The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-17
PRES. DUTRA OF BRAZIL


At 4;l0 a. m. Saturday Presi-
dent Dutra is scheduled 10 leave
Washington by train for New
York, Sunday, when he will at
tend high mass in st. Patrick's
Cathedral, New York.
AT 8 a. m. Wednesday. Nav IS.
President Dutra will leave New
York by airpiane for an inspec-
ton of the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority, Chattanooga.
Friday, May ~, President Du-
ira and the Presidential party
will depart from Nashville by
plane for Rio de Janeiro.
General of the Army Eurico
Gaspar Dutra was born on Nav
IL, 1885. in the city of Cuiaba,
capital of the state of Mato Gros-
SO, In the heart of the Brazilian
hinterland. His parents were Jo-
Sc Florencio and Marie Justina
Dutra. The President, now a Wi
dover, has two children: a
daughter, Emilia married to Rep
resentative Mauro r. Leite, of
Paul, and son, Joao. who is a
Captain in the Army. The Presi-
dents wife, Dona Carmela Leite
Dutra, passed away in l947. Dur
ing her lifetime she Won the love
and respect of the Brazilian peo-
pie for her religious devotion and
her work with women's organi-
cations.
Military Career-At seventeen
years of age, he enlisted in the
army as a private. Soon after
wards he was sent to the military
preparatory schools and was
raised, at twenty three, to the
rank of Cadet. At Is he was pro-
NOTED to Second Lieutenant: at
81, to First Lieutenant; at SO. to
Captain; at AZ. to Major; at A. to
Lieutenant Colonel; at As, to Col
onel; at AZ to Brigadier General
and, at SO TO Major General.
Activities i'm Military Life-In
1920, Eurico Gaspar Dutra. then
First Lieutenant, enrolled in the
Army's highest educational es-
Enlistment, the General Staff
School. At that time, he wrote
two works, "Exercicios de Quad
ros" (Cadre Exercises and "Du-
as Taticas EN- Confronto" Con
Formation of Two Tactics), and
eerved as secretary of the mill
tary periodical "Defensa Nacion-
al" He also attended the Modern
Staff instruction course held by
French Military Mission. Serv-
ed subsequently as Instructor
in the Military Academy at Re-
alenge. As Major, served in the
9th Independent Cavalry Regi-
ment in Rio Grande do Sui. Pro-
NOTED to Lieutenant Colonel.
was assigned to the command OF
the 18th Independent Cavalry,
and exercised at the same time
the functions of Commandant of
the Cavalry School, in the FEEDER
al District. Promoted to Colonel
on November II, 1881, and as
signed to the command of the
4th Divisional Cavalry Regiment
in Tres Coracoes, Minas Gerais.
Commanded legal forces in that
region during combat operations
occasioned by the revolution OF
1882. In the rank of Brigadier
General, to which he was promo
ted on October 4. 1882, General
Dutra served successfully as
Commandant of the End lntan-
try Brigade, Director of Aviation
and Cemmandant of the Estab-
lishment at Villa Militar. AS Ma
ior General, he commanded the
First Military Region. On No
vember 1886, was appointed Min
lister of War. during which term
of office he directed the mechan-
ization of the Brazilian Army,
developed it's air arm and dis
tinguished himself as an admin
istrator in the construction OF
important establishments such
as hospitals, barracks, schools,
and factories.
On August %, 1912, Brazil en-
tered the second world conflict,
as she had done in the first; on
the side of the United States.
General Dutra was the organlz-
er of the Brazilian Expedition
arv Force which fought on the
Italian front until the end OF the
war in Europe. In November
1914 he visited the front lines as
a tutor of inspection and also Wis.
tied England at the invitation OF
the Government of that country.
In l943 General Dutra came
to the United States as an Off
cial guest of the United States
Government. During that visit he
toured the country's principal
war plants and military training
camps. and received from the
hands of General Marshall the
Legion of Merit decoration in the
degree of commander. Later, in
1916. a citation by President
Truman accompanied the be-