Evening star., 1944-06-08
Chandler Asks Probe
OF Denoted General S
Talk About D-Day
Miller Reported Seeking
Permission to Make
Public Statement
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A senatorial investigation was pro-
posed today by Senator Chandler,
Democrat, of Kentucky into the
Army-reported incident of Maj
Gen. Henry j. r. Miller being de-
NOTED to lieutenant colonel and sent
home from England because he
talked in advance at a cocktail party
about the invasion date.
Senator Chandler told reporter
he would ask the Military Affairs
Committee today to request report
on the case from the War Depart
ment.
THAT is one of the most serious
things an officer could do" the Sem
ator declared. Thousands of lives
depended on keeping that date Sc
cret. I think the committee ought
to know all of the circumstances of
the case"
The officer, who was not named
in the original London reports, was
said yesterday by the War Depart
ment to be Col. Miller, 53-year-old
former cavalryman, who was one
Of the commanding generals of the
United States Air Forces. He had
record of 80 years of honorable
service.
Now in Army Hospital.
He was disciplined by Gen. Eisen-
hover after he was reported to have
said in the presence of several per-
sons: "On my honor, the invasion
will take place before June Is" Dis
patches from Gen., Eisenhower's
headquarters said a woman guest at
the party reported the remark.
Col. Miller, now a patient at an
Air Forces hospital at Coral Gables,
Fla, was reported seeking permis-
sion to make a public statement.
Meanwhile, he had this to say
through Col. Dan c. Ogle, COM
manding officer of the hospital:
Il am an officer in the Army of
the United States and therefore can
make no statement of any kind at
this time or until such time as the
War Department authorizes me to
issue statement concerning my
case"
Col. Ogle said Col. Miller's pres
ence at the hospital is in no way
connected with his demotion.
Col. Miller is suffering from seri-
Gus physical ailments that necessi-
tate disqualification" Col. Ogle de-
clared. They are not connected
with his service overseas"
A graduate of West Point in 1915,
Col. Miller entered the cavalry, but
during the World War was attached
to Handley-Page airtraining depot
in England. He was classmate of
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and 1t
Gen. Omar N. Bradley.
Held Important Commands.
After transferring from the cav
airy to what was then known as the
Army Air Corps, he held a number
OF important commands, including
the lst Provisional Wing at Roose-
velt Field, N. Y, the 1st Aero
Squadron and the 1st Provisional
Observation Group at Mitchell Field,
N. Y, and the I'd Bombardment
Group at Kelly Field, Tex.
Later he commanded Grissard
Field, Cincinnati; Luke Field, Ha-
waii; Wheeler Field, Hawaii; Brooks
Field, Tex; the Air Depot at San
Antonio, Tex, and served as chief
of the maintenance command at
Patterson Field, Ohio.
Shortly after the outbreak of war,
he was named commanding general
of the Air Service Command here,
and later was assigned to COM
mander of the Air Service Com
mand of the Army Air Forces in
Europe.
On November l, 1886, he was pro-
noted to the permanent rank of
lieutenant colonel, which he now
holds. For war service he was given
the following temporary promotions:
Colonel, March l, 1910; brigadier
general, July 10. 1941, and major
general, February n, 1s42.