The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-27
COMMISSIONS TO
23 TOPEK ANS AT
FORT SHERIDAN
City Furnished Biggest Quota
Any Place in State.
First Lieutenancy Highest Rank
Given Capital City Men.
ALL GET ABSENCE LEAVE
They May Come Home and Re-
main Until December Is.
135 Men From Kansas Success
full in Second Camp.
ALL GET ABSENCE LEAVE
TOPEKANS
Given Commissions at Fort
Sheridan.

FIRST LIEUTENANTs. ARTILLERY.
George t. McDermOtt. lawyer. II The De-
Richard Nash Hall. 62s jackson street.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS, ARTlILEhh-
Joseph James COnneII, 1907 Topeka ave
Francis Arthur Nolan. POI East Eighth
Erwin Kelley, ia East Seventh street.
G. Benjamin Franklin. 22s New England
Clyde Phineas Cowgirl, 1878 College ave-
Joseph Peter Buckhannan, sI7 Quincy
FIRST LIEUTENANTs. INFANTRY.
Cecil II. Gates, of Santa Fe offices
John Bradley Kreger. 4I4 West sixth
Gny Edward Gascoigne. 1910 East Four
teenth street.
Frank l.. Myers, stenOErapher, santa Re
shops 1903 Fillmore.
william 4. Spencer. teacher. roomed 421
Clay street
Lloyd r. Wolfe. Topeka.
SECOND LIEUTENANTs, INFANTRY.
Dwight Thacher Harris. 1928 Harrison
street.
MarInrd Emery Brown. 7Oi jackson street.
Robert ClarksOn MillspauEh, 1le3 Fillmore
street
Fred Young. 300 Sayweu street.
clyde Hamilton Wasson- asa Reno avenue.
Seutcn +. Hamill. Sl6 West street.
Paul Movers. 224 WOOdlawn avenue.
jarneS = Joyce, S27 Monroe.
Carl V. Davidson. 1884 Mulvnne street.
Fort sheridan Ill, Nov. 27.-Kick-
ing off three months ago with thirty
three candidates, Topeka led all other
Kansas cities in today's finals here
and furnished twenty-three4 of the
more than 135 men from that state
given commissions in the new army. In
addition to her Fort Sheridan record,
Topeka furnished two gradual tes. d.
d. Dickey and OIin Ball, from the
school for coast artillery officers at
Fortress Monroe, Va. Dickey and
T. u originally were candidates to
Fort Sheridan. They were picked
among those sent to Virginia for
training for coast artillery service.
Wichita ranked next to Topeka
with IS successful candidates. Atchi-
son. Leavenworth. Lawrence, En-
. poria and several other Kansas cities
made good records.
Seven First Lieutenants.
None of the Topekans received a
higher commission than first lieuten-
ant. Seven men from the capital city
cf n Sunflowe' state were gwen first
Eeutenants' commissions. The re-
naming seventeen were made second
lieutenants. Kansas furnished twelve
captains, eleven of infantry and one
Of artillery To Scott p. Schaffer,
Atchison, belongs the distinction of
being. the only Kausan to receive a
commission in the cavalry.
In the entire camp, comprised of
men from the several central depart
nent states, a total of 1900 commits
sions were granted. OF these only six
were made majors and 135 captains
About 500 candidates failed to win
commissions.
The successful candidates were
granted leave of absence this after
noon. The leave will last until Decem-
ber Is. when they will report for as
signments they will receive in sealed
orders.
Ryan Praises Men.
Col. James A. Ryan, in giving out
the commissions, made statement in
which he said that such intensive
training camps are amply adequate to
supply the country with an abundance
of fully capable officers.
He noted that the men of the second
camp ere more mature than those of
the first, and possessed a stability of
character which added to their fitness
for military command. He said that
he considered the three months
course at the Fort Sheridan and SINH
lar schools equal in benefit to a full
year in the regular army. He sug-
gested that the country could assure
itself of full supply of officers in the
future by holding such schools every
summer.
Relatives and friends of the Tope-
kans who received commissions to-
day at Fort Sheridan are planning a
royal welcome for the successful can
didates when they arrive home, the
most of them tomorrow Thanksgiv-
ing dinners are going to be big and
the fireside celebrations appropriate.
Fathers of the successful men are
the proudest members of the down
town business section today If only
such thing were possible in Kansas,
the remark of the Governor of South
Carolina to the Governor of North
CAROLINA would be put in the shade
by not few of them.