Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1919 — NAVAL OFFICER VISITS RENSSELAER FRIENDS. [ARTICLE]

NAVAL OFFICER VISITS RENSSELAER FRIENDS.

Ensign Cecil G. Cooley, who was enroute from California to his home Ifi Indianapolis, stopped off here Thursday evening and remained until this Friday evening. While here he was the guest of Louis H. Hamilton and family, of North Van Rensselaer street, and other friends. Ensign Cooley’s picture and the following article appeared in Friday’s Indianapolis Star: Ensign Cecil G. Cooley, United States navy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John O. Cooley, 556 Pershing avenue, has received his discharge in California, according to word reing the cruise to the Pacific with the Pacific fleet. Ensign Cooley enlisted in the naval service in May, and obtained a commission as ensign in the reserve corps in September, after which he was ordered to Annapolis for a four months’ course in marine engineering. At the completion of his course, January 1, 1919, he reported to the U. S. S. Arkansas at Hampton Roads, Va., for duty. The Arkansas sailed for Cuba February 3 and spent nine weeks in fleet maneuvers, after which it was ordered to England for duty in. connection with the naval transatlantic flight, and was in Plymouth, England, when the NC-4 completed its journey. The Arkansas then proceeded to Brest, where through a happy coincidence, Ensign Cooley and his brother, Corporal William R. Cooley, who had 'been in France for more than a year, were able to see each other. While being lightered out to the Leviathan in the harbor for homeward passage, Corporal Cooley noticed the Arkansas and got word to his brother that he was on the Leviathan, with the result that the ■two had a short talk just before the Leviathan sailed. Ensign Cooley will continue his studies in engineering this winter at Purdue university, where he was a member of the varsity football team in 1917. He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.