The Washington herald., 1918-01-26
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column I'm the City

Donald A stroh. . washingtonian
and a graduate OF Central High
School, has been commissioned as q
captain in the cavalry. Capt stroh
is son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L.
stroh, Of Washington. He entered the
army as q second lieutenant last June
and Is stationed with the Seventeenth
Cavalry, u. s. N, at Naco. Ariz- He
graduated from Central High School
In 1911 and from the Michigan Agri-
cultural College in 1915.
Nine District residents were among
those commissioned in the ohicers'
Reserve Corps Of the army, an
nounced by the War Department yes
terday. Four Of the District men were
given commissions as captains. Those
whose commissions were announced
are:
Sterling Temple. 24o5 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, captain. Ordnance
Reserve Corps.
Griffin Halstead, s757 Ranawha
street northwest, captain, Ordnance
Reserve Corps.
zeline P. smith. Southern Railway
Company, captain. Ordnance Reserve
Corps.
Scott w. Henderson, 1913 Riggs place
northwest, first lieutenant, Ordnance
Reserve Corps.
Louis Tolmach, 1850 Clifton street
northwest. second lieutenant, Ord
nance Reserve Corps.
James E. Van Toor, Y. n. C. A,
second lieutenant, Ordnance Reserve
Corps.
Gene H. Fonda, IIs d street north.
east, captain, aviation section Signal
Officers Reserve Corps.
John L Bender, Council of National
Defense, first lieutenant, aviation sec
ton Signal Oficers' Reserve Corps.
William DeFord Beal, 1907 y street
/ northwest, first lieutenant, Sanitary
Corps. national army.
: Maj. Oxen II. Kenan, Inspector Gen.
erals Reserve Corps. has been made
assistant to the department inspector
| for the Southeastern Department. He
has been ordered TO report at Charles
ton, S. c., for assignment to duty.
Capt. Robert Bonner. QuartermasteI
Reserve Corps. has been ordered tc
this city upon completion of the con-
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Mass, OF which he is in charge.
Maj. Guy Z. Trip. Ordnance Re
serve Corps, has been appointed as
a colonel in the ordnance department
OF the national army. He has been
ordered to report in person to Briga'
der c. W. Wheeler. acting chief OF
ordnance, in this city. for assignment
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chairman OF the board of directors
OF the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company. He is chief
OF the new production division Of the
ordnance department.
Capt. William W. Hamilton has been
advanced TO the rank Of major on the
! retired list. Mai. HamiIton's ranl
dates from November L, 1917. He was
the honor graduate of the artillery
school in 1907. He was born in
Georgia, in June, 1876. and appointed
to the Military Academy from thai
State in 1888. Graduating in 1925 he
served as second lieutenant with the
Sixth Artillery and later with the
Second Artillery. In 1900 he was made
first lieutenant and a year later q
captain in the Artillery Corps. He
was retired Octobers2 "a, 1910. for dis
ability.
Seventeen first-class pTivates in the
Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps have
been commissioned as second lieuten'
ants in the aviation section OF the
Signal Officers Reserve Corps. They
have been ordered TO the commanding
officer at Kelly Field. San Antonio.
Texas. for duty. Those appointed are;
Merlin +. Crutcher. Abe W. Cohen.
John Joseph Carroll. Walter A,
Churchill, James L. Dayitt, Murry T.
Donoho, Robert G. Elbert. Francis J,
Good, Paul L. Lockwood, Olen w.
Noel, Edward u. NOrment, Aaron
Prussian. Ernest L. Richardson, Bern
ard w. Shir-Cliff, Edison 5. Smith
Hyland p. Stewart. jr.. and George
William NieTling.
Cap ribbons with the words "U. S.
Navy" have been ordered for enlisted
men in the Navy Bureau of Naviga-
ton, when they are on shore in for
eign service and on board special War
Department ships or other small ships
taken over temporarily. All naval re-
serves on shore duty in the various
naval districts have been ORDERED 70
wear bands reading ~. S. Naval Re-
serve" by the bureau. The order is
step toward eliminating the possi-
bility of strangers determining the To-
cation OF naval vessels through the
name of vessels on the hat ribbons
| of sailors.
Lieut.. Col. Beverly w. Dunn. Ord,
nance Department, retired. who has
been placed on the active list of the
army, and has been serving as head
of the inspection section of the gun
division, has been ordered to this city
1t is understood he will be made the
! head of the new and greatly enlarged
| inspection service with headquarters
here. Col. Dunn was retired at his
own request in September, 1911, hav'
| ing served over thirty years. Born ir
Louisiana in October. 1860, he was ap'
/ pointed to the Military Academy in
! 1879, graduating in June, 1893. ana
| serving in the artillery. He was honor
graduate from the Artillery School in