Milford chronicle., 1926-09-10

infantry, signal corps, medical corps,
coast artillery, field artillery, dental
corps, cavalry, chemical warfare SER
vice, quartermaster corps, air corps,
adjutant generals department, ord
nance department, corps of engi-
neers, veterinary corps, judge advo-
cate Generals department, and the
medical administrative corps all
claim the services of native sons of
Delaware.
The number of men from the Blue
Hen State now in the ranks of the
Army would be difficult to determine,
but the number in the commissioned
grades is fOrty-six. Ten of these
have won their commissions by force
of sheer merit, for, entering the Ar
my as enlisted men, they gradually
worked their way upward until fin
ally, passing the examinations held
at every military post each year,
they were appointed second lieuten-
ants.
The Delaware officers include one
brigadier general, one colonel, four
lieutenant cOlonels, seven majors,
seventeen captains, nine first lieu
tenants and seven second lieuten-
ants. Of this number five have won
formal recognition for their devO-
ton to duty or for bravery on the
field of battle, and are entitled to
wear either the Distinguished Ser
vice Medal or the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross.
Brigadier General Herbert Deak-
yne, the senior officer of the Della
ware contingent, was graduated from
the United States Military Academy
in 1890, as the third highest man in
his class. He was Immediately COM
missioned a second lieutenant in the
corps of engineers, in which branch
he has remained up to the present
time. For several months during anC
Immediately after the World War he
, served as a brigadier general, bu
2 when the Army was demobilized af
, ter the war he was returned to the
, grade of colonel Now, however, h
, is again a brigadier general, and il
on duty as assistant to the Chief o
; Engineers at Washington, D. c. Gen
I eral Deakyne graduated from th'
= Army War College in 1917.
Y Colonel Hamilton S. Hawkins, tn
5 next in rank, graduated from tn
f military academy in 1894 as an addi
tional second lieutenant of cavalary
He was promoted to first lieutenan
during the Spanish-American Wal
For a time he served in the commits
sary and inspector generals depart
ments. and was a colonel of infan
4 try during the World War. He nov
! commands the 3rd Cavalry, tn
"show" cavalry regiment of the Al
my, at Fort Myer, Va. Colonel HaW
kins is a graduate of the Army Stai
College, a distinguished graduate c
v the School of the Line, and a grad
uate of the Cavalry School.
+ One of the most prominent of tn
Blue Hens Chickens in the Regula
, Army is Lieutenant Colonel Alexan
:, der H. Davidson. Colonel Davidso
4 served in practically every enliste
v grade in Troop E, 4th Cavalry, fro1
9 March, 1890, to July, 1899, when h
p was appointed a first lieutenant l
: the seth U. S. Infantry. For shol
time after he was mustered out
!. the close of the Spanish-Amerlca
. War he served as private, sergeaI
i and first sergeant of Troop K, l3t
o Cavalry. In February, 1901, he wa
commissioned a first lieutenant
cavalry. During the World War Co
8 oneI Davidson was decorated wit
u the Distinguished Service Cross "fo
. extraordinary heroism against a
!, armed enemy" In 1928 he graduate
Il from the advanced course of the CAY
u airy School at Fort Riley, Kansa
e He is now stationed with the 1O4t
10 Reserve Division at Salt Lake Cit,
Utah.
r Lieutenant Colonel John NJ. Dun
l. won his commission from the N;
n tional Guard in 1899. He was a di'
e, tinguished graduate of the Coast A.
lie tillery School in 1909; a graduate
S the School of the Line, 1922, Gener;
lr Staff School, 1928, and of the Arm
y War College, 1924. His services du
lie ing the World War won for him tt