Evening star., 1943-02-01
American Army Must
Rehabi|itate Lands,
Drum Tells Graduates
Commencement Held at
6. U.; Reor Admiral YOUNG
Receives Degree

American soldiers face the great
est task of pioneering that any Army
has ever undertaken in rehabilitat-
ing, as well as liberating, the con-
quered peoples of the world" 1t
Gen. Hugh A. Drum. commanding
general Of the Eastern Defense Com
mand of the lst Army. declared
yesterday at commencement eXer-
cises of Georgetown University.
Concurrently with the fighting. he
said that American soldiers will
furnish news as well as food and
medicine to the people of lands freed
from the foe and that later Govern
ment bureaus will perform these
functions.
The Very Rev Lawrence c. Cor
man. S. j.. president. conferred an
honorary degree of doctor of mill
tary science on Gen. Drum and also
honored high-ranking naval COM
mander and civilian at the Hath
annual commencement, the first
held in midwinter. Rear Admiral
William Brent Young, paymaster
general of the Navy and chief of the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts,
was made a doctor of law. So also
was John j. McShain, building con-
tractor of Philadelphia and Wash
ington. The former was graduated
from Georgetown law school In
u L. l.1
going into the Navy in 1917 Mr..
McShain attended the college in his
youth.
Cites Roles of Soldiers.
In his commencement address
before 156 graduates of the college,
graduate. law and foreign service
schools, Gen Drum said the Amer
lean soldier will find he must be
something more than a soldier"
He will assist in establishing
civilized government. he will partici-
pate in efforts to relieve suffering"
he continued.
Il can well envisage situation
in which the Army on certain day
will conquer strip of territory. I'M
as the inhabitants Of that
area pass from enemy control they
will become dependent at least for
while on the Army. They will need
food, they will cry for news, they
will beg for the first and indispen- |
sable things in their rehabilitation |
This will cover all facilities required /
by a civilized people.
THE American Government is Or
ganizing many bureaus for exactly |
these functions. But the point am
making here is that during the
earlier periods these functions will, |
perforce. be carried out by the Army
as best it can"
That the Army is fitted to do these |
things, he pointed out. is shown by
It's pioneering" record in times of
peace.
With IS of the seniors awarded
degrees absent in the armed forces
and most of the others about to be
,alled to active duty, GeorgetownN
wartime commencement took on a
martial appearance. Col. William H.
aobson and Col. Charles E. Ravens,
.wo of its former ROTC command
ers, were among the more than
200 guests attending.
Got to Garry On.
In his opening address Father
Iorman said that two questions fac
1g the university now are how the
ar will affect it and what the uni
ersity intends to do.
Three of our Jesuit faculty men,
ers are now chaplains in the serv-
,es and another is awaiting orders"
e said. Ninety per cent Of the {
tudent body are enrolled in the
arious reserves and ROTC. $500 of
'r alumni are known to be in the
rmed services, and of these more
han 1000 already have won COM
Missions.
"Georgetown intends to carry on,
though its student body is reduced,
and cooperate to it's fullest extent
with the armed services" he con-
tlnued. But Georgetown does not
intend TO abandon it's liberal arts
course. This course has stood the
test OF time, it has survived many
wars and 1t will survive this one"
Among 26 seniors who have COM
pleted the advanced ROTC course, !
Col. Denham B. Grafton, professor
Of military science and tactics, said
that two already have Reserve COM
missions. They are Earle Henry
Dooley, with the Army, and Frank
Gregory Murphy, jr, commissioned
in the Marine Corps. The others
will go to an Officer Candidate
School at Fort Benning, Ga, next
week to complete their field training.
Earlier in the day the seniors at
tended the baccalaureate mass in
Dahlgren Chapel. In his sermon
the Rev. James J. McLarnev. o. P.
S. T. D. a 1925 graduate, declared
that despite contemporary philos-
ophies of hatred our justice must
extend only to the hatred Of the
crime.
"If we hate the criminal as we'll
Is his crime, we may as we'll
repudiate Christianity" he said
The Rev. Christopher Clark, OF,
was celebrant OF the mass
Recipients of Degrees.
Degrees in course were conferred
as follows:
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Brsnnon, Gerard NJ McMain. James A
Callahan E j. ir. Murner. Peter P
Carlo. Ralph J., jr Murphy, Daniel F,
Gardner, W c. Napier Robert c,
Godfrey. James r. Rohrey. John c.
German, f. j. il. Ross John
Guilfoile. Joseph Y. Ryan, John w.
Guyer. George r. SCHWARTZ. J. A. Jr.
Halhgan. Thomas w Sewell. John W.
Hoean. + T. II. Shanley. John A
Kehoe w A, jr Sullivan. william NJ
Herman Leslie W Touhy, John H
McLaughhn J M, Walker. John r