Evening star., 1937-01-17
.QUANT|CO MARINES
LEAVE FOR GAMES
Will Be Under Command of
Gen. McDougaI in Coast
ManeuVerS.

Quantico, Va, Marines Of the Fleet
Marine Force, who have Just sailed for
the West Coast to participate in the war
games around San Clemente Island.
off the Southern California coast, will
be under command of Brig. Gen.
Douglas McDougal, commanding the
force, who is well known in Washing
ton. A couple of years ago Gen. Nc
| Dougal was assistant commandant of
the Marine Corps, on duty at the Navy
Department.
The Navy Department is making
public few particulars about the forth
coming war games. They will be
under the direction of Gen McDougal,
| cooperating with Admiral Arthur j.
Hepburn. commander in chief of the
| United States Fleet. The San Clemen-
| te war games will be preparation for
the large fleet mobilization in the
Hawaiian area IN the Spring.
Col. Clayton B. Vogel, assistant ad-
| jutant and inspector of the Marine
| Corps, officially announced to all
Marine Corps officers in the District
that Admiral william D. Leahy and
Mrs. Leahy will lin the near future
give a number of days at home at
which time formal ceremonial calls
may be considered made and re-
| turned" Admiral Leahy is the new
chief of naval operations.
tn Take Post Here
Col Charles D. Barrett. who was
afioat, will be assigned to Washington
in the Office of Naval Operations.
He will relieve Col. William P Upshur,
who will go on duty in Marine Corps
Headquarters. Ultimately. Col. Up
shur will relieve Brig. Gen. Richard
P. Williams, who is in charge of
Marine Corps Reserves all over the
country, at headquarters. Gen. Will
liams is under orders to go to duty
at Quantico in June. Col. Upshur
was chosen by the last selection board
for promotion to brigadier general.
Col. Paul A. Capron, commanding
the Marine Barracks at the Norfolk
(Va) Navy Yard, was in Washington
the past few days for visit to old
friends in the service.
On temporary duty at Marine
Corps headquarters during the past
week was Col. Charles R. Sanderson,
who commands the Depot of Supplies
at Philadelphia, Pa.
Returns to Capital.
Maj. Field Harris, who is on duty
in the Office of Col. Ross E. Rowell,
the head of Marine Corps aviation.
at the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy
Department, returned to Washington
from Pensacola, Fla. Due to in
clement weather, Maj. Harris was
grounded for the better part of II
days, officials said, making his re-
turn flight very Slow. The major went
to Pensacola in conjunction with the
graduation of aviation cadets at the
Naval Air Station there.
Capt. Louis Cukela, who is de-
scribed as one of the most decorated
officers in the entire Marine Corps,
will soon have another decoration
to add to his collection. Maj. Gen.
Thomas Holcomb, the commandant,
has just informed Col. Charles F. Will
liams, commanding the Marine Bar
racks, Naval Operating Base, Hamp-
ton Roads, Va, that Capt. Cukela
has been awarded the diploma of the
Order of the Crown of YugoSlavia,
bestowed by his late majesty, King
Alexander of Yugoslavia. Officials
here said that there will be a military
ceremony for the presentation to the
captain at Hampton Roads. Congress
sional authorization was necessary for
acceptance of the honor by the officer.