Evening star., 1926-03-28
Civilian Army News

pany, zone of interior; Maj Charles
f.. Pollard. Infantry reserve, is at
tached to the S0th Division for in
struction and training; Maj. Frederick
A. Livingstone, Infantry reserve, Is
assigned to the S0th Division: Lieut..
Col. Thaddeus 5. Troy, medical re.
serve, is assigned to the 364th medical
regiment, 4th Army; Maj. Augustus
G. Gray, medical reserve, Is assigned
to hospital battalion headquarters,
364th Medical Regiment, 4th k.rmy;
Maj. Howard :. Kane. medical re-
serve. Is assigned TO ambulance
battalion headquarters, 354th Medt-
cal Regiment, 4th Army; Capt. Walter
A. GaWler. QuartermaSler reserve, Is
assigned to 351st Graves Registration
Unit, zone of communications; Second
Lieut.. John ]. Murphy, Coast Ar
tillery Reserve. having moved to the
I'd Corps Area, is relieved from at
tachmert to the Sd Coast Artillery
district; Maj. Karl Schaffle, Medical
Reserve. is assigned to the S6th
general hospital, zone of interior,
in the capacity of assistant to chief
of medical service; Capt. Baldwin w.
Foote, Infantry Reserve, is assigned
to the 503d Infantry Battalion, zone
of interior; Capt. Frank S. Checker,
QuartermaSter Reserve, is assigned to
the 427th Service Battalion (coloreO,
zone of interior.
Maj Roland l.. Gargler, 0. D.. as
sistant officer at Organized Reserve
headquarters, is, in addition to his
other duties at the Washington Re
serve headquarters, detailed as eXecu-
tive officer of the following units OF
the Organized Reserves, Sd Corps
Area: 362d Ordnance Company (main-
tenance). Sd Corps: 503d ord
nance Company (heavy maintenance,
18th Corps; 512th Ordnance Company
(heaVy maintenance, Sd Corps: 603d
Ordnance Company ammunition, 18th
corps, and the 612th Ordnance Com
pany (ammunitionl, 18th Corps.
After being held in suspense for
some time, local reserve officers were
rewarded this week by the War De-
partment announcement of the as
signment of reserve officers to units
of the Regular Armv. Instructions
have been sent out to corps area COM
manders and chiefs OF the War De-
partment branches authorizing corps
area commanders to make assign
ments of the reservists of the terri
torial assignment group in accord
ance with the provisions of Army
Regulations 1905. These assignments
of reserve officers however, are not
to exceed the number given III the
table accompanying the instructions.
Only field officers who had combat
in the World War, it is
pointed out, may be assigned to in
active units of the regular establish
ment.
All inactive units of the Regular
Army. it was explained this week.
having been moved to the first phase
of mobilization, will be given. first
priority for assignment of reserve Off
GERS until the numbers in grades au-
thoriZed are assigned. but no reserve
officer of the territorial group will be
a assigned or attached to an inactive
unit of the regular establishment eX-
cept with his consent. The assign
ment of reserve officers to inactive
units of the Regular Army, it was said
this week, are not to be confined to
those held unassigned or attached to
units of the Organized Reserves.
A total of 6.503 reserve officers have
been authorized to be assigned, their
according to corps areas
being as follows: 1st. $50; I'd, l67; Sd,
/ APO; 4th, 1919; 9Th, SAT; 9Th, GIT; eth,
610; Sth, 444. and 9th. 514. The
majority of the reservists to be as
signed are combat officers, although
the list includes a number Of medical
officers. The junior officers. of course.
areSin the great ma jority, and appar-
emily not more than one reserve field