New
Brazil welcome
gen. g.c.marsha ,l
Future Chief of Staff of U. S.
Army Is Warmly Applauded
by Rio de Janeiro Crowd
WILL MAKE 10-DAY TOUR
American Will Return With
Genera! de Goes Monteiro,
Brazil's Chief of Staff
By FRANK M. GARCIA
Special Cable So Tn N«w yosx Tons.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May
25.—Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall,
Boon to become Chief of Staff of
the United States Army, received
a most cordial welcome on his ar-
rival here this morning aboard the
light cruiser Nashville to invite and
take along: with him to the United
States General Pedro Aurelio de
Goes Montelro, Chief of Staff of
the Brazilian Army.
From the Nashville's flagstaff
flew the flags of Brazil and the
United States. The same two flags
fluttered from each lamp-post along
Avenlda Rio Branco and the Praca
Maua, where thousands gathered to
watch a two-mile military proces-
sion.
Is Impressed by Brazil
General Marshall was geceted as
he stepped from the Nashville by a
representative of President Getulio
Vargas, by United States Ambas-
sador Jefferson Caffery. General de
Goes Monteira and his staff, other
high military and naval officers
and Mayor Henrique Dodsworth of
Rio de Janeiro.
"Tour invitation to visit you Is
accepted with appreciation of the
profound sentiment of that friend-
ship that urged it," General Mar-
shall told General Goes Montelro.
"It has been my greatest desire to
know personally the army which
produced that great Brazilian sol-
dier, the Duke de Caxlas, and to
visit all parts of Brazil's vast ter-
ritory."
He declared he wished the United
States Army mission while In Bra-
zil might gain the same affection
! from Brazilians that the people of
the United States hold for Brazil.
He spoke of Rio de Janeiro as beau-
tiful and its bay as "one of the
Creator's great masterpieces." .
What attracted most attention In
the welcoming procession was the
spontaneous applause of the crowd
as automobiles carrying the Ameri-
can mission rolled past. A crack
regiment of Brazilian Guards In
white flannel trousers and blue
coats In the Napoleonic style and
marines in red coats and white
trousers • lined the Avenlda Rio
Branco and presented arms as the
car carrying Generals Marshall and
de Goes Montelro passed.
General Marshall will spend ten
days in a tour of Brazil's military
establishments:" The Brazilian
Army, only 62,000 men a year ago,
now totals 80,000-men, with rein-
forcements of 30,000 State troops
under Federal control.
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Embassy Dinner Guest
[ After paying an official call on
President Vargas, General Marshall
was a guest of honor at a dinner to-
night at the United States Em-
bassy.
Tomorrow he Is to see the coast
I artillery center. Fort Sao Joao, the
physical education military school
and the poison gas, gas mask and
projectile factories. In the evening
I the Brazilian military authorities
will give a reception for him.
On Saturday he will fly to Sao
Paulo to inspect the army barracks
and then motor to Santos to visit
Forts Itaipu and Mondula, return-
ing to Sao Paulo In the evening for
a.dinner given by the Federal Inter?
ventor for that State and the mili-
tary commander of the region.
Sunday's Itinerary will Include a
visit to the snake farm at Butantlo
and an air trip to Curltyba to be the
guost of State officials of Parana.
Monday will be devoted to inspec-
tion of army kitchens and truck
factories and a flight to Porto Ale-
gro, where, after inspection of the
barracks on Tuesday, he will be en-
tertained, by the Federal Intervene
tor and military commander for
Rio Grande do Sul.
He will return here Wednesday
and devote three days to visits to
the Villa Militar, military and naval
schools, arsenals and barracks. He
will attend a reception given by
General Allen Kimberly, head of
the United States Army Coast Ar-
tillery mission In Brazil, and a din-
ner given by General Eurico Gasper
Dutra, Brazilian War Minister.
To Be Guest of Minns Geraes
On June 3 General Marshall will
be entertained by Mines Geraes au-
thorities at Juiz de Fora. On his
way back to this capital he will
stop at Petropolls for a churrasco
(Brazilian barbecue]. Major Leh-
man Mitchell, United States mili-
tary attache, will give a dinner for
the visitors that evening.
On June 5 and 6 the American
"will Inspect Forts Duque de Cazias
and Copacabana and the General
Staff school here. They will be
luncheon guests of Mayor Dods-
i worth and will review the First In-
fantry'Division at Campos dos Af-
fonsos.
I Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aran-
ha, who is at present absent from
the capital, is expected to entertain
the visitor at Itamaraty Palace
either June 5 or 6. It Is hoped he
j will': find time to visit Bahla and
Pcrnambuco, capitals Of Bahla and
Parahyba, respectively, thus seeing
eight of Brazil's States before bis
departure.
J There have been many rumors
that General Marshall's visit to
Brazil had ulterior motives. This
morning the correspondent of
Domei here [Japanese news agen-
cy] asked:
"Is It true that General Marshall's
i visit here is for the purpose of con-
cluding a military alliance with
, Brazil?"
I Several European countries have
made vigorous efforts to induce
I General de Goes Montelro to visit
them. Even the presence here of
Countess Clano, the former Edda
Mussolini, is linked in popular be-
lief with such invitations.-
Last May _13;:J3eneral do Goes
rMonteiro declared he expected to
return to Brazil directly from the
United States, but today the news-
paper O Globo reported that the
Chief of Staff would visit Europe.
However, a War Department'
spokesman declared nothing had
yet been decided.
General de Goes Montelro first
gained prominence in 1930 when, as
a captain, he backed Dr. Vargas's
successful revolution and became a
general. In 1932 he put down the
Sao Paulo revolt against Presi-
dent Vargas, constructing1 modern
trenches and pillboxes and check-
ing the Paullstas almost without
bloodshed.
His young son, an army flying of-
ficer, was killed.
Once a French military mission
here referred to General de Goes
Montelro as "a strategist."
Last year he was invited to visit"
Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Recently
he has had similar Invitations
from Italian and British military
authorities.