The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column I'm the City

Capt. c. NJ Ssbins and First Lieut..
Joseph B. Much, u. 8. National
! Guard. have been ordered TO duty in
the District by Gen. Carter. chief
of the militia bureau.
Both men formerly were District
policemen, whose knowledge of the
District IL of special value. They
will be assigned to duty with troops
guarding public property and pri-
vate industries and enforcing the
alien enemy law here.
The guards, now being organized,
will be limited to 1880 men, fully
equipped and armed, War Depart
ment officials said yesterday. This
force will be divided into twelve
companies. The Eastern and South
ern Departments will have four
companies each and one company
each will be assigned to duty in
the Northeastern, Southeastern and
Western Departments.
designations of Capt Louis II.
Patterson and Second Lieut.. Thomas
J. Abrams. 372nd Infantry. National
Guard, D.. c., have been accepted by
the President. Both Capt. Patterson
and Lieut.. Abrams are district resi-
dents. the former residing at 1908
Riggs street and the latter at 1853
Seaton place, northwest Capt.
Patterson formerly was a mail car
rier: Abrams was employed in the
Government Printing Office.
-Four District residents were nam
ed in. army orders yesterday as be-
ing commissioned captains in the
army. Several others weres COM
missioned first and second lieuten-
ants. Henry II. Waite, of Dayton,
O.. was commissioned a lieutenant
colonel in the Railway Transporta-
tion Corps of the national army.
Herbert z. Ives, 1929 Sixteenth
street northwest. and Henry NJ
Darling. 400 Riggs Building. were
commissioned as captains in the
aviation section OF the Signal Re
serve Corps.
Louis A. Abbott. 1857 Monroe street,
and Charles W. Schroeder, Fifteenth
and NJ streets northwest, were named
as captains in the Ordnance Reserve
Corps.
Lawrence William Lang, Ia W street
northwest, commissioned as a first
lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps of
the national army, Is the only Wash
| ington resident named yesterday as
commissioned in the national army.
Albert ]. Mclaughlin, room >:
( Union Station, was commissioned a
second lieutenant in the aviation sec
ton Of the Signal Officers Reserve
! Corps.
Everett F. Rea. 1897 Sixteenth
street northwest. and William f. Mil
ler, 1S7 Riggs Place northwest, and
Albert E. Willis. jr., 1882 Eye street
northwest. were named as second
lieutenant in the Ordnance Reserve
Corps.
Several officers were added 10 the
General Staff in orders made public
by the War Department yesteday
They are: Lieut.. Col. David I. Sultan
Engineer Corps; Mai Benjamin. H
L. Williams, Coast Artillery Corps;
Maj. Clifford Jones, Coast Artillery
Corps; and Maj. Phillip H. Bagby
Eighth Infantry. They have been or
dered to report here to the Chief OK
Staff for assignment to duty in Wash.
ington.
Gen. Pershing's picture. in sepia
features the cover design of the ma
tional army edition of the Army ant
Navy Register, placed on sale yes
terday. The picture is bust size, show
ing Gen. Pershing In full dress uni
form. without cap. The magazin
carries a message to the men of tn
army from Secretary of War Baker
beneath his photograph.
| MY message to the men OF the serv
Ice must be simply one of continuin,
appreciation and constant pride in tn,
measure and quality of their co-opera