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NEW CHIEF OF STAFF WASHINGTON, D. C, April 27.— In a series of unprecedented moves, Americas defense forces were strengthened today on the eve of Chancellor Adolf Hitlers reply to President Roosevelts request for a guaranty against further aggression by Germany and Italy during the next ten years. President Roosevelt named a new chief of staff of the army, Brig. Gen. George S. Marshall, 58-year-old deputy chief of staff, to succeed Maj. Gen. Malin Craig, who retires in August. Marshalls appointment was in line with the decision to bring younger blood into the army high command by retiring all over ?ge and physically unfit officers from captain to brigadier-general. Marshall was named over a number of higher ranking officerr, the President following the same line that he took in recently reaching down among the younger higher ranking officers of the navy and appointing Admiral Harold R. Stark as the navys chieftain. Marshall will be major-general.
