Evening star., 1940-04-25
II High Army Officers
Are Nominated
For Promotion
Two Would Be Raised
To Major Generals, Nine
To Brigodier Generals

The Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee today had under considera-
ton the nomination for promotion
of II Army officers. The President
yesterday sent to the Senate the
names of two officers to be made
major generals and nine colonels
to be promoted to brigadier generals.
Brig. Gen. Campbell B. Hodges,
commander of the 5th division at
Fort Benning, Ga, was named to
succeed Maj. Gen. David l.. Stone,
who will retire August 81 because
of the statutory age limitation. Gen.
Stone is at Fort Hayes, Ohio.
Brig. Gen. Lesley j. McNair, Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, was nominated
to succeed Maj. Gen. Walter G.
Sweeney, on duty at Camp Ord,
Calf, who retires for age.
Col. Courtney H. Hodges, infantry,
Fort Benning, Ga, succeeds Brig.
Gen. Charles F. Humphrey, jr, who
retired last month.
Col Jacob L. Devers, field artillery,
Panama Canal Department. sue
ceeds Brig. Gen. Duncan K. Major,
jr.. at present stationed at the San
Francisco Port of Embarkation, who
retires for age.
Scott Would Succeed Tyner
Col. Charles L. Scott, cavalry,
headquarters, 1st Corps Area, sue
ceeds Brig. Gen. George P. Tyner,
who is in Washington awaiting re-
tirement the end of this month.
Col. John N. Greely, field artillery,
military attache in Spain, succeeds
Brig. Gen. Lorenzo D. Gasser,
deputy chief of staff, who retires
May 81.
Col. Thomas A. Terry. 9th Coast
Artillery, succeeds Brig. Gen. Robert
o. Van Horn, Fort Mcpherson, who
retires August 81.
Col. Simon B. Buckner, infantry,
headquarter 9Th Division. succeeds
Brig. Gen. Asa l.. Singleton, COM
mander of the Infantry School, Fort
Benning, Ga, who retires August 81.
Col. Charles H. Bonesteel, infan-
try, Schofleld Barracks, T. H., sue
ceeds Gen. Hodges, Fort Mcclellan.
Col. John H. Hester, infantry,
Fort Francis E. Warren, succeeds
Brig. Gen. Dana T. Merrill, Fort
Benjamin Harrison, who retires Oc-
tober 81.
Col Edward P. King, jr., field ar
tillery, Army War College, succeeds
Gen. McNair, commander of the
Command and General Staff
School, Fort Leavenworth.
Hodges War College Graduate.
A native of Bossier Parish, La.
Gen. Hodges is a graduate of the
Army War College here and served
with the Militia Bureau in 1917 and
later with the War Department gen.
eral staff. On his return from
abroad after the World War he
served in the personnel branch of
the general staff and later with the
Bureau of Insular Affairs here. He
is former acting superintendent
of the Military Academy and served
as commandant of the cadet corps.
Gen. McNair was born in Vern-
dale. Mimi, and in 1929 was gradu-
ated from the Army War College.
He returned to Washington In 1895
to become executive officer in the
Office of the chief of field artil-
lery. Earlier he served in the of
flee of the chief of ordnance. He
accompanied the Funston expedi-
ton to Veracruz, Mex, and later
was with the punitive expedition
into that country.
A native of this city, Col. Greely
has served here in the Office of the
chief signal officer, chief of mill
tia, War Plans Division, and was
military adviser to the American
delegation to the preparatory COM
mission for the Disarmament Con-
ference in Geneva.
Col. King was born in Atlanta,
Ca, and served here in the office
of the chief of field artillery on
two occasions and at present is
director of the Army War College
here.
Third Generation in Army.
Col. Bonesteel. a native of Fort
Sidney, Nebr., is the third generation
of his family to graduate from West
Point, being the son of Mai.
Charles H. Bonesteel and the grand
son of Brig. Gen. o. D. Greene.
He served four years here in the
office of the chief of infantry and
is a graduate of the Army War
College.
Col. Hodges, born at Perry, Ca
since the World War has had as
signments on the staff of the Mill
tary Academy, the Infantry School
and Air Corps Tactical School. After
serving at various posts in this