Evening star., 1953-01-17
Eisenhower Picks
; Young !! Officers
As Military Aides
By John A. Giles

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The gleam of high brass will
be gone from military aides at
the White House.
President-elect Eisenhower yes
terd" requested the services of
the niger officers to replace
men of two-star rank who have
served President Truman. None
is above field grade rank.
1t. Col. Robert L. Schulz. As.
who was the President-elect's
aide before he resigned his COM
mission as a five-star general,
will be military aide. replacing
Maj. Gen. Harry M. Vaughan.
who is reverting to inactive
status.
Comdr. Edward L. Beach. "a,
famous submarine commander
of World War II and now COM
mander of one of the Navy's
newest subs. will be naval aide.
succeeding Rear Admiral Robert
L. Dennison, who becomes COM
mander of Atlantic Fleet Cruiser
Division 4.
Aide and Pilot.
Maj. William G.. Draper, 80,
who was the generals pilot at
supreme headquarters, allied
powers. Europe, and accom-
panied him on his recent trip to
Korea. will be Air Force aide
and personal pilot. AS aide. he
succeeds Maj. Gen. Robert Lam
dry. who will be deputy COM
mander of the 18th Air Force
in California.
The present pilot of the Pres
idential plane. the independence,
is Col. F. w. Williams, who will
be deputy commander of the
374th Troop Carrier Wing, 315th
Air Division in the Far East.
BY naming relatively junior
aides, the new President is scrap
ping a custom dating back to
Woodrow Wilson's day. Back in
the days of Theodore Roosevelt
and William Howard Taft, the
Presidential aides always were
younger officers.
Elimination of the custom of
using high brass for the jobs
also appeared to bring satisfac-
ton to a great many officers at
the Pentagon who for years have
Squirmed over the succession of
temporary major generals and
rear admirals wearing the orna-
mental insignia of Presidential
aide. The services objection has
been to the tendency of the aides
to throw their weight around"
They contend the jobs need no
exalted rank.
Col. Shulz Stationed Here.
Col. Schulz, a native of New
York, was graduated from CO.
lumbia University and went on
active Army duty on December
10, 1912. For the next four years,
he was transportation officer of
the Military District of Washing
ton and first became associated
with Gen. Eisenhower when the
latter was Army chief of staff.
He became personal aide to
Gen. Eisenhower in 1947. He is
now in charge of a service unit
at the New York Port of EN-
barkation. which is screening the
Eisenhower wartime records.
Comdr Beach also is a native
of New York. He was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1899
and first was assigned to a
cruiser. Since then he has served
aboard five submarines, begin
ming with the Trigger, which
made nine consecutive war pa
trolls. He was awarded the Navy
Cross for service aboard the
Tirante, which sank nine enemy
ships. Later he became COM
mander of the submarine Piper.
After the war he served as an
assistant to Gen. Bradley, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
and then took command of the
Trigger. namesake of the orig
inal sub which was sunk. He is
author Of the beSt-selling book
entitled Submarine"
Major Is Maryland Native.
Comdr. Beach is married and
has three children. The family
lives at 1887 South George
Mason drive. Alexandria. while
he is on duty here.
Maj. Draper, a graduate of
Central High School and the
University of Maryland, received
an Air Force reserve commission
in November. 1912, and a regu-
lar commission five years later.
He has been a rated pilot since
entry into service and has flown
in every theater of operations.
The son of James D. Draper,
1925 Noyes drive. Silver Spring,
the major is married and has
two children. He lives at 87l5
Geven road, Takoma Park, Md.