May 18. A dispatch from Washington, D. C., says that it was announced at the state department today that Thomas J. O’Brien of Michigan, United States minister to Copenhagen, will become ambassador to Japan in September, on the retirement of Luke E. Wright of Tennessee, who has given notice to the department that he wishes to leave the service at that time. A successor to Mr. O’Brien at Copenhagen has not yet been secured. May 23. Word from Washington, D. C., states that Dr. Maurice Francis Egan, professor of English language and literature at the Catholic University of America, today accepted the post of minister to Denmark, offered to him by President Roosevelt. The date on which he will enter upon his duties will be determined by the State department. May 27. Word comes from Copenhagen that King Frederick has given a farewell dinner to the retiring American minister, Mr. O’Brien, and Mrs. O’Brien, Mr. O’Brien having been appointed American ambassador at Tokio. June. Army orders this month at the war department, Washington, D. C., grant leave of absence, from July 15 to August 31, to Major Timothy D. Keleher. Paymaster Capt. Charles G. Dwyer is to report to the paymaster-general of the army for temporary duty at a certain point. June 9. Col. James B. Quinn of the U. S. Engineer Corps is retired. June 13. From Washington, D. C., is announced the appointment of Major Thomas B. Dugan, Twelfth U. S. Cavalry, as a member of a board to meet at Kansas City, Mo., for inspection duty. First Lieutenant John C. Murphy, Fourth U. S. Infantry, having been found incapacitated for active service from disability, is retired about this date. June 14. About this date, First Lieut. Thomas F. Ryan, Eleventh U. S. Cavalry, recruiting officer, Springfield, Mass., is ordered to Bellows Falls, Vt., to secure certain evidence. June 24. President Theodore Roosevelt today appointed Michael E. Bannin of New York a member of the board of Indian commissioners, to succeed Maurice Francis Egan, who resigned to accept a diplomatic post. Mr. Bannin is a member of the American-Irish Historical Society.