Army officers retirement list and promotions readied
Retiring boards disposed of several officer cases with others awaiting action. Col Daniel Cornman was found not incapacitated for active duty. Maj James Hughes and Lt Beauford Camp were placed on the retired list. Promotions for cavalry and infantry officers follow retirements while some promotions are delayed due to ongoing examinations and medical leaves.
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Daniel Cornman
Seventh Infantry
Walter Reed Army General Hospital
Lakoma Park
Galveston
Tex
James B. Hughes
First Cavalry
Presidio
Monterey
Cal
Letterman Army General Hopital
San Francisco
Beauford R. Camp
Ninth Cavalry
Walter Reed Hospital
Frederick von Schrader
Quartermaster Corps
Western Department
Webster Vinson
Letterman Hospital
George H. Jones
Maj
Hughes
Camp
Charles W. Wenton
Second Cavalry
John K. Hemphill
William L. Moore
Fifteenth Cavalry
Charles D. Rogers
Hlaventh Cavalry
Wyatt
Selkirk
Coast Artilery Corps
Philip M. Ljungstedt
John FT. Vanksdale
Seventeenth Infantry
George W. McIver
Adjutant General’s Department
Daniel B. Devore
William Wallace
Gustave Wieser
Fifteenth Infantry
Jubal A. Eagly
Twentieth Infantry
Wiliam M. Wright
Infantry
Adjutant General's Department
Cok Melyer
Bruno T. Scher
Scher
Wieser
R. W. Morrison
Sixteenth Infantry
Col. van Orsdala
G. Taylor
Fourth Infantry
Morrison
Navy fleet oui to Chesapeake for target and overhaul turns
The Atlantic fleet battleships led by Wyoming and including Louisiana Michigan New Hampshire South Carolina Virginia Georgia Nebraska Rhode Island Kansas and Ohio left Guantanamo Bay to proceed to the Chesapeake for spotting and experimental practice through April 3 with the Texas to undergo overhaul in New York. Secretary Daniels plans naval yard management reforms including separating military and industrial branches and promoting staff officers to match line officers, with a departmental report and forthcoming bill.
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Wyoming
Mlouisiana
Ichigan
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Kansas
Ohio
Mavieuvera
Sic
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Chesapeake
Tangier Sound
Chiries J.badger
Arkansas
New York
Wyomiig
Pioneering Sikorsky Flight Aboard Giant Airplane
At St Petersburgh Sikorsky, a noted engineer, made a successful flight in his large aeroplane, the Hilamouramett, carrying sixteen passengers. The craft uses two 110 horsepower engines and features a closed deck for passengers with windows and hatches. The report notes Navy pay-officer appointment issues and a House naval committee substitute for admiral and vice admiral grades to improve fleet leadership and international representation.
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Aviation
St. Patersboro
Sikorsky
Hiim
House Naval Committee
Sénate
Senate
United States
House
Naval Committee
Atlantic
Pacific
Asiatic
Houge
Gaya
Floets
Naval Orders and Battalion Activities Highlight Navy Yard Transfers
Navy orders detach Lieut Comdr W B Tardy to New York as engineer officer and assign Lieut Comdr D C Hanrahan to command duties. Ensigns and petty officers shift between ships and yards. The naval battalion conducts classes in seamanship, navigation, engineering, and gunnery as District militia undergoes annual inspection. several infantry privates discharged or enlisted in the Navy.
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Naval Battalion
Japan Navy Build Plan Trimmed To 60 Million
Tokyo March 14 Japan reduces its naval construction budget by 16 million to 60 million for the current year and plans for ultimate expenditure of 80 million. The move follows a 240 to 44 vote in the house of peers amid cabinet scandals and resignations.
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Tokyo
House of Peers
Acandil
Niet
Tamotsu Murata
Japan
United States
Arthur H. Padman
Navy League of the United States
District Militia Muster and Dance at Armory
Vice President Marshall has been invited to a monthly muster inspection and dance of the naval battalion at the armory located at Seventh and Water streets southwest. The event will take place Thursday night.
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Marshall
Naval Battalion
Seventh
Water Streets
Army Orders and Naval Movements Reported
A board of officers including Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and Maj. Gen. Willia m Wotherspoon meets in Washington on March 18 to consider vacancies in the general staff and related assignments. Col. Willis T. P. May is relieved from the Thirteenth Infantry and assigned to the Twenty fourth Infantry. The officers panel also includes Capt. Howard L. Laubaugh and others for annual inspection duties at military colleges. Meanwhile naval movements list vessels at Guantanamo and various ports with several ships sailing to Norfolk Port Arthur and other destinations.
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England
Texas City
Tex
Liewt
Ernest Hinds
Fifth Feld Artilery
Machine Rifle Board
Wiliam Lassiter
Fourth Field Artillery
United States
Alaska
Fourteenth Infantry
Port Lawton
Wash
Fort George Wright
Seattle
Buford
Mounted Service School
Fort Riley
Kans
Guy V. Henry
Seventh Cavalry
Schael
Secretary of Navy
Navy Department
Atlantic Fleet
Chiarren J. Badger
Personne
William F. Fullam
Naval Academy
Augustus F. Fechteler
Henry B. Wilson
Pound of Inspection and Survey of
Shi ‘ No
Cameron McR. Winslow
Naval War College
Newport
Frst
Feet
Bradley A. Fiske
Ais
Frank J. Metcher
Fietcher
He Han
Mexico
Army
Marine
Corfu
Hawaii
Porto Rico
United States Supreme Court
Nelson P. Walte
Marine Corps
Court of Claims
Texas
Norfolk
A. W. Grant
New York
Abeswuen
Medical Formula Laboratories of
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Leonard Wood
William’ W. Wotherspoon
Robert. K. Evans
Hunter Liggett
Charles J. Bayley
Washington, ‘D
Willis TP
Thirteenth Infantry
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Mee
Staf
J. Bayard Schindhl
William T. Werry
James P. Robinson
Boy Scouts Hear Talk on White Mountains Trip
The Instructors corps met at G AR Hall with Karl W Woodward of the forest service outlining summer forestry work for boys bound for the White Mountains. Merit badges awarded include Masonry Painting Leather Work Swimming Public Health and Car Entry. February council reports 590 scouts enrolled under the new plan with 378 tenderfoot 164 second class and 6 first class. 336 merit badges awarded.
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G. AR. Hall
Karl W. Woodward
United States Forest Service
White Mountains
Norris Goddess
Mark Shoemaker
Z. A. Biggs
Samuel Rosenberg
Lloyd Harrison
Charles L. Thurrell
Frank W. Watson
C. W. Davis
Fred J. Harries
Tenderfoot
Silver Service Planned For Texas Battleship Visit
The new Texas superdreadnought, 27 000 ton displacement, was commissioned at Norfolk and will visit Galveston next, where a silver service from Texas will be presented. The ship may be sent to Mexican waters to bolster the American fleet, replacing older battleships there.
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Mexican
Texas
Norfolk
Navy Yard
New York
Galveston
Waa
Germans Fire Machine Gun From Airship At Doeberitz Range
The German military airship G73 conducted target practice over Doerberitz grounds in March 1914. It fired a machine gun from about 3,000 feet, frequently striking a suspended target measuring 33 by 12 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Doeberitz
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