Evening star., 1932-12-13
ARMY APPO|NTEES
WELL KNOWN HERE
Five Hiqh Officials Named by
Hoover, Stationed in
D. C. Before.

Each Of the five high Army officials
nominated by President Hoover for i'm
portant new posts in the War Depart
ment is we'll known to Washingtonians
by reason OF long careers in the Army
and previous service in the National
Capital.
The President sent to the Senate the
names Of Brig Gen. James Fuller Nc
Kinley, to be adjutant general with the
rank Of major general. Col Edgar
Thomas Conley, to be assistant to the
adjutant general, with the rank of
brigadier general. Col. Albert E. TRULY
to be assistant to the surgeon general
with the rank of brigadier general:
Col Creed F. Cox. to be chief of the
Bureau Of Insular Affairs, with the
rank of brigadier general and Col
Francis lie j. Parker. present chief of
the Bureau Of Insular Affairs. who
holds the temporary rank Of brigadier
general. who is promoted to per-
manent brigader general. to take the
post Of Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Rocken-
bach, who retires January 81, 1888.
Served as Assistant
Gen. Mckinley, the newly appointed
adjutant general who takes Office Feb
ruary l, 1888. has been assistant to
Maj. Gen Charles H. Bridges since
July II, 1929 He is 81 years cd and
entered the Army in 1928 as an en-
listed man, being commissioned a sec
nd lieutenant about a year later. He
has had q DISTINGUISHED service in both
the Cavalry and Infantry. Fer gallantry
in action III the Philippines during 1900
he was awarded two silver star cita-
tions. Gen Mckinley was transferred
to the adjutant generals department
OF the Army in 1922.
The new assistant adjutant general
Is q native of Montgomery County, Md,
where he was born in 1874. He is
a graduate of West Point in the class
of 1897 and like Gen. Mckinley has had
long foreign service. Years ago he
was military instructor at the old
Maryland Agricultural College, now
part Of the University of Maryland. AT
the outbreak of the World War Gen.
Conley was detailed in the adjutant
generals office in Washington and later
sailed for France, where he served in
the office Of tie provost marshal in
charge Of the Prisoners of War Division.
He was attached to the American Com
mission that negotiated the peace treaty
and was a member of the InterAllied
Commission at Berlin charged with ex
amining into the situation CT Russian
prisoners CT war in Germany. He was
awarded D. S. NJ.
After the war he again served in
Washington in the adiutant generals
office for brief period and later at
tended the War College. In 1880 he was
made adjutant general Of the Sd Corps
Area with headquarters in Baltimore.
Entered Army in 1898.
Gen. TRULY, who obtained his medi-
cal degree from the University OF
Pennsylvania. has been a surgeon in
the Army since 1898. He is a native
of Otto. N Y He was chief health
officer at the Panama Canal during
period of the World War and on his
return to the United States IN 1918
did a tour of one year in the office OF
the surgeon general,
Gen. Cox is a native of Virginia and
a West Point graduate in the class OF
1897. His detail as chief of the Bureau
of Insular Affairs will be for four years.
For his services in the World War as
an Artillery commander he was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal.
Gen. Cox has had a long and varied
Army career. In France he took part
in operations near Chateau-Thierry
and in the Meuse- -Argonne offensive. He
was with the armies of Gems. Dennekln
and Wrangel in South Russia from
December. 1919 to November, 1920, and
in Turkey and Bulgaria. He also
served as military observer in Germany
and as military attache at Berlin. in
Holland, Denmark and Sweden, after
the war
Gen. Parker was born at Abbevlle,
S. c.. and was graduated from West
Point in 1890. Seven years laterhe re-
turned there as an instructor of modern
languages. He saw active duty in the
Spanish American War and later in
the Philippines during the insurrection.
After later detail in the Philippines
he was on special duty in China during
1912.