Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
SERVICE NEWS
Gen. and Mrs. Sturgis
Fete French General
By EVELYN M. DENT

The Army Chief of Engi-
neers, Mai. Gen. Samuel D.
Sturgis, jr. and Mrs. Sturgis
will be hosts at dinner on, Mon
day. May 9, entertaining at
Mckenzie Hall, Fort Belyoir.
Their honor guest will be the
Inspector of Engineers Of the
French Army. Gen. Robert
Pinson.
Tuesday. May 10, is the
180th birthday Of the Corps
of Engineers and this year the
event will be marked by a
reception and dinner at Fort
Belvoir at which the Com
manding General of the Fort,
Mai. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss.
and Mrs. Prentiss will be
hosts.
This afternoon Gen. and
Mrs. Prentiss will be at home
to allied officers who are at
tending the Engineer School.
The 4 o'clock reception win
serve as a bon voyage party
to the officers who are cur
rently finishing their course
at the school. Also on hand
to say goodby will be Gen.
and Mrs. Max johnson, the
assistant commandment of the
school, Brig. Gen. Gerald E.
Galloway, and Mrs. Galloway,
and faculty members and their
wives.
Gen. and Mrs. Sturgis are
going to New York on May 5
to attend the unwilling of the
restored monument which COW
ers the grave in st. Paul's
Church yard of a famous
French Engineer Etienne Marie
Bechet. the Sieur de Rochefon-
taine. The Frenchman served
under Gen. Washington, and
in 1894, when a congressional
act founded a Corps of Artil-
lerists and Engineers, he COM
manded the unit at the en-
campment that evolved into
the United States Military
Academy, West Point.
The dedication will also
mark the 35th annual meet
ing of the Society of Amer
lean Military Engineers. The
New York City Post will act
as hosts to the distinguished
visitors.
Gen. Pinson is expected to
attend the New York meeting
and come to Washington on
Sunday. May 8. and return
May II to New York en- route
home. On Tuesday, May 10,
he will visit the John Keer
Dam before going to the Engl-
neers Dinner. Wednesday the
party expects to view the con-
struction work at Mcguire Air
Force Base, New Jersey, and
Thursday to see the Delaware
River Project and the Fair
less Steel works.
Turn Back Clock
The years turned back on
Saturday. April 16. when the
Engineer Officers and their
wives gathered for the Annual
Castle Ball in the Candlelit
Ballroom of the Officers Club,
Fort Lesley j. McNair. From
the time of the Spanish
American War until after
World War I. the Fort was
known as Washington Bar
racks. home Of the Corps Of
Engineers.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Louis
j. Rumaggi are departing for
San Francisco come May /.
Gen. Rumaggi has been serv-
ing as deputy chief of Engi-
neers for Military Operations
here. He will be Chief of Staff
of the 9Th Army at the
Preside.
Miss Louise Heron will go
with her mother and Gen.
Rumaggi. Miss Heron has
been studying at the Uni
versity Of South Carolina. She
goes to the University Of Cali
fornia as a junior in the fall.
The family plans a leisurely
trip to the West Coast. They
will visit Mrs. Garnet Ru-
maggi, the Generals mother.
in Franklin, Ohio. and Mrs.
Rumaggi's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Robertson, in
Houston, Tex.
Review for Gen. Loucks
There will be a full review,
followed by a reception and
dinner, on Friday, May q, at
the Chemical Center, Edge
wood. Md, when Mai. Gen.
Charles E. Loucks retires. The
Commanding General, Brig.
Gen. John r. Burns, and Mrs.
Burns will be hosts to Gen.
and Mrs. LouckS.
The officers of the Chemical
Corps will give a reception for
the Loucks on Friday. May 6.
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