Evening star., 1944-06-25
7 Brieadier Generals,
-Four CoIoneIs From
D. {. Area Promoted

Six Army officers from Washing
ton or nearby areas. now in Europe.
were recently promoted In rank
two to that of major general and
four to that of brigadier general.
The appointments have been con-
f1rmed by the Senate.
Brigadier generals who were made
major generals are: William S.
Rumbaugh, chief signal officer, the
Kennedy Warren apartments, and
Henry B. Sayler, chief of ordnance,
1906 Cathedral avenue NV.
Colonels promoted to the rank of
brigadier generals were: Hugh w.
Rowan, chief of the Chemical War;
fare Service, 223l California street
NV; George e. Eyster, chief of
plans and training. 5000 Connecti-
cut avenue NV; Nicholas H. Cobbs,
Army fiscal director, listed as living
In Arlington, and James H. STRAIT
ton, chief of the supply division,
1924 S. Joyce street, Arlington.
Overseas Two Years.
Gen. Rumbough has been overseas
for the last two years. He is a
native of Lynchburg, Va, and at
tended the University of Virginia,
graduating In 1914. His wife, Mrs.
Pauline Rumbough resides here now.
Gen. Rumbough entered the Army
as a second lieutenant in the World
War and served in France and with
the Army of Occupation in Germany
in 1919. He remained in the service
and was promoted through grades
to brigadier general in 1941.
Gen. and Mrs. Rumbough have
one son, First 1t. James E. Rum
bough, with q paratrooper unit in
the South Pacific. 1t. Rumbouph
was graduated from West Point in
January, 1943.
Gen. Sayler, 81, is 1915 graduate
OF West Point, and served in France
with a coast artillery unit during
the World War. He joined the ord /
nance division in 1920, and went to
England two years ago. Prior to
that, he had spent six months at
Governors Island, six months at(
Fort Mcpherson, four years In |
Washington, four years with the
Cavalry Board, and two years at |
Fort Leavenworth.
His son, Capt. Henry B. Sayler, jr.
a 1943 graduate of West Point, is
serving in England with the Air
Forces. Both Gen. Sayler and Can't. /
Sayler described their part In the
invasion on radio broadcast over
CHS Saturday, June II.
Native Of New Jersey.
Gen. Stratton, 46, is a native of |
Paterson, N. j. He was graduated |
from West Point in 1920 and re-
ceived his engineering degree two
years later at Rensselaer, Poly-
technic Institute, Troy, N. Y.
Before coming to Washington two
years ago, Gen. Stratton was dis
trict engineer in charge of con- |.
struction Of the John Martin Dam.
Cadsoa, Colo. Prior to that, he was |
assistant to the district engineer +
at Denison, Tex. He was sent over
seas about six months ago.
From 1926 to 1928. Gen. Cobbs
was stationed here as finance Of
f1cer, Ga, War Department gen.
eral STAN. He also was stationed
here between 1880 and 1888 in the
of1ce OF the chief of finance. After
acting as finance oficer 1t Fort
McHenry, baltimore, from ioa0g 0gto5
1912, Gen. Cobbs went to Gov
ernor's Island, N. Y, for a short |
time and then was sesIt osefsIeu:ss
Gen. Eyster, 48, whose wife andi
daughter, Cherie, now live at the |
Connecticut avenue address eradu-
ated from West Point in 1917. I'M
mediately before his European as
signment, he was on general staff
duty at the War Department here.
Earlier he had served in Hawaii. |
Fort Benning, Ga, and Fort Sill.
Okla, among other posts.
The oysters also have a son.
George S. Eyster, jr., now a cadet
at West Point.
Gen. Rowan, SO, the son of a |
professional Army officer, graduated
from the Sheffield Scientific School
at Yale University in 1915 and was
doing graduate work in chemistry
at Harvard in 1917 when he entered |
the Army as an emergency officer.
He has remained in the service since
then.
His last post before going to
Europe was in the office of the
chief of the Chemical Warfare
Service here. He and Mrs. Rowan
have 13-y year = old daughter