Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-12

York assistant secretary of war, and
Emmett j. Scott of Alabama, special
assistant to the secretary of war.
Scott, who is a negro, formerly was
private secretary to the late Booker
7. Washington and was selected to
look after the interests of the colored
troops.
While regular army officers as a
rule do not participate in politics it
is a we'll known fact that many
officers at the head of the army are
classed as Republicans. These in
clude General John j. Pershing, COM
mander-in-chief of the American Ex-
peditionary Forces in France. who is
the son-in-law of Senator Warren of
Wyoming, the ranking Republican
member of the senate committee on
military affairs; Major General Geo.
w. Goethals, assistant chief Of staff
and acting quartermaster general;
Major General Enoch H. CrOwder,
provost marshal-general; Major Gen.
eral William Crozier, chief of ord
nance, and Major Charles B. Warren,
Republican national committeeman
from Michigan, who is in charge of
appeal cases under the provost mar
shal-general.
Three Republicans of prominence
among many who have been given
commissions in the army are Robert
Bacon of New York, former secretary
of state and former ambassador to
France, who is colonel in the quar-
termaster corps in France; H. L..
Stimson of New York, former secre-
tary of war, who is a colonel in the
field artillery in France, and Major
John Clallan O'Laughlin, who was
assistant secretary of state under
Roosevelt.
Help Attorney General.
In the department of justice John
Lord OBrien of New York, who was
the United States district attorney of
the western district of New York
under the Taft administration, is an
assistant to the attorney general
Another Republican in the depart
ment of justice is A. Bruce Bielaski
of Washington, who is chief of the
secret service.
William r. Wilcox, until recently
the chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee, is member of the
federal railway wage commission.
Five of the eight members of the
war trade board are Republicans.
They are Albert Strauss Of New
York, Alonzo E. Taylor of Pennsyl-
vania; John Beaver White Of New
York; Frank C. Munson of New
York, and Clarence M. Woolley of
Chicago.
In the Council of National Defense
there are many Republicans, includ-
ing Walter S. Clifford of Massachu-
sets. chairman, and Grosvenor B.
Clarkson of New York, secretary
Others are A. w. Shaw, Michigan,
chairman of the commercial economy
board; Roy d. Chaplin, Michigan,
chairman of the highway transporta-
ton committee; l.. A. Coolidge, Mas
sachusetts, chairman of the commit
tee on welfare work; DR.. Franklin
Martin, Illinois, chairman of the gen.
eral medical board; Robert S. Brook
ings, Missouri war industries board;
DR.. Hollis Godfrey, Pennsylvania.
commissioner of the university sec
ton and secondary school section:
George N. Peck, Illinois, industrial
representative of the war industries
board; George F. Porter, Illinois,
chairman of the section on coopera-
ton with states; Howard E. Coffin,
Michigan, chairman of the aircraft
board, and Julius Rosenwald, Chica-
go member of the advisory COM
mission.
Red Cross Officials.
The Red Cross war council is large