The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-07-12
6. 5. HAMILTON
DEFENSECOUNCIL
Gen. Carl r. Gray, Chairman
Governor Names Fifty Men
to Act on Board.

Friday last Governor Harrington
made public the names of so men who
will constitute the Maryland Council of
Defense, under the act passed by the
Legislature during the special session
recently ended. AS he announced he
would do, he named as members of the
council all of the members of the Pre-
paredness and Survey Commission, and
to that list added the names of Frank
A. Furst. Gen. Francis E. Waters,
Judge Hammond Urner, Stevenson A.
Williams and Louis K. Gutman. JOS
eph Y. Brattan was substituted in the
general list for Gen. Felix Agnus, who
declined to serve.
The appointment of Messrs. Furst,
Williams and Urner paves the way for
the appointment of an executive COM
mittee consisting of the men whose
names were mentioned at Annapolis as
being entirely satisfactory to those who
first insisted upon naming the ex-
ecutive committee in the War Loan
Bill. The other men the Governors
opponents asked to have made members
of the executive committee are Gen.
Carl R. Gray and James c. Legg, both
of whom were members of the Prepar-
edness and Survey Commission and,
therefore, will be members of the
Council of Defense.
The council will name its own ex-
ecutive committee. Therefore, simply
because the Governor has appointed as
members of the council the men whom
his opponents asked to have made men,
bers of the executive committee does
not give the absolute assurance that
they will be appointed, 1t is presumed
that the council will meet in few days
and organize. The probabilities are
that the executive committee will be
named at that time.
General Gray will be chairman of the
council. Ae was chairman of the Pre-
paredness and Survey Commission and
as such did excellent work.
1t is understood that the Governor
thought of having State Senator Will
liam |. Norris as a member of the
council, but that the latter declined to
serve, saying that at Annapolis he had
supported the administration program
because it was the proper thing for him
TO do and that he Did not want to be
placed in any position where anyone
could say that he had taken his stand
with the hope of receiving some re-
ward In fact, Senator Norris has
made it clear that, under the circum-
stances, he would not accept any ap-
pointment.
The following is list of those who
will constitute the Council of Defense:
Carl R. GRAY, Howard Bruce, Frank
n. Hoen, James c. Legg, Charles c..
COIN, A, W Thomas, Holden A..
Evans, Charles E. Rieman, e. R. SIN
nickson, Frank r. Kent, William H.
Killian, John NJ. Dennis, Stuart Oil
yer, Francis M, Jencks, Joseph Y.
Brattan, B. H. Griswold, Jr., Redmond
C. Stewart, Albert C. Richie, Henry
NJ. Warfeld, DR.. Gordon Wilson, w.
H. Manss, Dr. William Bullock Clark,
Judge Hammond Urner. Louis K Gut
man. Frank A. Furst and Gen. Fran
els Z. Waters, all of Baltimore.
Daniel Amman, Cumberland
Hon. Frank Nj. Duvali, Annapolis.
Charles J. Fox, Orangeville.
DR.. Philip Briscoe, Mutual
Hon. Harvey L. Cooper, Denton.
DR.. Henry NJ Fitzhugh, Westminster.
Dr. Howard Bratton, Elkton
Dr. L. C. Carrico, Bryantown.
W. Henry Laird, Cambridge
James M. Cambria, Jr., Frederick,
Gilmor S. HamIll, Sr., Oakland.
Thomas H. Robinson, Belair.
R. A. Johnson, Laurel.
". w Beck, Chestertown.
Ohio H. W Talbot, Rockville.
George w. Waters, Laurel
John E. George, Sudlersville.
Z. Plowden, Leonardtown.
Colonel Henry J. Waters, Princess
Anne.
Frank G. Wrightson, Eea5ton.
John B. Sweeney, Hagerstown.
L. w. Gunby, Salisbury.
Marion T. Hargis, Snow Hill
Card of Thanks.
We desire through the columns Of
this paper to thank the many friends
and neighbors far and near for their
kindness and sympathy shown US in the
untimely death of our brother, Thomas