The Washington herald., 1911-11-25
SECRETARY MEYER
TO ATTEND GAME
Great Demand for Tickets to
Army-NaVy Battle.

Never before has the demand for tickets
been so great as for the Army and Navy
game to-day in Philadelphia The Presi-
dent and his family will not attend, as
the Presidents time is too much occu-
pied with affairs of state to give any of
il over to pleasures just now, and Miss
Taft has Joined her brother Robert for
the Yale-Harvard game.
The Secretary of the Navy will take
a party over in private car, including
Mrs. Meyer and the Misses Meyer, Miss
Switzerland and her fiance, Mr.. Bacon;
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. Leigh Pal
mer and some others.
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop will take
as their guests the Attorney General
and Mrs. wickersham, the Naval At
tache of the Austro-Hungarian Embassy
and Baroness Preuschen, the naval at
| tache of the German Embassy, Com
mander RetzHAann; Mr.. and Mrs. Char
Iemagne Tower, who will Join the party
in Philadelphia, and Lieut.. Raymond
Rodgers, IN command of the Sylph.
Col. and Mrs. Thompson, who will take
one of the largest parties over in their
private car. will have as their guests Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Lurton, ande1heir house
guest, Miss Morgan; Rear Admiral
Brownson, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Rich
Mrs. c. H. Davis, Miss Davis, Mrs.
Kane of Newport; Lieut.. and Mrs. Tur-
pin. Lieut.. and Mrs. Robert Henderson,
Miss Sykes. Miss Helen Sargent, Miss
Harriet Winslow, Miss Wood, Francis
Biddle, Reginald Huidekoper. DR.. Spear,
IC. S. N, and Lieut.. Commander Nc
Cauley, L. S. N Mr.. and Mrs Stephen
PeII, of New York, son-in-law and daugh-
ter of the hosts, will join the party in
PHILADELPHIA
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Adams will have
as their guests their deoutante daughter,
Miss Edmonia Adams, and Miss Emily
Beatty, Miss Caperton. and Miss Taylor,
all debutantes in naval circles.
Miss Ruth Noyes and Miss Elizabeth
Noyes, daughters of Mr.. Theodore w.
Noyes, went over yesterday for the
game. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew B. Graham
and Mrs Graham's sisters, Miss Anna
Portner and Miss Hilda Portner, with
their brother, Mr.. Oscar Portner, and
Miss Marthena Harrison will go over
this morning and be the guests at din
ner and overnight of Miss Dougherty
in Philadelphia. Mrs. George Ray and
Miss Marie Ray, Miss Frances Miller.
Miss Stella Carusi, Miss Lilly McCallum,
Miss Ethel Benton, Mr.. and Mrs. Jo
seph n. Thompson, Mrs. J. Burnet
Crane, Miss Crane, and Miss Estelle
Crane. Miss McCaully, and Miss Milan
are also among those who will attend
from this city.
Gov. Crothers, Of Maryland. and Capt.
Gibbons, superintendent of the Naval
Academy. will also occupy boxes with
parties. The Secretary of War will oc-
cupy his own and the Presidents box
with a large party. Gov. Dix, OF New
York, and Mai. Gen Barry, superintend-
ent Of the Military Academy. will each
have boxes. Secretary Stimson will take
his party over in a private car. 1t will
include his father and sister. DR.. StimsOn
and Miss Stimson, of New York; Miss
Frances Gamble, niece of Mrs. Stlmson;
Capt. Frank r. Mccoy, Miss Marion
Oliver, Miss Alma Ruggles. Mai. Blanton
Winship, Gen. and Mrs. Leonard Wood,
Gen and Mrs Wotherspoon. Gen. and
Mrs. Clarence Edwards, Miss Edwards,
Maj. and Mrs. Henry T. Allen, Miss
Marjorie Cotton. Mr.. John c. Schofield,
Miss Schofield, Capt. NJ. c. Kerth, Capt.
and Mrs. L. S. Grant. Sd. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Pedigo, Gen. Crozier and Mr..
Felix Frankfurter. Gen. Robert Shaw
Oliver, Assistant Secretary of War, will
not go over. but will miss the game for
the first time since he took his Office.
The other boxes will be occupied as fol-
lows:
No. 5-Col. John R. Williams, Miss Dor
othy Williams, and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Letter.
No. Gen. E. H. Crowder, Judge Ad-
vocate General and Mai E. A. Kreger
No. Seen. Wotherspoen and Gen.
George H. Torney, Surgeon General.
No. 9-R. A. c. Smith.
No. 1O-CoI G. Fiebeger, L. s. NJ. c.,
and family and party.
No. 19-Gen. F. c. Ainsworth, Adjutant
General. Gen. Ainsworth seldom attends
the game, and the box will be occupied
by Senators and Representatives.
No. 22-Gen. Barry and family and aids
No. 2-Postmaster General Hitchcock.
No. 24-Gen. Wood and party.
No. 33-Lieut. Col. Sladen. commandant
of cadets, family, and party.
No. Ex-senator F. o. Briggs.
Nos. IS and 36-Gen. Johnston, District
Commissioner, and family and party.
No. SINAI. Gen. c. F. Roe, command
ing New York National Guard
No. 3s-Gen F. D. Grant, commanding
Eastern division.
No. 39-Gen. A. L. Miss.
No. 41-Gen. Crozier.
No. 42-Gen. W. L. Marshall.
No. 43-Gen. Bixby and Gen. Wilson.
No. 4s-Members of Seventh Regiment,
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