Evening star., 1951-12-17

teenth street NV, after noon to-
morrow. Funeral services will be
held at IL am. Wednesday al
Fort Myer chapel. Chaplain 1t
Col. Oscar w. Schoech of Walter
Reed will officiate. Burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery.
Since his retirement in 1916
after 80 years of service, Gen
McCoach had been vice president
tof Charles H. Tompkins Co., con-
Istruction engineers. GOT Sixteenth
street NV. He lived at the Ward
man Park Hotel.
Gen. McCoach served as En-
Igineer Commissioner from Sep
|tember. 1888. to May. 194l, when
he was assigned to the Office OF
the Chief of Engineers as admin
istration division chief and execu-
tive officer to the Chief of En-
|gineers.
Entered West Point in '06.
In 1943 he was made command
ing general of the 9th Service
Command, Fort Douglas, Utah
and the following year went over
seas as engineer section chief
Allied Force Headquarters. in
North Africa.
One year later, he became top
general of the 9Th Service Com
mand in Chicago in which post
he remained until retirement
April 30, 1946. g.
He was appointed a brigadier
general in 1912 and promoted to
major general the next year.
Born on January 81. 1887. In
Philadelphia. Gen. McCoach en-
tered West Point in 1906 and was
graduated four years later into
the engineer corps, which he didn' t
leave until retirement.
On River Improvement.
His first assignment was Missis-
ippi River improvement in 1910,
and these tours of duty followed: !:
Isthmian Canal Commission in
the Panama Canal Zone; Pitts
burgh Engineer District; Army
Engineer School here: Fort Leay-
enworth. Kans.; Texas City. Tex, !;
War Department General Staff /;
General Headquarters of the AEF
in France during World War
where he participated irr the
Somme offensive and the battle of
Bellicourt.
At the close Of the first World
War, Gen. McCoach's assignments
included district engineerships in
the mid-Wes and New York and
he held various top posts with
the Works Progress Administra-
tion in Vicksburg, Miss, and in
the WPA district which included
Washington.
His decorations included two
distinguished service awards, COW
ering his work as 9th Service Com
'mand chief and IS engineer chief
in the North African theater in
the last war.
diplomatic But Tough"
During his active military serv.
ice, Gen. McCoach gained a repu-
tation as being diplomatic bui
tough" AS Engineer COMMISSIONS
of the District, he helped bring
about completion of $18 millior
PWA projects for schools, courts
sewers and hospitals here.
The general also served as solit
fuels administrator under interior
Secretary Ickes in 1943, and il
1945 as War Department repre-
sentative in the operation of Ger.
tain facilities of Montgomery
Ward & Co. in which the Army
took over in 1914.
Gen. McCoach was a member
of Temple-Noyes Lodge No. 80
FAAM: The American Society
of Civil Engineers, the American
Society of Military Engineers, the
Army Navy Country Club, the
Army and Navy Club and the
Chevy Chase Club. He was a
director of the Board of Trade.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Anna B. McCoach: q son
Col David McCoach III, USA,
stationed at Orlando, Fla: two
sisters. Mrs. C. K. MADEIRA OF
Philadelphia and Mrs. Mabel B
Monahan of Lebanon, Pa, and
three grandchildren.