Evening star., 1936-01-21
|PR|NCE VISITED
| CAPITAL TWICE
Spent Three Days in Wash.
ington in 1919 and Two
Hours in 1924.

The Prince Of Wales has twice vis-
TIED Washington and charmed Official
circles here with his ease @. manner
and general interest ana enthusiasm
In things American. The second visit
OF the heir to the British throne was
brief one-about two hours and a
half-for a luncheon with President
and Mrs Coolidge and short and In
formal reception Of cabinet members
at the White House afterward.
The earlier visit, the princes good
will trip which followed the signing OF
the armistice, was in 1919, and Of
more leisurely nature Then he spent
three days in and about Washington
and did all of the things distinguished
visitors to the Capital are called upon
to do
President iii at Time.
1t was on Armistice day, 1919, that
the Prince Of Wales made his first visit
to Washington. President Wilson had
Just suffered stroke and was i'll in
bed. In the Presidents absence, Vice
President Thomas r. Marshall met the
distinguished visitor at the Union Sta
tlon and rode with him to the Perry
Belmont house at New Hampshire
avenue and Eighteenth street. 1t was
a murky, rainy day, which the news
paper accounts of the time describs
as much such a day as the prince
might have expected to have found in
his own London at that time Of the
year.
The reception at the station was an
informal one. But due to the i'm
portance Of the visit of the heir to
the British throne, in addition to Mr..
Marshall, high Army and Navy off,
GERS, including Gen. Pershing and ADJ
niral Coontz, were on hand with
members OF the cabinet and Senators
and Representatives The prince was
genuinely glad to see Gen. Persfling
again and spent some minutes at the
station chatting with the American
war leader.
1t was early in the afternoon when
the prince arrived and, after being
escorted to the Belmont home by a
troop of Fort Myer Cavalry, he spent
the afternoon receiving cabinet mem.
bers. In his party at this time were:
Rear Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, e 0,
B. K. c. M. G., chief of staff; Mai.
Gen. Sir Henry Burstall. K c. B.. K.
c. M. g.; Col w. NJ Gregg. c. M.
c.. D. c. S.. M. c., military secretary:
Sir Godfrey Thomas. private secre.
tary; Comdr. Dudley North, C. M. c.,
Royal Navy; Capt. Lord Claud Ham.
ilton, D. S. c., and Capt. the Hon.
Piers Leigh.
Visited Walter Reed.
That night the prince and his party
we're the guests of Vice President Mar
shall at an informal dinner at the
Belmont home.
The prince spent the next day in
busy round, beginning with a visit to
the war headquarters of the American
Red Cross. thence to Walter Reed
Hospital and later to the almost COM
pleted Lincoln Memorial That eve
ming he was the guest of Secretary Of
State Lansing at dinner and later
he attended large reception at the
Library of Congress where he had an
opportunity to meet the members of
Congress.
The following day. Thursday. No.
vember 49, the prince visited Presi.
dent Wilson. seeing the Nations Chief
Executive on the sickbed. The prince
had just returned from Mount Vernon.
where he had placed wreath on the
tomb of Washington. Returning by
the White House, he called for tea He
was admitted to see President Wilson
and his CHEEKY, bright conversation for
more than 20 minutes with the strick-
en- President was reported by his
doctors to have greatly helped the
President in his fight against his ILL
ness. Later the prince had tea with
the members of President Wilson'S
family and his aides. 1t was 8
O'Clock when the prince left the White
House.
Then he went to dinner at the Brit
ish embassy, the last formal affair Of
his first visit to the Capital.
The next day the prince went 10
Annapolis. where he inspected the
midshipmen of the United States
Naval Academy and had luncheon
with the commandant, Admiral Scales.
and Mrs. Scales. He returned that
afternoon to the Capital and shortly
afterward entrained for the North to
return to England in few days.
Returned in 1924.
The second visit was on August 30.
1924. The prince was in the United
States following a visit to his ranch
in Western Canada His trip to the
Capital was of the briefest sort. He
arrived here. as before, shortly after
l o'clock in the afternoon and was on
his way back to New York at o'clock.
He was met at the station by Sec
retary of State Hughes and went i'm
mediately to the White House. where
he was luncheon guest of President
and Mrs. Coolidge.
The pail of tragedy was about the
White House on each Of the princes
visits. The first time. President viii.
son was ill of the malady that SUBJ
sequently resulted in his death. and
the last time President and Mrs. Cool.
idge were still in mourning for their
son. Calvin. jr., who had died short
time before his visit.
Following the luncheon on the sec.
ond visit, the prince received MEM
bers of the cabinet and high Army and
Navy officers and little more than
two hours after his arrival here was
whisked off to the Union Station and
the return to New York started.