Evening star., 1923-05-09
Changes in Stations Of
Army and Navy Officers
, OF Interest to Capital
Army.

COL George L. Mitchell, cavalry,
attached to the office Of the chief or
cavalry, War Department, will be
placed on the retired list, october 10,
1928, on his own application after
moro than thirty years service.
Capt. William J. Davis. infantry,
has been retired on account of dis
ability, incident to the service.
Maj. John d. Holtzendroff, field
artillery, at Fort Sill, Okla. has been
detailed as assistant professor or
military science and tactics at the
University of Missouri. Columbia, Mo-
Capt. Lewis II. Hershey, field artil-
lery at Fort Sill. has been detailed to
similar duty at the Ohio State Uni
vcrsity, Columbus, Ohio.
First Lieut.. William T.. eastman,
QuartermaSter Corps at Brooklyn, \.
Y, has been assigned to duty at the
general intermediate depot i'll this
city.
Maj. Gladeon NJ Barnes. ordnance
department, just returned from Ger
MANY, has been assigned to duty in
the office of the chief of ordnance,
War Department.
Maj. Quinn Gray. Coast Artillery
Corps. has been transferred from the
Panama Canal Zone to Fort Monroe,
Va
The President has accepted the
resignation of Maj. Emory Is. Neff.
Medical Corps. and Capt. Sidney F..
Mashbir. Coast Artillery Corps.
Maj. John Il. Thompson and Capts.
Henry l.. Jennings and Robert Coe,
Engineer Officers Reserve Corps. all
of this city. have been ordered to
report to the chief of engineers for
assignment to temporary duty.
Captains of the Dental Corps at the
dental school. Walter Reed General
Hospital have been assigned to
stations as follows: William {. Webb.
jr.. West Point. y. y: Lawrence *.
Anderson, jefferson Barracks. Mo-;
Boyd H. Smith. jefferson Barracks,
Mo; James b. Harrington. Fort Sill.
Okla; James j. Weeks, Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ga: James l.. Olsen. Fort
Ienning. Ga; Daniel 5. Lockwood.
Camp Meade. Md; Thomas F. Davis,
Fort Bragg. y. c.: Clarence W. John
son. Fort Des Moines. Iowa; Hugh ].
Ryan, Fort Riley, Kan: Arthur r.
Brown. Fort Humphreys. Va. and
Arthur Is. Mccormick. Fort Niagara
n. y.
Commander Ralph =. Craft of the
Naval College. Newport. has been as
signed to the command Of Submarine
Division 4.
Commander Chester W. Nimitz of
the Naval War College has been as
signed to the battle fleet.
Commander William II. Puleston
Of the battleship Wyoming has been
assigned to the command of the
L. :. =. BrazoS.
Commander William :. Pye of the
battleShip Pennsylvania has been as
signed to the command of d destroyer
squadron. battle fleet.
Commander B. Il. Wygant OF the
battlcShip California has been as
signed to the command of the L. s. =
Melville.
Lieut.. Commander Charles NJ
James. at the Puget sound navy yard
has been assigned to the attleship
oklahoma.
The resignation of Lieut. Michael
D. Dearth. on the receiving ship at
New York. has been accepted.
Cnmrnander Benjamin H. Dorsey
Medical Corps. has been ordered to
the Nava! Hospital. Portsmouth, " Fl
commander Ralph Il. Orvis. Med
fral Corps, has been transferred from
tavit". r. L.. to San Francisco
commander James \. Randall, Med
ical Corps. at the Newport War Col
lege, has been assigned to the Asiatic
station.
Lieut.. Commander Andrew &. Da-
wilson. Medical Corps. of the L. s. s
Melville, las been ordered TO Hamp-
ton roads.
Lieut.. Commander William J. Hine
supply Corps. at the Washington
navy yard. has been assigned to the
cruiser Pittsburgh, European squad
ron.
Lieut.. Commander John III. Knapp
supply Corps. at the navy yard, New
York. has been ordered to the bat
tleshin Wyoming.
Lieut. Guy J. Cheatham. Supply
Corps. at the Washington navy yard
has been ordered to the cruiser Sa
vannah.