Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Civilian Army News

attachment to the s0th Division for
instruction and training; Maj. Byron
r. Patton Infantry Reserve, having
moved to the 9th Corps Area, also
relieved from attachment TO the eotn
Division for instruction and training;
First Lieut.. William +. Johnston, In
fantry Reserve. having resigned his
commission in the National Guard, Is
relieved from assignment TO the Ma
tional Guard of the state of Maryland
First Lieut.. James r. Arnold. En-.
gineer Reserve, assigned to the 343d
Engineers General Service) XII Corps.
First Lieut.. William V. Appuhn. jr..
Coast Artillery Reserve. assigned to
the Sd Coast Artillery District; Lieut..
Col. William Kirby. Cavalry Reserve.
attached to the 62d Cavalry Division:
Lieut.. Col. William II. Littlepage,
Medical Reserve, assigned to the 18th
Surgical Hospital. 4th Army In
the capacity OF commanding officer;
Lieut.. Col. George T.. Lewis. Medical
Reserve, Of Rockville. Nd. assigned
to Station Hospital No. 5o, zone of
communication. in the capacity OF
comman ding officer: Lieut.. Col. Walter
A. Frankland. Medical Reserve. as
signed to Station Hospital No. Sc, zone
OF communication. In the capacity Of
commanding officer; Lieut.. Col. Robert
w. Brace. Medical Reserve. assigned
to Station Hospital No. SO. zone Of
communication, in the capacity of
commanding officer; First Lieut..
Jerome Meyer. Infantry Reserve, as
signed to soth Division; Capt. Ray
mond G. Miller Infantry Reserve, who
is residing temporarily in Paris. is
relieved from assignment to the gen.
eral staff section. Sd Corps Area
headquarters. as assistant to G-3; Capt.
Ralph w. Alderman. Infantry Re-
serve, assigned TO 320th Infantry;
Capt. Ralph ]. Haws. Medical Re
serve. is transferred to the 305th Medi-
cal Regiment: Maj. Bryon K. Patton.
Infantry Reserve. is relieved from at
tachment to the 320th Infantry; First
Lieut. George l.. Hunt, Ordnance Re-
serve, relieved from attachment to
313th Field Artillery.
Approximately $50 Washington re-
serve officers will be formally pre-
scented with certificates for attendance
at their respective branch assemblies
in the near future. The award OF
these instructional assembly attend.
ance certificates is based on the ex-
ceptional attendance of the Washing
ton reservists at their respective in
structional meetings held during the
inactive training season of l924-25.
The certificates are drawn up in a
most attractive style. and will be
signed by Maj. Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur, commanding general Of the
Third Corps Area, and also by Lieut..
Col. John Scott, Infantry, senior ex.
| ecutive officer OF the Organized Re
serves in Washington. 1t Is being
planned TO have the chief Of each
! branch present the certificates.
Due to the Christmas holidays this
week, two of the Institutional assem-
blies scheduled to meet during the
week have been postponed They are
the 32Oth Infantry meeting which was
scheduled to be held on Thursday
evening. Christmas eve. and that of
| the reserve quartermasters which was
TO be held December %.
Tomorrow evening at reserve head
quarters. Mai. Paul W. Evans, S. c.,
on duty in the office of the chief signal
officer, will conduct a conference on
applied communica lions. The Judge
advocate general reserve officers will
also meet tomorrow evening to hear
Col. y. D. Ely, j. A. G.. D., discuss the
duties of staff judge advocates and re-
vision of the manual, and also the
questions arising in connection with
the revision of the manual. On Tues
udS evening, lTSt Lieut.. fODert W.
Hasbrouck. 18th Field Artillery, viii
talk to officers of the 496th Field Artil-
lery on the subject of map reading
and sketching; battery training, motor
lied; terrain board work; percussion
precision and adjustment. On this
same evening, Col. p. L. Smith, r. D.,
executive officer, Office of the chief Of
finance. will discuss the operation Of
the office of the chief of finance. The
343rd Engineer Band will meet Wed
nesday evening. The Institutional as
semblies of the 32Oth Infantry SEIZED
uled for Thursday evening and that of
the Quartermasters scheduled for
Friday evening, as noted above, have
been postponed to a later date, which
will be announced in this column as
soon as it has been desfinitely decided
upon.