The Washington herald., 1918-05-05
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mental IN training some sosooo mon vhs
have been sent from that one earnI
alone 10 France. -
Larkin olasebrook. son a DR.. and
Mrs. L. w. 0iazebrook, Fairfax ana
Faber Downsy, sons Of Col. ana Mrs
George Downey and members Of the
EIkins-Davis family-their mother
was a Miss Davis, niece I think, OF
Henry 0assaway Davis-and their
frst cousin. FAIRFAX LAndstreet. are
all right in the trenches now. They
all received their commissions at 1T
Myer. LArkin Glasebrook. for one.
writes the most intsrstinE letters
home and his only complaint is the
lack OF opportunities 20 bathe. Tho
other discomfort. the absence Of but
ter, the dangers. don't worry him IN
the least. ! understand that Downsy
and Davis families are terribly wor-
brook 10 worried. too, Of course. ehs
10 remarkably brave about q. she
just keeps 20 busy doing Red Cross
work that she doesn't have time 20
think. Ths same splendid spirit 10
shown by Mrs. Howard Sutherland,
whose son. Richard, 10 also In the
thick Of the hshters. He wss Q stu-
dent at Yale when the trouble VITA
MEXICO broke out and Immediately
enlisted 30 he had been In the ser
vice for two years before he went 20
France and 10 now q captain. hav-
ing been promoted entirely on his
own merit. He is only ~ Ike the
GlaIebrook boy. who 10 even younger.
Richard Sutherland writes home In
teresting letters. telling Of his ef-
forts 70 dodge bullets and shells
while on duty. He 10 with the mill
tary police and has had quite q large
area TO cover on q motorcycle, until
now when II 10 thought he IN IN the
trenches. His letters sound very
much like the last one received by
Mrs. Pedrick from her son, Or. Frank
lin Pedrick. who was In the casualty
list this week as missing in action"
Or. Pedrick told Of the way in which
they had 10 slip in and out Of dug
outs. lodging shells, while doing his
work.
Or. Pedrick was a nne, upstandtng
young man. the only son OF HIS wid-
owed mother. Years ago, when he
was a student at the Western High
school, Franklin Pedrtck belonged to
q little dancing club and % far a.
my knowledge goes. he 10 the nrst
Of that little group 70 be lost IN this
war. Herbert Hayden, major with
the NTH Field Artillery at Camp
Meade. Nd. was one Of the members,
Price Williamson and Lee Campbell,
both naval ofncers. belonged 70 the
same group, also Chester Clark. q
successful corporation lawyer in Bos-
ton, Gilliard Ravenel, now a captain
IN the ofncers' reserve corps, and
brother of Mrs. Stanton Peelie. Jr.:
Billy Evans. Bryan Morse. Rortwrtght
Church, Henry Graves. an instructor
at the University Of VIrnnia-but
some of the names have slipped my
memory. Franklin Pedr1ck was al
ways popular with young and oFd;
was also q most successful physician-
His loss viii cause real sorrou % q
very large group Of people fn ths
city. 4
Before this nation entered the wa<
a group OF men met twice q week AZ
the Riding and Hunt Club TO drill
under Capt Archibald Miller-I be-
lieve he is Col. Miller now-in their ef-
forts to ret some prepsrstion for our
part in the war which all thinking
people knew was inevitable. They
were men who answered the country's
call even before she realised herself
that she was going 10 can. Franklin
Pedrick was one of that group OF
which the nation should be proud. He
was so anxious 70 be in Il that he did
not wait until the United States could
or would send him over, but Joined
the British forces.
DR.. Fred Henderson,, Of Rockville.
a member Of an Old and sristocrztic
family of Maryland. died IN the sery-
ice OF his country recently. losing his
life as Col. Fenton did. He had only
been commissioned IN the army . short
time when he was stricken with spinsI
meningitis at Fl Oglsthorpe. Ca He
fingered for many weeks His widow
was Gussie Lamar. daughter Of Will
lam Lamar. and one OF the cutest and
prettiest little women you ever saw
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