Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
335 V|RG|N|ANS
GET COMMISSIONS
Qualify for Appointment as Off
GERS at Fort Myer Train
ing Camp.
81 RICHMOND MEN IN LIST
Names of Between Twenty-Five
and Forty Previously Com
missioned Not Included.
y RICHMOND MEN IN LIST
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.

hundred and thirty-fve Virginians.
among whom are sixty-seven Richmond
men,. who entered the sFort Myer off,
| GERS training camp have qualified for
commissions as officers in the national
army. the regular army and in the off,
GERS reserve corps. The number. how
| ever. does not include tho names OF
between twenty-five and forty who had
been commissioned in the officers re-
serve corps before they entered the
camp for course in intensive train
ing. These young men are not in
cluded in the list published below.
Adjutant-General Mccain announces
that the appointments will be made to
date from August Is. They are:
First Company.
To be captain. infantry section. OFF,
| GERS Reserve Corps. John w. James.
Lynchburg. Va
To be first lieutenant. infantry sec
| ton. officers Reserve Corps. John L.
Abbot. Lynchburg, Va; William B.
Preston. Fourth Virginia Infantry Ma
tional Guard.
To be second lieutenant. infantry sec
ton. Officers Reserve Corps: Irwin
Frank. Ballston. Va; Edwin F. Adams,
| Richmond, Va; Newton r. Ancarrow,
Richmond. Va; John w. Boyd.
Richmond. Va: Alexander NJ. Brown
ley. Fourth Virginia Infantry. Ma
tional Guard: Frank 7. CALDWELL
Radford. Va; John W. Henson. Second
Virginia Infantry. National Guard;
Wallace c. ANDERSON, Portsmouth. Va:
Richard J. Alfriend. Norfolk. Va: Philip
W. Freeman. Fredericksburg, Va; Will
liam o. Bigbie. Lynchburg. Va: Thoma.
H. Beasley. Roanoke. Va.
To be captain of infantry in national
army: Richard NJ. Bidgood. Richmond.
Va
To be first lieutenant of infantry In
national army: Theodore B. Benson.
charlottesville Va.
To be second lieutenant Of infantry in
national army: Herman R. FUR. Nor
folk. Va.
Resignation Of John H Ruchman
Fort Myer. Va. OF his commission as
first lieutenant. infantry section, Off,
Gers Reserve Corps. is accepted to
take effect August IA. and appointed
second lieutenant. infantry section. ON
GERS Reserve Corps, to date from Au-
| gust Is.
Second Company.
To be captain. infantry section, OFF,
GERS Reserve Corps: Percy S. Grant
Richmond, Va; Walker H. Adams
Lynchburg, Va; Harry L. Maynard, Jr,
| Norfolk. Va; George G. Darlington
Houston, Va; Charles c. Bodeker. Rich
mond, Va; William Frazier. Richmond
Va; John W. Craddock. Jr.. Lynchburg
Va.
To be first lieutenant. infantry Sec
ton. Officers Reserve Corps: John D.
Brown. Richmond, Va; Reuben Burton
Richmond. Va; Vaughan Camp. Frank
lin. Va: Abram P. Craddock, Jr.. Lynch
burg, Va; Paul P. Steindorf. Chase
City. Va.
To be second lieutenant. infantry sec
l 10,
Franklin, Lynchburg. Va; Douglas It.
Boiling. Charlottesville, Va: Samuel L.
Buracker. Luray, Va; Samuel NJ. Be-
miss. Richmond. Va: Thomas C. Barton
| Winchester. Va: Boiling II. Handy,
Bristol. Va; John A. Graham. Licking
ton. Va: Julian George. Norfolk. Va;
| Frank J. Gillian, Lynchburg, Va; Ed
ward G. Maxwell. Norfolk. Va: Thomas
| B. Byrd, Winchester. Va: Horace w.
| Hall. Clarendon. Va.
Third. Company.
To he captain. infantry section. Off,
GERS Reserve Corps: Charlie C. Griffin,
Burlington. n. c.; Edward T. Davant
| Roanoke, Va.
| To be first lieutenant, infantry sec
ton. Officers Reserve Corps: William
o. Neubauer, LynchburG, Va: Evans w.
Lindsey, Richmond. Va.
| To be second lieutenant, infantry sec
ton. officers Reserve Corps: John w.
| d.
Coleman. Richmond. Va: Jay F. Glenn
mer. Middlebrook. Va; ]. Rives childs
Lynchburg. Va: Marvin II. LaSueur
Blacksburg, Va; Thomas r. Cochran
Big Stone Gap, Va; Harry L. Alverson
| Danville, Va; Thomas w. Clark. Mel
win Hill, Va; Harris G. Andrews. New
port News, Va; Athol H. Cox, Wythe-
Vile. Va; Edward l.. Graham. Licking
ton. Va. Z. Blake Crabill, Galax, Va;
| luz ri r Vo a
a. Cutchins. Franklin. Va.
| To be second lieutenant Of infantry
in national army: Harry c. Williams
Roanoke, Va.
| Fourth Company.
| To be captain, infantry section. Off,
GERS Reserve Corps: Robert NJ. Dashiell
| Richmond. Va; Armistead NJ. Dobie
Alexandria. Va; Vivian T. Douglas
| Richmond. Va.
To be first lieutenant. infantry Sec
ton. Officers Reserve Corps: Fred L.
Showalter, Lynchburg, Va; Robert c.
Crowder, Norfolk. Va; Robert C. Duval
| Richmond, Va.
! To he second lieutenant. infantry Sec
| ton. Officers Reserve Corps: Guy A.
| Dirom. Lynchburg, Va; Harver L. Lind
| say. Portsmouth, Va Coleman B. Con-
| way Danville, Va; Basil NJ. Dixon, PIT
| .aski. Va: Bacon P. Pettus. Second Vir-
| gina Infantry, Natlonal Guard: John c.
Nelson. Jr. Norfolk, Va; Andrew j.
Davis, Company G, Fourth Virginia In
fantry, National Guard; Robert S. King
Hopewell Va: Waverly c. Devin Sandy
! River, Va
To be second lieutenant OF infantry
In national army: David w. Leary. Jr,
Richmond, Va.
Fifth Company.
To he captain. infantry section. ON
GERS Reserve Corps: oliver l.. White
Roanoke, Va: Thomas NJ. Rives, Nor
folk. Va; Charles r. Naile. Somerset
Va: Harry C. Stuart. Blackford. Va;
Shirley Pattie. Norfolk. Va.
To be first lieutenant, infantry sec
ton. Officers Reserve Corps: John c.
Whitmore, Petersburg. Va; George w.
Wood, Roanoke. Va.
To be second lieutenant. infantry Sec
tion. Officers Reserve Corps: Harry &C.
Wickes. Roanoke. Va: Hope w. Mas
sic, Tyro. Va; Jean r. Rosenthal. Rich
mond. Va; Horace K. Dickson, Nor.
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