The Washington herald., 1918-02-01
/ Army and Nay Neyygs|k,:7
Best Service Column in Tie City

Albert L watts. Union Station.
has been commissioned a captain
In the ouartermaster Corps OF the
national army. and Walter Z. Math-
ewson. 1913 Twelfth street north
west, and Daniel Il. Sawyer have
been commissioned Captains in the
Ordnance Reserve Corps. it was an
nounced yesterday by the War De-
lpartment
Several other District residents
were given commissions in various
branches'-of the army yesterday.
Adolph .stuber. 11s d street north
west. was commissioned as a nrst
Lieutenant in the Aviation Section
of the Signal Reserve Corps.
Harold S. Demerit 40l Carroll
avenue, Takoma Park. Nd. was ap-
pointed q first lieutenant in the
iOrdnance Reserve Corps.
Ernest worment Bales, so2s R
street northwest; Glen Ward Dreis-
bach. 81 NJ street northeast, and
Raymond Holder Wheeler were
commissioned as first lieutenants
in the Sanitary Corps of the nation
al army.
John W. Howard. 1923 Sixteenth
street northwest. and Henry L.
Bangs. l1s d street northeast, were
commissioned as second lieutenants
in the Aviation Section of the Sig
nal Officers Reserve Corps.
George s. Parker. 14s Z street
northeast. was named q second lieu
tenant in the Engineer Reserve
Corps.
Rrank A. Ryan, 1880 F street
northwest; Edward P. Becker, Y. NJ
lC. A.; Ralph w. Hills, 1890 Nine
teenth street northwest; Hollydsy
S. Needs, jr.. 1870 Biltmore street
northwest; Paul b. McConviIIe. 407
colorado Building; John Carleton
ISterling. 1900 Virginia avenue
northwest. and James H. Rogers.
Council of National Defense, were
commissioned second lieutenants in
the Ordnance Reserve Corps.
Guy Z. Logan, Des Moines, Iowa,
was commissioned as a major in
the aviation section OF the Signal
lOnicers' Reserve Corps yesterday.
The work OF reorganizing the
Ordnance Department, the plan Of
which contemplates placing civil
ians in many responsible positions,
brought the assignment to duty
here yesterday Of several additional
officers holding commissions In the
Ordnance Reserve Corps. Mai.
Frank II. Wagner, Mai. Claude C.
Nichols, Maj. william E. Harkness.
! Maj. Harry c. HeQuembourg. Capt.
Henry +. AthertOn and First Lieuts.
Albert b. Baker, Scott w. Hender-
+ son. Ernest w. Priddy. Morton G.
Thalhimer, and Second Lieuts.
George Quay Calderwood, John L.
Armour and Simon Roth were as
signed to duty in the office Of the
Chief of Ordnance here yesterday.
Mai. William d. Chler, Quartermas-
er Corps. National Army. has been
ordered here for assignment 10 duty
in the effice of the acting quartermas-
ter general.
Mai EIbert F. Norton, OF the En-
gineer Reserve Corps. has been as
signed TO active duty and ordered
to Fort Myer, Va. for duty with
the Thirty-seventh Engineers.
Among officers assigned to duty in
Washington under orders issued yes
terday by the War Department. the
following Of the Engineer Reserve
Corps have been assigned to duty
with the Twentieth Engineers at
Camp American University, this city:
Capt. Alexander H. Stephens. Capt.
Philip A. Wilson. Capt. Andrew Wood /;
and First IIeutenants Oscar NJ. An
n
Martin. George B. Spicer and L. D..
Harry NJ. Barnes. Howard L. Dyer,
John II. johnson. Frederick d. Nc
| Gillicuddy. Harold J. Plunkett Dam
iel II. Rucker and G. (. Warden.
The following officers of the avia-
ton section. Signal Oficers' Reserve
Corps, have been detailed to duty in
the office OF the chief signal oficers
in this city: Second Lieuts. Wallace
]. Frost. Elisha c. Hover. jr, Charles
William Muldoon and Charles S. Bou-
chard.
First Lieuts. John f. HeaIy and
Bernard J. McMahon. Medical Reserve
Corps, have been assigned to duty
at the Army Medical School here.
First Lieut.. Lawrence Martin. Ad-
jutant Generals Department Of u
National Army. has been ordered hero
for assignment to duty at the War
College.
Total casualties in the British army
reported during January We're 74.O3S.
This total is the smallest reported
for any month since last August.
when the total casualties for the
month were 60,S73
During January l4.SS6 men were kill
ed, of which 4l4 were officers and IA
az enlisted men. The number wound
ed was 4s,45s. divided as follows: Off
GERS, 9S5: enlisted men. EAR Report
ed missing, 1O.s94, of which al were
officers and 1888 enlisted men. To-
tai number of officers on the casualty
lists was LOO and enlisted men num-
bered S.4Ss.