Evening star., 1942-12-16
Japs Hold 10 Officers
From Washington.
And Vicinity
War Department Reports
1877 Army Personnel
Coptives in Philippines

1877 Army Personnel
Coptives in Philippines
Five Army officers from the WASH
ington area, four from nearby Mary
land and Virginia, and a lieutenant
colonel who once starred in ath-
letics for Episcopal High School in
Alexandria are among the 1877
American soldiers held prisoners
OF war by the Japanese in the
Philippines, the War Department
announced yesterday.
Names and addresses Of the WASH
ington officers, as listed in the War
Department communique, are:
1t. Col. William H. Maverick,
whose wife lives at 1900 Clifton
street NV.
1t. Col. Dennis M. Moore, whose
brother, Col. Robert S. Moore, lives
at 1900 F street NV.
1t. Col. Edwin v. Kerr, whose
wife. son and married daughter live
at 4463 Alabama avenue Sc.
Maj. Philip G. Lauman, jr., whose
parents, Navy Capt and Mrs. P. G.
Lauman, live at 5000 Cathedral ave-
nee NV.
Maj. Horace Greeley, whose wife
lives at 1914 South Arlington Ridge
road, Arlington.
Nearby Residents.
Prisoners from nearby Maryland
and Virginia include:
Maj. Leigh A. Fuller, whose wife
lives at Annapolis, Md.
Maj. Everett L. Warner, whose
mother Mrs. Sarah A. Warner, lives
at Pikesville, Md.
1t. Col. Halstead C. Fowler, whose
wife lives at Charlottesville, Va.
Maj. Charles F. Harrison, jr.,
whose father lives at Leesburg. Va.
Also listed was the name of 1t.
Col. Thomas j. N. Trapnell, former
star athlete at Episcopal High
School in Alexandria and West
Point, who was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for his
service on Bataan. Col Trapnell
was credited by Gen. Macarthur
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an enemy advance with complete
disregard for his personal safety and
set an inspiring example to his entire
regiment"
His aunt. Mrs. Thomas B. Trap
nell, lives in Falls Church, Va, while
cousin, 1t. Comdr. F.. M. Trapnell,
resides here at 1927 Hoban road NV.
Family in Texas.
1t. Col Maverick, 35, is a first
cousin of Maury Maverick, chief of
the Governmental Requirements Di-
vision OF the War Production Board.
The colonel's wife and 12-year- old
daughter, Laura Louise, are now in
Texas, but have been staying with
his mother-in-l law, Mrs Anna L.
Bassett, at the Clifton Terrace
Apartments.
According to Mrs. Bassett the last
word received from Col. Maverick
was letter written shortly before
the fall of Bataan, which was found
in a mailbag floating in the Pacific
after the freighter bringing it from
the Philippines had been torpedoed.
A native of San Antonio, Tex, the
colonel received his early education
in France, where his father, Robert
Maverick. was in American foreign
service during the World War 1
period. He later was graduated from
the Universinty of Virginia
He was commissioned a second
lieutenant In February, 1929, at
Kelly Field in San Antonio and later
became flying instructor at RAN
dolph Field. He attended the Air
Corps Tactical School in 1889 and
saw service in Panama before going
to the Philippines in October. 1910.
Mrs. Maverick was with her husband
in the Philippines until evacuated
in June, 194l.
1t. Col. Moore. AZ, Is also a native
Of Texas. He lived in Ada. Okla, for
many years and graduated from the
East Central Teachers College there
before going to West Point, where he
graduated with the class of 1924.
Infantry Officer.
An infantry officer, Col. Moore has
completed courses at the General
Staff School at Fort Leavenworth,
Kans.; the Infantry School at Fort
Benning, Ga, and the Tank School
at Fort Meade, Md. He was at Fort
Meade in 1890.
The colonels wife and 14-year-old
daughter are now in San Antonio.
Tex. He went to the Philippines
about year before the war began.
1t. Col. Kerr. A, Is the son of
Judge S. B. Kerr of Metropolis. ILL.,;
attended the University of Illinois
and graduated from West Point in
1919.
A field artillery ofncer he was one
OF the officers in charge of the Gold
Star Mothers pilgrimage to France
in 1882. Prior to that time he
served a three-yea tour of duty in
Hawaii.
He was in charge of military
training at the Fishburne Military
Academy, Waynesboro, Va, for five
years until 1887. He went to the
Philippines in 1910, after two years
at Fort Ethan Allen in Vermont.
His wife came to Washington be-
cause their son, Edwin B. Kerr, is a
first-year man at West Point, and
because she has relatives here. Her
sister is the wife Of Senator Dennis
M. Chavez of New Mexico. Col.
Kerr's daughter is also living here
at the Alabama avenue address
while her husband. Maj. William A.
Fussman, Is on maneuvers with the
Army.
Service Family Member.
Maj. Lauman is 81 years old and
member of service family. His
father, Capt. p G. Lauman, U. S. NJ,
is with the Bureau of Ships here;
his sister, Miss Anne Carter Lau-
man, is an ensign in the WAVES