Evening star., 1918-04-21

Admiral Walker on the Nicaragua
canal survey; was assigned to the bat.
tleship Texas in July. 1898; took part
was fleet surgeon on the China station
in 1905 and the Pacific station In 19of.
He has the West Indian campaign
medal with one bar.
a long and lustrous record with the
Philippine Scouts and with the United
States cavalry. He Is a son of the late
Brig Cen James ,S1a giddie ,d,,n and Is ,asSo now
SON Of the late Gen. James Biddle)
is in charge of very important
branch Of the work of the Signal Corps.
Capt. Nicholas Biddle (son Of Edward)
is in the quartermaster' department at
| Is on the staff of Maj. Gen. John Biddie
| in England. Lieut.. George Biddle Is IN
France. Winthrop Biddle. a seaman In
the Navy. is in camp at Cape May.
Biddle should be included in this roll
of honor. An aviator in the Escadrille
Lafayette, he was killed August ~,
1917, by falling with his airplane into
He is buried at Egmonteau-Zee. Hol-
| land.
! Capt. Charles ]. Riddle is an aviator
! in France; last month he brought
ders coast
| Capt. Henry wilmerding Biddle is at
Camp Upton. Lieut. Edward N. Biddle
| is in the ordnance department.
! of 1885, " illiam Shepherd Biddle, as
captain was military attache in Berlin
for three years. He became a major
| soon after the outbreak of the war, To,.
| alumnus. is now private in the Sig
nal Corps. Thomas MONTGOMERY BID
die. sergeant, is at Camp Lee. An,
| thony J. Drexel Biddle, the popular ana
Of q
classes is a captain in the marines,
and was recently stationed at Quantico
barracks. Virginia.
His son. Anthony J, Drexel B1aaie. G
Hutcheson. U. S.. A. now statloned at
Fort Monroe. Alexander w. Biddle.
lieutenant in the artillery. is at camp
, Meade.
Mr.. and Mrs William Eaches Fendall
were among those entertaining dlnHer
parties at Quantico Thursday evenlns
preceding the musical comedy staged
by the enlisted men of the Marine
| Corps. Their honor guests were cen.
John A. Lejeune. comma ndinS oncer
of the post, and Mrs. LeJeune. Afnans a@ns
their other guests were Mr.. and MRS
Hunter Gait. Mr.. and Mrs. r. d: Shep-
perd of Shepherdstown. Mrs. F: b. MO
| ran, Mrs Malcolm Gordon. Mrs. VII
| liam C. Delonoy and Mrs. Arthur ROSS.
The washington celebration Of Gun,
| ston Hall day, on the afternoon OF April
II, was an occasion Of great interest
| to the seventy-six alumnae VINO at
| tended, including the seventeen ne"
members from the senior and post
I graduate classes of this year:
| Miss Mary Archer Glass. the presi-
dent of the alumnae association, was
| toastmistress. and after the following
| toasts, Mrs Mason and Our Alma
Mater" "Gunston Halls Immediate Op-
portunity," "The Spirit of 1918. Ihe
| New Members" "Our Allies the Mar
seillaise." God Save the King and
'"The Star spangled Banner" were
| sung and a vote taken to invest all
| alumnae funds in liberty bonds. and to
| urge every old girl to report to the
| school her full measure of war relief
Col and Mrs. Stanley Golfer have as
| their guest the latter's mother, Mrs
| T. Alfred Miller of Philadelphia.
The liberty dance will be held at the
| Dewey Hotel, 1880 l. street northwest
I Saturday evening. April 27. The pa
| tronesses are Mrs. William K. Carr
Mrs. George H. Shibley. Mrs. Luman E.
Morgan, Mrs. George A. Lewis and Miss
Margaret Cannon. Mrs. Elva May But
ler is hostess.