The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-13

Club for the Robert NJ. Thompson
Rayner, Maj. Robert Sears and MAI
Francis Honeycutt, OF the Washing
ton Fencers Club; Henry Brecken-
ridge. former assistant Secretary of
War, and Sergt- ]. W. Dimond. U.
S. A, were among the twenty-five
fencers IN the final bouts to determ-
inc the American contestants. Maj.
Rayner won, the foils competition,
in which Breckenridge finished
third. Each fencer sustained only
gagged in thirteen bouts. while
Honeycutt, national champion. scor-
ed five/victories and had three de-
feats.
Dimond qualified for the saber
trials and will enter the epee, or
dueling sword division. with
Breckenridge. Rayner and Honey
cult
Harold Rayner, you krDw, Is one
OF the Presidents aides. The White
House always has assigned to 1t as
aides several officers of the army,
of the navy and Of the Marine
Corps, but seldom Is the allotted
number complete. But recently, be-
cause Of the many formalities con-
nected with the conferencc-every-
thing is blamed on the conference
the full quota of aides has bten as
signed, and they are Military
aide to the President, Lieut.. Col.
Clarence o. Sheriff.; naval aide to
the President, Comdr. R s. Holmes,
U. s, N. From the army are the fol-
lowing White House aides: Maj. o.
NJ. Baldinger, Mai. Hubert Harmon.
Maj. Harold N. -Rayner. Mai. Thomas
Barnes, jr., Capt Gustave Vilaret,
jr., Capt. r. E. s. williamDn, Capt.
H. H. Pohl, Lieut. ]. NJ. Works, and
Lieut.. E NJ Taylor. Those from the
navy include Lieut. Comdr. Everett
d. Capehart Lieut. Comdr. II. NJ.
Griffin, Lieut. J. H Lawson, and
Lieut., 4. ]. McCown. From the Ma
rine Corps, Capt. L. C. Shepherd and
Capt. David Barry. These aides all
had to march in the procession last
Friday with the President. They
will be a busy little bunch Of aides
this winter-that much is certain.
Col. Sheriff. was decorated by the
President last week in the blue
room for meritorious conduct in the
world war. He has a French deco
others also, but of that I am not
sure.
HOW TO WEAR
YOUR DECORATIONS.
Due to the fact that there will be
many ceremonial and social &C.
casions in this city during the con-
ference on the Limitation OF arma-
mett, which viii require the wear
ing by service men OF decorations.
medals and badges, the adjutant
general of the army has issued a
circular calling special attention to
the regulations on the subject. He
says that when decorations and
service medals are worn. all those
to which the wearer II entitled will
be worn by officers and enlisted
men in formation. Dut that ofncers
and enlisted men not In formation
may omit the wearing Of some for
the purpose Of especially empha>
sizing or giving special honor 70
those which they individually con-
slider particularly appropriate to the
occasion.
It Is also stated that unless the
ceremonial or social occasion II
given by or 10 In honor Of the ON
Gals Of some particular nation. the
ceremonial and social occasions
connected with the conference
should be considered Of q general
nature requiring the wearing Of all
decorations and service medals to
which the wearer is entitled
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the rule which provides that at
least one American decoration or
service medal will be worn with
foreign decorations.
I'm very grateful to the adiutant
general for issuing the information
for I've often wondered about the
matter and yet no officer I asked
seemed to be sure he knew all about
II: he only knew something about
Il. --
Quite . few people began for the
FIRST time last week to receive in
formally. to have their days at
home" Among them were Mrs.
Irvine L Lenroot and Mrs. John H
Hewson. Mrs. John A Lejeune, wife
Of Maj. Gen. Lejeune. waa at home
last Monday but for the second time
this season.
After Mrs. Harding and the Cab
met hostesses. perhaps one Of the
busiest women in Washington this
season will be Mrs. Lenroot, who
besides her duties as a Senatorial
hostess Is president Of the Congress
sional Club. This club. which has
increased In membership and i'm
portanne as the nation has grown.
this winter faces unusual response
bility and multitudinous demands.
Mrs. Lenroot knows the orEaniza-
tion perfectly. as ner experience
goes back to the days when she was
one OF the hostesses of the Lower
House and when she represented