Evening star., 1946-08-04
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By Betty MHHken

By Betty Mflhken
Before the war we used to hope
for four years." said Mrs. Jacob L.
Devers when asked how long her
husband, the Commanding General
of the Army Ground Forces, usually
remained at one post. But" she
continued, "in 35 years we prob
ably have moved 30 times" That's
quite record for the young
man who was graduated in 1909
from the United States Military
Academy and had the distinction
during the second World War of
commanding more French troops
(all of them, in fact) than ever had
been commanded by a foreign Off
GER.
To celebrate the anniversary of
the Invasion of Southern France,
Gen. and Mrs. Devers have invited
a number of their friends to a re-
ception on August IS. Among the
guests will be French and Ameri-
can officers who served with Gen.
Devers overseas, as we'll as others
whom they've met during this,
their second, tour in Washington.
Gen. Devers has had his present
assignment since June, l945, when
he returned from commanding the
Sixth Army Group in Europe, and
he and Mrs. Devers have occupied
one of the attractive red-brick Co
lonial houses designed by the late
Stanford White at the Army War
College. Now, however they're an
ticipating another change of resi-
dence. Headquarters for the Army
Ground Forces were organized in
Washington In March 1912, moved
to the Pentagon last September,
and now are being moved again,
this time to Fort Monroe, Va.
In preparation for this change,
Gen. and Mrs. Devers spent several
DAYS last week at the Chamberlain
Hotel, while the general inspected
the fort and he and his wife looked
over the quarters similar to the
ones they're living in here, that
they proba bly, will occupy this fall.
During the war years. Mrs. Dew
ers and her daughter Frances
lived in the house at 1430 Thirty
third street while Gen. Devers and
Frances husband, Col Alexander
Graham, were overseas. Now the
Grahams are in Kentucky. where
the colonel Is stationed at Fort
Knox, and the house (which is Mrs.
DeversD has been leased.
High Officials Fefed
Other high officials of the War
Department wended their way
South" during the week. but only
as far as the newly decorated and
reopened Collingwood on Mount
Vernon highway. The occasion that
took them to this picturesque spot
overlooking the Potomac was the
buffet dinner at which Maj. j, L..
Ward, assistant in the military per-
sonnel branch Of the Office OF the
Chief of Finance, and Mrs. Ward
were hosts Friday evening.
Entertaining in honor Of Maj.
Gen. William H. hasten. chief of
finance, and Mrs. hasten, this Army
couple, who originally came from
Harrodsburg, KY, also had as their
guests, 1t. Gen. Leroy Lutes, di-
rector of service, supply and pro-
curement of the War Department
general staff, and Mrs. Lutes. Maj.
Gen. Edward F. Witsell, adjutant
general of the Army, and Mrs. Wit
sell: Col. Donald T. Nelson, execu-
tive officer to the chief of finance
and Mrs Nelson; DR.. E. G. Trimble
professor of political science at the
University of Kentucky; Col, and
Mrs Ernest O. Lee. Col. and Mrs
L. D. Varney 1t. Col. and Mrs
Wade H. Heavey, 1t. Col and Mrs
J. H. Wiechmann, Maj. and Mrs
Charles D. Waldecker and 1t. and
Mrs. Fred o. La Fevers.
Wedding Bells to Ring
There'll be three important serv-
ice weddings come September-one
on the 9Th, another on the 7th
anu Jill u DIl IilC ZlSl. vi
the first Friday in the month
Frances Pilsbry Morgan will marry
Comdr. Charles Conway Hartigan
jr.. U. S. N, at 5 o'clock in st
Adams Church. The following day
Col and Mrs Ernest M. Brannon
with their daughter Joan, will at
tend the wedding in NeWburyport
Mass, of their son, Gerard Marion
Brannon, and Frances Mcguire
And on the 2lst, Penelope Ann Bar
ton will become the bride of Comdr
Alton Edwin Paddock. U. S. n, in 6
ceremony taking place in St Paul.
Church in Alexandria.
Miss Morgan is the daughter ot
Mrs. Vance Duncan Chapline, wife
Of Rear Admiral Chapline, and hel
fiance Is the son of Mrs. Hartigan Of
Washington and the late rear ad.
miral He has been stationed il
the Bureau of Naval Personne
since returning from the Pacific.
Miss Mcguire is the daughter Of
Mrs. William Mcguire of Newbury.
port and the late DR.. Mcguire oi
Walpole, Mass. Following her mar.
riage to Mr.. Brannon they will live
in Cambridge, where he will study
for his Phi. D. at Harvard University
while teaching at Boston College.
Miss Barton is the daughter O
Mrs. A. E. Barton of Alexandria ant
the late Mr.. Barton. and her flnanc,
is the son of the Charles Howard
Paddocks Of Port Washington, Lont
Island. He is stationed in Philadel
phia and came to Alexandria Il
spend this week end with his fiance,
and her mother.
VIII Be Married