Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-27
NEW OFFICERS
SPEED HOMEWARD
Philadelphia HI Recipients .,
Commissions :r,IS Arrive To.
night From Oglethorno
PENNSYLVANIA MEN tr,n

Three spccial trains bc,,i,
ph'ans ana other Pcnusylyan,or. "''ade-
lh'te" states army commission, ", 'o won
Mclean Fort uslethorpo, Ga 49,. 'amD
arrl'" at Broad Street Statl,r ~ uue 70
Til" first train. If on finn, ,..,,, sht
20" H. i!'' IolioWcd 10y Another nt o"tIlVe at
ana another at 3:lj lL In, In o'f5 y. m
"lu De several Siccpcrs ON tLaon' there
ram from 'n' Georgia ciunu 'rLo midnight
'aIS Wer" due at Washiupton e. .ree spe.
"''''" 'h' deSlgEated hour of orr;,.e, nours
fhiladelphla Is destined in ~ "ere
i,,,.,', ,"I n'r"', achievement in wsa Us
,',".E "h.I VIII Undoubtedly be ana
,"''i :" 'u' uEhtIhg which is ,o % pace'
This L. t"reshaduWed by IN. I,r.. 10 come
commissions which wen, =, S Snare Of
keEston" state following .y.,,,t'' ol The
rort Niagara, camp Mclean Eton at
'iol Pc ''t.. ana coast -~crNic bc,J oge.
which have just been auuoIursd '1uarters,
The men from Philadelphia Obtain,
commissions IN proportion to tbeir mott
th"n th"S" from any other sactio, lumber
oi ,toS' "u" won h,gh honors have snap
III .'' t''H aihletlr AN. business I,fo
well as In its social activities Ei,.s NE as
adelphians received commissions s. rhu'
officers training camps and of ,, iofn he
We're commissioned as majors r"',. three
young mon Of this city won Lo,,a'F seven
coast S"rNtr" at Fortress Monroe , ~ The
school 'c Training
Those VII" won major rnn,r,i,.,.
iNrHarn T. NhIl' Edwin VI. Van Voo.as are
anu lipNI' Harrison Smith NaIe "ess ny,
Tn'Il" arc ">'lsn'd T." the infantry a"S auS
Van Nuorh"y, - the arrilIerv ana
Nall" is SON uf M. Jesse Noiio usIor
Mawr, and Il brother Of f.icutenan, nryn
Nallc now on duty IN France ON a. Nioe1
pt the present month he married Nj ,nrd
uthy bisstuu. daughter Of NJ, o,,I I,f' ,,f
Jacob nisStuu. N Nirs
MAJOR HoNir Harrison Smith is bo 49,
uf W. fIucl,l" Smith aud Jacaelne W IJ. son
SON smith "" married Miss Ethe, CiaJ
If Fhiladeiplia. Major Van VOORHEES, b.a
been prominent in the social life Of tho oi,1 'aS
and is probably one of the youngest ma in ior.
IN the army. llr is AN architect for,hsr,,
Of Juniper and Chestnut streets.
Among other phiadelphanS who obtained
commissions are Robert Vincent Bolgor
o Young attorney aud graduate of ,bo
University "f Pennsylvania lie IN ,hs
son Of Peter Bogcr q well-known nave.
paper man. ana was made cantain =,
field artillery: Arthur McIlvaine Na-is
captain Of coast artillery; Charming w
'ah'eI first lieutenant Of field arti,Icrv
who is Il broker Of I,osemont Warren ,r
/. scott, first lieutenant Of infantry. M -"
Robertson tiske. first lieutenant inron,.,'
tliitord BcuJamn Fowler first uau,o,ar,
infantry Raymond Il, Young, first len.cr,
ant or infantry: Reynolds g. Nonrabo,a
first lieutenant infantry William Camnhou
first Lieutenant of artillery: Howard r
Lambert. second lieutenant of field or,u
lery; Norris W. Walsh second lieutenan,
Of artillery: Justice e. Martin. second lien.
tenant Of field artillery: Albert Cross snc
oud lieutenant artillery.
Captain MariS is the son Cf Mr.. and Mrs
John NJ. Maris. He is Il member Of the
Rittenhouse club and an athlete He was
at PlattSburg last year and after serving in
the field artillery at Fort Oglethorpe was
transferred to the coast artillery
one Of the youngest. Of the new officers
is Raymond Il. Young, who obtained "A first
li"uEnants commission He was a member
.. Pcnn's football team last year and can
tain of the 1917 crew He lives at SOC
South 'ifty-Seventh street He will be sta
,ioned at Camp Mclean.
Second Lieutenant Albert Cross is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Cross of Norwood
First Lieutenant Donald Robertson Fiske Is
the son Of W. W. Fiske. 1919 Hamilton
street, First Lieutenant Clifford Kenyon
Fowler is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs BENJAMIN
q. Fowler, of 1914 Arrott street First
Lieutenant RayuoldS g. NOOrehead. Is the
son ot Dr. ". W Moorehead. of l523 Pine
street. lie is assigned to Camp Jackson
:. &.
Among other commissions announced
today was that Of Howard Mccall as sec
pud lieutenant of infantry. lie is the son
of Joseph +. Mccall, president of the Phila-
delphia Electric Company.
George Wharton Pepper Jr, son Of
George Wharton Pepper. chairman of the
state committee of Public Safety, was COM
miSsioued Il iifSt lieutenant in the ARTILLERY
CORDS Horace u. Reed, formerly attached
to the Sportug department Of the EVENING
LEDGER has received a commission as sec
ond lieutenant Of infantry.