The Washington herald., 1916-01-17

ington University, who has been Ill for
several days, is expected to return to
the university tomorrow.
Among the army officers reporting
at the War Department last week were
Lieut.. Commander Amos Kimbali, Q.
NJ. c.; Veterinarian William P. Hill.
| Field Artillery; Capt j. f. Howell. c..
A. c.; Col. John Mills, engineers; MAJ
B. Bashford. NJ. c.; Lieut.. Col. Julius
Rem. Third Infantry. and Capt j. N
| Courts, Thirteenth Cavalry.
John c. Hesse, chief of division in
the Adjutant Generals Office. of the
War Department last Monday COM
pleted fifty-four years continuous
service in the department. He served
in the Eighth u. s. Infantry from MO-
vember IL. 1857, to November IL, 1852
He was given a medal of honor for
saving the colors of his regiment at
San Antonio, Tex, in April, 1851. Mr..
Hesse was born in Germany.
Commander Edwin T. Pollock, on
duty at the Naval Observatory, has
been ordered to take command of the
battleship Alabama.
First Lieut.. S. NJ Harrington. U. S.
NJ c., who has been stationed at the
L
1913 has been ordered TO return to the
United States.
Among the naval officers registered
at the Navy Department during the
past week were Lieut.. Commander
Thomas c. Hart, U. S. s. Minnesota;s
Ensigns r. b. Doughty, u. S. s. Pau,
mont.
Robert L. williams. United States
consular assistant, is registered at the
Relaigh.
Assistant Commissioner OF Immigra-
tion j. L. Hughes has returned TO
Philadelphia, after spending a week at
the Department of Labor on official
business.
William A. Naughten. chief of the
distribution section of the Department
OF Commerce, has returned to duty,
after serious attack Of the grip.
Col. Joseph e. willard, Ambassador
to Spain, who has been in Washington
and Richmond for the past week on
private business, sailed yesterday for
Madrid.
William G. Price. Minister to Pam
ness.
william r. Linden, of Washington,
has been appointed clerk in the United
States Embassy at Madrid. He sailed
from New York yesterday to assume
his duties. Mr.. Linden was a student
| at Georgetown University Law School
Thomas H. Birch, Minister to Portu-
gal, is registered at the Shoreham.
After spending a week here on busi-
| ness, Chinese Inspector H. r. Sisson
has returned to New York.
Commissioner W. H. Osborne of the
| Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treas
ury Department, has resumed his du-
| ties, after spending the holidays at his
home in North Carolina.
L. L. Korn. of the money order di-
| vision of the Postoffice Department,
has returned from a short vacation In
New Jersey.
Capt Robert NJ. Nolan, Signal Corps,
stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex, has been
ordered to Valdez, Alaska, to take
charge of the first section of the
Washington Alaska military cable and
! telegraph system.
Lieut.. W. W. Hicks, Coast ARTILLERY
| Corps, who has been detached from
| Fort Totten, ". Y. and ordered to Ha-
wall. is visiting friends at the West
| moreland
Col. Chester Harding. assistant to
| Gen. Goethals, governor of the Pam
anna Canal Zone. is in Washington on
leave. Col. Harding formerly was En-
gineer Commissioner of the District
Gen. Arthur Murray, U. s. A., ac-
| companied by Mrs Murray, arrived in
Washington last week from the Pa
cific Coast,
Capt. Henry B. Wilson, U. s. n, who
has been on duty in Washington as
| president of the board of inspection
and survey, has been ordered to New
| port News to take command OF the
battleship Pennsylvania, when the ves-
sci is placed in commission.
Mr.. and Mrs, Herbert Rich have re-
turned from New York.
| H. c. Eddy. former engineer of the
| Public Utilities Commission, will
shortly take up engineering work in
the Navy Department.
Senior Surg. c. c. Pierce. of the
Public Health Service, has been or
dered to Laredo. Eagle Pass and San
Antonio, Tex, to investigate typhus
fever conditions.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, member OF the
Board of Education. will represent the
Woman's National Press Club of New
York at the convention of the National
Security League, to be held here com.
| mencing Thursday.
| William II. Cooper, of Brockton. Mass.
has been visiting his mother, Mrs. George
| HI. Cooper, 1872 Fifth street northwest
during the past week. He left yesterday
for Brockton. Mr.. Cooper's visit was hi,
first to washington IN two years.