Navy Department, as follows
Lieuts. H. J. McManus at the Wash
ington navy yard, C. A. Brinkman at
Newport. A. NJ. Bryan at Philadelphia
w. G. Conrad at Hampton Roads, Va:
S. r. Dickson at New York. H. n. Hill
at PHILADELPHIA, J. p Killeen at
Brooklyn. n. Y; J. J. Miffltt at Boston
d. NJ Robson at Brooklyn, J. D. c.
Wognum at Boston, c. L. Eiery at
Hampton Roads, H. T. Smith of the
Bridgeport and c. r. Clark and w. w.
Mahany at Hampton Roads.
Admiral r. E. Coontz. chief of the
bureau of navigation, Navy Depart
mander of the United states fleet.
He will relieve Admiral H. B. Jones,
who has been detailed as member
Of the, general board, Navy Depart
ment.
cry, VIM. Cramp Sons, Philadel-
phia; Lieut.. Commander T, A. NJ
Craven, from United States fleet to
bureau of engineering, Navy De-
partment; Commander w. H. Toaz
from San Francisco to battle fleet
Lieut.. Commander N. l.. Nichols, from
Newport. r. l.. to battle fleet. and
Lieut.. Frederick Scherberger. Supply
Corps, designated as disbursing Off
Ger, Department of Commerce.
Changes in the Medical Corps are
announced as follows: Commander
Z. H. Wheeler. from naval hospital
| New York, to the Colorado; Lieut.
| Commander w. A. Bloedorn, from the
Medical School, this city, to the
Relief; Lieut.. Commander j. J. O'Mal,
ley. from the Mercy to the naval
dispensary, this city; Lieut.. Com
mander E. E. Woodland. from the
Bridgeport to the Naval Hospital
Pensacola, Fla; Lieut.. F. j. Bryant
from the Naval Hospital, this city, tc
the Washington navy yard; Lieut.
III. G.. Cannon, from the Relief to the
recruiting barracks, Hampton Roads
Lieut.. R. X. Joslin. from Guantanamo
! bay, Cuba, to Hampton Roads; Lieut.
]. b. Logue, from I'd Marine Brigade
Santo Domingo, to Hampton Roads.
Marine Corps.
Mai. Gen. w. C. Neville has beer
detached from Marine headquarters
! this city, and ordered to San Fran
! cisco. -
Maj. H. H. Kipp has been trans.
ferred from the western recruiting
division to the navy yard. Mare Is
land, Calf; Maj. w. c. Wise, jr., to
charge of western recruiting division
Capt j. NJ Pearce, from naval prison
/ Portsmouth, N. H., to navy yard
Charleston, s. c.; Capt. M. A. Willard
from I'd Marine Brigade, Santo Do
mingo, to Marine headquarters. this
city, and First Lieuts. H. s. Hausmar
and 4 II. Brown from LIST Marine
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