The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-15
LIEUT.. RUMBOUGH
GOES TO NEW YORK
TOWED AN H[|RESS
Gets Leave Of Absence, But
Is Not Permitted To
Quit The Army.

Leaving Troop A of the Fifteenth cav
airy at Winchester, Va, to which plac'
'an overland trip had been made from
Fort Myer for the purpose of giving al
exhibition drill, Lieut. Stanley Maddo,
Rumbough is fastening to New York to-
day, ana on Wednesday of next weei
will be married to Miss Elizabeth Morse
Colgate, despite the fact he is not to be
permitted to resign from the United
a., States Army.
The marriage ceremony will be per-
formed at IL o'clock noon In the
Onteora church, Tannersville, New
York. A wedding trip will be made to
Europe, where Lieut.. Rumbough in
tended to spend two years studying
French and German until he was sur
prised by the War Department with
refusal to accept his resignation.
When the acceptance Of his resigna-
ton was refused, Lieut.. Rumbough was
given a leave of absence for three
months with the privilege of a three
months extension. Classmates OF his
at West Point and officers who were as
ISOLATED with him at the officers club
at Fort Myer. expect that he Will re-
turn to Fort Myer after his six months
leave. He has been stationed at Fort
Myer since the first Of the year.
Lieut.. Rumbough did not entertain the
slightest doubt that he would be per-
mitted to leave the service until he re-
ceived the rigidly formal advice from
the War Department that his applica-
ton had been received. The notice was
from General Leonard Wood, who
resides Just across the street from
Lieutenant Rumbough's quarters.
conference failed to change the de-
cision of the department, and the lieu
tenant accepted the inevitable. While
TO explanation was given for the re-
fusal, army men are Of the opinion that
the scarcity of officers is entirely re-
Eponsible. The War Department has
announced that 1t intends to commits
out Of civilian life. A course such as
Lieutenant Rumbough finished at West
Point, with the class OF 1909, costs the
Government several thousand dollars.
New York heiress. the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Colgate, heavy stock
holders In the large soap mandatory
bearing the name Of the Colgates.
Lieutenant Rumbough seldom spoke
of his approaching marriage even to the
Officers who were his classmates in
West Point Little is known of his
plans for the trip abroad. except that
he intends to take up the study of
not to be permitted to remain in Flu
rope two years. Upon his return to
America Lieutenant Runbough had in
tended 10 enter into commercial life,
but parents of the bride-to-be deny that
he Intended to enter into a business as
with her father II IS expected
that he will endeaVcr to bring enough |
pressure TO bear to force the accent |
lnce of his resignation, so that he can
ultimately enter civilian life again.
Lieutenant Rumbough is popular. |
Last winter he was one of the PresJ
dents Junior aides. He is from an old |
army family. His grandfather was an
'rIny officer. His father and his uncle /
ire colonies, and he has a brother who
s in the service.
Lieutenant Rumbough made the over
and trip to Winchester, Va, with Troop
leaving Fort Myer the first of the
week. Upon arriving there he was pnr-
Ilitted TO go on leave.
The wedding is to be military.