Evening star., 1963-05-19
SERVICE NEWS
BY EVELYN M. DENT
Star Special Writer

Each year about this time
the Kermit Roosevelt Ex-
change Lectures take place
and ranking officers of Great
Britain and the United States
Armies change places.
This year the British Army
Vice Chief of Staff, 1t. Gen.
Sir william Pike, K.CB.,
C.B.E.. D.S.O., and the Army
Vice Chief of Staff, Gen.
Barksdale Hamlet, are the
principles.
Sir william and Lady Pike
arrived in New York May 5
aboard the Raj Comet which
brought his brother, Marshal
of the Royal Air Force Sir
Thomas Pike, and Lady Pike
as guests Of the United States
Air Force. Sir william and
Lady Pike were the house.
guests of Mrs. Kermit Roose-
welt at her Sutton Place home
before going on a tour Of
Army bases. They will arrive
in Washington on Wednes-
day and stay at the Shore
ham Hotel.
Sir william will lecture the
joint session of the National
War College and the Indus
trial College of the Armed
Forces on Friday.
The United States Senate
approved the creation of the
Kermit Roosevelt Foundation
in 1914, providing for a sys-
tenn of exchange lectures pro-
noting a closer understand
ing between ranking officers
of the British and United
States Armies. Funds for the
program were provided by
Mrs. Roosevelt in memory of
her late husband until 1858,
when a grant was obtained
from the Rockefeller Founda-
ton.
Visited Forts
Sir William, accompanied
by Lady Pike, visited Fort
Bliss, Tex, and Fort Sill,
Okla, before going to Fort
Leavenworth, Kans., where he
delivered the first lecture last
Monday, at the Command
and General Staff College.
Returning to New York, he
lectured at West Point on
Thursday, where he and Lady
Pike were the guests Of the
Superintendent Of the Mill
tary Academy, 1t. Gen. Will
liam c. Westmoreland.
Yesterday the visitors at
tended the Armed Forces Day
celebrations in New York as
the guests of the Command
ing General, 1st Army 1t.
Gen. Garrison Davidson. To-
day they are in Carlisle, Pa,
at the Army War College, as
the guests Of 1t. Gen. VIII
liam F. Train.
Sir William and Lady Pike
will arrive in Washington
Wednesday morning and that
evening will be the guests of
honor at a dinner given by the
Army Deputy Chief of Staff
for Logistics, 1t. Gen. Robert
w. Colglazier, and Mrs. Col
glazier, in the Fort McNair
Officers Club. The Colglaziers
will leave the next day for
Spain and a much needed
two-week vacation.
The Commandant, National
War College, 1t. Gen.
Francis H. GriSwold, will give
a luncheon on Thursday at
the Fort McNair Officers Club
for the distinguished visitors,
and that evening Gen. and
Mrs. Griswold are planning
a reception in their quarters
at Fort McNair for Sir Will
liam and Lady Pike.
Friday evening Sir william
and Lady Pike are to be hosts
ct q small dinner In the home
of the British Army Attache
Mai. Gen. Roger E. T. st.
John and Mrs. st. John.
Their ranking guest will be
Mrs. Remit Roosevelt.
Luncheon Set
The young Kermit Roose-
Yelts are planning a luncheon
%arty on Saturday for the
visitors and a few close
friends Of the family before
the travellers depart for New
York and Sutton Place. where
Sir William and Lady Pike
win stay until May 81, when
they depart for Canada.
Gen. and Mrs. Griswold are
enjoying a visit from their
daughter Mrs. Sidney Pollack
apd her small son Steven.
who came from their home in
Hollywood 10 await the ar
rival OF Mr.. Pollack from
Rome.
Mrs. Pollack is under con-
tract to Alfred Hitchcock,
and has been In several
TV shows. The family is
thrilled that Mr.. Pollack is
oFaa of the five movie dirac-