The Washington herald., 1918-10-27

Every one of them has seen all
sorts of service" In fact, so popular
is the war legend" just at present
that / was told with bated breath
that Sir Thomas Myles had only re-
Gently been knighted as a reward for
his wonderful war work. Without in
the least derogating Sir Thomas war
serviCe-it undoubtedly would have
won him a kniShthood, as it has won
that and greater honors for many
another-you can't spoil bad egg, nor
knight a man who has already literal
ly won his spurs. And Sir Thomas
Myles was a celebrity long before the
war broke, may. an it please him. tack
most of the alphabet to his name. in
dicating the various honorary degrees
that have been conferred upon him,
and was knighted at least fifteen
years ago-before any one, except per-
haps the Kaiser. dreamed of the war
He is something of yachtsman. and
one recalls that he used to be rather
a notable cyclist, in the days when
every one used a wheel, though I'm
not sure that he has remained true
to that love when the rest of the
world forsook it. incidentally, I be-
lieve he is surgeon to his majesty,
King George when the latter happens
to be in Ireland.
Col. Gask, D. S. c. F. R. c. s.,
and a few more things like that.
used to be connected with famous
st Bartholomew in London, and
latterly has been consulting surgeon
of the British Fourth army in France;
and, though he has recently seen
more of trenches, he used to have
quite name as a mountain climber.
l don't seem to place Maj. Turner.
unless he is the DIR. Turner who
used to be connected with the IA
nous Leatherhead School for the
Blind, and of whose Rugby football
victories I remember hearing an
elderly Britisher speak with remi-
niscent enthusiasm. 1t seems more
probable, however, that he is per-
haps a son of that one, who. it
seems to me, would be getting
along" by now. And Mai Turner,
although veteran of the Mesopo-
tamian campaign, whose experiences
were all the more interesting be-
cause they dealt with certain
phases of the great war of which
America has heard comparatively
little, is still quite a young man.
l didn't hear much of the others,
except that Prof. Bastianelli, who
was mentioned to me as the young
est of the group and "a very big
man in Italy" has been serving
with the forces of his country ever
since Italy entered the war. A
thrilling service, truly,
They arrived Sunday night. spent
our army and navy surgeons, visit
ing Walter Reed and the Naval Hos
pital. and being greeted. especially
at Walter Reed, in voluble French
and Italian by some of the soldiers
of the allies who are being built
up and put into shape there, and
are always delighted to see any one
from home; went out to Mount Yer
non, of course, were DIR. Martins
guests at a big dinner at the Army
and Navy Club; were presented to
the President, and left town We'd
nesday headed first for Fort Ogle-
thorpe, where they were to be the
guests for a couple of days of Lieut..
Col. Martin at Camp Greenleaf, the
medical officers training camp
there; and thence to Rochester,
Mimi, to see the famous Mayo
brothers.
AS for the Roman Catholic mis-
sion. it was made up of several mis-
sions-French, British, and Italian
sent over here primarily to help
celebrate Cardinal Gibbons golden
jubilee in the episcopacy. OF course
they went to Baltimore first, and
took part in the impressive cere-
monies there. before coming on to
Washington to spend most of the
week as the guests of DIR. Shahan at
the Catholic University of Amer
lea 1t was a wonderful group of
churchmen. made up of men dis
tinguished not merely in the church.
but as authors, educators, public
spirited and influential citizens