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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1917)
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 19. 1917. MEN IN MANY LINES 1G ; ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF PORTLAND MEN WHO WON COMMISSIONS AT PRESIDIO OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP- , -J Y k - A 1 J , I A i I 'v fcl o i!L rr- f l00ysz- V P " 1 f v WW - - - I WIN COMMISSIONS Several Newly-Made Army Of ficers. Return to Portland Before Taking Commands. ATHLETES ARE PROMINENT Business and Public Circles Arc Also AVclI Represented Compe tition Keen and Honors Are Won by Close Margins. Those from Portland who. were suc cessful in their examinations at the Presidio, and are now wearing: the in signia of commissioned officers of the Army of the United States, came from many walks of life and occupations identified with the commercial activity of the city. V - Among: the Lieutenants and Captains are young: men who formerly were clerks in local offices, or bookkeepers, or bankers, or engineers. The - rank which they have won was, in many cases, a most agreeable surprise to their friends. Also, there is a general feeling among those who attended and those who knew the men, that the com petition for the places was entirely, fair, but that many failed of selection by the narrowest of margins, so keen was the competition. Many of them have returned to Port land, awaiting he.re the further orders of the Government. " Many prominent local athletes and clubmen are in the lists, and a few oth ers are men who have made a Kood start in the business world of the city. Some of those who have won dis tinction, and are now wearing the uni form of the United States Army, are: CaptainM. Philip H. Carroll, formerly of Kood River, who has won a commission as Captain in the Artillery Section, O. R. C, is a resident of Portland at present, living: at 175 North Twenty-fourth street. He is married, and Mrs. Car roll was Frances Nelson, of Albany. They have a daughter about a year old. He is .the son of Mrs. Emma B. Car roll. Mr. Carroll is particularly well quali fied, as he spent three years in West Point, as an appointee from Michigan. He was honorably discharged, with credits, to enter the University of Mich igan at a time when the Michigan foot ball team was the terror of the Big Nine Conference. As a youth, Mr. Car roll studied in France and Switzerland, and he speaks French and German flu ently. For the last eight years Mr. Carroll has been ranching at Hood River, and has given some time to the apple brok erage business with A. P. Henningsen. He was in New York when applications for the Reserve Officers' Training Camp were being taken, and he hurried back to apply. Albert E. Cooper won a captaincy in the O. R. C. He had held the same rank In the National Guard. He i3 40 years old and was born in Detroit, Mich. He has been here about, six years, during which time he has been inter ested in military affairs. He was Cap tain 'of Company F, Oregon National Guard. In business he was associated with B. W. Graham, in the Piatt build ing. Floyd J. -Cook is a member of the firm of Campbell, Smith & Cook, deal ing in investments and general insur ance. He was vice-president of this firm. He was born in Portland, is 34 years old and unmarried. He Is the son of Vincent Cook, and went to Portland Academy for preparatory work, and then to Lawrenceville, N. J. He ha been a member of his firm for two years. He is commissioned Captain in the infantry. . Clarence L. Stoddard, who received a commission as a Captain, is a graduate of Hill Military Academy. Edward C. Sammons is. a Portland boy who has always been a leader In athletics, club life and in the business affairs around him. He is a Captain and 26 years old. He was born in Portland and is the Ron of Mrs. M. Sammons, with whom he made his home at 69 East Eigh teenth street. He first went to the old Williams-Avenue School and left there to take a position with The Oregonian, attending night school at Lincoln High. He rose rapidly in the newspaper pro fession and left there to enter the service of the Lumbermens National Bank. First he was credit man, and after three years became assistant cashier a few months ago. He has been one of the big men at Multnomah Club in terested in almost every phase of its activities. He was also a Mazama and a member of the Portland Rowing Club and is an excellent oarsman. Hal H. Rasch, one of the Portland men who won a Captaincy by his work at the training camp, is one of the greatest athletes ever turned out by the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. It is not going too far to say that had he desired he could have qualified as a professional in swimming, in box ing and in wrestling, for he has been pronounced by different instructors in these athletic arts at the club as a great athlete in them all. From 1902 to 1905 he won every gold Tnedal put up by the Multnomah Club for the best all-around gymnast and athlete. In 1S9-7 he won the amateur high Jumping championship of the Pa cific Northwest, competing under the Multnomah Club colors. s-He has been honored by various of fices at the club. For two years he was on its board of directors; he served as treasurer for two years, "and he has been chairman of the committee on in door athletics and of the Turkish bath ' committee. He has also been captain of the Multnomah Club basketball team and was fullback several years "ago on its greatest football teams. He is also a member of the Portland Rowing Club and of the Portland Yacht Club. He is a good oarsman, canoeist and yachtsman. He sailed the sloop Viking for four years. Another interesting feature about his appointment as Captain is that he was commissioned on August 13, the 19th anniversary of the capitulation of Ma nila. The Second Oregon Volunteers, in which he was a soldier, raised the first American flag over the city. His company, H, commanded by Captain now Major Charles E. McDonell, occu pied the Custom-House. Word has been received here from San Francisco that Captain Rasch was the first in his company at the Pre sidio training camp to1 be recommended for a commission. Hal H.- Rasch is 37 years old. He came to Portland with his parents when he was .5 years old and has lived here 32 vears. He is a graduate and post graduate of the old Portland High School. t '.T. Andre-Fouilhoux is made a Cap tain. He has had many years of mili tary experience and has studied the - riA -VV jfx I - s ? h -v .rxr&W V-WVV Jr,Sv4awy. v v& -V'l -2rJ ' ' -i.'- i3? 1 ' v.,A V 4L t'i"'' ' -f 1 i' :. ; : W A? . . if S ! l ; erOT . - d '-T? 'Ajf ye, JfA "A'AA ? X'l 5 AUsr Af S European, methods in the drill schools of tl)at land. He was born in Paris in 1880 and went to the Ecole Centrale and later to the National Military School. He won a commission and for two years was in the army of the republic'., From there he went to Spain, where he studied' the language and the people and then came to America being an architect in Baltimore. Then he went to New York, where for several years he was connected with one of the larg est of architectural firms. Nine years ago he came to Portland and was made a member of the firm of Whitehouse & Fouilhoux, architects, who have designed many public and private buildings of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Fouilhoux live at 688 Marshall street. Jacob Kanzler, who won the title of Captain in the infantry, has been much in the public life of Portland the last few -years. He has been connected with the Chamber of Commerce two years. A 1 m He is 37 years old,, and was born at Kearney, Kan. He came . to Portland nine years ago to practice law. He studied law at Columbia University, and had previously graduated from the State University of Kansas, where he took military training. He was always interested in military affairs and was a Captain in the Na tional Guard of that state before com ing here. He won the Pershing medal for drill at Fort Riley some years ago, and was well posted on drill and mili tary affairs. He is married and resides at 1335 East Thirty-fifth street. . ... Captain John Maglnnls is - a timber 1 cruiser, associated -with C. - P. Ma- ginnis, his father, a local lumberman. Their offices are in the McKay build ing. In Portland, he made his home with his father at' .460 Holladay avenue. He came here from Morris, Minn., about '10 years ago, and had seen mili tary service before. He was a sergeant in the Spanish-American War, though but 20 years old. He is married, and Mrs. Maginnls is now with him in the South. ' Charles H. Abercrombie won a com mission as Captain. He is a lawyer connected witn the Security Savings & Trust Company. He is 45 years old. He has had considerable military ex perience, having been in charge of the on National Guard at Astoria at the time of the fishermen's strike. He also was City Attorney of Astoria for several years before taking up his residence in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Abercrombie live at 67 East Seventeenth street North. Lester W. Humphreys has for several years been a member of the firm of Chamberlain, Thomas, Kraemer & Humphreys. He won a Captaincy and is 36 years old. He was a sergeant" in the Spanish American War and has recently been recommended for appointment as Min ister to Siam. - C. II. Hodges, another of the 'success- ful candidates for Captain, is an at torney associated with Arthur LanR guth, with offices in the McKay build ing. He is 36 years old and is not' mar- -ried. -He formerlv was connected with the Spokane. Portland & Seattle Railway. He graduated from the University of Oregon law school in 1914. Captain Austin B. Richeson was a member of The Oregonian editorial staff when he received his commis sion in April last direct from the War Department. He was ordered shortly after to enter, the training camp at the Presidio, his commission being con firmed at the close of the training period. Captain Richeson is 34 yearn old. married. and. with his wife and two children, resides in Portland. He has served nine years in the ranks of the regular Army, fought in the Phil ippine campaign and saw service in Hawaii. He rose to the rank of sergeant-major. He is a native of Chicago and a brother is now with the Cana dian engineers on the western front in Europe. First Lieutenants. Glenn H. Ticer is a First Lieutenant in the Infantry. He came to Portland a few years ago and has been connect ed with the Portland Wood Pipe Coin-Pan- . . . ' , Mr. Ticer went to scnooi m but had no previous military experi ence. He is an aggressive young busi ness man, who has been much interest ed in several of the local Dusiness ami. social clubs. He is 27 years of age and not married. Aubrey R. Watzek is anothr young attorney who -won a commission as First Lieutenant In the Field Artillery Section, O. R. C. He came to Oregon a few years ago from Davenport. Iowa. He graduated from Yale in 1909 with a degree of B. A., and made LU B. in 1912. He was in the offices of Piatt & Piatt, attorneys here, for five years, and was the fifth member of the law partner ship just a few months ago. His father is Dr. J. "W". Watzek. treasurer of the Weston Lumber Com pany, at WTarren. He is single and 30 years old. a m First Lieutenant Rogers MacVeagh is a lawyer, who, for several years, has been associated with the firm of Teal, Minor & Winfree. He is the son-in-law -of A. L. Mills and came to Portland a few years ago after graduation from the law school at Harvard. Mr. MacVeagh had been interested in military affairs for some time, and had taken active interest in the battery here, and had been to the officers' camps of the year before at Del Monte. He was assigned to tho Field Artillery Section of the Officers Reserve. ... Rov IC. Terry is a young lawyer who has been associated with his uncle, Gus Moser. He won a commission w First Lieutenant ana is assigns w .im mediate active duty. He is now hero and will leave after a furlough of 10 days, and will be stationed at American Lake. ... Lieutenant Terry is the son oi iir. a Tori-v nf this city, a grauusno Lincoln High School and the law de partment of the University or vjregon. He later went to Harvard, where he graduated in 1914. He is 27 years old and unmarried. C. J. Roberson. who won a commis a brother sion as First ueuwnmii to W. B. Roberson. f 441 Montgomery drive. He i 34 vears old and married. He went to school in iuicnisan aim came to Oregon a short while ago. Arthur A. Murphy was Deputy Dis trict Attorney for Multnomah County and Assistant United States Attorney. u a commission as First Lieuten. ant. He is 31 years old and with Mrs. Murphy makes his home at 736 Last Burnside street. . He graduated from Stanford Univer sity and was also a member of the Na tional Guard. His mother. Mrs. Dan Murphy, also lives in Portland, at the Carmelita Apartments. George M. White, a successful candi date for First Lieutenant, went to school here and was an athlete. He went to Hill Military Academy. He is assigned to artillery, O. R. C. ... Ralph .1. Hurlburt is another well known clubman and athlete starring for several years with Multnomah Club. He is the son of Sheriff Hurl burt and is married, living at Alvarado. Mr. Hurlburt is an attorney, being part of the firm of Hurlburt & Leyton. He had no previous military training, but won a First Lieutenancy. He went to Portland Academy and grad uated from the University or Michigan, where he was a star of the gridiron. John C. Burgard is a son of John H. Burgard and was in business with his father. He won the rank of First Lieutenant, although he had had no previous military experience. He went to Portland cademy and later to the University of Oregon. He is unmarried and 26 years old. ... Olaf P. Winningstad is the son of O P Winningstad. at one time chief engineer for the O.-W. R. & N. Railway Company. He went to school in Port land and attended Hill Military Acad emy. Since that time he has been a radio operator and also attended the University of California. He is Second Lieutenant and about 25 years old. Second Lieutenants. Elton C. Loucks is a Second Lieuten ant in the Quartermaster's Department. He is a famous athlete and for several years was the star of local inter-collegiate athletics. He went to the Uni versity of Oregon, and after gradua tion entered the Harvard law school. He was in attendance there when ho made application for the Reserve Corps at Plattsburg. but he was sent to San Francisco instead. He is the son of Charles A. Loucks, of this city. Following graduation from Oregon, he taught school at Mc Minnville for two years. He is 25 years old. John M. Colon, who is a Second Lieu tenant, field artillery, came here from New York, where he went to school. He studied engineering and in Portland was associated with the George D. Lee advertising agency. He is married and is living at 4l Hawthorne avenue, the home of his wife's parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Boyd. Mrs. Boyd is the daughter of the late Captain A. B. Stuart. U. S. A. ... James Cellars, who is a Second Lieu tenant in the artillery section, was a reporter on The Oregonian and.left that position to join the colors. He is the son of George B. Cellars, 224 East Eleventh street North. He at tended Washington High School and then studied in the East. Collin Livingstone is the son of Rob ert Livingstone, 71S King street, a financial agent. He is 26 years old and went to Portland Academy and was in school in the East when he entered the camp. He is a Second Lieutenant. field artillery section. P. W. Gillette, who won a commission as Second Lieutenant in the cavalry section of the O. R. C is the son of Mrs. Mary M. Gillette, 1904 Ab-arnethy street. He is 23 years old and is not married. He is In the insurance business here and was with Troop A on the border when Captain George A. -White, now Adjutant - General. Oregon National Guard, commanded the cavalry. His father was Prestou W. Gillette. ... Thomas Gillard comes of a family of (.Concluded ou rage 17, Column 2.)
