Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
Public Asked to Aid
Second Tentative List of Sea Heroes Given and
Corrections or additions Are Invited
for Memorial.
S the District of Columbia World

A S the District Of Columbia World
n War Memorial is under con-
"A struction in West Potomac Park,
1 \ with prospects Of dedication
next Armistice day. the special
committee which is compiling the list
OF the dead to be engraved on the
memorial made public last night It's
second tentative list Of mar IS Of those
who died during the World War while
serving in the United States Navy and
the United States Marine Corps.
The committee, headed by Mai. Gist
Blair. previously had made public the
list OF names from the War Depart
ment list and has been receiving many
helpful suggestions from the public.
Considered Tentative.
The list below is considered as a ten
tative list only. 1t is published by the
committee with view to discovering
! through its perusal by the public wheth-
er there are any corrections, additions
or omissions which should be made.
The committee asks the cooperation OF
the public and announces that persons
having suggestions to make submit
them to Col. Peyton G. hewitt, secre-
tary of the committee, National Guard
Armory, Sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenue. All suggestions will be inves-
tigated by the committee, which hopes
to compile a complete and correct list
before the names are finally placed on
the memorial.
The period fixed by the committee In
selecting the following names from the
Navy and Marine Corps lists is that of
actual participation by the United
States in the World War. from April 6,
-
mittee authorized to prepare the lists
of names for the memorial includes
! Maj. Blair. cha irman Mai. Gen. Anton
Stephan. DR.. p. C. MacNeil. Frederick
H. Brooke. architect and associate men,
Der and Col Peyton G. hewitt, secre-
tary.
Appreciates Help.
The committee. said Mai. Blair
! takes this occasion to publicly thank
those who have written to them as to
names published or omitted from the
War Department list which was pub
| lished in The Sunday Star on May IT.
| Those writing in have done much to
! help the committee to ascertain the
names OF those who should be honored.
All citizens Of Washington and others
! interested are urged to unite in assist
| ing the committee to find the names Of
/ others of the deserving dead who, be-
cause OF their supreme sacrifice for our
! country. should have their names
/ carved in this lasting memorial to Dis
trict of Columbia citizens"
! The tentative list from the Navy and
Marine Corps IL as follows:
Navy.
! John Thomas Banks
Morris Robert Barsock.
| Benjamin Baylor.
WILDER H. Boteler
| Elmer Francis Boyd.
John Francis X r. Brennan.
! Charles Joseph Brewer.
| Harold F1ournoy Brooks.
Charles La Ray Brown.
Edward Joseph Brown.
William Luck Chinn.
John Cole.
| John Crilly, jr.
Alvin Elliott Davis.
John George Egerton.
| Foster Cabert FELTON,.
Franklin Edward Fletcher.
Raymond Lydane Gordon.
Robert Ridgley Griffith.
John Randolph Hartman.
Bertha Ryan Hayes.
| Enrique Hernandez.
| Maron Lester Hodgson.
| Frank Willard Hollows.
James William Hurley.
James Levin G.. King.
! Maurice James Hutton.
! Hubert Alfred johnson.
! George Emmett Killeen.
Joseph Gabriel Mcdonald.
John Allen r. McFadden.
Lemuel B. Miller. jr.
| Samuel Miller, jr.
| Edward Scott Morgan, jr.
Evans Elliott Murray.
| Helen Orchard.
| John Manly Pickrell
| Blanche Eleanor Pierce.
1 william Aubrey Reed.
! William Hedrick Ritenour.
! Paul BARLEY Schwegler.
! Valentine Sellers.
william Patrick Slattery.
Francis Marion Smith.
| Louis Granville Stevens.
! Raymond Leon Stewart.
Albert D. Sturtevant.
Charles Parkinson Talks.
! Francis Aloysius Tenant.
| Lulu May Thrift.
| Russell D. Tibbitts.
| Benjamin Warner.
Edwin Earl Wilkerson.
Survain Austin williams.
/ John Boyd Wolverton.
Marine Corps.
John Irving Burns.
| Henry Eugene Chandler.
| william Godfrey Dillon.
! william ybseph Geary.