Evening star., 1917-03-11
Navy and Marine Corps Notes

Mrs. John O. Nicholson. widow of
Lieut.. Nicholson. L. s. N, has returned
to her residence in Park road after
visit of several weeks to Atlantic City,
y. J.
capt. Jesse +. Dyer. U s. NJ. c., and
Mrs. Dyer are enjoying visit from
the latter'S sister. Mrs +. :. Brewer, OF
Grand Rapids. Mich.
The engagement of Miss Lillian Ad-
Olson Sprigg, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Patterson SpriGg. formerly of Wash
ington, u. G., but now of San Diego,
Cal, TO Ensign John Alexander Stern
berg. L. S. n. has been announced. The
latter is at present attached to the l.
). :. Pittsburgh.
Capt. William r. Sayles. L. s. y,
naval attache of the American embassy
AT Paris. has gone to Monte Carlo for
a visit of several weeks, accompanied
by Mrs. Sayles.
Miss Gladys Christy.' daughter of
Capt. Harley II. Christy. L. s N. has
returned to Annapolis after a visit to
Miss Margeritta Tillman.
Assistant Surgeon Philip Ford Prio-
leau, L. 5. y, and Mrs Prioleau have
sailed for the ASiatiC station. to which
he is accredited Their marriage was
one of the social events at Baltimore
on February 2S
Mrs. George \. Converse, widow of
fNtdG Nulilf3l OliNelSe. L. =. ". mas
as her guests at her apartment at the
o. kland her SCAl-iu-law and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. AuguStiu Derby of Rye,
y. Y.
Mai Thomas c. Turner. L. s NJ c..
and Mrs. Turner have joined the serV
ice colony at Coronado, Cal.
Mrs. Paul A. Capron, wife of Capt.
Capron, L. S. NJ. c.. has gone to An
napolis, Md, for visit to Miss Jessie
Russell.
Mrs. Bradford. widow of Rear Ad-
miral Bradford. has left Washington
to visit her daughter. Mrs. Edward
Darlington johnson, at Annapolis. Md,
where her son-in-law, the Rev. DIR.
Johnson, is rector OF St Anne's Church.
Mrs. Henry Bertrand Price. wife of
Capt. Price. L. :. n, after a visit to
Washington, has gone to Chicago. Capt.
Price is at present attached to the
L. :. 5. Melville.
Mrs. Carolyn Nash, daughter of Medi-
cal Director Francis $. Nash, I, :. n,
has returned home after a visit to the
Misses Sanders at Philadelphia.
Mrs. William L. Pryor wife of Lieut..
Commander Pryor. L. 5. N. made
short visit to Washington last week
in order to be with her father, Rear
Admiral Knight. L. S. N, who stopped
here on his way to sail for the Asiatic
station.
Miss Katherine Knight, who was i'll
for several weeks. was able to accom-
pany her father to the orient
Miss Wilmer. daughter o Passed AS
sistant Engineer Joseph X. Wilmer.
L. 5. N. has entered the corps of
nurses at the Emergency Hospital at
Annapolis.
Miss Wilmer spent last week at
Washington as the guest of Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Frank Clark and
the Misses Clark.
Rear Admiral Walter Mclean. L. $ ~.
and Mrs. Mclean have had visiting them
at the commandant's house at Norfolk the
latter's brother, DR.. Bourne Jarvis. who
sailed last week for Panama. Judge
Donald Mclean is now visiting Rear
Admiral and Mrs Mclean.
Ensign Robert Darrow, L. s. ". and
Mrs. Darrow have been entertaining at
their quarters at the Norfolk navy yard
the latter's mother Mrs. NJ. A Winter
who before returning to Washington will
visit friends at Newport News, Va.
Rear Admiral Reiter, L. S. N, retired.
is conva1escing from a serious attack of
pneumonia, and as soon as he is able TO
leave New York. where he was visiting
at the time of being taken i'll. will go to
San Francisco, where he has made his
permanent home since his retirement.
Surgeon Isaac W. Kite, L. s. N. and
Mrs. Kite had Miss Hortense Hodges as
their guest for inauguration week. Miss
Hodges has now returned to Norfolk, Va.
Maj. Gen. William p. Biddle. l. S. NJ
c.. accompanied by Mrs. Bddle. has
gone to Coronado Beach. Cal, where they
have leased furnished house, with a
view to remaining there for some time.
Surgeon NJ. X. Johnson. L. S. N, was
Joined at Mare Island. Cal. last week by
Mrs. Johnson and their two children. who
spent a portion of the winter at Wash
ington.
Surgeon A. II. Mayo, L. S. ~, recently
arrived from Samoa. has been ordered to
the L. S. :. Chattanooga. During his
sea duty Mrs. Mayo will spend the time
at her old home in New Orleans.