Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
81 RICHMOND MEN
GIVEN COMMISSIONS
Noted Athletes Are Included In Men
Chosen From This
Section.
MANY NAMES ARE WE'LL KNOWN
Three Former Captains of Richmond
Light Infantry Blues Are Among
Those to Receive Commissions ut
Fort Myer.
MANY NAMES ARE WELL KNOWN

Sixty-seven Richmond men will re-
ceive commissions as a result OF the
training they have undergone for the
last three months at Fort Myer. -Four
Richmonders are in the list Of men
commissioned at Fort Oglethorpe, and
it is expected that the Fort AfcPher-
son list will also show several men
from this city and a large number
from Virginia.
Many noted athletes from this Sec
ton arc included in the list. A num-
Der are former football and baseball
stars Of various Virginia institutions
among them Allan G. Thurman, Of
Washington. formerly OF the Univer-
sity of Virginia. and Rev. Oscar w.
Randolph, rector OF Christ Episcopal
Church. Lexington. former football and
track star at Episcopal High and tho
University of Virginia. Among the
| local athletes are George w. and Ed
ward c. Anderson, sons OF Colone
George Wayne Anderson. both football
players of note at Virginia: William e.
Word. football and baseball star at
Virginia: G. Stanley Clarke, z. Lee
Macfarlane and Newton Ancarrow. Of
Richmond College; Thomas Foster
witt, Virginia Military Institute. and
Fergus McRae. S. Merrill Bemiss and
Reuben Burton, Jr.. Of the Richmond
Blues.
Descendants OF noted Confederate
generals are to be found on the Vir-
ginia list. Among them are A. p
Terry. OF Hopewell. grandson Of Gem
eral William T. Terry. of wytheville.
last commander of the famous Stone
wall Brigade. and Henry C. and VT. A
~ nd
sons OF General j. L. b. Stuart The
last three are nephews of Governor
Henry c. Stuart. T. Letcher Harrison.
grandson of Governor Letcher. the
wartime executive of Virginia, was
also commissioned.
TWO CoNGRESSMEN's SONS
WILL RECEIVE COMMISSIONS
Garter Glass. Jr., and Charles X
Carlin, sons of Virginia congressman.
Will receive commissions. William w.
Martin. former stenographer to Cover
nor Stuart, and a son OF Major Miles
Al. Martin, United States District Attor-
ney for Porto Rico: r. p. Keezell. son
OF George B. keezeil, OF Harrisonburg;
julian II. Addison. son of Senator Wal
ter Il. Addison. of Lynchburg, and a
grandson of E. B. Addison, of this city:
X,
OF Major William H. Sands, of this
city. and Morris Randolph Mitchell.
son of DR.. S. C. Mitchell, former presi-
dent of the Medical College of Vir-
ginia, are all well known in Rich
mond. Goodridge w. Lineweayer. of
Harrisonburg. was formerly on The
Tines Dispatch local STAFF. Louis
Jahe. of The Times Dispatch local
stan, has been assigned to duty with
the new Fort Myer camp which opens
on August q.
Ihree former captains In the Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues-Richard
NJ. Bidgood. David w. Leary and Paul
f. Shafer-are among those to receiye
commissions. More than half uf tho
Richmonders commissioned were either
graduates of the Virginia Military In
stitute or were formerly in local mill
tary organizations.
Four Richmonders will receive COM
missions at Fort Ogiethorpe. They are
John c. Boggs and Graham G. Smith,
second lieutenants of infantry: John
Henry Munford, second lieutenant of
cavalry. and William L. Cogbill, cap
tain Of infantry. Mr.. Smith is a SON
of Rev. James Power Smith, D. d. He
entered the camp from Greensboro, N.
c.. where he accepted a position lust
few months before the camp opened.
The Richmond list follows:
First lieutenant, field artillery:
George w. Anderson. Jr.. Edward Lee
Macfarlane. William E. Word. GLADDEN.
II. Spigener.
Second lieutenant. infantry: Edwin
F.. Adams. Newton r. Ancarrow, John
w. Boyd. G. Gravatt Coleman. David
w. Leary. Jr., Jean r. Rosenthal, Leroy
Hutzler. Jr.. Roger w. Mercer. Carleton
r. Moore, Randolph +. Mason, Thomas
b. Taliaferro. Charles Watkins
Second lieutenant. cavalry: Henry
Robert Miller, Herbert Ludwell Earnest,
Aubrey Russell Bowles. Jr.. Robert J.
Throckmorton. Henry Terry Morrison.
George Stanley Clarke.
First lieutenant ordnance depart
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