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General Chaffee Relieved to Command Department of the East
Washington July 15 General Chaffee relieved of command in the Philippines. Major General George W. Davis to take over the division, with Chaffee moving to command the department of the east from Governors Island. MacArthur to relieve Chaffee when Brooke retires. Measles on training ship Lancaster cause quarantine off Newport News delaying departure. Other notes include plans for a new Cup challenger, a ban on fortune tellers in Cleveland, and a ship collision near Singapore with casualties.
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