East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-26
Lyman G. Rice is Captain In
Field Artillery; SteiWer
First Lieutenant. ..s@,
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EVERY LOCAL MAN
GETS COMMISSION
J. A. Fee, Chester Fee and
S. E. O'Harra, First
Lieutenants. r4s

HI IL now
Captain Lyman G. Rice.
First Lieutenant Frederick StaiweR.
First Lieutenant j. Alger Fee.
First Lieutenant Chester A. Fee.
First Lieutenant 5. e O'Harra.
Second Lieutenant Harold j. War
ner. FFs.
Second Lieutenant Charles ID. De~
spain.
Second Lieutenant John R. wheel
eF.
Second Lieutenant e. w. Hamman,
Umatilla county students at the
second officers training camp at the
[ Presidio made a remarkable record.
Without an exception the nine men
at the camp from this county won
commissions. one receiving a cap
taincy, four first lieutenancies and
four second lieutenancies 1t Is a rec
ord that will challenge that OF any.
other community.
Commissioned on Birthday.
By singular coincidence Captain
Lyman G. Rice won his two bars IN
the field artillery on his gath birth
day. Though one of the youngest
men in a camp, the average age or
which was above so, he was one of
the three Oregon men and one OF the
fy for captaincy in the field artil-
lery. The fact that he was made q
captain in spite of his youth and In
spite of the fact that his previous
military experience was that OF pFi-
vate for a year in the national guard
proves that he must have demonGtrat.
e6 remarkable aptitude at the train
ing camp.
Frederick Steiwer, former district
attorney and state senator. won .
first lieutenancy in the field artillery
and his brother. Karl Steiwer OF JEFF
ferson, received the same rank in the
same branch of the service. AIger
Fee, former city attorney, was COM
missioned first lieutenant in monthly.
ing section, signal corps in which
branch Charles d. Despair, former
Pendleton dairyman, and E. W. Ham
man, former manual training inserue-
tor at Echo. won second Lieutenant
cies
Chester A. Fee. brother of Lieu
tenant Alger Fee, was made a fira
lieutenant of infantry as was s. =.
o Harra OF Weston. who was held
over from the first camp. John n.
Wheeler. formerly with the Hartman
Abstract Co., was commissioned Sec
ond lieutenant OF infantry and Har.
old J. Warner, young attorney, was
second lieutenant In
the signal reserve corps (aviation) a
previously announced.
The commissions were announced
formally at tie camp yesterday and
will be officially bestowed today The
camp concludes tomorrow, after
which the newly made officers will
probably return home for a short
time before being assigned to active
duty.
Among others who won commits
sions at the Preside camp and who
are known locally are the following:
Kenneth L. Cooper of Mosier. former
y Of this city, first lieutenant OF In
.antry; Carl D. Gabrielson of Salem,
son Of c. d. Gabrielson. well known
insurance man. first lieutenant OF In
antry; Louis H. Pinkham. Jr., OF
'noEane. former star tackle ana
ater coach at the University of Ore
ION, first lieutenant of field artillery;
w. Blomquist of Shelly, Ida. for
ner Whitman college athlete first
lieutenant of infantry: Arthur NJ
ieary OF Portland, former graduate
manager of the University OF Oregon.
eCond lieutenant of signal corps.
and MacCormack Snow
f Portland, second lieutenant OF In
antry.