Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-20
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Not in a long time has there been q
series Of Army promotions that attracteo
the attention aroused by the recent
! makes" Of IL new general ofhcerS
| Makes" let the uninitiated know. Is
Army slang for jumps in rank which
are not routine rises originating IN
seniority. The phrase dates from West
Point. The six oficerS raised from
brigadiers to major generals-Edward
L. King, Hugh A. Drum, Stuart Heintzel-
man, Campbell King, John F. Preston
and Benjamin D. Foulols-are all as
: tinguished by their comparative youth.
The average age Of the four new line
major generals is slightly lower than
that of the four new line brigadier gen.
erals. The War Department thus de-
parted conspicuously from sheer con-
siderations Of seniority. The major
generals selected stood as follows on
the present brigadiers' list: Edward l..
King, second; Drum, fifth; Heintzelman,
sixth, and Campbell King, eighth. Gen:
Preston is now at the top OF the colonies
roll and Gen. Foulois, who becomes
chief OF the Air Corps. is fifth on the
relative list of Air Corps lieutenant
colonies and 134th on the promotion
list.
Gen. Pershing is sure to rejoice at
| the makes Of major generals. With
out exception, all six Of them had out
standing records in the A. E. F. Nearly
every one was divisional chief Of stan
| in France. Pershing devotes much
space to their individual achievements
| in his two-volume work on the World
| War; especially to Gen. Foulois, the
Army's pioneer flyer. With the new
major generals in key positions, the
| aefa61ic SO0r will no
directed by the younger Army element,
which has the invaluable background
of active service lover there" Their
promotions synchronize with the arrival
Of Gen. Douglas Macarthur as chief Of
staff, and, in a way, perSonify the con-
ception of Americas military policy,
which that brilliant soldier typifies.
Forthcoming shifts in the Army. as the
result Of current changes. will bring
back to the Atlantic seaboard as COM
mander of the blue-ribbon I'd Corps
Gen. Dennis e. Nolan, Pershing's chief
| Of intelligence In France.
~
When Walter Evans Edge OF New Jer-
sey betook unto himself in 1922 his
present wife, the accomplished Camilla
Sewall Of Bath Me. it was whispered
that one Of his gifts to the bride was a
promise some day to make her First
Lady Of the Land" Edge was in the
| Senate then. where most men, when
| they gaze into q mirror, see q future
! President Of the United States. Be all
this as 1t may, Ambassador Edges fruit
full displomacy at Paris during the debt
negotiations has put him in the run
ming at least for vice presidential honors
| II the Hoover race In 1882 is to be
/ 10 l,a<n
Edge, besides giving an Eastern balance
to the ticket. would be a not inappro-
pirate tailender. The Democrats would
prefer Edge to Morrow. II the place is
| to 60 to o Jerseyman. Lindbergh's
| father-in-law, the opposition admits,
would almost certainly carry the Mos
| quito State into the G.. o. p. column
and immensely take the curse of Hoo
yer" In neighboring New York.
| X 4 + 4
Monte M. Lemann Of Louisiana, one
| of the Democratic minority on the
i WickerSham Commission, wound I'D his
career in that brainy but laundering
body as its most consistent objector
| First, Lemann (whoSe name Is pro-
rounced Lemon. though he's far from
one) declined to sign the commission
two-faced report on prohibition. Now,
the New Orleans lawyer refuses to put
his name to the report just submitted
TO President Hoover on methods of
criminal procedure, which are de-
nounced Is shocking to ones sense
| Of justice" Lemann charges that the
report was formulated without suficient
research to back UP the conclusions
reached. He contends that "generaliza-
lions without factual inquiry serve no
useful purpose" That's an epigram
] worthy of Grover Cleveland. Mr.
Lemann is o native Louisianian, ~
years old. q Harvard law graduate.
Phi Beta Kappa, and, in Of hours