The Washington herald., 1918-03-03

must have enjoyed nctuUng m
his personal encourage Leuts. Grant,
Leo and Sheridan-ths two former
grandsons Of the great leaders OF
the civil war. and the latter q son
Of the youngest Of the generals OF
that period-who was eventually the
last man to be q full General" Of
Uncle Sans forces until the rank
Vas recently revived for Pershing and
| Bliss.
An three OF those young of1cers
eventually went down to the border
] for service during our late argu-
ment with Mexico. and all three were
recently brought back here, where
their experience at headquarters
would be most useful to Uncle Sam
in this business OF making q great
army overnight. Maj. Sheridan had
mover BEEN quite well since his ex-
perience on the Mexican border. but,
though he and his wife were among
the most popular Of the younger
group OF army people in Washing
ton, few realized the serious nature
OF his fitness, 50 that his passing
was a shock a. well as q grief.
1t is told that not long ago the
!
the Chevy Chase Club were passing
upon candidates for admission. Sher-
Idan's name was passed. And who
are the nextf" Grant. and then
Lee" whereat the chairman COM
mented sagely. Seems to me I've
heard those names before!" He is
likely to hear at least one Of them
again, soon.
| For Ulysses Grant " 10 now here
in Washington, as well as Ulysses
Grant III. The latter. now Maj.
Grant. Is the one who was In that
group Of Rooseveltian aides, and who
married Elihu Roots daughter Edith
with much pomp and ceremony dur
ing the Roosevelt regime, while Root
| was Secretary Of State. He In here
attached to the War College.
He Is a son of the late Gen. Fred D.
Grant His cousin, Ulysses Grant ".
is a son OF Ulysses Grant II, and has
not been 4 soldier by profession. But
when the war broke out he enlisted.
true to family tradition. and was sent
to Spartanburg as a private in the
lO2d Ammunition Train. He had
reached the grade of corporal when
he took the examination for a second
Heutenancy and passed II successfully.
He has just been assigned to duty in
Washington in the personnel division
at the War College. And by the way,
Ulysses Grant II Is also here-the
youngest son Of Gen. Grant, who
has been living in California. About
a year ago he married q most attrac-
tive young wife-as elderly men have
been known to do before-rather to
the disgruntlement of his family.
which has also been the state OF mind
OF other families. They seem to have
survived the storm, however, and
after visiting friends her for q while
are now established in q Washington
home Of their own
Maj. Fiitzhugh Lee. by the way, is
no longer in this neighborhood-he has
been sent down to Texas for duty at
one Of the cantonments there.
It Is probably because Mrs. Ian
sing is in mourning, and not doing
any formal entertaining, that Mrs
Lane was the first of the Cabinet
hostesses to entertain the British
Ambassador and Lady Reading
Secretary and Mrs. Lane had a din
ner for them on Wednesday night
which. they insist. was merely an
informal little dinner" with Sir
Robert Borden. the premier OF
Canada, among the guests. The
Lanes have been having a good
many informal little dinners this
season. about which very little gets
out-and frequently most distin-
guished companies-but still highly
informal, since this Is wartime, and
formal entertaining is taboo. The
Ned" McLean's are giving what
will probably be a very big and al
together notable dinner for Lord
and Lady Reading on March q, for
which cards are already out, and
quite few Of their guests will
J come from Philadelphia and New
York, and other places at some lit
tie distance. The Jusserands were
the first Of the diplomats to enter
tain Lord and Lady Reading; they
gave a large dinner for them Thurs
day evening.
Shouldn't wonder. however, II the
Readings had as good q time on 9
: little expedition that the Lansings
chaperoned them on last Tuesday, as
they will have at any Of these elab-
orate functions; they were taken
Tuesday night to hear Billy Sunday
not the subdued Billy Sunday Of the
parlor meetings arranged in the
homes Of the elect, but the real Billy
rampant. They did not take seats or
the platform as the Lansings and the
Danielses and q group Of other dis
tinguished guests did one night a
week or SO ago. They sat down ir