Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-16
ORDNANCE SCHOOL
GRADUATES los
Student Officersin Course In
cIude %, Who Receive
: Commissions Now.

CAMP MEADE, MO-, May lO.-oHe
hundred and three student officers.
twenty-three of whom are to receive
the gold bars of second lieutenant
at once. were graduated this after
noon from the Ordnance Officers
Training School. The certificates of
eligibility were awarded by Brig.
Gen. William S. Pierce of the ord
nance department. After a short ad-
dress by Gen. Pierce military re-
ing class was held, and was followed
by a concert by the 3J1st Field. Ar
tillery Band.
New Training School Opens.
The fourth officers training school
for aspirants for commissions in the
infantry and artillery branches OF
the service opened here this morning.
BY the hour set for the beginning of
the three months of intensive work
that the candidates will undergo ap-
proximately 200 of the civilian officer
candidates. all of whom have been
indicted into the military service as
first class privates. had reported for
duty.
About a score of colleges were given
the privilege of recommending can
didates from among their students to
attend the training camp. Cornell
sent Is. Maryland State, Georgetown
University. St. Johns College and
Princeton also are represented.
Some of the candidates from col
leges arrived in camp logged out with
officers gold and black hat cords.
leather puttees and the letters. X
o. r. c." on their collars. All of these
decorations will have to be shed. as
the men in the camp wear a plain
uniform. with red. white and blue
hat-cord, as the only mark to dis
tinguish them from the other soldiers
= In camp.
Allowed Seven Candidates.
Owing to the fact that the repre-
Oentation of units at the fourth Off
GERS training school was cut down
from a percentage based on their au-
thorized strength to per cent of
their actual strength. the District
Machine Gun Battalion was allowed
but seven candidates for commissions
in the training school.
Washington men from the District
Machine Gun Battalion who have been
appointed to the officers training
school are as follows:
Corp. Eugene A. Breyman, Company
A, q graduate of the University of
Capt. Lincoln Hutchinson of the War
Trade Board. Washington, D. c. Corp
Breyman has taken an active part
in battalion theatrical entertain
ments. and. owing to his previous
military training in the university,
was something of soldier before
coming to Meade.
SerRt. John B. Reside, Company
"A. 10 4 man Of splendid mental at
.tainments ana good soldier. He
was awarded the degree of doctor of
philosophy in geology at Johns Hop
kins University and was for several
years the oil and coal expert of the
geological survey in Washington. He
vas married few days ago to Miss
Adelaide c. Quisenberry of Hyatts-
serst. Clarence Cashmere. Company
e. was q lawyer in civil life. and for
some years one Of the assistant libra
rians. ut the Library of Congress.
Detective sergeant's Son.
Ssrgt. Frank B. Helan. Company B.
in civil life was connected with the
Warrington ONCE of the Goodrich
Rubber Company. He Is a son Of
Detective Sergt. Helan Of the United
States mArshars office for the District
Of Columbia.
'sergt. William c. Beck. 3r., Company
y. was q civil engineer in Washing
ton, and since coming to Camp Meade
has developed into q very fine soldier.
Corp. Archibald G. McAllister. Com
Dany ,. taught school in Washington.
Ssret. Charles D. German. Company
y IL . recent graduate of the George
town University Law School.