The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-01
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LIE 10 very lIdgiC anu sduy dt us
best, but it is wonderful thing to
leave to ones little son the heroic rec
ord which Captain Robards has left
for little Billy.
| have heard many strange stories,
but nothing which quite duplicates
that of Captain Robards, and very
shortly afterward, that of Major
Harry Lee.
Major Harry Lee, as you viii recall,
married Mercedes Saltmarsh, the
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. O..
Saltmarsh.
He was stationed at Philadelphia
for several years, and was one of the
officers of the United States Marine
corps sent to Vera Cruz and to Haiti.
1t was at Port Au Prince, and in al
most the identical place in the noun
tains where Captain Robards was
thrown, that Major Lee was thrown
from his horse, and wounded.
1t was at first thought that the
accident would prove fatal, and Mrs.
Lee, in company with Mrs. Katherine
Wright, made the long journey to
Haiti, fearing theworst, but to find on
her arrival that her husband was inn
proving. During his convalescence
they were both in Pensacola with her
parents, spending the GUNNER on the
bayshore, and since leaving Pensacola
for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he
has been promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel. They have a
dear little daughter, Evelyn.
Of course you have not forgotten
Fannie Renshaw, one of the lovely
Renshaw twins. Her sister, blythe
way, married Mr.. G. G. Vikings, who
is general traffic manager of the G. F.
& A. railroad.
Fannie Renshaw married Captain
Daniel Francis Mcguire, of the med
ical corps, u. S. A. She had PLAN
ned 30 have large wedding, but was
very i'll at the time with typhoid fever,
and instead was quietly married at
home. As soon as she was conval-
scent and able to travel, they left for
Fort Ontario, N. Y, where Captain
Mcguire was stationed, and were
hardly settled in their new home be-
fore he was ordered to the Mexican
border, where he now is. There is a
very lovely bit of romance connected
with their marriage. He had been in
| the service at Fort Barrancas as a
very young man, from there he was
sent to the PHILIPPINES, and later to
| Fort Ontario. But he carried with
him always in his years of service the
memory of the lovely young southern
! girl, who eventually became his bride.
While he is on the border his wife
is with her parents, DIR. and Mrs. F. G..
/ Renshaw.
!, Do you remember Regina Durant
OF course you do, for no one who had
ever known her could forget that
gentle southern voice and manner.
| She married Lieutenant John Henley,
and they are making their home at
| Portmouth, the Norfolk Navy Yard.
They have two children, girl and a
boy.
Mrs. Henley's sister, Harrybelle Du-
rant, is wonderful trained nurse, and
is in the Red Cross corps, and now in
i one of the Texas border towns.
! Another very charming woman in
service circles is Mrs. Ellis Knowles.
Mrs. Knowles is a daughter of re-
tired army officer, General j. B,
Burbank. She spends part of near
ly every summer at her parents coun-
j try place in Massachusetts. She is
very enthusiastic in the work of the
i Army Relief Society of Fort Barran-
cas-, which was organized by her
mother Many years ago her father
was at Fort Barrancas, but / think
i that was when he was quite a young
man. He and Mrs. Burbank frequent
" visit here, however, and are ex-
tremely popular not only in service
| society, but in civilian circles, too.
j believe | have told you all the
service gossip, about the girls whom
il you know. There have been several
4 other marriages in the aviation branch
of the navy since the training school
] was opened here. but these marriages
you recall, having been among the
most recent events of interest to so
ciety here.
This IS rather long letter, but
it answers some of the questions you
have asked me, and may be of n
terest to others from the United
States who are making up the Amer
lean colony.
With my blessing and hoping You
may write me soon of some of your