The Washington herald., 1918-02-10
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III. snk Ma Hary rvyton have
given thszr country. Few can boast
Of such rsoord but ths reytons Cent
boest: thsy tAks n ~ q natural per-
formanos that everyons should rive
al they have 10 their country. Three
Of the four are maJors m the army I
Their two daughters married IN the
service. enc being Mrs Marshall Ma
Eruder and the other Mrs. John Stew
ems Sullivan MraL Nagruoer who
was Anne Psyton was visitinf hsr
parents most Of last summer but left
here q few weeks ago 20 join Mat
Magruder. az Fort SUI. oklahoma,
where ne N stationed. He 10 In the
ield artillery. Eva Peyton's husband,
MAJ. Sullivan was on duty In Hone
lulu for several years but was scot %
Washington . short time ago 20 90
some special work here. He "a IN the
Signal Corps Aviation branch. They
are Visiting Mr.. ana Mrs. Peyton az
n also their dauShter-in-law. Mrs
Harry Peyton, jr.
Her husband. the older son Of Mr..
and Ara Peyton. IL q 'maJor In the
Medical Corps and In instructing
younger physicians at Camp Jack
son, Jacksonville. Pla- Ths younger
con, Tom Peyton, enlisted IN the field
artillery and n stationed at Admission.
He was made q corporal almost Inn
mediately and 10 working hard for a
commission He n only a. 80 has
plenty Of tina.
A number Of the shoppers IN one
Of the big department stores were
quite surprised when they ran into
President and Mrs Wilson shopping
Just like any other folks last wednes-
day afternoon. Apparently President
and Mrs Wilson started out for a
stroll and ended by the President ac-
eompanying his wife on a shopplas
expedition. Certainly not many women
can persuade their husbands 10 20
shopping with them. They are get
ting 10 be familiar figures on p
street now, 20 frequently do they take
stroll down that thorOughfaTe.
They have not been able TO play eolf
for several weeks now, because Of the
deep SHOWS that have been on the
ground for so long that we have al
most forgotten the time when It
wasn't there.
The State Department publishes
monthly q liGt telling OF changes IN
the diplomatic corps here in Washing
ton In our interest in them. Ne 81
most overlook our own diplomatic I,I.-
resentRtives who chanse about also
occasionally. Lately there have been
several changes Of interest here,
among them John W. Belt. con o. Mrs.
James Pryor Tsryln. who was ON duty
at TeguciEalpa, Mexico. and has been
switched now 20 Panama Mr.. Belt
was for a long time secretary 60 John
r. Silliman, consul somewhere in Iey-
leo. John c. Wiley, also of this ciiy
has been transferred frOr Paris TO
The Hague. William Walker Smith.
until recently secretary OF cur lcsa-
tion in Copenhagen. and vino vas In
Washington for some weeks, left here
yesterday for New York on his way 70
Lima, Peru, where he has been az
signed TO duty. He f. accompanied b.
Mrs. Smith. Thomas Hinckiey is to 80
20 Rome from Madrid. his present sta
ton. John Van A. MaCAuTTay. an
other Washington man. who has been
on duty in Peking. is 10 go 10 Tokyo.
and Alexander r. Magrudsr g. 70 come
20 Washington 20 be at tho state Dc-
partment after long duty in Stock
holm Hallett johnson. who haz been
secretary OF the embassy IN Santiago.
Chill, is 10 return home, as he iE 10
be assigned TO the Department of
State Ferdinand l. Mayer is corning
10 Washington too after serving IA
Port au Prince. Also Frederick A
Sterling: he has been Transferred from
Paris 20 the state Department IN
Washington. John Camp DELL White,
Henry Whites Fon. who has been -
the American legation IN Athens. is n
be in Tokyo for a while. He was ~
Washington a short time ago for =
visit with his father. while changing
posts. He left here for San Frsncis~o
on his way TO JaTAn.
Lieut.. Commander Charles c. Gil.
L. 3. N. OF this city. now on duty Ht
the navy yard IN Portsmouth. y. IL
that is. he was q short time aEo-hss
published q book. Naval Power "a
the Great War" which is attracting !
great deal OF attention: a book az
dressed 10 both the professional nav
man and the general reader. The vol
ume is a clear record OF the nuysI
grand tactics OF the war and their Te-
suits. Capt. Gill applies TO this war
the point made by Admiral Nahau.
that in all great wars between com
merclsl nations land power is ancillary
TO sea power. And he maintains that
in this war. as In past Wars. tho force
Of sea power is slowly but surely
shaping the issues lie gives. too
definite idea OF the work which hss 10
be done in order TO make tho srb
power OF the United States an effective
guarantor OF national security. TIE
chapters describing submarine opc a.
tons and how We iight the U-bosts