Evening star., 1914-11-21
NAVY YARD.

The employees of the navy yard are
showing considerable enthusiasm II.
the banquet which is to be held De-
cember 10 in the Arcade auditorium
for the purpose of promoting civil serv-
ice retirement legislation. The plans
for the event are in the hands of the
committee on arrangements. c. c. Love,
erecting shop; w. II. Parker. time Of
flee; W. d. Crawford, pattern shop;
Harry Regby, breech mechanism shop;
Bernard Ladd, sight shop; II. c. Ly-
brand. general storekeepers Office, and
George ;. Forman. drafting room.
Other members of the committee are
j. W. Eckhart. power plant; Harry La
Glare, erecting shop; S. J. Martin, tool
shop; DR.. c. Eder Reed, accounting
office; A. l.. Victory, jr., clerical de-
partment of the construction and re-
pair; r. a. De Groot, west gun carriage
shop; II. G. Lybrand. general store Of
flee; John Donnelly, cartridge care
shop; w. g. Crawford. pattern shop;
Walter White, foundry; &. A. Chism,
forge shop: james Frazier, secondary
mount shop: :. q. McAlister, miscel-
laneous shop; Harry Rigby. breech
mechanism shop; Andrew johnson, east
gun carriage shop; q. Tierney, primer
shop. +. 7. Deyer, seaman shop; George
Garner. coppersmith shop; Eugene Hol-
lis. polishing ROOM w. NJ. Escoville,
gun shop; d. ]. Jones. model basin;
George $. Froman, drafting room; H.
w. Parker, time office; James Hughes,
gunners work shop, and William H.
Smoot, erecting shop: Thomas Walsh,
drafting room; c. w. Browning, ac-
counting office; r. +. Painter, pay Of
fee: J. w. +. Sarton, general store
keepers office, and Alfred II. Rodrick,
ordnance office
George X. Huttel. q machinist of the
tool shop. met with serious accident
last Saturday morning. While on his
way to market on his wheel the han
dlebars came loose, causing him to lose
control and throwing him against a
tree. He received fractured nose and
| jaw.
Mr.. Howard, master mechanic of the
, foundry, and Mr.. Darling, quarterman
| of the foundry, are on a hunting ex-
| pedition in the mountains of Virginia.
o. II. Janson, "A machinist of the mis-
| cellaneous shop. and Miss L. l..
| Schwenk were quietly married Novem-
| ber L.. Immediately after the cere-
mony they went to Philadelphia and
\ other eastern cities, where they were
| entertained for a week.
| c. L. Madigan of the west gun car
! riage shop has returned to work, after
d two-week absence on account of ill
| ness.
| Arthur Quigley, a machinist of the
| tool shop, has gone to the mountains in
| southern Virginia on his annual hunt.
! The new openhearth furnace of the
! foundry started operation November
| 16 and is being worked with much sue
| cess.
| S. y. Wade, helper of the forge
| shop, had his right leg fractured below
the knee by the breaking of a large
pair of tongs while working at the
| large steam hammer
| II. NJ. Darling and Robert Barber.
quarterman and leading man, respec-
lively, of the west gun carriage shop.
spent several days cunning in Prince
Georges county, Md.
Thomas Wallace, who was helper
! in the tool shop, and also a retired
seaman of the u. S. N, died November
IL. Mr.. Wallace gave forty-ive years
Of his life to the service of his coun-
try as a seaman in the navy. seeing
| many eventful years. both in times OF
peace and in times of war, in every