The Washington herald., 1917-12-09

and attracted considerable attention
until service fags began to appear
on other homes and buildings. Since
the twenty-eight stars were placed
on the nag at least ten more men
have gone into the service from
that chapter.
Ths Alpha Delta Chi fraternity is
one Of the Oldest in existence and
was founded at Tuscaloosa, Ala
bama, In 1885. The washington
Chapter is one Of about twenty
which are located in nearly all OF
the large colleges. Harvard. Cornell,
Columbia and several others. Among
other interesting facts, this chapter
was the only one to survive the
civil war. Some OF the members of
| the chapter, who are giving their
services to their country. are Mr..
McLachlan, nrst lieutenant, jn the
Aviation Corps, now in France:
Capt. Miles Bingham, of the quarter
master Corps. on duty in San An
tonic, Tex; MAJ. Bryson, Of the
Medical Corps. He went to France
| in the early days OF the war with
a large unit Of nurses. He is now
in charge Of q division Of the Med
icsi Corps Of the regular army over
there.
Thomas Noonan, who was an at
taehe TO the American Embassy in
Paris, Is now In the American sec
ton Of the flying corps over there.
Harry z. Petrse and Allan E. Peck
offered themselves for work in the
/ aviation section OF our army and are
now nrst lieutenants in that branch
OF the service IN France. Fred Aus
tin, OF the Aviation Corps, 10 In
MIneola, Ben Butterworth Dowell
enlisted In the navy and has gained
the rank Of Junior lieutenant in the
hydroplane squad at Pensacola, Fla
Joseph A. Dubois 10 now In France
as lieutenant having paused
through the First Reserve Officers
Training Camp, At Fort Myer. Some
Of the others in the service are:
W. A. Smith. Jr.. and Louis d. Wine,
also graduates Of the Fort Myer
camp; Frederick C. CaIkins. who
went through the Plattsburg camp.
Allan +. Garner Is a second lieu
tenant In the cavalry and Leopold
Won KrentElin, Fordyce II. Melvin
and Harold R. Northrup are sta-
toned at Admission. Ala, with the
respective ranks Of captain, sergeant
and corporal, In the Ordnance De-
partment. Corp. John Bullough. H..
ID serving somewhere in France" "
and the following are stationed al
the ouartermasters Department
HEADQUARTERS In Washington: First
Lieut.. Howard Dix, Sergt. oliver II.
Perry, Corps. James Patterson. James
Duval and Edwin X. LSFevre. In
the Marines this chapter 10 repre-
sented by Second LieutS. Luther W.
Jones and Robert Kilmartin, and Prt,
Herman b. Le Vey.
The Rocky Mountain country fur
nished men for the Marines. as well,
twin brothers. Clarence Thomson and
Lawrence Thomson, the latter pledg-
ed but not yet initiated, volunteer
ing at the University OF Denver for
that branch Of the service. Otto
Moore, president OF the freshman
class at Denver University. also vol.
untsered in the Marines.
Don Johns 10 an assistant paymas-
ter in the navy. with the rank OF
ensign. Carl r. Gray, jr., holds a
captaincy in the QuArtermaster Re
serve Corps.
Mai. James Norman Lease was In
charge OF the construction Of the
cantonment at Atlanta, Ga. Incl
dentRlly. he is probably the young.
est major in the service. In con.
structiop work. also. Ackert Bicke
did his bit by supervising forty miles
Of trenchiRG and pipe-lsying at Fort
Riley. Kan. q task accomplished in
sixty days, probably the worlds rec.
ord for such work.
The fraternity has had to accept