Cadets Graduate at West Point Class of 1907
West Point held graduation exercises under threatening skies as Brig Gen Duval officiated. 111 cadets received diplomas led by top graduates James G Steese and Roger G Alexander. Costa Rican cadet Arthur R Calvo drew applause as his father, the minister, conferred his son’s diploma. After ceremonies the class marched to barracks, then departed for theater and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
United States Military Academy
Board of Visitors
Academy
Hugh L. Scott
H. R. Lawton
Georgia
William P. Davis
James G. Steese
Mount Holy Springs
Roger G. Alexander
Paris
Thomas L. Coles
Huntsville
Ale
John ‘A.holabird
Evanston
Tll
Gibert E
Arthur R. Calvo
Miltary Academy
Congress
M. Wilder
Col
W. H. Wilder
Philippines
New York
Army Orders Leave of absence and retirements listed
Army orders detail leaves of absence for officers of multiple corps, plus transfers to postings, retirements and boards. It notes dissolving the San Francisco retiring board, appointment of new examination boards at Camp Columbia and San Francisco, and numerous movements of naval vessels and officers to Nebraska, Maine, and other posts.
Naval militia strength and Newport News bid news
A naval militia strength table shows total United States crews at 5 07 with 473 officers and 4 624 enlisted, listing state by state officer and enlistment figures. The Treasury accepts Newport News Shipbuilding bid to reconstruct a new Revenue Cutter Service destroyer for 244 500 dollars, due by June 1 1908, 204 feet long with 34 foot beam and 1 12 foot draft, coal capacity 300 tons plus and about a 5000 mile steaming radius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newterr
United’ States
Ioinets
California
York
Ohio
Rhea
Jeland
Jeland, 18T; ‘Sooth Carolins
North Carolina
Minnesota
Michigan
Newport News Shipbuilding. Company
Secretary of the Treasury
Jas
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Revenue Cutter Service
Navy to Use British Ships for Coal Transport
The Merchant Marine League protests the Navy Department plan to use British bottoms to move coal from Norfolk to Pacific Coast points amid coal shortages at San Francisco and Puget Sound. Secretary Metcalf asserts American vessels are preferred and available, arguing foreign shipments would harm U.S. interests and cost more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Merchant Marine League
Norfolk
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Metcalf
Department
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service Station Changes
The Public Health and Marine Hospital Service announces station and duty transfers for officers and leaves of several Acting and Passed Assistant Surgeons and Pharmacists. Changes include D Currie moves from San Francisco to Honolulu, multiple officers on leave ranging from four to fifteen days, and J W La Grange and others relocating. A Galveston board convenes June 10 for physical exams of a Revenue Cutter Service officer with G M Corput and W H Gammon presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Currie
San Francisco
Honolulu
J. 5. Bready
W. R. Hunter
W. C. Mason
W.L. Royster
Albert F. Stuart
W. R. P. Thompson
Coatzacoalcos
Mexico
Saliaraz
F. Townsend
T. D. Walker
J. Lab. Ward
J. W. la Grange
Savannsh
Orders to Marine Officers Engage Recruiting and Training Posts
First Lieut. John H. White granted leave until July 15. Capt. Frank E yana retired to temporary duty with the Marine Corps rifle team at Camp Admiral Harrington Va. First Lieut. Clayburn McCawley detached to recruit district with HQ Indianapolis Ind. First Lieut. Daniel W. Blake detached to recruit district HQ Cincinnati Ohio. Second Lieut. Maurice E. Shearer detached from Mare Island Cal to Annapolis Md. Second Lieut. Henjamin B. Gomsett sick leave revoked and to temporary duty at Marine Barracks Washington DC. Second Lieut. Logen Tucker to temporary duty at Marine Barracks Washington DC with leave revoked. Officers under investigation at Annapolis Md ordered to report June 26 to participate in target practice at Camp Harrington Va. Second cuts listed. Torpedo Flotilla sails for Newport Norfolk Va June 14. Ships will train in Narragansett Bay until Atlantic Fleet reassembles in New England. War ships Alabama Connecticut Yankton arrive in New York from Hampton Roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia W. Griffin
Second Field Artillery
Edgar H. Yule
Robert L. Hirst
General Staff
Samuel E. Lambert
Owen G. Collins
Coast Artillery Corps
Walter CG. Short
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Charles L. Willard
Signal Corps
Wiley P. Mangum, Jr
Eighth Cavalry
Walter H. Smith
Army Retiring Board
San Francisco
Cal
William S. Petree
Ordnance Department
Fils City
Pierce M. B. Travis
Army
Camp Columbia
Cuba
Robert Smart
Army of Cuban Pacification
John V. White
Fort Stevens
Oreg
John C. Ashburn
Fifth Infantry
West Point
Paul W. Beck
Department of California
Thomas F. Ryan
Eleventh Cavalry
Oicer
Springfield
Mass
Bellows
Falls
Heuben
Turner
Highth Infantry
Boise
Idaho
William L. Pitcher
Twenty- Seventh Infantry
James Parker
Richard W. Johnson
Charles G. Treat
Harry L. Gilchrist
Harry E. Comstock
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Frederick Funston
United States Army
Alfred Reynolds
Twenty- Second Infantry
John A. Lamdeen
George H. Torney
James M. Kennedy
Robert Whitfield
William H. Noble
Twenty-third Infantry
Boston
Mars
Great Falla
Somersworth
N. H
John H. White
Frank E_ yana
Marine Corps Rifle Team
Camp Admiral Harrington
Clayburn McCawley
Wabash
Indianapolis
Ind
Daniel W. Blake
Ohio
Cincinnati
Maurice E. Shearer
Marine Barracks
Mare Island
School of Application
Annapolis
Henjamin B. Gomsett
United States Forces
Havana
Marines Barracks
Washington, D.C
Logen Tucker
Washington, D. C
Marina Barracks
Annepolis
Admiral Harrington
Harold H. Utley
Howard
Judson
Allan M. Sumner
Willaim F. Bevan
John Potts
Edward P. Roelker
Edward A. Qetermann
Edward & Willing
James N. Sutton
Withdrawal of Interdo y English Government Order Issued
Unclear OCR fragment reports withdrawal of an order related to the visit of Prides Mushimi to Chatham England. Details are illegible. text references June and a fire incident. No clear names, dates, or actionable facts available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
England
Patriotic Day Celebrations Honor Flag's Birthday
Grand Army of the Republic veterans spoke in schools and at the Government Printing Office as 1200 people sang the Star Spangled Banner and other patriotic tunes. Gov. Hoch of Kansas addressed Franklin School pupils while Treasury clerks in the Post Office building joined in flag day tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Post-office
G. A. R. Veterans
Republic
United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Betsy Ross
J. H. Bradford
Department of the Potomac
Government Printing Office
Government Printing Office Council
National Union
Thomas LU. Jones
America
Stillings
Treasury Department
George B. Cartel
A. T. Huntington
Joang
W. E H. Andrews
Central Court
Columbia
Gem of the Ocean
América
Hessier
St Patrick's Academy Holds Flag Day Commencement
The annual exercises at St Patrick's Academy in Carroll Hall northwest were held yesterday morning. Rev. Father McGuigan directed the academy run by the Sisters of Holy Cross. The program featured a Stars and Stripes tribute by a boys chorus and a solo by Master Joseph Lucas. Diplomas and promotions were conferred by Very Rev. D. J. O'Connell as ill rector Father Stafford missed the ceremony. Graduates include Katherine P Brennan Anna C Brennan Susie I Burdine Elizabeth T Frey Mary H Sanford. Katharine Brennan gave the salutation with Irene Burdine following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Academy
Carroll Hall
Sisters of Holy Cross
Father McGuigan
Joseph Lucas
Baby Bunting
Father Stafford
St. Patrick's Church
D. J. O'Connell
Catholic University of America
Katherine P. Brennan
Anna C. Brennan
Susie I. Burdine
Elizabeth T. Frey
Mary H. Sanford
Katherine Brennan
Irene Burdine Derere
Essay on Iluaions and Brittany Evening Prayer Program
A school program featured Degnan presenting an essay on Illusions and a reading on Tamed towns. Students performed songs and a semi chorus of seniors, with pieces like The Wind and the Sunbeam. Participants included Mary Snow, Maze Lyons, Katie Fegan, Marjorie Durham, Genevieve Gaskill, Catherine Sullivan, Nellie Johnson, and Rene Kenney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Degnan
Shasie
Chaminade’s
Brittany
Mary
Snow
Maze
Lyons
Katie Fegan
Marjorie
Durham
Patriot Day Exercises Mark 130th Birth Anniversary of flag
In Eastern Presbyterian Church Sixth and Maryland avenue northeast a patriotic program honored the 130th anniversary of the American flag. George H. Thomas Post and Woman's Relief Corps organized the event with Civil War veterans present and performances by Miss Gussie Palmer and Miss Rosamond Meacham. Col. E A Keeler spoke on flag reverence as Deputy Auditor Andrews addressed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Presbyterian Church
Sixth
Maryland Avenue
George H. Thomas Post
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republics
Gussie Palmer
Honn
Rosamond Meacham
E. A. Keeler
United States
Andrews
Hastings
Nebr
Morgan
George H. Thomas Relief Corps
Mer
Marion McCoy
Marion McKay
Barbara Frietchie
Misa Dorothy
Madge MacMillan
Hetth Lukie
Clara J. Magee
Gertrude Morgan
Mary W. S. Thatcher
Nora
B.atkinson
Lizzie
Mia. Langham
Jennie. Stretch
Silk Flag Presented to Mrs Ball at Flag Day Rite
Mrs Isabel Worrell Ball, DC Flag Day founder, received a silk flag during last night’s exercises at the Church of Our Father. Her work helped the Woman's Relief Corps secure a 2000 appropriation from Congress for school flags in 1896. Church decor included flags and flowers from Mrs John Mc Hlrey and Nellie Alling as a musical program followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Worrell Ball
Woman's Relief Corps
Church of Our Father
Weather Man Predicts Two Days Of Springlike Weather
A playful weather column proclaims a brief spell of fair and warmer conditions for the next two days. It describes the Weather Bureau sign reading fair and warmer and jokes about the public's wish for sun before the Fourth of July. The piece lightly mocks the weatherman as he forecasts sun and warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Washington
Boston Hosts of Abruzzi At Park Country Club
Mr and Mrs Larz Anderson and Mrs George von L Meyer to entertain the Duke of the Abruzzi during his Boston visit. A reception and dancing to follow at Park Country Club on June 19 as part of the social events surrounding the races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larz Anderson
George von L. Meyer
Duke
Washington Post
Boston
Duke of the
Urgos cereals for babies and prevention of summer sickness
A Society for the Prevention of Sickness issues a bulletin on hot weather diseases in children. It promotes a special diet based on non condensed milk, with changes to aid infant digestion and reduce illness during the heated season. The plan includes a cow’s milk alternative and a mild laxative, aiming to ease suffering and save expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For Prevention of Sickness
Society For the Prevention of Sickness
Ociety. Ia
Daya
Society Notes on Nurses and Fashionable Figures
The piece recounts social shifts as Katherine Whipple Porter rejects a society path to train as a nurse, while Mrs. Susan Selfridge faces bankruptcy after lavish ventures. It highlights Mrs. McKim's London fashion, Newport society, and prominent families visiting or staging entertainments, with notes on wardrobes and trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debu
Tayue
Katherine
Louise
Worcester
Mass
Ither Presbyterian’ Hospital
Philadelphia
William Whipple
Daniels-Cornell Company
Religious services and world tour notes in Washington listings
Public worship schedules across PIRST CONGREGATIONAL FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST EVANGELICAL SCIENTIST CHURCH and YWCA entries, with sermons on The Devil's Philosophy of Life and The Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force, plus Miss Lilian Adler's world tour in a self driven 60 horsepower automobile from New York to Europe and the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirst Congregational
Row
D. C
Ti A. Ip
J. W. Bischoff
Christian Endeavor
Christian
Science
Ramuel H. Wood
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Fifteenth
R Streeta
Northwest
Fabie
Traders’ National Bank
Tenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Evangelical Christian’ Science
Lilian Everett Adler
New York
Burone
Miss Adler
Spencer Arms
Sixty-ninth Street
Broadway
Irene
Charles FE. Adler
Paris
Switzerland
Alps
Italy
Mediterranean
Moses Names Committee on Manufactures for Chamber
Arthur C. Moses announced the Washington Chamber of Commerce committee on manufactures yesterday. The standing panel includes Moses as chairman, John J. Weaver as vice chair, with members George Howard F L Siddons W H Corby E B Croop D A Smith E O Whitford H C C Stites R L Lamb E C Graham Charles Berry G P Sacks J C Malcolm J T Devine George C Johnson G P Hillan H F Clark J D Callahan T C H Vance and A B Lyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Arthur C. Moses
Chamber
Moses
John J. Weaver
George Howard
F. L. Siddons
W. H. Corby
EB. H. Croop
D. A. Smith
E. O. Whitford
H.C. C. Stites
R. L. Lamb
E. C. Graham
Charles Berry
G. P. Sacks
J. C. Malcolm
J. T. Devine
George C. Johnson
GP. Hillan
H. F. Clark
J. D. Callahan
A. BL. Lyons
I . Oe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brig. Gen. Duval
Mount Holly Springs
R. E. Coontz
Nebraska
W. R. Shoemaker
Wall
A. Crenshaw
Nebraske
C. A. Abele
D. P. Wickersham
H. McLl. Walker
Maine
F. M. Perkins
J. B. Pond
C. S. Graves
F. L. Preadwell
J. H. Payne
Navy
Providence
W. O. Steadman
J. D. Barber
A. S. Brown
Wavy Yard
J. N. Jordan
Navy Yard
N.Y
Yorktown
Acajutla
Dubuque
Ceiba
Princeton
Mayflower
N. Y
St. Louis
Illinois
Hampton Roads
Kesbsarge
League Islami
Stringham
Wilkes
Delong
Ixad Brockton
Hampton’ Roads
Narragannett Bay
Missouri
Kentucky
Hull
Stewart
Whippie
Truxton
Worden
Hamston Bonds
Norstol
Naval
Churtra
Strenger
Merchant Marine
League
Newport
Stockton
de Long
Thodgers
Virginia Capex
Narragansett Bay
Atlantic
New England
Alabama
Connecticut
Jobis Fa
St. Patrick’s
Lake Kalle
Washington: Colony
Annusiy Feiss
deHzherul
G. HE
Thomas Post
R. Cy
W. BR. C
Weather Man
URGOS
Susan W. Selfridge
New York City
Selfridge
James Russell
Boston Navy Yard
Maznolia
Novempeste
Wiliam Watts Sherman
John Nicholas Brown
Reginald Vanderbilt
Harold Brown
Edith Deacon
Mildred
Irene Sherman
Reggie Vanderpilt
Sandy Point Farms
Cathleen
Marian Fish
Theodore F.jane
Moses Taylor Campbell
Society Strategy Board of
St Cottage
Bellevue Avenue
George Peabody Woetmore
Tme
Fitzhugh Whitehouse
Ogden Goelet
Hermann Opitichs
Ital
John J. Wysong
Greystone
Theodore M. Davis
Egypt
Ocean Drive
Stephen H. Po’. Pell
Sarah Gibbs. Thompson
Robert Means Thompson
Thompson
Pell
Mme. Nazimova
Hedda Gabler
Tuxedo
Long Island
Col. Thompson
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Tyne
Calvary Baptist - Church
Samuel H
Bristow
Alara
Fifth Baptist
E Street
Seventh
Werton
Bruner
I. Pitligen Nore
Seventeenth’ Street
J. Milton
Methodist Epicopal
Metropolitan Memorial M
Frank M. Bristol
D. D
Epworth League
ALL Souls
Uigores
G. B. Pierce
Ministe
Unity Study
Claan
Congregat Ona
Evangelical Christian Science’ Church
Scottish
Rita Hall
G Street
Oliver’ C. Sabin
Martha
van Vonst
Mission of
Our Church
Seata
YOUNG
Women's Christian. Association
Young Women‘s Christian Association
Goathead Dormer
Charles W. Gallagher
Laugha
Japan
Moses Names Committee
National, Biscuit Company
Mar Martet
Cind
Uly
G. Neihardt
Edith M. Thomas
James Neker
Bliss Carman
Elsa Barker
Harriet Gaylord
Edwin L. Sabin
Carolyn Wells
John Kendrick Bangs
Brian Hooker
van Tassel Sutphen
Essess Publishing Co
Fifth Avenue
Eddy
Eddy Refrigerators
Dulin & Martin CO
BON Marche
Seventh Street
Ave
N. W
R. Harris & CO
D Sts
N.W
M. Goldsmith
Penna. Avenue
For
R. P. Andrews Paper Co.,, Inc
la. Av
7Th & Pa
Hilips
Eleventh Street
Washington Gaslight Co
Tenth Street N. W
White House
White “House
Goeytre
Whie Howe
Boston Baking Co
S. W
Surrey
T. E. Young
Pa. Ave. W. W
M. N. Hekimian & Co
13Th and
Paice Lipa
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