Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-18

Navy and Marine Corps Notes.

Miss Jana Wilkes, daughter of the
late Admiral Charles Wilkes. U. S. N,
has closed her apartment at the FAR
ragut for the season and left Wash
ington to spend a few months at her
attractive summer home at Saluda,
N. c. Miss Wilkes is a fine example
of the courtly old school gentlewoman
and fguratively may be termed dean
| ters of officers who in either branch
of the service made their mark in the
| civil war i"atF
Mrs. David Med. LIE Breton. wife of
Commander LIE Breton. U. S. N. is
spending the summer at Newport,
X l.. where her husband was re-
Gently ordered to duty.
Capt. Dismukes, U. S. N. and Mrs.
: DlSmukeS, who are now stationed at
Newport. r. l.. have formally pre-
Sented to society their daughter. Miss
Judith Lee Dismukes who has many
young friends in Washington, who
| sent her flowers and presents on the
o:rasion of her debut tea.
|! Lieut.. Col. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt,
U. S. NJ. c.. until recently stationed at
| Quantico. Va, has resigned from the
service to enter business in Okla
| homa.
| Capt. Loren Stone, U. S. n, and Mrs.
Stone. now stationed at the Brooklyn
navy yard, have as their guest the
| formers mother. Mrs. Brinton Stone,
who left Washington the first of the
month for a visit to her son and
daughter-in-law.
| Capt Frank PleadwelI u s. N. is
receiving congratulations upon the
honor recently conferred by Great
Britain in making hm>a member of
the Order of Commander of the Brit
ish Empire.
Capt. Pleadwel is at present feet
surgeon of the Atlantic fleet.
! Rear Admiral Thomas J. Cowie, u
S: NJ. and Mrs. Cowie have left the
city for a months stay at Saranac
Inn, at Upper Saranac, N. Y.
i Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty. U.
s. N. retired. and Mrs. Beatty. who
| George Barnett. are now guests of
Mrs. Beatty's sisters. the Misses
Peachy. at their apartment at the De-
/ catur.
Admiral and Mrs. Beatty's daughter.
Mrs. Charles Henry Drayton. jr, of
Charleston. S. c.. spent several days
with the Misses Peachy early in the
week. after which. accompanied by
her young son. she left for New Eng
land. where she will remain until the
autumn. A@
DR.. Alexander Fitzhugh Magruder.
| U. S. N, retired. and Mrs Magruder
have closed their home, 1925 Jefferson
/ place. and left Washington for their
country home at Frederick junction,
| where they will remain until the late
autumn.
Mrs. Henry +. Lackey. wife of Capt.
Lackey. u. s. N. accompanied by their
three daughters. left Washington last
week to spend the summer at Walt
| ham. Mass.
Mrs. Franklin T. Steele, wife of
Capt. Steele. o. S. NJ. c., has gone to
Monterey Inn, Blue Ridge Summit.
Pa. for. the season.
| Maj. James w. Hart. L. S. NJ c., is
being congr atulated. His son. c. Ed
7 av-rI II ~
examination for West Point.
| Mrs. Henry Fitch. widow of Chief
! Engineer Fitch, N. S. N, accompanied
| by Miss AleXandrine Fitch. has gone
/ to Fishers Island, N. Y, to remain I'M
| til autumn. Mrs and Miss Fitch, on
| first leaving Washington. went to
| New London, where they visited Mrs
! Stephen Rowan. wife of Commander
Rowan. U. S. N.
Miss Carolyn Nash. daughter of DR..
| Francis S. Nash. U. S. N, and Mrs.
! Nash. has left the city for the Green
brier White Sulphur Springs, where
| she Joined the house party of Miss
Frederick at the latter's summer
! home.
| Lieut.. Commander Henry Kent Nc
| Kay, U. S. N, and Mrs. Mckay will
spend August at Bay Head, N. ].
! Maj. John Marston, u. SYM. c.. and
| Mrs. Marston have gone for station
| to Quantico, Va.
Chaplain H. H. Clark. U. S. NJ, &C
companied by Mrs: Clark, has gone
| to Maine, where they will spend the
] summer at one of the coast resorts.
Capt. Roscoe Arnett. u. S. M. c., ac-