Evening star., 1946-09-21
Eisenhower 10 Leave
Tomorrow for Troop
Inspection in Europe
By Nelson M. Shepord

Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower is
leaving Washington tomorrow on a
three weeks trip to Europe to COM
plete world wide inspection of
American troops and visit the King
and Queen of England before re-
turning here October 10.
Accompanied by his wife and their
son, Capt. S. D. Eisenhower, the
Chief of Staff will take off from
National Airport at 130 pm. for
Halifax. Nova Scotia. There the
party of six, including aides, will
board the liner Queen Mary. about
midnight, for restful ocean voyage
to Southampton arriving at the
English port September 81. His
return trip, the War Department
announced last night, will be by air
from Paris and will include brief
stops in the Azores and Bermuda.
Breaking an arduous military
itinery in Germany on October /.
Gen. Eisenhower will have a vaca-
ton in Scotland where he and Mrs.
Eisenhower will be guests of King
George and Queen Mary.
To Avoid Nuremberg.
While in Germany, it was said. he
will avoid going to Nuremberg for
the final verdict of the tribunal at
the trial of Nazi war criminals.
Gen. Eisenhower had inspected
American forces throughout the
Pacific theater but this will be his
first opportunity to revisit Europe
since his return to this country after
We day, when his Allied armies
forced Germany to unconditional
surrender. AS he did with Gen.
Douglas Macarthur on his trip to
Tokyo, the Chief of Staff will confer
in Berlin with Gen. Joseph T. Nc
Narnev, the American commander
IN Europe, on occupation problems
and policy.
Besides his wife and son. the Chief
of Staff is being accompanied by
MAJ. Gen. Howard McSnyder. of his
office; 1t. Col. James Stack, his
chief aide, and Capt. l. P. Uneer.
Upon arrival in England, the party
will fly to Frankfurt, Germany. for
inspections and military conferences.
Gen. Eisenhower will go to Berlin
on September % for a stay at Amer
ican hearquarters.
Ten-Day Vacation.
On October he will 90 to Pres
wick. Scotland. where he and Mrs.
Eisenhower will take full advantage
Of a Today vacati ton. They will
proceed at once to Culzean Castle.
which is something like Blair House
IN Washington for the entertain
ment Of distinguished visitors. Gen.
Eisenhower will visit the apartment
IN the ancient castle which has been
gwen him. He has been looking
forward to this for a long while, it
was said.
After three days at the castle. he
and Mrs. Eisenhower will motor to
Edinburgh, where the general will
receive the freedom of the CITY on
october 3, an honorary degree from
the University of Edinburgh and
will have luncheon with the Lord
Provost. He will also receive the
deed to his apartment. In addition
he will attend the christening of
Air Marshal Tedder's infant son.
To Visit King.
- The British King and Queen will
receive Gen. and Mrs. Eisenhower
at Balmoral, Scotland, on October
> As their guests. The general and
his wife will devote from October 6
to 10 to golf, hunting or other
diversions at Maybole and st.
Andrews. Then Gen. Eisenhower
will visit the ancient University of
Cambridge on October II to receive
another honorary degree.
He will fly back to Frankfurt on
October IA and resume a strenuous
round of Army inspections.
Details of the itinery include
trip to Vienna on October Is, thence
to Northern Italy. On October l8
he will fly to Paris for a two-hour
visit and then leave by air for home
and duties awaiting him at the War
Department.
Since his first return from Europe.
Gen. Eisenhower has inspected
practically all important Army in
stallations in the United States and
1ecently returned from a South
American goodwill trip in time TO
meet Field Marshal Viscount Mont
gOmerV on his visit in Wa cl,ipo+o,,