New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07
Cabinet Members
Have Sent 10 Sons
To Fight for U. S
McAdoo and Secretary Will
son Each Have Three
Boys in Service
STAG Correspondence

WASHINGTON. Oct. 6.-Ten sons Of
six members Of President Wilson 5
Cabinet are serving in the army and
navy, the Committee on Public In
formation announced "in response to
several inquiries"
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
and Secretary of Labor Wilson head
the list with three sons each in the
service. The McAdoo boys have gone
into the navy, the Wilson boys into the
army.
william G. McAdoo. jr., is lieuten-
ant in the Naval Reserve aviation sec
ton now undergoing training at Bay
Shore. NY. Robert II. McAdoo en-
listed in the Naval Reserve. Francis
II. McAdoo is now an ensign in the
navy, after taking the six weeks course
a. the Naval Academy.
Josephus Daniels, IT,, son Of the Sec
rotary Of the Navy : private IN the
Marine Corps. lie is undergoing
training for n commission at League
Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Sec
rotary Daniels has three younger sons
who are az school.
Franklin X. Lane, jr. son OF the
Secretary Of the Interior, Is a hrst lleu-
tenant in the army aviation corps. lie
NAV be assigned 20 the Office or Cen
eral Sauier, chief signal officer
David Franklin Houston, jr., son or
the Secretary Of Agriculture. also took
the six weeks course az Annapolis anu
was commissioned an ensign. hum
phrey +. Redfeld. son Of the Secretary
of Commerce, i all ensign.
William 3. Wilson, Jr, son OF the
Secretary Of Labor, is attending the
second Amy officers training camp at
For. Niagara, y. Y. Joseph B. Wilson
Is a lieutenant of infantry in the Ma
tional Army at Camp Meade, Maryland.
James II. Wilson Is field artillery
corporal, now in training at Admission,
Ala.
President Wilson's on-in-law, Francis
Bowes Sayre, thirty-two years old,
holds the rank of first lieutenant in
the army, bat 50 far has not been
identified with the military service. He
has returned from a mission 70 the
Allied armies connected with the bat
tleheld work of the Y. VI. c. A.
The sons of many prominent Amerl-
cans are IN the service in various ca
pacities. Junius Spencer Morgan, son
Of J. P. Morgan, was graduated from
the six weeks course II Annapolis as
an ensign.
Graduates OF the six weeks course
rank with graduates Of the four years
course. Secretary Daniels says that
only those with some marine expert
ence were admitted to the short course.
Three of Colonel Roosevelt's sons
hold commissions in the United States
Army and one j. d British army cap
tain. Former President Taft's son.
Charles. joined the field artillery at
Fort Myer, but cannot get commits
sion until he is twenty-one.
Vincent Aston, the worlds richest
young man. is now abroad with his
yacht as a Naval Reserve ensign.
Henry p. Dawson, jr, son Of a
member Of j. 7. Morgan & Co.,
who is now directing head of the
Red Cross, is an aviator with com
mission in the navy. H. was injured
in training flight
Bennett Clark, son of Speaker Clark,
was appointed Lieutenant colonel Of a
Missouri National Guard regiment
while a student at Fort Myer training
camp.
Gurnee Mum. a wealthy young man
prominent in Washington society, is a
first lieutenant in the Notifying branch
of the army aviluon corps. He Is
twenty-eight years old.
Winthrop " Crane ir.. son of the
former Massachusetts Senator, has a
desk in the Department Of Military In
formation of the Red Cross.