Evening star., 1909-08-31
EIGHT TO GET COMMISSIONS
SUCCESS OF WASHINGTONIANS
IN RECENT EXAMINATION.
Qualify for Appointment to Medical
Corps of United States Army.
List of Candidates.

Eight residents of the city have success
fully passed the preliminary examination
for appointment as second lieutenants in the
Army Medical Reserve Corps. Their names
are William r. Carr. Delos Il. Cornwall,
William c. Davis. George NJ Edwards,
Julian NJ. Gillespie, Roy G.. Hefiebower.
Larry r. McAfee and William l.. Sheep.
Drs. Carr and Heiebower arc particular
IL we'll known locally. Both have been
attached To the Emergency Hospital.
There were 30 candidates for army
commissions at the recent examination.
The following is complete list of those
who passed:
william IL Alien. 800 Walnut street.
Philadelphia. Pa: John +. .Aydelotte,
Philadelphia Hospital for the Insane.
Philadelphia. Pa; Harry r. Beery. Orient.
pickaway county. Ohio; Henry Beeuwkes,
New York Hospital. New York: Albert
( Bowen. Culebra. Canal Zone, lsthmus
of Panama: William B. Carr, the Ala
bama, Washington. ID. G.; Joseph Casper.
Aldiue Hotel. New York city. n. Y;
First Lieut.. George w. Cook, Medical
Reserve Corps. Army General Hospital,
Fort Bayard. y. NJ: Alexander 7. Cooper,
the PRESBYTERIAN Hospital Philadelphia.
Pa: Wibb +. Cooper, Nashville. Tenn;
Delos T.. CORNWALL, Reardon. WASH;
TAYLOR +. Darby. Barnesville. Md; Ar
thur O. Davis. BridSton, Me; William {.
Is
Ralph G. De Voc, Seattle, Wash; George
NJ Edwards the Auburn. 22d and Penn
sylvania avenue, Washington, ID. -
Harry +. Etter, Bellevue Hospital, New
York cty: Thomas l.. Ferenbaugh. Balti-
more, Md; Ernest r. Gentry. Baltimore,
Md: Julian NJ. Gillespie, sl6 18th street
northwest. Washington. ID. c: Charles
i w HaVerkampf. Lawrence, Kan; Roy
= Hefehower, ?1J New Hampshire ave-
me. Washington, ID. c.: Felix r. Hill,
! Alexandria. La: Carl T. Holmberg. Mich
igau State Insane Asylum, Kalamazoo.
Mich. Edgar {. Jones, first lieutenant, Me
Medical Reserve Corps. Army General
Hospital Fort Bayard, New Mexico: Sol
ONION p. klotz, klotzville La; Howard
A. Knox, first lieutenant. Medical Reserve
Corps, Fort Michie New London, Conn;
Floyd Kramer. Gahanna. Ohio; Edward
n. kremers, Holland. Mich. William P.
Lamb. Newark. y. j.: Larry B. McAfee,
Government Hospital for the Insane,
Washington, d. c.; Everett S. McClelland.
New York City Workhouse Hospital,
New York city. n. Y; Henry c. Niche,
James r. Mount Medical Reserve Corps,
Rresidio Of Monterey, Monterey. Cal;
ROYAL Reynolds, Los Angeles. Cal; Adam
r.. SchlanSer, Cincinnati Hospital, Cincin-
Eati. Ohio: William L. Sheep. Government
hospital, for the Insane, Washington. D.
e. Harry p. Shugerman, Union Protest
ant Infirmary, Division street, Baltimore.
Nd: William II. Thearle. Baltimore, Md;
the Mary j. Drexel Home. Philadelphia
Pa: Edward NJ Welles jr., Presby terian
Hospital New York city, n. Y; Thomas
pupuy Woodson, Denson Tex.
ssThese young physicians will be put in
gclaSs of instruction at the Army Medical
School in this city October l. under the
direction of Col. Havard, president of the
school. After an eight-month course they
will be examined again for commissions
as first lieutenants in the Medical Corps.
tn the meantime they will be given rank
4nd pay as first lieutenants in the Medi-
cal Reserve Corps, dating from July II
Ast
. Interne at Local Institution.
abr. Hefiebower recently returned TO this
eity from. Kansas. where he was in
efarge of one of the division hospitals
Of the Santa Fe railroad. Before going
to the sunf1ower state DR.. Heflebower
WAS am inferno at the Emergency Hos
pital for about one year He served un-
der DR., Charles S. White, who has now
-etire0a from the superintendency.
rThe announcement that DIR. Hef1ebower
is to take up the army medical work
recalls the fact that all of the internes
Who served under DR.. White at the
emergency Hospital are in the service or
are preparing for one the other
branches at the government schools The
list includes DR.. Dallas G. Sutton, Glenn
i Jones. w. L. Sheep. w. r. Dear, j. H.
Waring. William B.. Carr and Rov
Cleveland Heflebower.
-All are alumni of the George Washing
ton Medical School with the exception of
DR. Dear, who. though a Washington
boy, attended the University of Pennsyl-
vania, where he was one of the greatest
sprnters at the institution
While at the George Washington Uni
yersity DIR. Hefebower was the manager
pf the football team, and was the leading
-fgufe among the students in the move
mcnt which placed football a firm
basis in the institutions athletic pro-
gram.
Dr. Carr is a son of DIR. Pulliam p
Carr, and was a pitcher on the George
Washington varsity baseball team sew
eral years ago.