Evening star., 1934-12-18
GEN. c. S. S|M0NDS.
SUCCEEDS DRUM.
Deputy Chief of Staff Is Be-
Iieved Eliminated as
Choice for Post.

Seven major generals and two
brigadier generals were shifted from
their present commands to new posts
today, narrowing the selection Of .
successor to Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Army chief Of staff. Indications
point more favorably than ever to
the selection of Maj. Gen. George 8.
Simonds, commandant Of the Army
War College, who has been detailed
to succeed Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum
as deputy chief of staf1.
Gen. Drum was assigned to COM
mand the Hawaiian Department, ef-
fective February !. An Army trans
port leaving New York on February
19 will take him to the new post.
The Hawaiian assignment about
eliminates Gen. Drum as q possibility.
Maj. Gen. Malin Craig, 9th Corps
Area commander, San Francisco, has
been assigned to succeed Gen. ST.
monds as commandant of the War
College, effective January 26. He was
one of the leading candidates for
chief OF staff, but his new assignment
would indicate that he, too, Is out of
the present running. Both Simonds
and Craig will be available here, how
ever, in the event the President ap-
points MacArthur's successor in the
near future.
Macarthur Held Over,
The present chief Of staff, youngest
ever to hold that important command,
Is continuing in office for an indefinite
period. President Roosevelt extended
his term from November to retain him
to get the benefit Of his experience in
framing new War Department legis-
lation.
Among other officers in the high
command transferred to new duties Is
Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, 3rd Corps
Area commander, which embraces the
District Of Columbia. Gen. Malone Is
transferred to command the 9th Corps
Area, San Francisco, effective Feb
ruary 10.
Maj Gen. Robert Z. Callan, assist
ant chief Of staff supply division), is
assigned to command the 3rd Corps
Area, effective February 10.
Maj. Gen. Stuart Heintzelman, COM
mandant Of the Command and Gen.
eral Staff School, Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., is assigned to command the
7th Corps Area, Omaha, effective Feb
ruary /.
Maj. Gen. Frank R. Mccoy, 7th
Corps Area commander, Omaha, is
transferred to command the 9Th Corps
Area, Chicago, effective February !.
Brig. Gen. Herbert J. Brees, 2nd
Field Artillery Brigade commander at
Fort Sam Houston, Tex, is assigned
as commandant Of the Command and
General Stai School. effective Feb
ruary !.
Gen. Gufck Shifted.
Brig. Gen. John w. Gulick, on duty
in the Panama Canal Department, is
| detailed as assistant chief of stad
supply departmenD. effective jan
uary 10.
The changes left vacancies in the
command Of the I'd Field Artillery
Brigade at Fort Sam Houston and in
the Panama Canal Department.
While the transfer of Gen. Drum to
Hawaiia virtually removes his name
from the list Of chief Of staff eligibles,
he is still Of an age to serve q term
four years hence. He is now SIS years
old.
War Department oficials will not
discuss the situation for publication.
1t was believed, however, from the list
Of available chiefs Of staff that Gen,
Simonds' appointment as Macarthur s
right-hand man, leaves him in the
most favored position II q new chief
Is to be appointed any time soon.
He has an outstanding record in the
Army, during war as well as peace
| time.