Evening star., 1962-05-06
BY EVELYN M. DENT
Contributing Writer

Armed Forces Day celebra-
tons elsewhere will take many
ranking members Of the De-
partment of Defense out Of
Washington for the remain
ing weeks Of May. Others viii
be in Europe at the several
NATO conferences, and the
Secretary Of Defense Robert
S. Mcnamara and the Chair
man Of the Joint Chiefs Of
Staff Gen. Lyman L. Lem
nitZer are also in Europe.
The Deputy Secretary Of
Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric
and Mrs. Gilpatric are going
to the West Coast. The Sec
retary, to attend Armed
Forces Day celebrations May
II in San Francisco and Mrs.
Gilpatric will spend several
days there with friends. The
Secretary returns to WASH
ington May 16.
The Assistant Secretary Of
Defense-C o m ptroller -
Charles ]. Hitch. and Mrs.
Hitch are going to st. Louis,
Mo. on May IS, where he will
review the Armed Forces Day
parade in that city May 19.
Meanwhile most of the
ranking Armed Services Sec
retariat and the top echelon
members of the Armed Forces
are going to the mammoth
dinner celebration for
Armed Forces Day here on
Friday at the Sheraton Park
Hotel.
Nays Turn
It is the Navy's turn to
head the list this year for the
Armed Forces Day Show.
The Commandant, Potomac
River Naval Command, Rear
Admiral Thomas H. Robbins
will head the joint services
committee.
Plans are underway for an
Army, Navy and Air Force
show at Andrews Air Force
Base, with q preview on
Friday for the press. The
show will then be open to the
public Saturday and Sunday
from 10 am. to dark each
day.
Friday, a gala luncheon
has been planned at the
Mess Hall BOO. Naval Sta
ton, for retired Flag Off
GERS and their wives.
In the evening the Navy
League, the Association of
the United States Army, and
the Air Force Association
have made plans for the
dinner in Sheraton Hall,
where more than 1,700 have
already made reservations.
Hosts for the gala affair
are Mr.. Robert Crown, Of
Chicago. Navy; retired 1t.
Gen. Milton q. Baker, Valley
Forge Military Academy head,
Army. and Mr.. Joe Foss,
Sioux Falls, 8. D.. Air Force.
The guest speakers viii in
clude Secretary Of the Navy
Fred Korth, Secretary Of the
Army Elvis j. Stahr, jr., and
the Under Secretary of the
Air Force Joseph v. Charyk.
Master Of ceremonies win be
Mr.. Roy Neal.
The popular Chief Signal
Officer USA, Mai. Gen.
Ralph T. Nelson, will retire
on June 80, and there win be
three large-Scale reviews in
his honor: June $40, Fort
Monmouth, N. j., where Mai.
Gen. William D. Hamlin win
be host; June 1924. Fort
Gordon, Ca, with Brig. Gen.
Richard ]. Meyer as host,
and June 80, Fort Huachuca,
Ariz., with Maj. Gen. F.. r.
Uhrhane entertaining for the
Nelson's.
Gen. and Mrs. Nelson plan
to spend some time In Tue
son, Ariz., after the end Of
June, visiting their son and
daughter-in-law. Capt. and
Mrs. Thomas c. Nelson, and
their grandson, Thomas.
They will return to their
home in North Arlington, Va,
sometime in the late summer.
It is their intention to re-
main here for O while at
least. G
Farewell Reception
The Staff. military and
civilian, Of the Signal Corps
in Washington has been In
vited to attend q farewell
reception and dinner on June
16 at the Sheraton-Park
Hotel in honor Of Gen. and
Mrs. Nelson.
Yesterday Gen. and Mrs.
Nelson left for Europe to be
gone about three weeks. Gen.
Nelson win attend NATO
conferences In Paris and
afterwards they will 60 to
England where they will be