Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
Secretary Adams and
Aide Visit Quantico
For Post Inspection
Military Honors Accorded
Navy Head and Reception
Tendered-Society News
and Special Personal
Notes.

QUANTICO., Va, May l1.-Saturday
May 4, the Secretary of the Navy. Mr.
Adams, and his aide, Capt. w. G. Neill
U. S. N, visited the post on a tour o.
inspection. The Secretary was giver
military honorS and was met by a re.
ceptlon committee, consisting of officer!
OF the post, among whom were Brig
Gen. Harry Lee, Col Eli T. Freyer
Col. James C. Breckenridge, Lieut.. Coils
Raymond B. Sullivan. Thomas c. Turn.
er and Charles F. Williams. Capt Rob-
ert G. Heiner. Medical Corps, u. S. N.
MaJs. Robert L. Denig and James l.
Underhill. Lieut.. Albert A. L. Orr. Civil
Engineer Corps. u. S. N, in charge OF
construction: CaptS. lie Roy P. Hunt
David R. Nimmer and w. E. McCaugh-
try and Lieut. w. D. BaSsett. The avia-
tors at Brown Field arranged a special
program of demonstration and stunt
flying that was one of the features of
the day. OF particular interest was the
new construction work now going on
under direction of Lieut.. Ort. This is
the first official visit of the new Secre-
tary to the post.
Brig Gen Smedley Butler spent last
week end at Atlantic City with his FAM
lily. Gen. Butler gave lecture to the
officers of the post in the Marine Corps
schools Tuesday morning, using as his
topic, "EXpeditionary Duty in China"
The base ball games for the week have
been causing a great deal of excite
ment. Tuesday and Wednesday after
moons the post team played the Temple
University team of Philadelphia, and
Friday and Saturday the visiting team
was from the University of West Vir-
gl1lia. Both teams were the guests of
the post at the Officers' Club while here
and taken on sightseeing trips by off,
GERS of the post
A number of planes left Brown Field
tuesday afternoon for Newark, N j.,
to participate in the opening of an air
port there Wednesday.
Mrs. Nimmer, wife of Capt David r.
Nimmer, was called to her home in In
diana last week by the illness of her
mother, Mrs. GWynne. who now is con-
valescing
Capt and Mrs. Omar T. Pfeiffer left
Friday for motor tour of the Shenan-
doah Valley. returning to the post
Sunday night
Maj. De Witt Peck. who is on leave
prior to going to sea duty with the fleet
in Southern waters, spent several days
of this week on the post.
Dance at Officers Club
Sponsored by Bachelors.
d
the Officers Club on Thursday night,
which was sponsored by the bachelor
officers on the post and some of the
younger married officers.
Friday night the enlisted men of the
post were hosts at very novel dance
called movie dance" The showing
of moving pictures was featured dur
ing the dancing. Music was furnished
by the post orchestra.
ClYTt1e TO-.
this week by Mrs. Ridderhof, wife of
Lieut.. Stanley Ridderhof and Mrs
McDermot1- wife of Lieut.. Comdr. E. l..
McDermott, Medical Corps, United
States Navy. Mrs. Phillips wife of
Capt. Claude A. Phillips, entertained
for the Thursday Afternoon Bridge
Club this week.
Maj. and Mrs. c. ]. Miller are spend
ing this week end in Westminster, Md.
where they went to attend the wedding
Saturday of Miss Gwendolyn Steale. a
sister of Mrs. Plat, wife of Comdr.
=. B. Plat. who is on duty here. Mrs.
Platt has been in Westminster the en-
tire week.
Mrs. e. o. saltmarsh left Tuesday
for her home in Pensacola, Fla. after
spending several weeks at the post
with her son-in-law and daughter,
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Harry Lee.
The regular get-together bridge as
sennbly was held Friday evening at the
Officers Club.
Maj. and Mrs c. J. Miller enter
tanned a party of eight at dinner prior
to the bridge meet Friday night.
Mrs Arnett, wife of Capt. r. Ar
nett, is spending the week end at her
home in Annapolis with her sister
Mrs. A. c. Collins
Among the new arrivals on the post
are Lieut.. Leo Heally, who just arrived
from the West Coast, and Lieut.. r. NJ
Gulick.
Officers Transferred
From Posts in Nicaragua.
Among the recent arrivals at the post
from duty in Nicaragua are Lieut.. Col
c. r. Sanderson, who has been ordered
to Philadelphia for duty; Lieut.. @. H.
Towner, who is on the post awaiting
further orders; Lieut.. w. j. Whaling,
who came UP to join the rife team
for its coming matches, and Lieut..
Elmer Hall, who will be on duty here
for the present. A number of other
officers are due to arrive from Nicaragua
in the near future.
Lieut.. L. B. Cresswell has received
orders for duty in China and will sail
late in May. Lieut.. and Mrs. Cress-
we'll left the post this week on leave
prior to going to China.
Lieut.. and Mrs. E. L. Pugh have left
the post on several weeks leave. Lieut.
Pugh expects to be transferred to other
duty in the near future.
Mrs. Boyden, wife of Lieut.. Hayne
Boyden, returned last Saturday from
trip to the West Indies where she went
with the Beebe expedition Of deep sea
exploring. Mrs Boyden has been on
several similar expeditions. ..
Mrs. Randall. wife of Maj. d. M.
Randall, returned this week from Par
ris Island. where she has been visiting
friends for several weeks.
Mrs. Turner, wife of Lieut.. Col. T. c.
Turner arrived last week to join her
husband. Col. Turner, who is in COM