Army and Navy Gossip From the War Department
The Army contrasts vacancies for first lieutenant and assistant surgeon with ten of thirty three candidates passing medical exams nationwide. Maj. Francis P. Fremont is placed at the foot of the major list after a court martial, while a balloon ascent by Capt. Charles de F. Chandler is reported. New artillery regiments are planned with six field regiments and six batteries, including light, mountain and horse artillery, with officers assigned to commands at several forts.
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Army
Francis P. Freemont
Fifth Infantry
War Department
Maj
Fremont
Maj. Fremont
Infantry
Arthur Murray
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Port Sit
Okla
G. 8. Grimes
BE. T. Brown
Charles T Menoher
Peyton C. March
Fort D A
G. W. van Deusen
Fort Sam Houston
Ytex
R. D. Torrs
Fort Myer
Cuba
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
A. B. Dyer
Colt.e. EH. Gayle
J. Greble
S. D
E. D. Hoyt Mail T B Mott
J. HE. McMahon
Comanding
Navy
James Allen
Fort Monroe
Forts
Totten
H. G. Wright
Fort Hancock
WN. J
Fort Dade
Fla
J. €. Johnson
M. H. Barry
Lewis Turtle
Coast Artilery
Pp. Duvall
Department of the Gulf
Germany
France
New York
Sampson
Manhattan
Secretary of the Navy
City of
Spain
Washington Navy Yard
Newport
Atlantic Fleet
Fort
Hanptanm Roada
Fort Monres
Fieet
Supreme Court of the United States
Comptroller of the Treasury
Ammen Farenholt
Supreme Court
Naval Academy
J. H. Sands
Academic
Navy Department
United States Naval Academy Graduates’ Association
Navy Bureau reshuffles mark leadership handover at sea
Rear Admiral George A. Conterse retires as chief of the Bureau of Navigation after a long career, with Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson taking over. The piece notes changes in staff command, ship reassignments, and forthcoming trials, plus updates on armament debates and naval training programs.
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Bureau of Navigation
George A. Conterse
Navy
Bureau
Bonaparte and
Metcalf
Department
Willard H. Brownson
Asiatic
Brownson
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Atlantic Fleet
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Colorado
W. P. Potter
Vermont
C. J. Badger
Bureau of Equipment
Capt. Potter
N. L. Jones
BR. Z. Johnston
Newport
R. L
Connecticut
Navy Yard
New York
Louisiana
Newport News
J. C. Colwell
Naval War College
R. I
H. McL. P. Huse
Nevada
R. K. Crank
G. W. Rosxters
C. F. Stanworth
California
N. A. McCully
F. Preston
Redman
C. T. Jewell
R. E
W. K. Riddle
Rhode Island
J. F. Hellweg
Stewart
F. H., Brumby
EB. C. Friedrick
A. C. Pickens
Bureau of Granance
Navy Department
Wethington
D. C. Bingham
G. E. T. Stevenson
Virginia
Movements of Naval Vessels Reported Across Global Ports
Naval vessels including Ivea-Georgis, Ajax, Whipple, Truxtun, and Wasp detected moving between ports such as Baltimore Fort Portsmouth N H Buffalo Sausalito Chattanooga York Town Punta Arenas Costa Rica Swatow Hull and North River Saleh Georgia and other ships depart Hampton Roads for League Island and Boston for Mobile Buffalo for Sausalito and Zuchau transit noted with routes from Mare Island and New Orleans reports.
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Ivea—Georgis
Ueague Imana
Ajax
Baltimore
Uness
Fortsmouth
N. H
Buffalo
Sausalito
Chattanooga
Chinklang
Yorktown
Punta Arenas
Costa Rica
Helena
Swatow
Whipple
Hull
Truxtun
Hebalae
North River
Saleh
Georgia
Hampton Roads
League Island
Tennessee
Boston
Wasp
New Orleans
Mobile
Mare Island
Sausalyte
Concord
Trade Union of Beggars Forms in Marseilles
In Marseilles a crippled beggars association led by Francola Rosin aims to shield the disabled from exploitation. The group pledges French membership, condemns fake beggars and child labor, and seeks official recognition while avoiding ties with major unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
May
Marseilles
Francola Rosin
M. Rosin
Bome
Publc
Murmu
Bts
Bourse du Travail
General Gabor Confederation
Cripobles
Celestin Marius
Army Orders Extendments and Details Across Units
Army orders list multiple off duty and reassignment actions. Captain Sanford F H Wadhams extended twenty four days in Leta of absence. Lieut Col Alfred Sharpe Thirtieth Infantry granted one month. First Lieut Wiley P Mangum Jr Sixth Cavalry detailed for Signal Corps. First Lieut Roger C Mason held artillery recruiting officer Kansas City Missouri assigned to Belton and Raymore Missouri to obtain evidence for trial of Maj William B Purviance surgeon Douglas Utah to Fort
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Leta
Sanford FH. Wadhams
Alfred ©. Sharpe
Wiley P. Mangum, Jr
Sixth Cavalry
Signal Corps
Roger C. Mason
Offcer
Kansas City
Belton
Raymore
Wiliam B. Purviance
Douglas
Utah
Rise of serious music popularity impresses America
An Everybodys Magazine note cites an industrious calculator estimating 310 million dollars spent last winter by Americans for serious music in concert halls and opera houses. The piece argues this demand for high culture has grown markedly over the past decade, reflecting a social shift toward appreciation of the better class of music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody's Magazine
America
Botter
From ancient masters to modern music talkers in one page
A mosaic of scraps on music taste shifting from Wagner and Beethoven to Strauss, with notes on operatic guides and popularizers. Anecdotes include the Field family’s obedience lesson via a rat trap and a Baltimore remark on daughters’ education amid tuition costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Beethoven
Schubert
Schumann
Tschaikowsky
Siegfried
Cyrus
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United States Army
Charles de F. Chandler
St. Lous
St. Louis
Military Academy
West Point
Sumner
Wille
Jamestown
Fair
San Francisco
Philippines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thirtieth Infantry
Fort Crook
Nebr
H. G. Sharpe
Secretary of War
Philippine Islands
William Eliott
South Carolina
Santa Fe. N. Mex
Seattle
United States Navy
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Don de Austrian
Shipa
Rusaia
Chicago
Magdalena Bay
H. 8. Knapp
A. Reynolds
Naval War
Trade Union OF Beggars
Horn
Baltimore Americas
Carmel Foundation
Nops Bros
Mfr's
4Th Ave
12Th St
F Street
M. Goldsmith & Son, Jewelers
Ave
Victor E. Adler
Seventh Street Cor
Mass
Castelberg’s
Washington
Opticiaris
Penna. Ave
O'Donnell
Newepa Pp
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