The Washington herald., 1918-03-05

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martial on charges OF drunkenness
and disorderly conduct while in uni
form, First Lieut.. Alfred J. Farley,
Ohicers' Reserve Corps, 307th Machine
Gun Battalion. at Camp Dix. n. j..
from the military service. This dis
raissal was made with the approval
of the President.
The high-water mark for individual
company insurance subscriptions has
been touched by Eightieth Company
4. S. Marines, who have taken out
insurance totaling t2,545.OOO This
company is in foreign service. and
at present Is somewhere in France.
Every man I'm the entire company.
with only one exception, Is protected
to the extent of $4,000, which IL the
maximum amount provided for under
the law. This single member has
taken out 5000 insurance.
Another noteworthy fact in con-
nection with the forethought OF the
Eightieth Marines is the large
amount OF sllotments made for the
comfort and care of those left be-
hind. A total of S2.S3O.OoO was set
aside by 1SS men Of the company
for this purpose.
Another well-known knight Of the
news was honored with military dis
tinctiOn when Tracy II. Lewis. Of
New York, son of William Z. Lewis.
editor of the New York Telegraph.
and who until recently represented
his fathers paper in Washington.
was commissioned a second lieuten-
ant in the Aviation Corps. Lieut.
Lewis is a Yale alumnus. having
graduated from that institution in
1872. He then entered the newspa-
per game. and during the course Of
his correspondents experience has
seen service on the Mexican border.
He has been assigned to duty at
Lake Charles. La
Secretary Daniels has highly COM
mended Horace s. Davis, of Annis-
ton, Ala, chief Eunner's mate on
the U. S. S. Margary. for his bravery
shown while rescuing an enlisted
man from death by drowning on the
night of January 25. While at his
post as Junior deck officer, Davis
heard a loud cry for help which
arose from sailor who had fallen
from another ship. without a mo-
ment's hesitation he directed that
the searChlight be turned on the
water and he then dived in. With
in short time he located the
drowning man and rescued him
from a watery grave
With every single wing section
and strut intact. avia ton cadets at
the Rockwell Field. North Island
Flying School. San Diego. Cal. re-
Gently completed seventy-two-
hour flying test, covering a distance
Of $4,000 miles. which is the best
record yet attained by students of
American aviation training camps.
1t is not known how many ma
chimes were used by the men. but
this will not affect their position of
leadership in flying mileage among
the aviation students Of this coun-
try.
Commander Earl P. Jessop. L. S.
y. one OF the officers who had a
prominent part in repairing the
German transatlantic liners seiEed
by the United States when war was
declared on Germany. is among ehe
Officers who were recently commits
stoned as captains by President
Wilson. One of the vessels outfitted
for war purposes by Capt Jessop
is the Leviathan. formerly the Ham
burg liner Vaterland.
The Merritt Club for Enlisted
Men has been established at Camp
Merritt through the gift Of $4,000
by Mrs. Wesley A. Merritt. widow
of the famous regular army officer
in whose memory the camp is named.
In addition to the gift OF Mrs
Merritt. officers and civilians on
duty at Camp Merritt contributed
an additional $4,000 toward the out
fitting of the club. The club has a
floor space or 1900 feet, end has
reading. recreation and billiard
rooms. a cauteen and a library. The
CLUB can accommodate as many as
1000 soldiers at one time. 1t is in
charge OF Chaplain Axton. L. s. A.
A movement is under way to pro-
vide a club for officers at Camp
Merritt Hundreds of officers pass
through the camp weekly. The
proposition has the approval OF Maj.
Gen. Shanks, the camp commander.
: mouncement has been made at the
Var Department that the following
Young men at Camp Meade, Nd, have
been commissioned second lieUtenants
in the Ordnance Reserve Corps
charles II. Weeks. Harry Smith.
Charles l.. Mandelert. Clark W. Nc
knight Richard E Coon Jr Lester
Y. Epperson. Byron S. Long, Denton
II. Sparks. Robert T. Mack, Milton
Baron. Norman Macleod. Frank II.
Mortimer. Thomas w. Pesrce. Fred
B. Alger, Adolph Vol. Adolph X.
Wuerker. William F. Connolly,
Charles X. Everett, Ernest J. Prus-
sing Arthur o. Duhamel. Jr., Howard
:. Tiffany. Leon Henderson. George
Hllsinger Paul D. Gard. James Nc
liver Carlysle Pemberton, Edward