Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-29
BY EVELYN M. DENT

Lie ARMY CHIEF OF SJau,
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, and
Mrs. Taylor will be hosts at
dinner on Wednesday, enter
tanning in their quarters at
Fort Myer in honor Of Gen.
Sir Richard Gales. Royal Brit
ish Army.
Sir Richard commands the
Northern Army Group of the
British Army. and is here at
the invitation of the United
States Army. He will leave
Washington on Friday to in
spect Army installations in
Virginia. The following day he
will go to New York and will
sail for England.
Meanwhile Mai. Gen. Valen-
tine Boucher, C.B., CHE, and
Mrs. Boucher will entertain at
dinner on Thursday in his
honor. Gen. Boucher is the
newly arrived Commander
Army Staff, British Joint Serv-
fees Mission, he replaces Maj.
Gen. G. E. Prior Palmer who
has returned to England.
Gen. and Mrs. Taylor are
visiting in Virginia Reach.
They return tomorrow to their
quarters at Fort Myer.
Army Changes
The Assistant Judge Adj
vocate General of the Army,
Maj. Gen. Claude Bayles
Mickelwait, retires on Tues
day and with Mrs. Mickelwait
leaves town for a well earned
holiday on Friday.
They are off to Jackman,
Me-, salmon fishing. Wash
ington will not lose this at
tractive and popular couple
though. They are returning to
their own house in Chevy
Chase and Gen. Mickelwait
has accepted a special Assign
J ment in the Office of the Sec
rotary of the Army until the
first of the year.
Gen. Mickelwait and Brig.
Gen. George w. Gardes who
also retires, are being honored
at a review and reception on
Tuesday at Fort Myer. At 4
pm. the famed Third Infantry
Regiment passes in review for
these distinguished officers. At
4:30 top ranking members of
the Armed services as well as
the Generals brother officers
and their wives will pass down
the receiving line at Patton
Hall.
Mrs. Mickelwait and Mrs.
Gardes will join their hus-
bands in greeting the guests
Capt. Robert M. Thornley,,
and 1t. Cyrus P. Trowbridge
will alternate as equerries.
Gen. and Mrs. Gardes re-
turned from Europe last week
and have an apartment at
the Presidential Gardens until
August /, when they move to
the Dominion Arms, Airing
ton, where they will stay until
their own house which is now
leased will be available to
them.
Gen. Gardes has been Judge
Advocate, United States Army
Europe from May. 1854, until
the present time. They expect
to see something of their son,
Capt. George. H. Gardes, who
is on duty with the 325th Air
borne Infantry Regiment, Fort
Bragg, N. C. They saw John
P. Gardes before they left Eu-
rope. He is a private in the
Sd Cavalry stationed at Nu-
remburg, Germany.
Maj. Gen. George w. Hick-
man, jr., is the Assistant Judge
Advocate General of the Army
designate, and with Mrs. Hick-
man will be among those at
the parade and reception on
Tuesday.
Gathers Leaving
Surprises are the order of
the day at the quarters of Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Ridgely Gather
at Fort Lesley J. McNair. Gen.
Gather has been nominated
for a third star, and received
orders to proceed to Fort
Monroe. Va, as deputy COM
mandant.
Gen. Gather is the Army
Assistant Chief of Staff for
Intelligence, and at the mo-
ment no replacement has been
named for this assignment.
Gen. Gather leaves in about
ten days and Mrs. Gather
will follow at the end of
August.
There is sure to be a furry
Of parties for them, and they
too will entertain before leav-
ing. This weekend they are
at Annapolis Roads, Md,
where they have a cottage.
Their daughter Mrs. William