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Gen. Richards
was first appoint <ss
ed chief of the | - 1853 SsasI
Militia Bureau by M
President Wilson SSS
| in 1921, but Con- ~
gress adjourned g.
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again selected by Mai. Gen. Rickards.
President Harding
and appointed major general to rank
from June 7. 1921. and assumed the
duties of chief. Militia Bureau. July
?, 1921. His acceptance gave him the
honor and distinction of being the
first National Guard officer to fill
this important assignment. made pos
sible by the Act of Congress approved
! June 4, 1920, which act also provided
for the reorganization of the Army.
Prior to the enactment of this law,
| the duties of chief of the Militia
Bureau were performed by an officer
of the Regular Establishment. Gen.
! Richards, who held a commission as
colonel in the Officers Reserve Corps,
was at the time of his appointment
on active duty with the war plans
division of the War Department Cen
eral Staff, having been called to active
duty and detailed as an additional
member of the General Staff Corps on
July Is, 1920.
Enlisting in the National Guard of
Pennsylvania on June 9, 1877. Gen.
Richards rose from the ranks to COM
| mission grade as a second lieutenant
on October 81, 1881, since which date
he has passed through the various
commissioned grades, becoming a
brigadier general June 10. 1919. Dur
ing the Spanish-American War as a
| lieutenant colonel he commanded the
18th Pennsylvania Infantry, being
promoted to the grade of colonel on
October "a, 1898, and mustered out
with his regiment in December, 1893.
| He was in command Of 18th Pennsyl-
vania Infantry on the Mexican border
from July, 1916, to January, 1917.
from his call into service, July Is,
| 1917, through it's reorganization as
the 112th Infantry of the 2sth Di-
! vision pennsylvania National Guard,
on October Is, 1917, and throughout
its service in the World War. Dur
ing the month of September. 1918, he
commanded the 56th Brigade. 28th Di-
| vision, in the American Expeditionary
Forces. was injured during the Ar
| gonne offensive on September 81,
1918, necessitating his asking for re.
lief on the 29th of September, and
was confined in the hospital from
September 80 until October 10. He
returned to the command of his old
regiment, the 112th Infantry, on Octo
Ifber II and continued with it through
out it's service. being mustered out
at Camp Dix. N. j., on May 2. 1919.
| Gen. Richards, as colonel of the
regiment in the battle Of Chateau
Thierry. July Ais. 1918; Champagne
Marine. July 1918: AlsaceMarne, July
IS to August 6: Fiemes, August 7-Sep
tember 8; Oise-Aisne, September AT
Meuse-Argonne, September 26-Octobel
9. Thiaucourt sector, October 18-No
vember II. 1918. He was cited by
Gen. Pershing and awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Medal. In no par,
of his military record does Gen. Rick
ards take greater pride than that he
Spanish-American War, the Mexican
border, and the World War.
Twenty-three Reserve officers repre-
senting all sections of the country
gathered in Washington last Monday
to pursue their fifteen-day active duty
training in the military intelligence
division of the War Department. They
were Immediately formed into com
mittees for the purpose of facilitating
a study of the organiZati ton OF the
Army and the War Departments; the
peace and war problems of the mill
tary intelligence division, War De
partment general staff; the activitie:
of Reserve officers, and to make rec
concentrations thereon. In addition
to their instruction in the War De
partment, these officers will visi
Camp Meade, Md, to observe the ffelC
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National Guard, and the Reserve OF
ficers' Training Corps, and to witnes.
a demonstration Of Army tanks II
combat practice. Before concluding
their training, the reserviStS will visi
the Army War College to hear the re
ports of the graduating class on theil
study of reconnaissance and maneuvel
plans being conducted in the field
The reserve officers taking this train
ing with their respective locations art
as follows:
Lieut.. Coils. Charles W. Furlong
Boston, Mass; Ray w. Berdeau, New
York City, and George c.. Van Dusen
Minneapolis. MINI.
Majs. Oscar H. Fernbach, San Fran
cisco, Calf; Ralph w. Hills, Washing
ton, D. c.; Walter w. McLaren. VIII
Jamestown, Mass; William j. Platka
Chicago, ILL.,; Leonard H. Fredericks
Rockford. ILL.,; Theodore Arter, AL
toona, Pa; Arthur L. Fish, Salt Lake
City, Utah; Andrew Ford. New Yorl
City; Harold H. Gould, Boston. Mass.
James E. Hardenbergh, Newark, N. j.
Clarence z. Lovejoy, BronXville, N. Y.
Sydney H. MacKean, New York City
Davis G. Arnold, Washington, D. c.
Charles w. G.. l.. FitZ-William, Birm
ingham, Ala; James H. Smyth, Bos
ton, Mass; Donald l.. Stone, Indian
apolis, Ind.
Capts. Elias E. Stafford, Asheville
N. c.; Arthur G. Tuteur, Indianapolis
Ind; Stephen C. Early, Washington
D. c., and First Lieut.. Clarence A
Manning, New York City.
Mai. Louis B. Bender, S. c., in ad
dition to his other duties in the office
of the chief signal officer Of the Army
has been detailed as assistant to Lieut.
Col. John Scott, Infantry, executive
officer of the Organized Reserves ir
Washington. Maj. Bender has al
ready reported for duty.
Maj. Sherman Miles, G. S., has also
been detailed to reserve headquarters
in the Graham Building in addition
to his other duties.
Maj Percy B. Mccoy, Field Artil
leFy Reserve, son of Chief Justice Nc
Coy, has reported for duty at Organ
lied Reserves headquarters and is Civ
ing his services to the Washington
reservists.
AS Defense Test day approaches. re
serve headquarters in the Graham
and Lieut.. Col. John Scott, Infantry
and his assistant executive officer
Capt. James B. Golden, F. A., ar,
| working to make this the acid test n