Evening star., 1916-11-26
Navy and Marine Corps.

PaymaSter l. L. dagner, u. ,. N, Iol
the past two years on duty at the Bos'
ton navy yard, has been detached from
that place and assigned as aid on staff
commander, cruiser force, Atlantic
fleet. These new orders will. it Is
hoped. bring Mrs. Hagner and hel
mother, who makes her home with
Paymaster and Mrs. Hagner, to Wash
ington for the winter as, like the pay
master, they are both former Wash
ingtonians.
Mrs. Ray, mother of Mrs. Hagner, is
the widow of Ensign Robert Ray. U. S.
N, and daughter of the late Commodore
Paulding. U. 5. N.
U. S. S. Vermont, was last week order
ed to duty at the marine barracks in this
city.
Commander G. L. P. Stone. U. S. n.
has gone to Pensacola. Fla, where he
has been ordered in command of the
naval station Commander and Mrs.
Stone are well known at Washington.
where they have frequently visited the
formers mother, Mrs. Brinton Stone.
Mrs. J. II. Klein. jr., wife of Lieut..
Klein, U. S. N. has returned to her
apartments at the kalorama from the
hospital, and her friends will be glad
to learn is successfully recuperatinS
from her recent severe illness.
Lieut.. Brewster. Z. S. NJ. G, at pres
ent on duty at the Winthrop, Md. rifle
range and a member of the national
rifle team that won the trophy at
Jacksonville, will shortly. at his own
request. leave Winthrop to enter the
Aviation Corps. Lieut.. Brewster is
one of the very few officers in the
service who is both a fluent speaker
and writer of the Chinese language.
this accomplishment having been ac-
Quired during his residence in China
while on duty for the corps.
MIS-. Thomas Earle Van Metre. wife
of Lieut. Van Metre. L. S. n. will
come to Washington later in the sea-
son to spend the winter here with her
mother and sister, Mrs. Albert Gleaves
and Miss Gleaves, wife and daughter of
Rear Admiral Gleaves. L. :. y. AT the
present time Mrs. Van Metre is at
Philadelphia, where, on November 13.
her little daughter, born on that day,
died.
Mrs. Henry D. Price. wife of Capt.
Price, U. S. n, now in command of the
U. S. s. Melville, has gone to Boston
for the winter in order to be near Capt.
Price. whose ship is at the Boston
navy yard.
Rear Admiral De Witt Coffman. L. S.
N, since his return from Jamestown.
r. L, where he spent the summer, has
been perfecting plans for the erection
of a summer home at that place, which
he hopes to have ready for occupancy
by next season.
Capt. Albert T. Niblack. U. S. N, and
Mrs. Niblack have returned to Newport
from New York. where they spent
week. during which time Capt. Niblack,
in addition to reading his paper on
Naval Stations and Naval Bases" be-
fore the Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers, stood godfather
at the christening of William Morgan
Sloane.
Naval Constructor r. D. Gatewood,
T. S. n. accompanied by Mrs. Gate
wood and their young son, spent last
week at Fort Monroe. Va.
Mrs. David G. McRitchie. wife of
Paymaster McRitchie of the L. S. S.
Georgia, has gone to Charleston, S. c.,
where she will spend several months
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Pringle, ST.
Commander John c. Fremont. L. S.
n, is spending a three-week leave of
absence at Washington.
Paymaster Herbert Lassiter, U. S. N,
and Mrs. Lassiter have come from San
Francisco and at present are visiting
Shurtleff. at Norfolk. Va Paymaster
Lassiter has been assigned to duty at
the New York navy yard.
and Mrs. Tarrant are among the latest
of the army additions this season to
Washington society.
Miss Katherine Knight. daughter of
Rear Admiral Knight, L. s. N, who
-f- a in OFT
at Philadelphia, and is now at Norfolk.
Va, visiting Lieut.. Commander w. L.
Pryor, U. S. N, and Mrs. Pryor. Miss
Knight will shortly return to Newport,
r. L
Lieut.. Clarence n Hinkamp. U. S. ",
and Mrs Hinkamp. after leaving Wash
ington made short stay at Old Point
Comfort. Va. prior to sailing last week
for Haiti. where Lieut.. Hinkamp has
been assigned TO duty.
Rear Admiral Fullam. L. S. n, COM
manding the reserve force of the Pa
cific fleet. will join his family early in
December at Coronado Beach, Cal. In
the meanwhile Mrs. and Miss Fullam
will complete the series of visits to old
friends here in the east.
u. S. N, and Mrs. Norris left Washing
ton last week for Norfolk, Va.
Mrs Thomas Il. Howard, wife of
Rear Admiral Howard. L. S. N. retired,
by her sister, Miss Claude,
left Washington last week for a visit
TO friends at Annapolis, Nd.
Mrs. Randolph Harrison. after visit
of several months at Annapolis to her
son-in-Iaw and daughter, the COM
mandant of the Naval Academy and
Mrs F. w Eberle. has returned to
Washington for the winter.