Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
FOURTEEN V|RG|N|ANs
WILL GET COMMISSIONS
To Become Second L~feutenants in
Regular Army, as Result of Ex-
%aminations Held on April II.
LUCKY ONES AT FORT MYER
Twenty.Four Civilians From This
State Recommended for Commits
.sions as Lieutenants Following
Course Of Training.
LUCKY ONES AT FORT M1YER
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WASHINGTON. July 2s.-The War
Department to-day that
fourteen Virginia boys have been ac-
cepted for commissions as second lieu
tenants In the regular army, as the
result of examinations held on April
II for applicants from the National
Guard and from civil life. In. add
tion to these appointments, an un-
official list Of members Of the Fort
Myer officers training camp who have
successfully passed tho examinations
for appointment as s1ieutenants in the
regular army contains the names Of
twenty-four Virgtnians. One hundred
and forty members OF the Fort Myer
camp were recommended for the sixty
regular army commissions which have
been allotted to hat training camp.
one hundred of the lao successfully
passed the tests, and the sixty makin
the highest ratings will get the COM
missions, although. on account OF need
or lieutenants for tho regular army. II
Is likely the other forty also will be
commissioned.
VIRGINIA CIVILIANS
WHO GET COMMISSIONS
The Virginia civilians who have bccn
accepted for commissions as second
lieutenapts in the regular armv arc
John f. Hepner OF Strnsburg; Richard
q. Lyme. of Orange; Robert c. Snidaw.
or Portsmouth: John w. Faulconer. Jr.,
OF Tappahannock; Gennet A. Greayes.
or Richmond: John c. Taliaferro. of
Ta~ppahannock; Edgar #. Fell. Of Slky-
iand; Douglas M. Griggs, of Big
sland: Percy S. Hayden, OF Manassas.
JEFFERSON Kinney, Jr.. of Roanoke.
Graham r. Schweikert, Of Lincoln:
George D. WILTSHIRE. Of Culpeper. and
Luther w. Dear, Of Norfolk.
The Virginians who are among tho
lucky sixty" at Fort Myer are as fol.
W William Mace. Hall, of New
Martinsville; Robert e. Wysor. OF Duh
lin; kirkwood D. Scott. Of
carter Glass, Jr., son OF Congressman
Glass. of Lynchburg: Walter Rompel
OF tho University Of Virginia: David
]. Fitzgerald. of Farmville: William
B. Jones'. Of Suffolk; ]. r. Boatwrirht
of Lynchburg; William b. Yancv, OF
Harrisonburg; George F.. Dashiell. of
Smithfeld; W. I. Truitt, Of SUFFOLK.
Henry r. Miller. Jr.. of
Joseph p. Cromwell. OF
William r. Silvey. of Richmond; Gates
by c. Jones. of Richmond; William
p. Drisleell. of Stanton: Lloyd S. Part.
ridge, Of Norfolk; William c. Stottinius.
or Charlottesville: Junius B. Peake. OF
Norfolk;S c. ]. Taylor. of Hopewell:
Merrill s. Bemiss. Of Richmond; Louis
b. Cox. OF Lexington; Herbert Earnest.
of Richmond: Paul S. Roper. of For
tress Monroe.
PASS EXAMINATIONS
hut O IN FIRST sIxTy
The twelve Virginians. who passed
the examinations. but are not among
the first sixty. are Edgar Coutten. OF
Hampton; l.. Morton Gaines. of Blacks
burg; a P. Terry. OF Hopewell; Samuel
White. Jr. Of Norfolk; T. Mop. Glas-
gov. OF Lexington; Frank NJ. wray. of
h1artinsville; Edward T. Lane, Jr., OF
Fort Defiance; Julian r. Hume. OF Nor
foik; Lyman Potter, Of Suffolk; G. STAN
Icy Clark. Of Richmond; Aubrey r..
Bowles. OF Richmond; Emerson w. Jar
man. OF Farmville.
Larkin w. Glazebrook, of Washing
ton. who is In honor man of the yir-
ginia Military Institute. headed the
list with the highest ratings.