Evening star., 1938-09-30
ARNOLD CHOSEN
AIR CORPS CHIEF
Sultan Among Nine Raised
to Major and Brigadier
General Rank.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt yesterday ap-
pointed a pioneer military flyer as
chief Of the Army Air Corps and at
the same time selected nine other
new major and brigadier generals, in
cluding Col. Dan I. Sultan, who re-
Gently completed 4-year tour Of
duty As Engineer Commissioner Of
the District.
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, who
b So. was selected to head the Air
Corps for four years, succeeding Mai.
Gen. Oscar Westover, who was killed
last week in an air crash near Bur-
bank. Calf.
In making the arrangements, the
President disregarded the military ira
dition Of seniority and reached far
down the list OF eligibles for compara-
lively youthful ofacers. Oficials noted
ne passed over several hundred
eligible brigadier generals and colonels
IN making the promotions. The en-
tire group advanced to fill vacancies
resulting from retirements or death
averages less than SIS.
Left But Short Time Ago.
Col Sultan, who left Washington
only few weeks ago to assume COM
mand Of the I'd Engineers, Fort Logan,
Colo. was named a brigadier general,
along with five others.
, One of these was Col. Jonathan M.
Wainwright, commander Of the Sd
Cavalry at Fort Myer, Va.
. Wholesale retirements this year have
= caused the greatest reshuf1ling Of the
, high command in q like peace time
=, period. AS two OF the Army's "a major
generals of the line, Mr.. Roosevelt Sc
lected Brig. Gen. William H. Wilson,
, commandant Of the lst Coast Artillery
District, Boston, and Brig Gen. Robert
McC. Beck, jr.. member Of the War
Department general staff.
Col. Walter G. Kilner, chief OF staff
Of the General Headquarters Airforce,
Langley Field, Va, was moved up to
Gen. Arnold's former post as assistant
: Air Corps chief. Gen. Arnold will have
the rank Of major general and Col
kllner will rank as a brigadier gen.
eral during their period of service.
Four Others Named.
The four other brigadier generals
named were:
Col Edmund L. Daley, division en-
eineer, New York City; Col Adna r..
/. Chaffee, commander of the mechan-
lied 1st Cavalry, Fort Knox, KY;
Col. Maxwell Murray. assistant COM
mandant, Field Artillery School, Fort
Sill, Okla. and Col. William E. Shedd
:. jr, commander I'd Coast Artillery,
Fort Monroe. Va.
The appointments, announced after
the President conferred with Gen.
Malin Craig, chief of staff, must be
confirmed by the Senate.
Before his appointment as En-
eineer Commissioner here. Col. Sultan
at one time directed two-year survey
Of the proposed canal across Mica
ragua. He received the Distinguished
Service Medal for his World War serv-
ices while on duty with the War De-
partment general staff. In 1925 he
was named resident member of the
Board of Engineers of Rivers and Har-
bors with headquarters here.
Gen. Arnold, the new Air Corps
chief, was born In Gladwyne, Pa. In
1912 he won an award for a round
trip flight across the Capital from
College Park to Fort Myer.
Col. Kilner, the new assistant chief
was born in Shelby, N. Y In the
World War he commanded the Signal
Corps Aviation School at Mineola,
Long Island, before going to France.