The Washington times., 1929-03-27
Man on Horseback Will Be in Group
lArOund President at White House
NeIMilitary Aide Has
Won Distinction for
Skill as Rider

Although President Hoover
is represented as doubling
that he will find time for
riding in his Administration,
there will undoubtedly be
MAN on Horseback" at the
White House. He is Lieut..
Col. Campbell B. Hodges,
newly appointed military
aide to the President. His
skill as a horseman is said
to have appealed particularly
to King Alfonso of Spain
and to have contributed in
no small measure to the
esteem which this monarch
felt for the young American
when he was military attache
of the L. S. Embassy in
Madrid.
Good Looking Bachelor
Colonel Hodges comes to Wash
ington from West Point, where
he has been serving as COM
mandant of cadets. He saw
duty in the Philippines, on the
Mexican border and later with
the Thirtv-first Division over
seas, when he won the Distin-
guished Service Medal. More
over, he is a bachelor-and an
uncommonly good-looking one.
It is the custom to restrict
the group of White House
aides to bachelors-except in the
case of the Presidents chief
military and naval aides. Col.
Osmun Latrobe, who was Colonel
Hodges predecessor, is married
and so is Capt. Wilson Brown,
the naval aide, who also served
as commandant of the Pres
idential yacht, the Mayflower-
now scrapped with the White
House stables in an economy
move which seems to be rather
more personal in its applications
than was the famous Coolidge
economy"
Captain Brown. by the way,
had asked to be relieved Of COM
mand of the Mayflower in May,
and hopes to go to Europe on
leave before being detailed to 4
new post. The new naval aide has
not yet been appointed.
Earning Their Oats
President Coolidge spent much
time 'in the saddle" but it was
astride his mechanical horse. John
Coolidge used to ride a good deal
when he was at the White House,
usually with Comdr. Joel T. Boone,
the Presidents physician. as his
companion. But not sincesPresident
Roosevelt's day have the White
House horses really earned their
oats.
The so-called White House sta.
bles are maintained by the quar-
termaster's branch of the War
Department, by which the seven
horses included will be absorbed.
But should any of the pr esidential
household desire to ride, therell
be no difficulty in borrowing
mount from the War Depart
ment
And perhaps. while President
Hoover's medicine ball Cabinet"
is having its workout in a Sc
cluded corper of the White House
grounds, Colonel Hodges will take
his medicine on horseback along
the bride paths of Potomac Park
or Rock Creek Park.
X X
The Ambasss dor of Cuba and
Nine. Ferrara. who have been in
Havana for a visit, will return
to Washington for Easter.
The Chilean ambassador. Don
Carlos G. Davila, left yesterday
for New York, where he will pass
several days before Joining Nine.
Davila at Atlantic City, The
Ambassador and Nine. Davila
will remain in Atlantic City over
the weekend.
The Minister of Greece and
Nine. Simopoulos have leased the
Covell cottage at Newport r. l.,
again for the summer.
The Minister of the Irish Free
State and Mrs MacWhite will be
the honor guests at dinner this
evening Of Representative and
Mrs. Sol Bloom.
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