ARMY & NAVY: Insulted General

Humble pie is not included in the rations of a general officer of the U. S. Army, active or retired. No exception is tight-lipped Charles Pelot ("Fight 'Em All") Summerall, veteran of many an Army campaign since 1892, who retired last year as Chief of Staff to become president of the Citadel, South Carolina's State military college at Charleston.

Last week General Summerall was called to Columbia to appear before the State Senate's Finance Committee which was preparing appropriations for the Citadel. Last Autumn the General had made known that his school was...

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