Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-29
OFFICERS FINISH
STAFF TRAINING
Graduation Exercises Held
for General Staff Co..
Iege Students.

Graduation exercises for the class Of
1920, Army General Staff College.
were held in the college building at
Washington barracks today. begin
ming at IL o'clock Maj. Gen. J. w.
McAndrew. the commandant. presided.
and Secretary Baker presented the
congratulating it's members on the
| fact that they were the first to COM
plete the course since the termination
of the war. That fact explained, he
said, why the class included so many
officers who had rendered distin-
during the war. Gen. John j. Per-
shing also made an address.
The program was opened and closed
by religious services conducted by
Chaplains Milton o. Beebe and J. b.
Duffy.
| List Of Graduates.
The graduating class consisted of
the following:
Coils. D. E. Aultman, field artillery:
Malvern-Hill Barnum. cavalry; A. J.
Bowley. field artillery; H. w. Butner.
| field artillery; w. NJ. Cruikshank.
field artillery; Robert H. Dunlap, U.
S. Marine Corps; Hanson E. Ely. in
fantry; A. S. Fleming. field artillery;
lC. c. Hearn. coast artillery; NJ. l..
Hersey, infantry; T. N. Horn. field ar
tillery; William H. Johnston. infan-
try: U. G. Alexander. infantry Ma nus
McCloskey. field artillery; c. H. Nc
Neil, coast artillery; {. ID. Knodes,
cavalry; H; D. Todd. jr., coast artil-
Ilery; La Roy S. Upton, infantry
George Van orden. U. S. Marine Corps
and Paul A Wolf, infantry.
Lieut.. Coils. Walter c. Babcock, cav
airy; Harry La T. Cavanaugh, cav
airy; Oliver Edwards, infantry; F. K
Ferguson, coast artillery; G. s. Gibbs
IC. D: Heron. field artillery; Howard
R. Hickok.. cavalry: Percy NJ. Kessler
coast artillery; F. LIE ]. Parker. cav
airy; L. T. Richardson. infantry
Charles D. Roberts, infantry; M. g
Spinks. coast artillery: A. A. Starbird
tillery; S. c. vestal. coast artillery
and George vidmer, cavalry.
4 Majs. Roger G.. Alexander engi-
neers; Alfred w. Bjornstad, infantry
coast artillery; Thomas H Emerson
engineers; Berkeley Enochs, infantry
Charles w. Exton, infantry; Stanley
H. Ford, infantry; James M. Graham
infantry; James G. Hannah. infantry
Paul T. Hayne, jr, cavalry; Wait c
coast artillery; Charles s.. Lincoln
infantry; Dana T. Merrill, infantry;
Guy S. Norvell, cavalry; Ernest D
Peek, engineers; Tenney Ross. in
fantry; Z. NJ. Shinkle,- coast artillery
George S. Simonds, infantry; Walter
G. Sweeney, infantry; Clement A.
Trott. infantry; Charles w. Weeks
infantry, and Ezekiel ]. Williams, In
fantry.
Capts. John 3. Barnes. infantry;
Paul H. Clark, infantry; James l.
Collins, field artillery; Samuel r.
Gleaves, cavalry: George A. Herbst
infantry. and John P. McAdams. In
fantry.
Special Students Graduated.
The following named officers were
graduated as special students:
| Special students-Colonels, John A.
Hull. ]. A. H. NJ. Morrow, J. A; T. H
S1avens. @. M. c.; lieutenant colonels
William e. Cole. A. g. D.; Herschel
Tupes. infantry; majors. H. B. Black
infantry: Morgan l. Brett. c. A. c.;
William F. Herringshaw, cavalry
F. P. Lahm, cavalry; Charles G.
Mettler, c. A; H. C. Pratt. cavalry;
captains, William H. Clopton, jr.. cav
airy: P. L. Focardi, ordnance, N. G..
N. Y; J. H. Gould. Vet. Corps; H. E
Mann, cavalry; B. F. Miller, infantry;
James E. Ware. infantry; F. E. Will
ford, C. A. C.