The Washington herald., 1918-02-23
Army and Navy News
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Gasser. official recorder for the war
council, having been transferred
from the office of the chief of ord
nance in Washington.
Maj. Alexius NJ. Forster. Medical
Reserve Corps, has been detailed to
duty at New Haven, CONF, where
he will have charge of the United
States Army General Hospital,
which is to be established there in
the near future. Maj. Forster has
been on duty in the office of the
Surgeon General in this city.
Lieutenant colonels' commissions
in the national army have been
awarded to fifteen majors of the
judge advocate generals depart
ment.
Two of the men, Mai Edward s.
Bailey and Maj. James S. Easily
Smith, are former lawyers of the
District and were practicing here
when they entered the Reserve
Corps last summer.
Others receiving commissions are
as follows: Majs. Lewis W. Call, Ed
win G. Davis, Robert X. SpilIer.
George S. Wallace. Eugene Wam-
baugh, Charles b. Warren, John II.
Wigmore, Guy d. Goff, William o.
Gilbert, John S. Dean, Alfred Z.
Clark, Neal Power and Nathan w.
MacChesney.
Funeral for Col John T. Call
laghan, gallant soldier of the South,
who died at his home in the Cum
berland Apartments. on Thursday
afternoon, will be held Monday
morning from st. Patrick's Church.
From 10 o'clock Sunday morning to
the hour of the church services, 8
o'clock Monday morning, the veter-
ans body will lie in state in Con-
federate Memorial Hall. Memorial
exercises over the body will be held
by Camp III, United Confederate
Veterans, after which the interment
will be made in the Confederate
division of Arlington cemetery.
Capt. Callaghan Joined the Con-
federate forces at the beginning OF
! the civil war, and participated in
many Of its great battles, including
Gettysburg and Cedar Mountain
receiving a wound at the latter en-.
gagement. Upon returning to Wash.
| ington at the end of the war, he
was taken into custody by Federal
officers and for a while was con.
fined to prison. Subsequently he
moved to Texas, but after a few
| years came back to Washington anG
received an appointment in the
Government Printing Office. At the
time of his death he was connected
with the Postoffice Department.
Except in cases where division
commanders make a special reQues
for the services of non-commission.
ed men to direct army camp ath.
letics. all instructors who go II
France with the soldiers in thi.
capacity must be commissioned men
This announcement has recently
been made by the Commission OF
Training Camp Activities.
Eighteen additional residents of the
District of Columbia have been com
missioned in the Officers Reserve
! Corps and in the national army. They
are:
Henry ]. Burt, 1882 Irving street, ma
jor, Quartermaster Corps of the ma
tional army.
John. B. Orr. 1890 F street, major
Ordnance Reserve Corps.
/ Wayne Herkness, 1880 F street, cap
tain, Ordnance Reserve Corps.
Frank B. Makepeace, jr., 1876 X
street northeast, captain, aviation sec
F.! ton, Signal Reserve Corps.
]. w. Cramer, 1907 N street; Johr
w. Cornell, All IL Columbia road
Orville w. Jenkins, 1906 Irving stree
northeast; Herbert Simmons, Wash
ington Barracks, and F. C. Starr, 20
Argyle Apartment, captains, Quarter
master Corps, national army.
Maurice l. Bower. jr., and william
T. Schwarz, Army Medical Museum
first lieutenants, Sanitary Corps. ma
tional army.
Henry S. Leverich. 1901 street; Ar
thur Middleton, Victor Building, ant
Charles Wadsworth, Sd, American
University, first lieutenants, Ordnanc,
Reserve Corps.
Francis II. Bird. 1923 Fairmon
street: Robert w. Laid. office of the
chief of ordnance, and Lowell H. Mil
ligan, American University, secont
lieutenants, Ordnance Reserve Corps
Alfred Dew. Hawley, Camp Meigs
second lieutenant, aviation section
Signal Reserve Corps.