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in Mexico with Gen. Macarthur,
then captain, and also fought
in the World War. Gen. Wheeler
and Mrs. Wheeler have one daugh-
ter, Margaret.
Maj. Gen. Royal B. Lord, As, whose
wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson
Lord, lives at 3735 Fordham road
NV. has been presented with the
French Legion of Honor in recogni-
ton of his wartime service to France,
a dispatch from Europe said He
also was presented with the CroiX
de Guerre with Palms.
He is commanding general of the
Assembly Area Command, the re-
deployment center in Northeastern
France which is the keystone of the
Army's vast program for redistribu-
ton of troops. He graduated from
West Point in 1923 and in May, 1885,
served as construction supervisor at
the Passamaquoddy project, East
port, Me. He was born in Wor-
cester, Mass. He and Mrs. Lord have
a son Willard.
Brig. Gen. James b. Newman, jr.,
48, whose wife, the former Frances
Robinson, was secretary to the late
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, one-time |
head of the National Recovery Ad-
ministration, has received the Dis !!
tinguished Service Medal He was
cited for "discharging with distinc-
ton the numerous responsibilities of
his command" throughout opera
tions in Western Europe while serv-
ing as commanding general of the
9th Engineer Command, 9th Air
Force.
Gen. Newman was an engineer on
the staff that built the Washington
National Airport. His wife lives at
Wardman Park Hotel.
Brig. Gen. Hugh w. Rowan, 81,
223l California street NV, has been
awarded the Croix de Guerre with
palm in Paris, in recognition of
exceptional services during the lib
Grafton of France" dispatch from
Europe states.
Gen. Rowan graduated from the
Sheffield Scientific School at Yale
University in 1915 and was doing
graduate work in chemistry at Har-
ward in 1917 when he entered the
Army as an emergency officer. He
has remained in the service since
then. He and Mrs. Rowan have a
14-year-old daughter Frances.
Brig. Gen. Joseph v. Dillon, Army
provost marshal general in Europe,
who had a number of assignments
in Washington before going over
seas, has been awarded the Croix
de Guerre with Palm, the War De-
partment has announced. He Is a
native Of New York City.
Gen. Dillon came to Washington
in 1884, studied law at Georgetown
University, led his class and served
as editor of the Georgetown Law
Review. Then followed years ex-
perience in the Office of the solici-
tor general, Justice Department. He
headed the military police division
of the provost marshal'S depart
ment here from August, 1941, until
his assignment in December, 1912
to command the provost marshal
generals training center at Fort
Custer, Mich.
Col. Charles E. Earnshaw, SO, 3051
Idaho avenue NV, has been
awarded the CroiX de Guerre with
Palm by the French government in
recognition of Exceptional service
rendered in the course of the liber-
alton of France" a dispatch from
Europe said.
Col. Earnshaw, attached to Ga
Communications Zone, stationed in
Paris, also was awarded the Bronze
Star by the War Department "for
the planning and coordination of
procurement, transportation and de-
livery of food, clothing, medical and
other supplies for the civilian pop
ulation of liberated areas and for
implementing the plans with the
various agencies concerned"
An insurance salesman in New
York before he entered service, Col.
Earnshaw is a graduate of Yale
University. A reserve officer before
Pearl Harbor, he was called into
service more than four years age.
He has been overseas % months.
He was born in Newton, Mass.
Col. Silas B. Hays, 43, whose wife
Mrs. Marjorie Hays, lives at 608
Aspen street NV, has received THE
Croix de Guerre with Palm from