The Washington times., 1917-10-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

afternoon, was more fortunate In the
selection of a date than most Of the
October brides. as there was no other
I big wedding TO conflict with hers. The
, reception at RauscheF's was very Jolly
and the world and his wife were there
Capt william Ayers Borden, Y. s. A.,
and his bride, who was Dorothy
Adams, returned from their honey
moon in time for Captain Borden to
serve as best man for his brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Terry Remey,
who are now honeymooning on their
way to Pensacola, Fla, where Mr..
Remey is on duty, inaugurated a
pretty little custom at their wedding
last week. Instead OF breakfasting
with the eyes of the guests upon
them, they had. their wedding break
fast served q deux in a little upstairs
sitting room before the bride went in
to change into her travelling gown.
With such q dainty vision sitting op-
posite him, suspect the bridegroom
had no thought for food-but I like
the idea don't your
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War Making oyercrowds
Embassies In Capital
With both Great Britain and the
United States devoting themselves al
most exclusively to the business Of
war making. the naval and military
stan Of the British embassy in Wash.
ington has grown to such proportions
that quarters have had to be found
outside the embassy building. The
military and naval attaches are now
established at 1912 Connecticut ave-
nue., with their corps of orderlies and
assistants.
Moreover, the military attache,
being ne less 3 parsonage than Brig.
Gen. James B. McLachlan, D. 8. o.,
now ranks next to the ambassador in
order OF precedence, the counselor OF
the embassy, CoIville Barclay, having
been relegated to third place in the
diplomatic list can't remember
when such a thing has happened be-
fore, but under war time conditions
IL was thought best by the powers
that be that the military attache
here should be a general officer who
had seen service at the front.
Service q plenty General McLachlan
has seen. He left Washington in 1912,
after having been attached TO the en-
baAGy here for two years or so, to
Cameron Highlanders, and took them
to France when the great war broke
out with EngIand's first eXpeditionary
force, the "contemptible little army"
which will go down to history as
one OF the great armies OF the world
In point Of achievement II not OF num-
bers. He was wounded in the re-
treat from Mons and was out Of
active service until June, 1915, when
he went back to France, and was
shortly after given command of
brigade. This he handled in such
fashion on the Ypres salient and other
parts Of the British front as to win
the Distinguished Service order. In
1915 he was agail invalided to Eng
land, and since his recovery has been
training q brigade with distinguished
success.
McLachIaa Fit Int
Rather, l. Vote Here.
General McLachlan's appointment
to q post in Washington seems par
ticularly appropriate just now, not
only on account OF his previous ex-
perience here but because, in a ad-
dition to being a soldier, he is q
diplomatist OF no mean order, a man
of wide culture and accomplished
linguist. He speaks French and Ital-
ian fluently, and is deeply versed in
the literature of the two countries. |
General McLachlan is of Scotch de-
scent, and ia prominent in Masonic |
circles In Scotland. He is q keen
sportsman. riding hard and shoot
ing straight, but wound In his |
right thumb has forced him to give
up golf and tennis.
He is forty ty-five-more or isss-was
educated at Cheltenham College and
entered the army in the early nine
ties, having passed through the
Royal Military College, sandhuFst,
with distinction. He served in Malta,
in Gibraltar and in the campaigns in |
Egypt and the Soudan In 1898. Prior
to that he was aide-de-camp to the |
governor of the Bahamas and af-
teTward d. A. A. G.-deputy assist
ant adJutant general, II you're not
familiar with British army abrevia-
tions-on the. headquarters staff Of
the British army In South Africa,
where he gave good account OF him
self. Then, before coming to Wash
ington, he went through the staff
college, taking all manner OF honors.
Mrs. McLachlRn, who is q charming