The Washington herald., 1916-04-07
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News of Service and Personnel Published
In Washington.
By K. b. JOHNS.

Lieut.. Edward NJ. ZeII. Eleventh Cav
airy, who committed suicide at Column
bus, New Mexico, recently, died in the
line of duty, according to a decision of
the judge advocate general Of the army
This decision Is based on the evidence,
which shows that his suicide was not
the result of his own misconduct
Lieut.. Zell had an excellent service Of
over fifteen years to his credit. care
full examination OF his record and other
evidence indicates that previous to shoot
ing himself the officer was guilty Of no
misconduct which might have brought
on the abnormal mental condition which
resulted in his suicide. In the opinion
of the judge advocate general, the off,
Ger was suffering from melancholia, in
cident to service in the line.
Col. IIttleton w. T Waller COM
mander Of the Haytian Marine Corps eX-
pedition, and eight officers and eleven
enlisted men, have received commenda-
tory letters from the Secretary of the
Navy. Five enlisted men OF the Marine
Corps have been promoted to a higher
grade, for meritorious conduct in the
campaign. This action is based on an
Endorsement of the commander in chief
of the Atlantic fleet The following are
the officers and men who received COM
mandatory letters:
Col. Littleton w. T. Waller.
Col. Eli X. Cole.
Maj Smedley D. Butler.
Capt. William P. Upshur.
Capt. Chandler Campbell.
Capt. Frederick A. Barker.
Assist. Surg. John T. Borden, U. S.
Navy.
First Lieut.. Adolph B. Miller
First Lieut.. Edward A. Ostermann.
Commanding officer, Fifteenth Com
pany.
Gunner Daniel McCallum, L. S. Navy.
Chief Gunners' Mate Ernest R.
Frakes, U. S. Navy.
Boatswains Mate, first class, Albert
G. Widner. L. S. Navy.
Gunnery Sergt. Daniel Daily.
Sergt. Ross L. Iams.
Sergt. Myron J. Quackenboss.
Corp. Simon z. Boyd.
Private Samuel Gross.
Private Charles Wilson.
Private Bernard z. Glassner.
Private Henry Kantorsky
The enlisted men promoted for mert-
torious conduct In the campaign are:
Corp. Arno o. Grimm, promoted to
sergeant.
Corp. Ernest L Russell. promoted to
sergeant.
Corp. Myron J. Quackenboss, promoted
to sergeant.
Private Simon E. Boyd, promoted to
corporal.
Private Harvey A. snodgrass. promoted
to corporal.
All action, other than the issue of COM
mendatory letters and the promotion Of
no noncommissioned officers, on the recon-
mendations of the brigade commander
and the commanding officer, First Regi-
Inent, Marine Corps, has been withheld,
pending the return of the brigade of
marines from Haiti.
Following are the results of the recent
athletic contests held at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, for the fleet championships:
In the boxing contests Bantam-weight
Liskey, L. s. S. Rhode Island, defeated
Early, of the u. S. S. Texas; Feather
weight Whelan, of the L. S. S. Michigan,
defeated Burrows, of the U. S. S.
Florida; Lightweight Kelly, of the L. S.
s. Wyoming. defeated Orchard, of the
U. s. s. Gushing; Welter-weight Martin,
of the U. S. S. Louisiana defeated
viscocil. of the U. S. S. Florida; Middle
weight J. Smith, of the L. S. S. Arkansas,
defeated Sautier. of the L. s. S. New
Jersey; Light Heavyweight Grant, L. s.
S. Kansas, defeated Taylor, u. S. S
Michigan. d..
The following men won the fleet
championships in wrestling: Lightweight
Armstrong, L. S. S. Nebraska, defeated
Dickman, of L. S. S. New York; Hescutt
of the U. S. S. Rhode Island defeated
Small, of the U. S. S. Michigan, winning
the middle-weight championship; Small,
of U. S. S. Michigan. defeated Cantero.
of U. S. S. Nebraska, winning the light
weight championship; Fox, of the L. s.
s. Nebraska, defeated Bartles, OF the
U. S. S. Florida, winning the heavy
weight championship.