Army and Navy Gossip on Duty and Projects
War Department staff officers Macomb and Duncon take on field artillery and infantry duties, while plans to rotate cavalry duty, improve tropical disease control, water supply, and military communications unfold. Signal and coast artillery tests, balloon projects, and Alaska operations mark ongoing modernization and preparedness efforts across posts from Manila to Fort Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery M. Macomb
Sixth Field Artillery
Joseph W Duncan
Sixth Infantry
War Department
General Staff
Field Artillery
Infantry
Coast Artillery
Macomb
Dimean
Army
Fort Myer
Virginia Roads
Army Table
Newport News
Atlantic
Cyrus W Field
New York Harbor
Long Island Sound
Cape Tel
Signal Corps Aeronautical Park
Fort Omghs
Nebr
Signal Corps
Fort Omaha
Pacific Coast
Navy conference adds engineers to Newport meetings
The Navy reports engineers and constructor officers joining Newport discussions on ship propulsion and battleship designs. Comdr Harold P Norton and Naval Constructors Richard H Robinson and David W Taylor attend alongside others. Aimed at Florida Utah designs, progress on Charleston dry dock and a Norfolk caisson complete. A board will inspect militia loaned ships Dorothe s Gopher Essex Hawk Sandoval Yantic at Chicago Duluth Toledo Cleveland Rochester Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hela
Comdr
Harold P Norton
Naval Bureau of Steam Engineering
Newport
Richard H .Robinson
Quebec
New Hampshire
W . Cowles
David W Taylor
Naval Bureau of Construction and Repair
Corps of Naval Constructors
Florida
Utah
Naval Station
Charleston
Norfolk Navy Yard
Great Lakes
A E Culver
Yantic
Detroit
North Lake Michi
Marine Pay and Navy Gratuity Questioned by Officers
Treasury accounting officers confront pay ambiguities for enlisted Marines as Army and Navy pay laws diverge. A Navy decision limits six months gratuity to active officers, not retired officers on active duty, as Commodore Eaton questions applicability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Marine Corps
Army
Navy Department
William C Eaton
Brooklyn
Marine Hospital Service Announces Seven Day Leave and Station Changes
Changes of station and duties for commissioned and other officers of the Marine Hospital Service end August 5. Assistant Surgeon General Pettus takes a month plus 15 days leave from August 22. Carrington to represent at the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington September 1 to October 3. P M Carrington extends leave nine days due to sickness. Rassetant Crell takes two months leave starting August 21. Charles W Slier attends American Public Health Association in Winnipeg August 25-26. Acting AP Surgeon Cleaves takes twelve days leave August 3. Ho J Hamilton two days away. M W Honghtm thirty days from August 3. Walter L Savage thirty days from August 8. Ho Maga Pharmacy leave thirty days from December 1. A M Thomas to report to Surgeon Austin to determine promotion to pharmacist second class.
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Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Wo J Pettus
Stad
Sursson
F MM Carrington
Washington
P M Carrington
PF Woertenbaker
Cre
Xoofoky
Hygienie
Labora Dory
Charles W Slier
American Public Health Association
Winnipeg
Canada
FM Cleaves
Ho J Hamilton
M W Honghtm
Sffeen Diya
Walter L Savage
Dave
A M Thomas
Mo W Austin
Army Orders Leaves and duties in early 1900s
Leaves of absence and reassignments for multiple officers across infantry engineers artillery and cavalry. Changes include First Lieut Rogeor H Hearn Ninth Infantry two months, Maj William E Graighil Corps of Engineers two months, First Lieut Wiliam S Wood recruiting duty in Little Rock, Capt Clay home return, medical reserve officers Edward H Jordan Benjamin B Warriner Alva Ro Hull assigned to active duty, retirement of Col Richard L Hoyle August 7 with brigadier general rank, Brig Gen Toxle home, Maj Wethel to Seattle, Second Lieut Tease Wo Bard Fitch Infantry to Plattsburg barracks, John Athbien reassigned, Sam P Herren retired as professor at Hitchope Military Academy, and Frank O Whit of Fourteenth Cavalry to join Army Cavalry Team 1908. Paragraph 3 Special Order No 112 Mar 15 amended to grant two month leave First Lieut Frank O Whit.
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Rogeor H Hearn
William E Graighil
Corpa
Engineers
Frederick
de Punisk Te Eixth Infantry
Wiliam S. Wood
Fourth Field Artillery
Jefferson Barracka Mo
Little Rock Ark
Chaslea D Chay WU
Clay
Hig
United State
Edward H Jordan Benjamin B Warriner
Alva Ro Hull
Richard L Hoyle
Army
Plattsburg Barrack
Beeond Liewt
John Athbien
Firat Liewt
Sam P Herren Uu
Hitcheope Military Academy
Rafeel Cat
Frank O Whit
Fourteenth Cavalry
Army Cavalry Team
Orders to Naval Officers and Movements of Vessels
Orders designate Trent D Lyons as additional duty ordnance officer at Des Moines Burgeon JF Urle retired discharged treatment at United States naval hospital Mare Island Gal to home Assistant Surgeon H W B Turner appointed as auslatant antgear in navy for July 30 Assistant Paymaster W R Van Buren to Idaho Wisconsin 16 Assistant Paymaster T R Le Comte to Mississippi August 16 Assistant Paymaster ROS Chew to New Hampshire August 18 Assistant Paymaster S EB Dickinson to North Carolina August 15 Assistant Paymaster EB A Cobey to Denver August 20 Assistant Paymaster RY Y Bleecher to Colorado August 20 Assistant Paymaster R Corcoran to Montana August 16 First Lieuts D M Randall W O Smith, A B Drum commissioned lieutenants in United States Marine Corps from May 15 First Lieutenant JR Horton commissioned first lieutenant in United States Marine Corps from May 1 Movements of Naval Vessels Mayflower at Guantanamo, Alabama, Maine at Singapore Calgoa at Auckland Satlet Peoria from navy yard New York for San Juan Dolphin from Newport for Watch Hill Rockett from Norfolk for Indian Head Vittalobos from Shanghai for cruise up the Yangtze The New Hampshire will leave Portsmouth on August 15 for New York yard for completion of work.
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Navy
Pacific Coast
Prince William Sound
Alaska
North Head Wash
Army
Tot Gibbon
Thea
Nort
Fort Gibbon
Naval Wireless Station
Yukon River
Nome
Circle City
Gibbon
Fort Egbert
Fairbanks
Tanans
Fort Gib
George F Filliott
Marine Corps
Judge Advocate
Secretary of War
Bia Cass
Judge Advocate General
Navy Ag
Maying Corps
Navy Department
Cobey
Ennersee
RY Y Bleecher
Colorado
Corcoran
Montana
Randall
Odsmith
Aucuum
Drum
United States Marine Corps
Wirt -Liewt JR
R Coyle
Mayflower
Guantanamo
Alabama
Maine
Singapore
Calgoa
Auckland
Satlet—Peoria
Navy Yard
New York
San Juan
Dolphin
Newport
Watch Hill Rockett
Norfolk
Indian Head
Vittalobos
Shanghai
Angtze
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Yari
Sleuths Halt Banality in Hotel Cellar
In Brooklyn, police were alerted to a coffin burial at a Raines Law hotel on 20 Smith Street. Detectives entered the cellar to find a group of men around a small black cat named Gus being buried in the dirt floor as a prank, shocking the mourners and delaying the ceremony.
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Somegn
Brooklyn
Raines Law
Smith Street
Lindsay
Gus
Slightly Twisted. Chicago News Snippet
Fragmentary Chicago News item notes stray phrases about a woman and tears, speaking eyes, and crossed wires. Readable parts hint at a humorous or garbled social moment without a clear event, date, or named individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froma
Chicago
Wyoming Woman Voter Reflects on Suffrage Valor
A visiting Wyoming woman who has voted in every election since 1870 defends suffrage in a period talk. She notes women aided war efforts in many roles, from nursing to spywork, and cites examples like Miss Pauline Cushman and Miss Mary Dennis as proof of women’s patriotic service beyond bearing arms.
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Wyoming
Heroames
Indaptpolia
Bo Little Iesata
Iona
Sarah Taylor
East
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Mary Illen Wise
Thirty
Indiana Volunteers
James Wise
Sergi
Veteran Reserve Corps
Lincoln Hospital
Washington DC
Miles Mary Hancock
Kane County
Annie Lillybridge
Detroit
Michigan Volunteers
Kentucky
Louleville
Mies Morgan
Michigan
Frank Morgan
Mrs Smith
Capt Smith
Army of the Cumberland
Pauline Cushman
Loulwany
West
Union
Harry
Mary W Dennis
Minnesota
Allen Goodridge
Skirmi
Washington
Malaria Dangers In Vacations Warned By Health Notes
A health notice warns travelers returning from trips about malaria risks and urges three precautions. Guard against water and sun in unfamiliar countries, carry bottled remedies, and begin treatment promptly if symptoms appear to prevent fever chills and ague. The advisory emphasizes the tonic benefits of early care.
Women Nurses and Sanitary Workers A Civil War Tribute
Civil War era volunteers and nurses are honored for their bravery in field hospitals and on battlefields. Notable figures include Mrs Fanny Ricketts, Mrs Isabella Fogg, Mrs Byckerdyke, and Miss Maria Hall, with Eliza George and Anna Etheridge cited for courage under fire and tireless care of the wounded. The piece highlights their heroism, sacrifices, and lasting memory in Indiana and across Union forces.
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Sanitary Commissions
Herois
Fanny Ricketts
New Jersey
Isabella Fogg
Maine
John Harris
Pennsylvania
Bella Reynolds
Ilinois
Gov Yates
Kady Brownell
Rhode Island
Mary B. Shelton
Town
Carrie Rheudld
Maria M ©. Hall
Washington
Patent Office
Penincula
Antietam
Anna Etheridge
Michigan
Phil Kearny
Kearny
Antistam
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Battles of Grants
Byckerdyke
Sanitary Commission
Shincly
Southwest
Mission Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Georgia
Eliza Eo George
Fort Wayne
Indiana Sanitary Commission
Mearpuls
Tenn
Indiana
Memphis
Sherman
Wilmington
N. C
Prisners
Salisbury
Wishard
Wyoming
Death certificate tale from a comic doctor misstep
The New York Press prints a tale of Dr Magrath once misreading a patient as dead when he entered a sick man’s room and cheerfully said how do you do. The patient replied I am dead revealing the ruse and causing a fake certificate to be questioned by authorities.
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New York
McGrath
Hiss
Magrath
Bil
Exchanged Feet Dream Forges Mock Reform in Sleep
A weary compositor grouses at a crippled friend for slow pace then dreams a prankish exchange of feet. After a tack pricks him, Brother B forces the swap and the injured man endures pain. His wife’s question reveals the absurd scene and the dream teaches charity toward physical infirmity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ught
Brother E
Brother B
B.rad
Waking a Deaf Guest Stirs Hotel Clerk Pondering Clever Device
A New York Sun feature recalls the challenge of waking a deaf hotel guest at a specified hour. Clerks consider methods, from ringing bells to door-threads, but fear mishearing or intrusion. The piece notes inventive but practical devices could bring fame and gratitude.
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New York Sun
Noeless
Frensied Finance in Chicago Man Sells Auto for $900
A fragmented Chicago page shows a man discussing money moves and a wife questioning how funds were obtained. The brief exchange highlights a plan involving a $900 automobile sale offer from a neighbor, with the couple affirming they have the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Smith
Woman shakes skirts in hall as rain drenches crowd
In a downpour on F street a mixed crowd sheltered inside a large office building. A wet elderly woman from Ann Arundel County joked about married couples and warned others to avoid soaking and catching colds as she shook her skirts and left.
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F Street
Ae Methodis
Ann Randle
Young
Oladys
Gale
Ann Arundel County
Facts About Our Trees And Timber Per Capita
A shredded throwaway of data claims the United States uses more timber per person than any nation. It estimates stumpage, reserves, and yearly cuts, noting pencil wood and cedar supplies, pulp needs, and industrial demand while questioning print costs and replication.
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Pmeson House
America
Lana ‘Telphone
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