The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-02-23
HARDING COMPLETES
ANNOUNCEMENT
Of CABINET.
SELECTS EDWIN DENBT, OF DE-
TROIT, MICH, FOR NAVY SEC
RETARYSHIP -CHOICE WAS
FIRST BIG SURPRISE AMONG
PORTFOLIO SELECTIONS
OTHER MEMBERS NAMED ~

The new cabinet as selected by
Fresident=elect Harding will be:
Secretary of State-Charles Evans
Hughes, New York. =.
Secretary of the Treasury-An-
drew Mellon, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of War-John W. Weeks
of Massachusetts,.
Attorney General-Harry NJ
Daugherty, of Ohio.
Postmaster General-Will H. Hays
of Indiana. |
Secretary Of the Navy-Edwin
DENLY, of Michigan.
Secretary of the Interior-A. B.
Fall of New Mexico.
Secretary of Agriculture-Henry
Wallace of Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce-Herbert
Hoover, of California.
Secretary of ,Labor-James J. Da-
Wis, of Pennsylvania.
d. st. Augustine, Fla, Feb. o.
President-elect Harding completed
his cabinet slate today by a virtual
selection of Edwin DENLY, of Detroit,
Mich, as secretary of the navy.
The choice was the first big sur
prise among. the cabinet selections,
Mr.. Denby's name having never ap-
peared in newspaper speculation.
He is an attorney and former
member of congress and has served
as an enlisted man in wartime in both
the navy and marine corps,
Mr.. DENLY served three terms as a
member of Congress, from 1905 to
1911 and is veteran of both the Span
ish-American and world wars. In the
former he was a gunner's - tie on
the U. S. S. Yosemite and in the
world war he was a sergeant in the
marine corps. He was placed in the
service with rank of major on Janu-
ary /, 1919.
A native of Evansville, Ind, Mr..
DENLY is the son of Charles DENLY,
former American minister to China.
He was educated in the high school
at Evansville and went to China in
1885 with his Chinese imperial Gus
toms service father.-Mr. Denby was
in the Chinese imperial customs ser.
vice for several years, returning to
this country in 1894.
Mr.. DENLY was admitted to the bar
in 1896 and was member of the
Michigan house of representatives
from 1902 to 1908.
was NeHpef Oh Vl6rlucS.
Washington, Feb. 22.-Edwin
Denby, whose appointment as Secre-
tary of the Navy was announced to-
day enlisted as private in the Unit
ed States marine corps at the out
break of the European war and was
sent to Paris Island, S. c., the re-
cruit training camp for tine eastern
section of the country. Completing
the regular 'boot" training given
all marines, he was transferred to
the non-commissioned officers school
where he won corporal's chevrons.
He proved an efficient drill-master
and rose through the rank from SER
geant to second lieutenant.
St. Augustine, Fla, Feb. 22-Her-
tert Hoover, of California and James
J. Davis of Pennsylvania, virtually
have been chosen for membership in
Fresident-elect Harding's cabinet,
leaving open but one place which now
seems certain to go to a dark horse.
A, tentative offer of the portfolio of
commerce is understood to have been
made to Mr.. Hoover and the general
expectation here is that the former
food administrator will accept.
Mr.. Davis, who was a former steel
worker snd now banker, is to be
Secretary of Labor if the cabinet slate
goes through as it now stands. 1t
is believed no final offer has been
made to him although he has been
asked to hold himself in readiness for
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