The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-18

camp. ANNA; ard Pert V. Newcomb,
kuSSedal".
Irtnl"! Hritchard. son OF William j.
G'E,;Chard. prominent ana wealthy coal
, operator who's" home is 1T Rramwcll. is
. in Washington. trying 10 get connected
with The army service in some place
wh":" his services would be valuable to
IN" government. He successfully pass
ed the examinations for an officers
training camp, but he WIS not so tortu-
! nate as 10 be among those called.
dorsey Fought. OF Clarksburg. who
enlisted when he was u years OF age IN
: be discharged from the service without
prejudice. The adjutAnt general OF tho
! army has informed Congressman Reed.
who requested tho soldiers release. that
n. tad SO recommended IL the comman-
der ., tho central department of the
army. with headquarters IN Chicago.
gresham Reed have recommended Law
renee Iyuch. son of Judge Charles
I.rnch. Of Charleston. for admission tn
, tue -. L.. =. Senator Sutherland gave
: i.ausnltn, OF Wheeling: Guy People and
I II. \. Clyde, OF Mnrgantown: and Lorlng
Milton OF Wheeling. He also recon-
rInented steve Siucawskl, oil Morgan
town, for appointment as specta! agent
OF the Department OF .Justice.
Congressman Reed visited the post
office department yesterday and made
an effort to have the remuneration Of
J. W. AGcCulty. a rural mail carrier. in
; calhoun county. on the grounds that
parcels post business has so largely i'll
creased as to justify in all fairness,
more money being added TO the contract
price originally entered into by the car
rier and the government.
4 bill to grant L pension to James
Cna:fin. OF Cruns, w. Va, was intro
duced in the upper house OF congress to-
day by Senator Sutherland. He also
filed 1T tho pension bureau Il claim for
an original widows pension for Mrs.
Marcelia Is. McVicor. of RowlcsburG.
DR.. Earl T.. Gerlach. Of Wheeling. has
filed an application for a commission in
the medical reserve corps, accompanied
by q strong endorsement by Congress-
| man woodward.
For the second time within the week.
! Congressman Bowers sought Il personal
interview with Secretary OF War E;tkrr
in an effort TO have Cadet Charles +.
| Trump. Jr, Il State University student
! whose home Is 1T MartlnSburr. called TO
! one OF the training camps. Cadet Trump
| passed the examination, but falled 70 re
| COVE orders to report for training.
! Jean Thompson Dinger. son of Mr.. and
/ Mrs. David G.. Dinger, OF Wheeling. who
=
! terday enlisted in the Officers Reserve
Corps, and will so into training Ut Fort
Myer. Va Young Dinger's application
| was not reached Until after the eNamin
j lions were closed but through the In
| fluence Of Senator Chamberlain u Spe-
! cial examination was given him. and he
passed all branches Of it with high aver
ages, his education and military expert
| ence coming up TO all requirements
! Jean Dinger IS 23 years Of age. lie was
| educated in the public schools here and
at the Emerson Institute. He was a
member OF the militia of the District
Of Columbia. attended several cnCamp-
ments and during maueuvcrs at Toby
hanna. Pa, in 1914, his horse stumbled
| and threw him on the camille OF the sad
! die. causing an injury which prevented
| him from going TO the Mexican border
! r'hls injury was corrected by an opera
ton performed by Surgeon Mitchell. OF
! tho Providence hospital. sevar.M montlGs
lago