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sion in the navy IN iss7 and accepted
a position with the Bethlehem Iron
Company, now the Bethlehem Steel
Company, 20 superintend the desicn.
construction and adaptation OF ma
ehinery for the establIshment there
OF ordnance and armor-plate works;
and introduced there powerful hy-
draulic presses for the fiuid COM
preston and forging Of large masses
Of steel, He continued az ordnance
engineer OF the Bethlehem company
until isst when. having successfully
accomplished aII-the obligations in
volved In the enterprise he advised
them TO undertake, he retired.
He then became associated with the
eminent engineer and naval archi-
tect. Horace See. and others IN gem
eral engineering and consultation tp
connection with the manufacture and
treatment of guns, armor, shafting
ana other war material and especially
I WIN the huid compression ana hy-
f. oraule forging Of steel and the best
types Of armor.
In addition 20 these activities. Cant
Saques' al the request OF the governor
or New Jersey. organized the Naval
Reserve for that State and was com
missioned captain.
The later developments Of the Beth
lehem works are in a great measure
que TO Capt Jaques. who became
the recognized independent authority
IN the United States ana Furope on
the manufacture Of guns and arunor.
He was presented with the whitworth
scholarship medal for his metalurEi-
cal work. He also received the formal
thanks OF the Peabody Academy Of
Science for his services in the Coast
Survey. and received numerous other
honors for his valuable services in
several lines.
In 1897. after doing more than his
share in bringing the ordnance and
armor of this country 10 a high stand
ard Of excellence. he undertook the
development OF submarine torpedo
boats and accepted the presidency OF
the Holland Submarine Boat Com
pany, greatly aided in perfectinE the
Holland type: during his incumbency
the mechanical control Of submersion
was perfected, which forms the vital
character Of the modern submarine.
Capt Jaques was the author Of sew
eral books and monographs on heavy
ordnance, armor. torpedoes, solar raj
diat!on and simila- subjects ana was
an authority on water engineering
He WAS one Of the international Jury
on marine transportation and war ma
terial at the Columbia Exposition in
1899
Mrs. JaQues has two sons, William
Henry Jaques, Jr., and David Ritten-
house Jaques.
Though Congress will open tomor-
row and this week will see an influx OF
Congressional folk. several Of the
Cabinet group will slip away for a
few days Mrs. Gregory has gone TO
Winchester. Va, to visit her son. who
is student at the Virginia Military
Institute; Mrs. Daniels leaves today
for trip South in the interest Of the
Y. W. c. A. war work council, and
Secretary Baker has gone TO FLORIDA
and South Carolina on an inspection
trip. Secretary and Mrs. Houston eN-
pect to leave about Wednesday for a
short stay in New York Postmaster
General BurlesOn, who has been on a
hunting trip. will return 10 Washing
ton tomorrow
An interesting newcomer among the
army set is Mai. Eugene Lewis. L
r., Of Iowa. He belongs 20 the avia-
tiOn branch Of the service and with
DR.. Isaac Jones who is now in France,
also DR.. William Holland Wilmer.
DR.. Walter Wells and a number of
other prominent physicians, Is doing
work STUDYING the con
diuons Of the men in that branch OF
the service. Their work deals chiefly
with the effect OF high attitudes on
aviators, particularly in relation with
their hearing. DR.. Lewis is one OF
the most prominent specialists in the
Mrs. Lewis did not accom-
pany the doctor to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs William II. Smith. ir,
have purchased the beautiful estate
owned by Mrs. Frank Walter mar
Rockville on the Norbeck road. 1t
comprises almost a hundred and nifty
acres and is one of the prettiest farms
in Montgomery county which is fun
Of lovely places. The farm already
has three houses on IL, two small ones
and one very large one, but Mr. and
Mrs Smith are going TO build still
another and a very handsome one
They have already sent for an arcHi-
.ect and a Landscape gardener from
New York and have elahoraro plans
for laying out what promises to
be one OF the handsom-St estates
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