Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-13
nMy MooM ven OF Social Prominence
s..;efu Men Among
'rort Niagara Winners

M -, russell Thayer anu Wis
~ zen given COMMISSIONS as Iap.a,ns,
~ ~" !, the First Company. infantry
pimuno ,ne OficerS Reserve Corps, and
<fpn =, s,.ay ayer. Jr the Second Battery.
/ Rfssen paul. who married Miss Adeline
meoo of George Wharton Pep
npQer Ssen made captain of the Fourth
w. mas - infantry and Gilbert Mather,
cQapsH sr,,pe TO Miss Gladys Howland
shcse ma.hter of Mr.. and Mrs George n.
phe NJ Bryn Mawr, will take place
Wk ,..,,dav has been made a captain In
pzt 80 Company of Infantry. Rodman
" o'As n rhompson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
u@n who Is known to his intimates as
rcny,. !. captain in the Seventh Company
fjafantry' z
sMEADES GRANDSON
=, Williams, Jr., son of Mr.. and
MA n Williams, of Bala, who mar
N ~. MAZDA Dale, of Chestnut Hill,
~ m ~ years ago, Is captain in the Sec
pme me.srv W. of Infantry. A descendant of
| M vu" ~. General Meade will be in the field
pd lieutenant in the person of young
psIaree who is commissioned in the
4a.s company Spencer Large's mother
nsnWM M,ss Meade. a daughter of General
n.,s Gordon Meade and sister OF the lats
Csv, C.ss, George Gordon Meade.
4 ntu
irhers i@ of the First Troop of Philadel.
~ %sn csv cavalry and are Richard F. Wood
h hn,"Ssrf H T. Nalle, Edward Grocer Page
~ "" r,orriage to Miss Elizabeth Griffith
~ vs ,,oce last year, just day before the
~ v,ant to Mount Gretna on their
WV, The Mexican border. and Clarence
~. al In the same battery among the
~. ~ ,,sutenants are Sidney F. T. hrock,
"" n.rred Miss Marjorie Elliot, the elder
,',sr of the Richard Mccall Elliots
s~,. hrother Lieutenant Richard Mccall
."ss Jr. is already In the navy, and
/ 80 hrother-n- law, Lieutenant Fitzhugh
4 c,.sn Ia another navy man. Robert Cress.
4 IN "A. son of Colonel Charles T. Cress-
Il III has also been made a first lieutenant,
4 IA tbe third member of a well-known Phil
sdsphia family to be made a frst lieu
..r.rt IN this same battery is Heath Ban
VA son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Heath
s.Nrsrd and a brother of Mrs. McCawley,
h shoSe husband is an ensign in the navy.
lmonr the second lieutenants named In
~. Tirst Battery are Hamilton Cheston,
t ~ Of Mr. and Mrs. James Cheston, of
SNssnut Hill His engagement to Miss
\ rornela Carter Leidy, daughter of DR.. and
M, Joseph Le.dy. of this city. was an
1ounced last Tuesday
Another well-known name is that of Rob-
ut 3. strawbridge Jr. Young Strawbridge
A,s been made "A second lieutenant In the
artillery. His father IL in the quarter
masters department with the rank of cap
hIn and is now in the West buying horses
ior the Government.
The complete list of appointments at the
yot Niagara officers training camp, as
hsued BY Adjutant General Mccain, effective
August ID, follows:
FIRST COMPANY
4 70 be captain. infantry sect.o on, officers re;
sfse corps: Harry t,dwarus. Phila; schoield
lndrsy:. Pnila / Addiso, nger; Pittsburgh bur h
kh; Edmund Thaysr, fG;ia.; Kenneth Mayo.
K yontgomery Radnor, Pa.
4 II Be first lieutenant, infantry section on,
EgIvana infantry. National Guard; Thomas
hilwell, Haverford, Pa; Hugh n, Woodside.
kea SafsT'Fa s%as .idHre Sayse
pS,I1 Bsam MHmtc'S u Kenns,h H.
s'ie'!ss %ssaSfTs fsssinF van t
& s. second feutenant, ecu infantry section.
m @ reserve Sc corps J9ssph s. Rsnfmsn:
sas, Pa; Walter .. Rebuek. shippensburg.
ssss Phs sGrcEsS joseph h"a Hsney iHssSe HiS
ts BseE Ess5on PS Charles HySs NJ
% LaPsastsr Be Pa POnsls g. Enpeh
eh Pa: RI Tnerp Van Dusen, Phiia.; Abner
= ~ ssisssIstOse yn sehuylkll g, County; Pa Ray
0f9s Pa cHorS exanden 4yalon
ksnn Campbell. Pittsburgh: CLARENCE O.
s.,! essrs, MonOngahela. Pa; IT, Bromley Flood' ,,
\. sHS A. Infantry National Guard; william &. II
ssi.s si:'sTsn: 3, E.s EESsSSs!sr y bsn!smia ksg
~ ~ haven Pa; william II. Shuster. Jr.. Phila.
aFlss Rs LeRoy sRt;. sterkel Nazareth. Pa Richard
be fHS Norman PanS t. GSasS RssGsGh
nbi b.ss. v'iysr W Frey Allentown, Pa; Allen 3,
M fssss, es,,Ir First PennsyIyHnis Cavalry Albert NJ
ycye v. Means Bronkvii!e. Pa Edmund G..
ie~g, Tunkhannock Pa.
HFsrd I. Melnnes, United states army; George
tSsnsM LAVE United States army: Henry C. Smith.
6aisss a,u! states army; Theodore Schoge. United
anss. 10 bs nrst lieutenant of infantry in national
~ Laurie l.. Carson, Pittsburgh.
SECOND COMPANY
N. corps Norman E. Borden, Framinsham,
krt y 7ccornp.a .a'Is infantry section o1hcers re-
Ps Ward W Piarson somer,on st fman'JGn Phlia IShn
Charles Fl fsas%an fffS5ss G RSsF%n sasfSn Nd Ia
n%@' Jr Harrisburg, Pa; David E. vii,
SsSsp. ", Ycr, cynwyd' Pa; william W. Van
cry Ss .n nrst lieutenant, infantry section, off.
TENN 'epserye serve corps Frank s. Crawford, Eigh-
ia II premSnss!y,lyania Infantry, National Guard
tisaan' T. YoTS Y%iScliP.oes Ps Franklin Pa Robert
! iSuvh,s. Orson j. Graham Phiia: Ledlie l.
Tsfisy'n Tsfis'n ps ppittsbursh: Tingle w Cplbertson, Sc
basSsis,imstown Pa. Walter s f HAYS hoPSn PSils'
u Be- .sC0ns .orSissop First Pennsylvania Cavalry
iSSss.a sss Pa; Harry 3. Furey. Phila!; Roberi
lsnnsyiys hIyke3s, Pa; Edward B. Maguire, First
carao aonrg Hssssy HssSs j. Eyer ennsH Tnsr
isss'Pfs.nia ~ Ps intsntry; Ross i. stickel' Car.
hsy Tyronsen TnSsen Pa g. Bssh Rsn PittsbHrsh FCber
E;e Gal; Joseph F. Mohr % Chestnut ffiii Hill
assloMMo MorTSw ssw,slh slhsppard. Piitsbursh; Alfred
;,F.sul Paul G. Re6ms mn. Wyneote. ooPs Pa': Ernest Ernest
a. BorbIagIis Phila. John j. Conahan. Phiia
sasss'Srni Pa. Frank 4. Sa Van Horn M maiFSr FiTs
'sssn s.n Rs SsT SnSrsw. ss y New XfsGSfs BesSis
srsd an "a Norris s. Barratt. ey Jr'. a. ai Phiia
ht AysIosSe' Isse' r. Newark, y. j.; Ralph J
Pa Henry B. 0f Fanser. ST. srGsa,ds Davids
,usis. fs.;e sh;esySsnyils yanh psi; Lester e: shearer
tfhsr' Pb,,Ss ,Shar,es f. Baer, Phila.; George s
william r. Mease, Pine Grove
~ y captain OF infantry in National ARMY