The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
Appointees Of ''Plucking"
Board AreGiven New
Berths.
SEND Is FROM HERE
TO DISTANT POINTS
Personnel Of Foreign At
taches to Be Left Un-
changed Now.

ficers general staff duty from the
list of 3Os eligibIss recently select
ed by the special "plucking board"
Of the army was announced yester-
day by the War Department in spe-
cial orders.
BY these assignments fifteen off,
GERS who have been located in this
city are sent to points from Boston
to Hawaii.
The orders direct forty-nine on-
GERS to take general stan posts
with troops in the nine army corps
in this country and in the stats OF
the headquarters of the Hawaiian,
Philippine and Panama Canal de-
apartments. The assignment of three
officers to the War Department
general stan also was announced.
Secretary OF War Baker said he
had left the assignment OF new Of
hcers to stan duty entirely in the
hands of Maj Gen. Peyton c. March,
chief Of staff, and that he was with
out knowledge as to how the chief
officer fthe staff would proceed
in putting into effect the provisions
of the national defense act, which
created the new general stan.
Asked IL the present members Of
the general staff who were not in
cluded in the selections made by
the board would be permitted to
complete their TENS of four years
on the staff assignment.
| Secretary Baker said that Gen.
March would have to determine
whether to relieve them Immediate
ly or permit their original assign
ment to continue in effect until
their terms expire.
| While yesterdays orders do not
indicate whether the new stan Of
ficers are to relieve men who were
rejected by the "plucking board"
army men generally believe that It
IT, the determination of the present
4 War Department administration to
/ assign as many -of the etigibler ss
| possible before the new sadministra-
tion comes in.
i No change at this time. however.
is to be made in the military staffs
at American embassies and lega-
tions abroad. Ten officers who are
! now serving as military attaches,
! and whose names were not in
cluded in the "plucking board" were
yesterday continued in their ppres-
ent assignments as acting general
stan officers"
The complete list of new assign
ments follows:
To the War Department General
staff ito fill existing vacancies-Col.
Harry G.. Bishop, field artillery;
Lieut.. Col. Dune X. MSer, infantry;
! u f~~l TAh Lof
| Detailed as acting general stan
| officers, serving as military at
taches:
Mai. 4. w. Chiffon. infantry.
Maj. w. S. Drysdale, infantry.
| Mai. J. NJ. Hobson, jr., infantry.
Maj. o. n. Solbert, corps of en-
gineers.
Maj. L. A. O'Donnell, cavalry.
Maj. F.. T. Cruise, field artillery.
Maj. Z. L. Farman, jr., cavalry.
Maj. T. F. Van Natta, jr., cavalry.
Maj. W. NJ. Colvin, coast artillery
corps.
Maj. E. N. Hardy. cavalry.
To First Corps Area, Boston.
Col. Marcellus G. Spinks, from
Fort Monroe, Virginia, assistant
chief of staff for operations.
| Lieut.. Col. Walter c. Sweeney,
from Washington, D. c., assistant
chief of staff for military intelli-
gence.
Lieut.. Col. Wilson B. Burtt, from
Governors Island, New York, assist
ant chief of staff for supply.
To Second Corps Area. Governors
Island.
Col. Albert J. Bcwley. from Camp
Bragg, North Carolina. assistant
chief of stan for operations.
Lieut.. Col. Parker Hit, from
Washington, D. c.. Assistant chief
OF stan for military Intelligence.
| To Third Corps Area-BaItimore.
Lieut.. Col. George s. simonds.
from Washington, d. c., assistant
chief of stan for operations.
Lieut. Col. Stephen o. Fuqua, from
Camp Dix. New Jersey. assistant
chief of stan for military intelli-
gence.
To Fourth Corps Area-ChnrIeston
Col. Charles J. Symmonds, from
Fort Bliss, Tex. chief Of staff.
Lieut. Col. Richard II. williams.
from Washington ID. c., assistant
chief Of star for war plans and
training.
To Fifth Corps Area-India uapoIis.
Col Lucius r. Holbrook, from
Fort Leavenworth. Kan, assistant
( chief Of staff for supply.
To Sixth Corps Area-Chicago.
Col. Manus McClaskey, from
Camp Knox, KY, assistant chief of
staff for military intelligence.
Lieut.. Col. Stuart Heintzelman,
from Washington, ID. c.. assistant
chief Of STAN for supply.
To Seventh Corps Area-Omaho.
Col. william X. Nayior, from Fort
Leavenworth. Kans., assistant chief
of staff for supply.
Lit. Col. Morris Z. Locke, from
| Fort Leavenworth, Kans., assistant
chief of STAFF for operations.
1t Col. Hu B. Myers. from Carp
Travis, Tex. assistant chief of stan
for military intelligence.
To Ninth Corps Area-Frisco.
Lit. Col. Laurence Halstead. from
cSfp Grant. ILL.,, assistant chief of
stan for supply.
To Hawaiian Departmeit.
Lit Col. William II. Wilson, from
San Francisco. Calf, assistant chief
o. stan for operations.
Major Lesley JHMcNair. from Fort
Leavenworth, Kans.. assistant chief
OF stan for war plans and training.
Major Paul II. Clark. from Fort
William H. Seward, Alaska, assist
ant chief Of stan for military intel
ugence