Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1925, Page 95

BY LEE POE HART. ORE than 10 per cent of the entire representation of the people of the United States in the incoming Congress consists of men who have een important military service, most- in the World War. During the last Congress a former service men’s organization was formeid among those who had fought under the Nation's flag, and it was largely due to the efforts of that then small £roup that a new committee on World War veterans' legislation was organ ized, of which Representative Royal C. Johnson -of South Dakota is chalrman. With greatly increased numbers, this strong group of former service men will redouble their efforts to see that the maimed and diseased comrades who fought in the greatest war in all his- toFy get adequate care and support from a grateful Natlon. With _Vice President Dawes and House Leader Tilson and others by the score who are most conspicuous on both Republican and Democrati sides numbered among the former service men, there is little thought of forming a military bloc, or using this | group to advance party or individual interests. These veterans are almost 10 & unit strictly citizen soldiers, with 10 great leaning toward building up a military machine. Almost to a man, they treasure a: acred thelr military service to the country in her hour of need and have no intention of capital- izing it efther for political party or for individual advancement. Unanimously, however, they are for the policies mentioned. ' They know what the men in Walter Reed and Mount Alto and the other Veteran Jureau hospitals went through over- seas. They are soulsickened by the anguish of those who fell a prey to shrapnel, poison gas. bombs and “Blg rthas.” Out of their own war ex yerfences they know what the maimed went through. Thrilled with own new opportunities in life, feel it a sacred obligation to use their prpsent positions in the Lody to help their brothers in arms who are henceforth handicapped Champ Clark, the late Speaker of the House, in_“My Quarter Century of American Politics,” wrote very war in which we have been | | | i imed | to influen they | o 5 Wi St Former Service Men in Congress Growing in Numerical Strength Present Representation by Those Who Have Fought Under Nation’s Flag Promises Favorable Action on Reclief Measures for War Sufferers. . VICE PRESIDENT DAWES REVIEWING THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD T CAMP GRANT, ROCKFORD. IL “ongress was the unsuccessful attempt ce the law-making bodies to remove Gen. Jackso together with vette Square, because they are not regarded as artistic. Certain | esthetes have bes ing for a score | of years to urge Congress transfer the | statue from the center of that park. | avowing also that it obstructs the | view of the White House. In unison, | Congress each time has answered: | “The Iron Soldier of the Hermitage deserves too well of the republic to | have his efigy crowded off into some obscure spot.” As the reading of a roll call in the inth session of Congress will, | convey semblance of the list | recipien: f World W citations, | 1A Hickory” is certain to keep his | place “in the sun | Upon the Senate chamber rostrum | Vice President Dawes, of “Hell and Maria” fame and general in the A. E. | F., will assume full command. 1t is no secret that he is determined to| accomplish a reform of the staid Sen- e. By virtue of respective ranks brigadier general, Senator Hi Bingham of Connecticut, successor the late Senator Brandegee. and ator Lawrence Davis Tyson of Tennes see, who is taking his seat for the| first time, are leaders of the Senate's military contingent on the floor. The new Senator from Tennessee stands | alone on the Democratic side of the Senate as a World War veteran. | Any contest concerning aviation will | find a well versed champion in Senator | Bingham. Serving as chief of and South Carolina Camp barked for I his horse and his guns, from the cen-| command of | ter of La law-making | IS sector, 1918 August Somme brigade Kkilled an brij trained troops at enville, S, C.; em- 10. 1918, in nding at iwements comprised canal Belgium, July 1 te August Ypres-Lys offensi 30 1o Seotember affensive, nce. September October 20, 1918; lost in own of 8000 men over 3.700 in wounded with United St Sevier, dais; en, 1o ade es from ' Senator Arthur Robinson, successor the late Senator Ralston of In- tna. 3xceptional gallantry on the battle- 1d at the Union Army's siege of ort Hudson during the Civil War on Senator Warren of Wyoming the | mgressional Medal of Honor, the ighest decoration awarded by the nited States. Gen. Pershing is a on-inlaw of the Senate's Civil War iero. In the House of Representatives here are but few States without one »r more members of the delegation aving World War service. Alabama has Representatives Lister Hill and Lamar Jeffers. Represent- ative Hill served throughout the wa nd iy a_member of the American teglon. ~Representative Jeffers, an other Alabama warrior in. Congress, | olunteered sooin after war was de- ared and spent many months at the ront_with the Infantry, until wound »d, October 1 1918, at St. Juvin, “rance. He was decorated with the \merican Distinguished Service Cross. Representative (at large) Carl Hay ien, Democrat, is Arizona’s warrior- statesman. He held the rank of major of Infantry, according to the Con- ressional Directory. California has in its delegation three World War veterans, Representatives Swing, Lineberger and Albert E. Car. ler, successor to MacLafferty. Iepre- sentative Swing was a county chai man of “Four Minute Men" and chairman of executive committee for | liberty loan drives during the early part of the war. His record continues: | “Put in 4.A classification by draft board, waived exemptions, and en i was In service at Camp Taylor, A glorified genealogy. mainly de voted to Revolutionary War ancestry, showing six generations of pionec forebears in America, is included in ntative Lineberger's blograph ral sketch, The subject of the sketch enlisted in the engineer branch of the service soon after entrance of the United ates in the \ rld - War, served 15 months in France and was wounded in action. Wounded in action five times while serving with the 6th Regiment of the Marine Corps is the V ld War ex perience of Representative Updike, the new membar from Indlana. He is the first vocational trainee of the Veterans' Bureau to come to Con gress. Representative Lloyd Thurston, the new member of the lowa delegation in the House, has the distinction of serving in the Spanish-American and World Wars. Kentucky has Representative | M. Vinson of World War fame. * x ok ok Fred | N Representattves Tydings and Hill | Maryland has two World War he roes. The former served from April 1917, to June 1, 1919, and was pro { moted through ranks from enlisted man to lieutenant He was cited for bravery in action by Gens Pershing, Morton and Upton, and was awarded the Distinguished Servic Medal. Recipient of the Croix de Guerre, S. M., Legion of Honor and Medal La Solidaridad, Representative John Philip Hill was one of the young est officers of the war, holding the | rank of lieutenant colonel. He was in the thick of battle at the front. be. colonel | shows that he owned the tract, En. | Elizabeth Queen . 1925_PART 5. 'Some Old Wills Are Found Valuable In Further Study of Queen Family Rambler Promises Additional Research to Determine Earliest Facts About Tract of LLand Which for Many Years Bore the Name of Enclosure. HE will of Richard Queen, dated | April 25, 1793, and giving to | Bishop John Carroll two acres for a_church, shows the Cath- olic Chapel—Queen’s Chapel— | was standing at that time. The will of Samuel Queen, December 27, 1773, | closure, on which Brookland and St. Francis e Sales Church (Queen's Chapel) stand. I belleve that Lang-| don and Woodridge are also on En. closure. That tract and one named Haddock Hills joined, but the line be- | tween them is hard for me to trace, but I am sure Queen’s Chapel is on Enclosure. In a trip to the courthouse at Marlboro the Rambler found papers useful in making out the story of the Queen family and Queen's Chapel, but he did not find the deed under which the first Queen bought land within the District. There is testimony that one of the family bought land in Prince Georges County, north of the Eastern | Branch, in 1722, but the deed I8 the | best evidence gnd will also name the | earlier owner. The Rambler will go | \zain to Marlboro and he hopes to get | at the beginning of this story before | he comes to its end | In al stories about Queen’s | Chapel and land around it are refer- ences to the will of Richard Queen, but the Rambler thought it would be the will and give it to | Please bear in mind that its date | 1793. It follows: ‘ n the name of God, Amen. Richard Queen of Prince Georges being now advanced in age | and weak in body though perfect In | mind and memory do make this, my last will and testament, in the manner | and form as follows: Item: I give and | bequeath all my whole personal prop- | erty to be equally divided amongst my several children, viz, James | Queen, Mary Queen. Joseph Queen, | Marsham Queen. Elean. Queen, | amuel Queen, it id division of property be not made | until my just debts be pald unless my executors, to he hereafter named, may think proper to make the aforesald | division and in this case it is my will | 1t an equal part of each division be held by my executors to thé full an- | swering and paying off all my lawful and just debts. Item: I give and be gueath o my friend the Right Rev Tohn Carroll. Bishop of Balthmore, his heirs and assigns forever, they r maining members of the Ron n Catholick Church, two acres of land where the Roman Catholick now stands, heing part of tr Land ealled the inclosure My ion and will is that the s if Land be solely for th nd is my wish that this s my personal Inten employved and used | religious purposes of the Ro man Catholick Congregations. T do hereby oblige my Executors to meas. ure off and bound the sald two acres | of Land within 12 months after my demise in the following manner: In the presence of the aforesaid Right | Rev. John Carroll, Bishop of Balti- | more, or his assigns, my Executors I measure off or cause to bhe meas- | in this case it is my wish that the sald children who thus marry shou part from the house in which live and I do herchy from the Day of their Marriage further advantage whether dir indirect arising from the use Lands now possessed by or hereafter miy be possessed cx that my said children thus n shall succeed to the division with other children from in the monies foresaid sale of my Item, I do appoint my tw Joseph Queen and Marsham Que sole Executors of this oy and Testament my Executors should hoth lif otherwise he Testament revoking me made.” Dated 25 April e Walter Queen, Elizabeth and Mary Boarman. Offered fc bate at Upper Marlboro 1794 Josurin was named in last all other w 1793 *ok K & Sunday ble, the reference to him being as real Estate Tast and in case that vendered Chapel | pable by insanity of executing my ct of | Will and Testament I do hereby | point my loving son Samuel to be 1 id two acres ( sole Executor of this my last Will an October QUEEN, son of Richard RECTORY OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES CHURCH. my children 1d de I nos nd Mary them ! The of all ect or of the epting warried my raised Q testato bought 1l fr 3 Columbia Queen Lis life pass to 1nd He does not him o sons o sen my Will these rt this nca last A Susann That nor back shown dated Upper will 1 1een o Do ills by e Wit | frailty Queen r pro- | make ar Lequeath Que 1l to sa Easte forever Kitts Queen. Charles n property arsh ind he d oceupy thit the children of Walter mention and the n v Guisor t of 1l will ember Marlboro, Prince Georges County considerin and uncertainty and now being sick onstitute this to be my will and testament my that belonging closure lving on the north side of the rn Branch to h Item, I give Queen Queen Richard Louisa Queen teviews that I of Walter 1 of the had Quee Distri ects tw the nd durin, his~death it sha Walter n, Wil ili Henry | Blader of nership of land in t District goes far shteenth century is of Samuel Queen 2 and filed at | Neale, March 21 1. The the of human life and weak of body last ltem. I give and loving son Samuel track or parcell of | to me called the In | Qucen bequest) ol Plunke ve pour friend were celebr | cis | Queen |ing b | Franeis He misde education of his The Anne est | ecutors. n and his heirs | Boarman 1 bequeath to | Ther { Princ o the river srovision ir personnel in Washington he is quali fied to report on the individual merits . S of airmen whose names come before i - E { | southeast. Congressional and the ing assigned to the defense center sec iy tor Haute-Alsace and Meuse-Argonne offensive. Representativ Hill also | served on the Mexican border In 1916 | With Representative Stobbs, the new s = member from Massachusetts. the Old S = | Bay State has & World War contin Nazaire. March 15, 1919, mustered out | gent of five. The other Massachusetts April 16, 1819; awarded distinguished | arriors are Representatives Andrew. service medal for ey B Leach, Connery and Frothingham. | torious and distinguished service. Stobbs served throughout the war | While Senator Reed of Pennsylvania. period as captain « the Massachu apparently, directed t brevity setts State Guard. Representative An- | vail in the reference to his m | drew probably holds the record for | ctivities ~_appearing in the Con-!jength of service overseas, having 1 Directory as the mere men. been in France continuou: for four' | tie ( his World War ent iSand a half years during the World given, “Whe's Who in America” plays | \War, first with French. later ‘with up the Senator's awurds of the Dis-| 'pited States. He held the rank of tinguished Service Medil (. 8) and | jjeutenant colonei, and his gallantry the Chevalier Legion of Honor|won him the Croix de Guerre and Le Henry ~Queen (French). gion of Honor from the French army 8 e th County. L arp . shooting records of the i : & my World War are cherished by Senator § Queer Smith Brookhart, Republican, of Towa. Ho Ya rvice in the Spanish-Amer- Count and volunteered for the chery border defense. In the The urea World War Senator Brookhart was The witnesses lieutenant colonel of Infantry, per- < and Christopher forming distinguished service as chief ved at ‘Bl lensburg instructor in marksmanship at Camp road” was that which Perry and Camp Benning schools. He ern Branch near the was captain of the American Palma Pennsylvania avenue. A |rifie team which won the world e - bridge was built there. 1 | championship in 1912, and is now | y ___ BROKEN GRAVESTONES AT QUEI Part of the bri | president of the Natlonal Rifle Asso- | y | B American forces i | iationtor America | % ’ a line 16 perches passing |chaser at marshal's sale of two tracts it being feaved tf | Senator Howell, Republican, of Ne- | perches of the aforesald | (hat helonged to Walter Queen. One marching from Mariboro. would cross | braska, who graduated from -the - . ! s it now stands and they| % "€ that bridge. They entered the Dis | United’ States Naval Academy in the | 1 4 i shall plant a stone Boundary at each '; 1"’]:’3"‘5“53 “}""*“*l'd*" of Had- trict by way of the road over Lowndes ne. < e re 1 Flaks ot 1005, oAt as Tatanitt . end of said line of 20 pyrches includ- | dock Hills, bought by Hill “through Sand street. Bladens presidential nominee in 1860, | B R otha: moiatle imarive: secral (n said line of 16 perches these two lines | 2¢TeS—part of Enclosure. was hought Bil ke e b, e B b e [ the Senate is that of Senator Means, of 20 perches shall each be terminated | in 1801. Joseph Queen’s will is dated Penn's mill 1. The bridge and contributed to the election of Gen: Republican: of Cobro 1t eans by stone boundaries. My intention ix | November 3, 1801, and was probated repaired but caught fire from a stean Rutherford B. Hayes, Gen. James A. . leusic it oulbreal ! of ' the Spamish that all these foresaid lines exclude as | In 1802. He leaves to his widow. Ann boat's sparks in the n s and wa Garfield, Gen. Benjamin Harrison and | American “War - he was attending much as possible all public roads.|Fdwardina, and Samuel Queen. not rebuilt. For 1 vears it wa Maj. Willlam .\'f‘l\l!\lo}' It also noml- ;;("hm)l 4'4\‘ \'WIA\ ATDOE, \'”' h. llx\ll re- Item: T leave all my rgal estate now Marsham Queen nd Henry Tobias called “the burnt brid; nated Gen. Winfleld Scott Hancock o A DE AL A e A possessed by me except the two fore- | Jerningham. “all that tract of land in its piles were visible fdr President in 1880, and Gen. Frank [ s said two acres of Land or whatever | the County of Washington, District of Pennsylvania Avenue | P. Blair for Vice President on the Vbt b s Batag coel may be hereafter possessed by myself | Columbia, being part of « tract called built—I think in 1891, I ticket of Horatjo Seymour in 1868.” | LBy e S OUDHEGY Jeng. com- or by my heirs as such to be sold at,Haddocks Hill containing 90 acres.’ he date. but this stor , ssioned second lieutenant. Served| : 5 up the date. but this st Clark added en our brief war, in the Philippine campaigns with his the discretion of my Executors in the; Other land he leaves to his brothe the Queens and Queens Chapel “'"‘21:33::“‘[?:1 ‘“T:élioii‘“‘fi‘;:;;:‘?‘fil REPRESENTATIVE UPDIKE OF | regiment, being promoted once. recom. | manner 1ulml at ths;m!lme] they (hinlL.JX:-ntnefi,‘i\l rsha;}\ m;.l Samuel, to hi not about bridges. When writing t in v: ¢ e i 4 3 proper elther by public sale or private | sister Mary, wife of Henry Gardiner. D Sle my will i4 that the monies aris. | his sister Ileanor and his sister Elis ting Col. Fraed! or tho Comgreastonat Moam ward, Walter and Henry, he names | Good Hope series of rambles. a to the Presidency. e 1 these daughters: Catherine. Henrietta |or so ago. I met a few old-tim * k% % 2 i ing from said sale or sales be equally { abeth Bowman, wife of Jarred S. Bow- | aivided amongst my seven children!man. He leaves part of his estate to! Branc no n the 1 REPRESENTATIVE HAMILTON _FISH OF NEW YOR the Senate. With the certainty of air-| a craft pressure arising before the legis lative bodles this session, a man of Senator Bingham's prestige in avia- tlon will be for “the good of the service As evidence of his experience in avlation, Senator Bingham's war rec- ord, included in his biographical sketch, reads: “Captain of headquarters company. 10th Field Artillery, Connecticut Na- tional Guard, in 1916; iearned to flv in 1917, and in May organized United Yard Hop Yard exter east corner touck near hirteent! and north REPRESENTATIVE B. CARROLL REECE_OF TENNESSEE. engaged has produced a President or Presidents. Of course, this does not apply to our various Indian wars, although certain of them have helped in sending men to the White House. “The Revolutionary Washington President,” the Missouri statesman continued, “and aided Monroe and Jackson to realize their highest ambition. Monroé was little more than a boy while serving in the | Army, saw little service. and rose to | no high rank i Aaron Burr, o brilliant soldi who liked him mnot, sneeringly di ~clared that his chief duties in the Army were to keep Lord Stirling's nkard filled and listen with appar- en® interest to his lordship's long- winded stories: but the testimony of his comrades was to the effect that Monroe was a good. if not a dis- tinguished, soldier. “The War of 1812 made Presidents of Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison, and a Vice Pres went of Col. Richard Mentor John- | son. It also assisted Gen. Lewis | Cass, Gen. Zachary Taylor and Gen. Winfleld Scott in achieving presi- dential nominations. | “The Mexican War made Presi-: dents of Taylor and Pierce, and gave Scott a presidential nomination. It 4180 was one of the reasons wh ) parts of Abraham War made ueens in expec ernment The deed I tell 16 7. and is planter, of Prince from ican tree conveyed was David end « believe. August, 1814 the Briti CHAPE track of land belonging to me in St. Marys County and called Underwood Witnesses were Edward Edelen George Adler and Thomas Edelen, jr The will 4 Queen, son of the above was offered for probate M. He gives 10 Lis “loving Edward Queen, the nd belonging to me called Enclosure g on the North side of the East n Branch, likewise one negro called loe and one cow and calf and no other part of my movable estate.” He leaves to his sons, Walter and Henry Queen, “all that track of land” be longing to him called Underwood in St. Marys County. Beside the sons. was Joseph son, Iy and some of the idge “new could SENATOR TYSON IN THE UNI FORM OF A BRIGADIER GE {orders three times. During the World and Maryann Queed. Witnesses to|who called Naylor road “the Burnt INCE the time of the First Congress | States Schools of Military War served as lieutenant colonel and the will were Richard Queen, Samuel | Bridge road there have been many laudable displays of respect for military senti- ment in the governing bodies by non- service statesmen, as well as for war heroes who have won prominence first on the field of battle. An outstanding example of the solidity with which mil- jtary sentiment has been upheld in SENATOR BINGHAM OF CON. NECTICUT, WHO COMMAND- ED FLYING SCHOOLS IN THIS COUNTRY AND FRANCE DUR- NG THE WORLD WAR. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. | April, 1918, he went to France: com- ord of the Senate comrade | signed to 9th United States Infantry tics, of which he was in charge until November, 1917; chief of air personnel in Washington thereafter until, in Aeronau- ( | manded the flving school at Issoudun until December 26, 1918." | Senator Bingham's identification | with the military recently has been given prominent display through his serving as a_ member martial jury trying Col. of the court- | Mitchell. . x x PERIADS Senator Tyson posses the most brilliant World War rec- Leading | his record of war service in his| biography. Senator Tyson mentioned | his -son’s service as a lieutenant in | naval Alr Service, in which line of | defense he met his death: Senator Ty son’s biography also reveals that he was a graduate of West Point in the class of 1883, and continues: “A: served 12 years in Wyoming, Kansas Arizona, New York, New Mexico and Tennessee; professor military science and tactics University of Tennessee; resigned United States Army commis. sion, 1895, to practice law in Knox ville; volunteered for Spanish-Ameri. can War in 1898; appointed by Presi- dent- McKinley colonel 6th United States Volunteer Infantry, which he | recruited, trained and took to Porto Rico for service: mustered out March 15, 1899: volunteered at outbreak of World War and commissioned briga- | dier general in command of all ) tional Guard troops of Tennessee; later commissioned by President Wil- son brigadier general, assigned to 53th Brigade, 30th Division, composed of 117th and118th Infantry Regiments and 114th Machine Gun Battalions—made wp chiefly of men of Tenuessee, Nuilh commandant School of | fantr {to the United States.” of the 40th Division Arms, and the 157th In- “olorado’s own—on its return SEETES THER World War veterans in the Senate of the -ninth Con- i gress are Senator Guy Despard Goff, | Republican, of West Virginia, and REPRESENTATIVE JOHN PHILIP HILL OF MARYLAND. ERAL. while the United States decorated hte warrior with the Distinguished Serv- {ice Medal. Enlisting as a private at the out-| break of the war, Representative Con. | nery served 19 months in France as a member of the famous Yankee divis- ion. He was promoted from private | to regimental color sergeant for meri- | torious service. | After serving his country as a| Marine Devil Dog during the Spanish- { American War, Representative Froth- ingham heard the call to arms again {upon entrance of the United States| lin the World War. He held the rank | of major in the Army during the late war, and was first ice commander of the Massachusetts branch of the American Legion. Representative Leach was a captain of ordnance in the war. John B. Sosnowski, the new mem- ber from Michigan, whose brief bi- ography in the Congressional Direc- tory for the Sixty-ninth Congress de- scribes him as “100 per cent Rebub- lican,” gives his State a total of four World War veterans. Representative Vincent resigned the office of prose- cuting attorney of Saginaw County to enter the Army and served 21 months during the World War—10 I months in France, as first lieutenant of Infantry. Another of the Spanish and World | War veterans is Representative Wood- ruff, Republican, of Bay City, Mich. He served as an enlisted man through the Spanish War and was a major of infantry during the late war. Representative McLeod trained for war service at the Avlation Ground School at Cornell University, served as sergeant in Military Intelligence Divisiolf and was commissionsd ees- | or Estates be sold by my | elected to succeed Sydney Anderson, |ing the Army Air Service in 1917, he viz. James Queen. Mary Queen. Jo- seph Queen, Marscham Queen, Elean- der Queen, Elizabeth Queen, Samuel Queen. “I do hereby appoint my Executor | to be sole manager of all my Lands until the aforesaid sale shall take | place. Should it happen that any of ! my children at present unmarried should marry before my Real Estate F2xecutors | ond lieutenant in same, also commis- | sioned captain in the United States | Reserve Force. e Allan J. Furlow. the Representative | gives Minnesota representation in the military contingent in the House. In the Sixty-ninth Congress there will be only one World War veteran from Mississippi. as Humphreys®' de- feat leaves Representative Rankin the sole legionnaire from his State sit- ting in Congress. Representative Hawes, Democrat, of Missouri, who is a son of a Con- federate veteran, and Representative Milligan give Missouri representation. Representative Milligan enlisted as a private at the outbreak of the war and was a captain when he embarked for France in April, 1918, a year later. Representative _Simmons, Repub lican, is the sole World War veteran in the House from Nebraska. Enter- qualified as a balloon observer and licensed spherical balloon pilot and was commissioned in 1918. Repre- sentative Simmons served as com- mander of the American Legion, De- partment. of Nebraska. The new Representative at large from Nevada, Samuel S. Arentz, was feoaaued on Fouiih Paged TOMBSTONE INSCRIBED: “HANNAH A. QUEE . CONSORT OF JOHN RANDOLPH QUEE! DIED 183" BORN 181,