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In 1917 he would have been pitching for the New York Giants in the National League (his best year). Born: William Dayton Perritt

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Frank Edgar Evans (19 November 1876 – 25 November 1941) served as an infantryman in the Spanish–American War, and was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps on 15 February 1900. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Evans

Appears to have been a captain at the time of this portrait.

He ended up a Brigadier General (USMC) www.arlingtoncemetery.net/feevans.htm Would appear to have a Sumner Class Destroyer (WWII era) named after him too.

Thank you all for the added details about Frank Edgar Evans and his military service. We will add some of the details to the record description when we update.

In June, 1917, Major Frank E. Evans, was in charge of Marine Corps recruiting in New York. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C0CE3D8123BE0...

AKA USS Recruit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Recruit_%281917%29

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It's apparent from another photo of this event from the New York Herald, June 10, 1917, that the woman addressing the recruits between the big guns is Margaret M. Crumpacker, Commandant of the Woman's Auxiliary for Naval Recruiting, later called the League for Sailors Comfort and Cheer. fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/New%20York%20NY%20Herald... bklyn.newspapers.com/image/55633045/ Margaret Murray Crumpacker was the second wife and widow of Jonathan W. Crumpacker, a member of a prominent Indiana political family who had been a state senator and was a federal appointee to the New Mexico territorial supreme court. She came to New York after his death in 1904 and went to France in December, 1915 to aid with the wounded and see the trenches first hand. She was active in WWI preparedness, then in recruiting after the U.S. entered the war in 1917. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24441555 www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24441588 archives.chicagotribune.com/1916/10/01/page/7/article/hom...

Art Siegel: Thanks for identifying the woman in the photo. We'll add her name when we next update.