Evening star., 1925-08-02
Civilian Army News

and many of the boys have been
spending their week ends visiting
these points of interest. AS this Is
written, the schedule called for the
entire G.. M. T. G. regiment to hike
to Yorktown where II was planned to
modernize that famous battle of the
Returning from this hike, the hoys
were to return to their homes-citi-
zens once again, but better citizens
for their month of training"
Announcement was made this
week by Sd Corps Area headquar-
ters of the personnel composing this
corps areas Reserve Officers Train.
ing Corps rife team which will par
ticipate in the 1925 National Rife AS
ISOLATION and National Matches at
Camp Perry, Ohio, in September.
tive officer at Camp Perry. on August
% or %. The team is composed of:
Lyle C. Hughes, Balir C. Seaman,
Robert L.. Lucas. John e. Wise,
James j. Madden, Alfred II. Clark,
Edward S. Thompson, Egbert L.
Mortimer, jr., Penbrook D. Barlow,
Albert S. Burns, and John V. McKone.
Five members of the team attend.
ing school in Washington are John E.
Wise, James j. Madden, and John v.
McKone, at Georgetown University
Thompson, R. o. T. G. students at
the University of Maryland.
Great interest Is evinced by the
War Department in the first school
for officers of the judge advocate
generals department of the Reserve
Corps recently held at Fort Benjamin
L I,y-
residing in the 5th and 9Th Corps
Areas. Col. Hubert j. Turney. judge
advocate general reserve, is assistant
commandant in charge of the course.
1t is understood a movement is on
foot among the reserve judge advo-
Gates residing in Washington and this
vicinity TO hold a similar course of
study here, but up to the present
time no definite action has been taken
by the War Department along this
line. AS this section Of the reserves
has fewer numbers than the other
branches, it is believed that in the
event that such a course is authorized
by the Department, 1t will probably
include those reserve judge advocates
residing in the 1st, I'd, Sd and prob
ably the 4th Corps Areas.
The following changes in assign
ments of reserve officers residing in
Washington were announced this
week at reserve headquarters in the
Graham Building: MAJ. Wallace
Streater, inspector general. Reserve,
transferred to the finance department,
Reserve, from his present assignment
to the 80th Division; Second Lieut..
William w. Spiller. Infantry Reserve.
assigned to the 42Sth Infantry: Second
Lieut.. Henry 8. Marshall. Field Ar
oeef<~ ,nI Hr, N4ll
tillery group; Second Lieuts. Louis III.
Russell and Horace C. Scott. Infantry
Reserve, assigned to the 428th In
fantry; Maj. Edwin c. Eckel, Engtn-
neer Reserve, to the 343d Engineers
General Service), 8th Corps. for in
struction and training; Capt. Clarence
C. H. Davis and First. Lieuts. Alonzo
G. Ferguson. Charles G. Young and
Joshua w. Clifford. all Infantry Re-
serve officers, assigned to the 42Sth
Infantry; First Lieut.. Nelson K.
Lyons, Infantry Reserve, having
moved to the 1st Corps Area. is re-
Division; First Lieuts. Arthur c.
Adair and John L. Hayes, both Quar-
termaster Reserve. relieved from their
present attachments to the. 18th
Service Battalion Quartermaster
Corps} 1st Army; First Lieut.. Al
bert s.. Lisenby, Coast Artillery Re
serve. assigned to Third Coast Artil
lery district; Second Lieut.. Edward
D. Murphy, Coast Artillery Reserve,
attached to Sd Coast Artillery
district; Second Lieut.. Granger G.
S0th Division: First. Lieut.. Thornton
H. Gray Infantry Reserve. assigned
to the 42Sth Infantry; Capt. Ralph F.
Thompson, Quartermaster Reserve
assigned to Motor Transport Com
pany No. 430, Sd Corps; Capt
Charles H. Loeber, Quartermaster
Reserve, assigned to the 77th Service
Battalion (Quartermaster Corps),
1st Army; Second Lieut.. Harry B..
Lewis, Air Service Reserve, assigned
to the 4O9th Attack Squadron, 4th
Medical Reserve, assigned to Gen
eral Hospital No. "a. zone of the in
terror, in the capacity of assistant
chief of surgical service.
Brig. Gen. John w. Joyes. U. S. A.
chief of field service, office of the
chief of ordnance, is detailed as an
additional member of the board of
officers appointed to meet at Wash
ington only. for the practical test of
reserve officers to determine their
for promotion to the grades of lieu
tenant colonel and colonel.
During the week 10 reserve officers
residing in Washington appeared at
headquarters in the Graham Building
to undergo their practical test They
were Maj. Robert D. Brown, Medical
Reserve: Capt. William L. ThilAdeau,
Military Intelligence Reserve; First
Lieuts. Wilson w. Bercaw, Cavalry
Reserve; John w. Davis, 343d Engi-
neers: George c. Whiting, 32Oth In
fantry; Harry P. Davis, Medical Ad-
mniistrative Corps Reserve; Angus
tus S. Ronanno, Adjutant General
Reserve; Second Lieuts Clinton J.
Muncie, Engineer Reserve; James F..
Greene, 320th Infantry, and Gregory
Cipriani, Medical Administrative
Corps Reserve.