Evening star., 1945-07-29
Rites for Gen. Craiq
To Be Held Tomorrow
In Fort Myer Chapel

Arrangements for the simple mill
tary funeral tomorrow for Gen.
Malin Craig, former Chief of Staff
of the Army whose death Wednes-
day at Walter Reed Hospital ended
a distinguished half century of SER
vice to the Nation. were announced
yesterday by the War Department.
Col. Malin Craig, jr., his only son,
is enroute to Washington from Ger
many where he has been serving
with the 106th Infantry Division,
his wife said. A brother of the form
er Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Louis
H. Craig, commander of the Goth
Army Corps, arrived yesterday from
Germany for the funeral.
With the exception of some 25
high ranking Army officers, includ-
ing former West Point classmates.
who are honorary pail bearers, the
burial in Arlington Cemetery will
be strictly in accordance with Gen.
Craig's last wishes that there be
no troops, no ceremony"
Mass at 10 am.
Maj. Gen. William r. Arnold.
former Chief of Chaplains, will con-
duct the low Catholic mass at 10
Am. in the Fort Myer Chapel. The
body will lie in the Mortuary Chapel
of Arlington Cemetery from ap-
proximately IL am. to 1:45 pm.
Chaplain Arnold then will conduct
the commitment service at 2 pm.
Six Army sergeants from the Mill
tary District Of Washington will
bear the flag-draped casket to the
grave. There will be no military
band, no cannon salute. only three
volleys fired by squad of soldiers,
and taps.
Friends of the family are in
vited to attend the mass and COM
mitment services. Other members
of the family who will attend the
funeral are the wives Of Col. Craig
and Maj. Gen. Craig and Mrs
Greer Baughman, mother of Mrs
Malin Craig. jr. Two close friends
of the late Gen. Craig who will be
members of the official mourning
party are Col. and Mrs. F. Gran
vile MunSon of Washington.
Marshall In Potsdam.
Gen. George c. Marshall. who
succeeded Gen. Craig as chief of
staff in August. 1899, was named an
honorary pail bearer, but is at the
Piey Thran Tnrfnrarna ut 10.
Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the
Army Air Forces, and Gen. Brehon
Sommervell, chief of the Army
Service Forces. are others who are
absent in Europe.
The remaining honorary pail
bearers were announced as follows:
Gen. Thomas T. Handy. deputy
Army Chief of staff; Lieut.. Gen.
John L. Dewitt, commandant of
the Army and Navy Staff College;
Lieut.. Gen. Stanley D. Embick,
chairman of the Inter- American
Defense Board; Lieut.. Gen. Ben
Lear. former deputy commander of
the European theater of operations;
Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry, senior
member of the Canadian -Ameri-
can Military Board, and member
of Canada United States and Joint
Mexican United States Defense
Committees: Maj. Gen. E. S. Ad-
ans. retired. former adjutant gen.
eral; Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, re-
tired; Maj. Gen. William F. Cole,
retired; Maj. Gen. John H. Hughes,
retired; Maj. Gen. Charles D. Hor-
ron, retired; Maj. Gen. Joseph A.
Green, Mai Gen. Kenneth T.
Blood, Maj. Gen. Charles H. White,
Maj. Gen. William Brydon, Mai.
Gen. Clarence H. Danielson, COM
manding general, 7th Service Com
mand, Omaha, Nebr.; Mai Gen.
Lorenzo D. Gasser, president, War
Department Manpower Board; Mai.
Gen. Edgar T. Conley. retired: Maj.
Gen. James E. Fechet, headquar-
ters, Army Air Forces; Maj. Gen.
Walter S. Grant, Brig. Gen. Ray
mond F. Metcalf, Brig. Gen. Walter
Reed, Brig. Gen. William P. Woo
ton, retired; Brig. Gen. Jacob C.
johnson, retired; Brig Gen. Edwin
D. Bricker, retired: Col. c. w. Ex-
ton, retired; Col. Carnes Lee, asis-
tant military attache, London.
Generals Henry, Fries, Bricker,
Cole, johnson and Wooten and
Colonel Exton were classmates of
the late Gen. Craig at West Point.
Flowers will be sent to Walter
Reed Hospital and will be trans
ported to the cemetery on the day
of the funeral.
Body bearers for Gen. Craig
will be: M iSergt. Willie o. Gardner,
Danville, Va. M/Sergt. William j.
Sandbrook, jr., Catasauqua, Pa;
M/Sergt. Henry H. Knapp, 225 o
street SW.; M/Sergt Preston L.
Hughes, South Post, Fort Myer, Va;
M/Sergt, Anton Kaliscinski, Bridge
port, Conn; M/Sergt. George r.
Williams, Falls Church, Va;
T}SerQt Richard O'Neil ATS NJ