Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04
Navy and Marine Corps Notes.

! ray DiTeCtOT anu H. w a -
! mough will remain IN Washington this
| summer. as they find their charming
house on Wyoming avenue so cool and
| comfortable they are not tempted to
leave it. Moreover. it is Pay Director
| Watmough's wish to celebrate his
| nincty-third birthday in his own home.
| This interesting anniversary will be
July 30, and will mark his distinction
| as the oldest retired officer in the
| navy.
| Running a close second to Pay Direc-
| tor Watmough for this honor is Rear
! Admiral Upsbur, who. but year
Younger than his lifelong friend in the
service. celebrated his ninety-second
birthday shortly before leaving Wash
ington with Mrs. Upshur to spend the
summer in the Berkshires. At the pres
ent time Rear Admiral and Mrs. upshur
are at Custis Hotel. Lenox.
| Both Uay Director Watmough ana
Rear Admiral Upshur are unusually
| distinguished looking men, both IN ro-
bust health, and as ever keenly inter
ested in all the public questions OF the
day.
Paymaster Robert Chew. who has
been at Norfolk OFF some time pend
Ing repairs to the u s. s; neptune, san,
ed on her last week from Hampton
| roads to Guantanamo. Later in the
summer the Neptune will join the fleet
at Newport.
Paymaster and Mrs. Robert r.
woods. to the regret of their Wash
ineton friends, have given up their
apartments at Florence Court. "heIe
they have been for the past two years
and will shortly leave the city, as Pay
ma ster woods new orders will take
| him to the Philippines. Later MIS-.
| woods will Join her husband in the
| east.
| can't and Mrs. w. F. Halsey returned
from Wilmington early in the week and
| left the city again THURSDAY Tor AT.
antic CITY. After short stay at that
place they will go for the remainder u
Mas Jessie Benton Fremont, daughter
| of the late Admiral Fremont. mas gone
| to Kidney Pond. Me, where sne wiz VIII
| spend six weeks at the camp OF ME-. anu
| Mrs Frederick Buckley HYDE.
pavmaster and Mrs. Frederick Pyne
have gone to jamestown, X L.. TOT inc
| summer, Paymaster Pyne, who Is on
duty on the Michigan, now at newport,
| ia A son of the late Rev. Dr. Pyne, 1or
| many years rector OF st John's Churcn,
| in this city. man whose memory ls
cherished by all or the oioer Heh'oers
| of the congregation.
Admiral F. F. Fletcher U. S. n. the
| commander-in-ch chief of the Atlantc
fleet. left Washington in his car week
since. accompanied by Mrs. and the
Misses Fletcher, to motor to newport,
making short stops as desired along
Admiral Fletcher is known through.
out the navy by his cadet nickname OF
"Friday Fletcher" just as his brother
has always been known as Thursday
Fletcher" because of the respective
days on which they entered Annapo-
lis.
Another case of two brothers in the
navy who have always gone by their
| early nicknames Is that Of Rear Ad-
miral John Jacob Hunker, retired. now
| at Put in Bay, Ohio, and Commander
Jacob John Hunker, retired. at present
| making his home in Pasadena, Cal.
| This singular sameness of name-only
different-caused the Hunker brothers
| to be generally known as The J. J.
Hunkers." and it was generally assert
! ed that not until one retired as COM
| mander and the other as a rear adj
miral was it really possible to tell
them apart.
| Paymaster J. H. Merriam. Unite6E
States Navy, who has been in Washing
ton on waiting orders since his return
from sea, visiting Mrs Marshall Wal
ZACH, will shortly accompany his wife
and Mrs. Wallach to Nahant for the
summer.
| Cant. and Mrs. Charles C. Marsh, who
have been visiting the 1atter's mother.
Mrs. Robley Evans, at her residence on
| indiana avenue in this city, have gone
to Newport, where they are at the
naval training station as the guests OF
lIieut. Commander and Mrs. Frank Tay-
llor Evans.
| Passed Assistant Surgeon Bacon is
on duty on the Panther. which is. the
mother ship of the reserve torpedo
fiotilla at Newport. Mrs Bacon, after
a short visit to her mother, Mrs. Hugh
TaRgart. in this city, will go to New
lport for the season.
Capt. Sidney Webb Brewster, United
States Marine Corps. retired, left the
CITY last week with Mrs. Brewster and
their family for the Adds farm, Holly,
Mich, where they will spend the sum-
mer.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Usher have
| gone for the season to Pittsfield, in the
berkshire Hills. Rear Admiral Usher
was formerly commandant of the
Brooklyn navysyard.
| Lieut. Commander and Mrs. William
Pickett Cronan have closed their JEFF
ferson place house for the summer and
are now at Ocean City. Md Commander
lCronan is on duty in the division of
operations, Navy Department.
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