Evening star., 1925-03-01
Civilian Army News

tion OF the United States, will be held
in the auditorium of the Interior De-
partment, March II. Brig. Gen. Ed
gar Jadwin, assistant chief of en-
gineers. will address the meeting on
the role of the Army Engineers in
the World War. Maj. r. E. B. Nc
Kenney, president of the Washing
ton branch, will preside.
Approximately 45 State adjutants
general will gather in Washington
from March 5 to 10 to attend the
School of instruction for State Ad-
jutants General. the first session OF
which will be held in the conference
room of the Militia Bureau. War
Department, on March 5 at $50 a M
Thereafter sessions. plenary or com
mittee, will be held from am. to
IL noon and from ! 80 to 4:30 pm.
Maj. Gen. George c. Richards, CHIEF
of the Militia Bureau, announced this
week that the question of committee
organization would be left to the
committees themselves. Each VIII be
subdivided for the purpose of facll-
itating work, but 1T is the desire or
the bureau that the recommendations
submitted be based upon the opinions
of a majority of the entire commit
tee In cases where differences or
opinion occur, similar reports from
the minority members will be rem
dered.
The personnel comprising the six
committees, namely. personnel, finance
and supply, planning, organization
training and administration, VIII pe
as follows:
Committee on personnel-Maj. Gen.
Baird H. Markham, adjutant general
Of oklahoma; Brig Gen. Fl. J.. Nc
Alister. adjutant general of Arkan-
sas: Brig. Gen. ]. A. Kehoe. adJutant
general of Kentucky; Brig. Gen }.
Van B. Metts, adjutant general or
North Carolina: Brig. Gen. Ralph M.
Immen, adjutant general OF WIS
consin; Col. Curtis T. Green, adJutant
general of Mississippi; Col. Herbert
T. Johnson, adjutant general OF YER
mont: Lieut. Col. w. f. Davis, adju-
tant general of Wyoming; Col. H. CT.
Learnard, 1st Corps Area; Lieut.. Col.
James NJ. Kimbrough, jr., instructor,
Georgia National Guard, and Maj.
Abbott Bonnie, 7th Corps Area
Committee on finance and supply
Brig. Gen. c. f. Black, adjutant gen.
eral of Illinois; Brig. Gen. r. Neill
Rain. adjutant general of Kansas;
Brig Gen. James w. Hanson, adjutant
general of Maine; Brig. Gen. Frank D.
Beary, adjutant general of Pennsyl-
vania Brig Gen. Mark McGee, adju-
tant general of Texas; Col. John ).
Rersey, adjutant general Of Michigan;
col G.. A Fraser, adjutant general of
North Dakota; Lieut.. Col w. G. Will
liams, adjutant general of Utah;
Lieut. Col. William n. Haskell, Cav
airy, I'd Corps Area: Col. NJ. S. Jarvis,
Infantry, 4th Corps Area, and Maj
Loren c. Grieves, Infantry, instructor
Illinois National Guard.
Committee on planning-Brig. Gen.
Hartley A. Moon, adjutant general of
Alabama; Brig. Gen. L. A. Toombs,
adjutant general of Louisiana; Brig.
Gen Milton A. Record, commanding
general Maryland National Guard;
Brig. Gen. Jesse F. Stevens, adjutant
general of. Massachusetts,; Brig. Gen.
Maurice Thompson, adjutant general
of Washington; Brig. Gen. Edward j.
Westcott. adjutant general of New
York; Col. w. A. Halle, adjutant gen
eral of South Dakota: Lieut. Col.
Charles w. Harris, adjutant general
of Arizona: Col. Paul a. Wolf, In
fantry, Sth Corps Area; Col. William
II. Curry, Infantry, instructor, Penn
sylvania National Guard, and Maj.
John w. Hyatt, Infantry, instructor,
Boston. Mass.
Committee on organization-Brig
Gen. George NJ Cole, adjutant general
of Connecticut; Brig. Gen. ]. Clifford
r. Foster, adjutant general of Florida;
Brig. Gen. Louis G. Lasher, adjutant
general of Iowa; Brig. Gen. George
A. White, adjutant general of Oregon;
Brig. Gen. W. W. Sale, adjutant gen.
eral of Virginia: Col. Paul P. Newton,
adjutant general of Colorado; Col. II
J. Paul, adjutant general of Nebraska; !;
Il VAh NJ Il ~ 1iY.ta NJ
general of New Jersey; Col. John
OShea, 9Th Corps Area; Col. e. A.
Sirmyer, 9th Corps Area, and Lieut.
Col. Willis P. Coleman, instructor,
Texas National Guard.
Committee on training-Brig. Gen.
William H. Kershner, adjutant gen
eral of Indiana; Brig. Gen. Frank d.
Henderson, adtutant general of Ohio;
Brig. Gen. John J. Richards, adjutant
general of Rhode Island; Col. Richard
f. Mittlestaedt, adjutant general of
California; Col. Lloyd NJ. Brett. adju-
tant general of the District OF Colum-
bia; Col. Charles II. Cox, adjutant
general of Georgia; Col. Frank NJ.
souri,: Col. Charles w. Howard, ad-
jutant general of New Hampshire
Col. F. B. Shaw. Infantry, 5th Corps
Area; Col. T. ". Hammond, Infantry,
instructor, Minnesota National Guard;
Col A. j. McNab, Infantry. instructor,
New Jersey National Guard, and
Lieut.. Col. Roger S. Fitch, Cavalry,
instructor, 10th Infantry Division,
California National Guard.
Committee on administration-Brig
Gen. Mervin G. Mcconnell, adjutant
general of Idaho; Brig. Gen. w. F.
Rhinow, adjutant general of Mime
sofa; Brig. Gen. Robert E. Craig, ad
jutant general of South Carolina;
Brig. Gen. w. c. Boyd, adjutant gen
eral of Tennessee; Col. E. H. Williams,
adjutant general of Montana: Lieut.
Col. ]. Austin Ellison, adjutant gen
eral of Delaware; Maj. III. B. Cornwell,
acting adjutant general of West Vir-
ginia; Capt. r. L. Thornton, National
Guard of New Mexico; Col. H. A. Allen,
Infantry, instructor, Ohio National
Guard, and Col. Ola w. Bell, Cavalry,
Sd Corps Area.
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