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Show ROBERT K. EVANS, brig- adier general, who has re- i tired after forty-five years of i continuous service. I V" -yX-- '' A GENERAL CENSURED BY PRESIDB RETIRES Commander of Hawaiian Department in Continuous Continu-ous Service 45 Years. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Brigadier General Eobert K. Evans, commander of the Hawaiian department, retires from active service tomorrow on account of age. His retirement concludes a con-tinuous con-tinuous service of forty-five years, including in-cluding the Indian campaigns, the Spanish Span-ish -war and the Philippine insurrection. He is a former chief of the militia affairs af-fairs bureau and a former assistant chief of staff. General Evans, some months ago, made a speech which came under the ban of a law recently enacted by congress. In consequence he was mildly reprimanded by President Wilson. |