Evening star., 1949-07-17

Later, he notified the Army FL
nance Officer he had no intention
of turning back the $36 he had
collected as mileage.
The committee brought out that
hotel expenses for Gen. Watt
and some of the other guests were
paid by Murray Carson.
Gen. Watt holds the Distin-
guished Service Medal and the
Legion of Merit, Army Commen-
dation Ribbon with Oak Leaf
Cluster, and the Order of the
British Empire. degree of Honor
ary Commander.
He has written extensively for
various periodicals and his book
Gas Warfare" published in 1912
has gone into four editions.
He belongs to the American
Chemical Society, Division of
Chemistry and Chemical Tech
nology of the National Research
Council, and was a delegate to the
meeting of the International Union
of Chemistry and the Eleventh In
terna tional Congress of Pure and
Applied Chemistry in London in
July, 1947.
In Chemical Branch Since 1920.
Gen. Watt was born Decem-
ber %, 1892, in Orlando, Fla. He
joined. the Army in September
1917, two years after his gradua-
ton from the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology and was
commissioned a temporary first
lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps
He transferred to the Engineer
Corps in February, 1918, anc
served until December of that year
He went back to the Regular Army
in July, 1920, as a first lieutenant
in the chemical warfare branch.
From 1921 to 1924 he was sta
toned at Edgewood Arsenal, Md
While in the Engineer Corps in
1918 he came here on assignment
to the Gas Defense Training Sec
ton. His second assignment here
was in 1927 at the office of the
Chief of Chemical Warfare.
He is graduate of both the
Command and General Staff
Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,
and the Air Corps Tactical School,
Maxwell Field, Ala.
Following service with the First
Armored Corps at Fort Knox, KY,
and in the operations and train
ing division of the War Depart
ment General Staff. he COM
manded the Chemical Warfare
School at Edgewood Arsenal for
several months in 1912.
He then was sent to the Office OF
the Chief of Chemical Warfare
where he became acting chief in
November, 1945. A few days later
he became chief.
Feldman Decorated.
Gen. Feldman has received the
Legion of Merit in 1943 and the
Gold Star in lieu of similar dec
grafton in 1945. He was awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal
in January, 1916, for having dis
played exceptional skill in deter
mining requirements for future
procurement outstanding
leadership and devotion to duty
superior Judgment and atten-
ton to detail"
His direction of the Quarter
master maintenance program re
suited in great savingsst0 the Gov
ernment," the citation stated.
Gen. Feldman was born Sep
tember 10, 1889, in New York City
He joined the Field Artillery az
la private in November. 1907, and
was commissioned a second lieu
tenant in 1917. During World
War I he served in the Philip
pines, but from October, 1919, to
May. 1922. he was with the oc-
cupation forces in Germany.
In 1896, five years after his
graduation from the Quartermas-
ter Corps Subsistence School. he
first came here. Later he grad
uated from the Army Industrial
College here and was on duty
successfully in the statistics
branch of the office of the Under
secretary of War. the clothing
and equippage branch of the
Quartermaster General, and as
chief of the Defense Aid Branch
Planning and Control Division.
Praised for Services.
After several months in the pro-
curement and distribution division
at Army Service Forces headquar-
ters here in 1912, he became as
sistant chief of staff, Services of
Supply, in the European theater.
He later held a similar post in
the North African theater where
he became commanding officer of
the center district of that theater
in 1943.
Returning to the United States
in August, 1943, he became deputy
quartermaster general He was
assigned as joint staff executive
assistant to the chief of staff
for logistics in the Pacific theater
in September, 1914.
His. appointment as assistant
to the Quartermaster General
came on February l, 1916. and
last March 81 he was made Quar-
termaster General.
His Legion of Merit citation
called attention to exceptionally
meritorious conduct in the per-
formance of outstanding services
in planning, coordinating and
operating supply functions in Eu-
rope and North Africa. The Gold
Star, awarded by Admiral Nimit2
in 1945, cited his initiative, per-
severance and outstanding abil-
ity' and his sound judgment and
unusual knowledge of the details
of military logistics."
Gen. Waitt lives at 3133 Con.