Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-12-02
CIVILIAN ARMY NEWS


nance Reserve; Chester Lichtenberg
Engineer Reserve; William F. Long, All
Reserve: Edgar F. Padgett, Quarter
master Reserve, and Harry B. Williams
GuartermaSter Reserve; MajS. Spur
geon Bell, Clement S. Ucker and Clar-
ence A. Aspinwall. all Specialist Reserve
ofacers; Majs Ralph E. Parker, Ord
nance Reserve: Charles w. Robbins
Signal Reserve, and Edward Walsh,
Engineer Reserve.
Washington Reserve headquarters
Announced last week the assignments OF
all officers assigned to the 428th Infan-
try, the only colored Reserve regiment
in Washington, commanded by Lieut.
Col. West A. Hamilton. Each officer
is given specific assignment and duty
he would perform in case of emergency
as hereinafter indicated. In addition
to Col Hamilton, the regimental head
quarters is composed of the following
officers: Maj. Henry o. Atwood, execu-
tive officer: Capt. Roscoe G. Clayton,
machine gun officer; First Lieut.. Wal
ter H. Mazyck. adjutant; Capt. Charles
H. Fearing, intelligence officer; Capt,
Edward York plans and training off,
Ger. and First Lieut.. Thornton H. Gray,
supply officer The officers assigned
to the Headquarters Company are First
4AlEAlS. w w. GOtll-
mander: William j. NewSom, Thomas j.
Hopkins and Second Lieut.. Emerson w.
Browne, while the HowitZer Company,
in command of First Lieut.. Herald A.
Allen, is composed of the following off,
GERS: First Lieut.. j. William Clifford
and Second LieutS. Theodore H. Thomp-
son and Theodore Borders. The Service
Company, in command of First Lieut..
Thornton H. Gray, is composed of First
Lieut.. Marcellus M. harris and Second
LieutS. Fiipper Derricotte, Julius c.
Sherrard and Walter L. Wallace.
Capt Edward York is in command
Of the headquarters Of the lst Battal-
ion, the other officers Of this unit being
First Lieut.. Alison w Burleigh and John
c. Carter and Second Lieuts, Frederick
L. Slade and LYMAN Y. Chase. The
oficers assigned to Companies A, B, c
and D of the LIST Battalion are: Com
pany A. Capt. Elijah Reynolds. COM
manding, and Second Lieuts William
H. Hopkins, Denver D. c, Mitchell and
Lawrence F. Jordan; Company B. Capt.
Peter L. Robinson. commanding, and
Second Lieuts. John w. Huguley,
Chauncey Parker, Elijah Barber and
Louis A. HanSborough; Company c,
First Lieut.. Benjamin H. Hunton, COM
manding and Second Lieuts. Kenneth
p. Barnes, Gregory E. Woods, Horace
C. Scott and George H. Rycraw; Com
pany D, First Lieut.. AlonZo G. Fergu-
son, commanding, and Second Lieuts.
Louis H. Russell, George L. Eggleston,
William H. Bowers, jr.; John C, Harlan
and William Brown.
The headquarters of the I'd Bat
talon is commanded by Capt. Howard
D. Queen, the other officers of this unit
being First Lieut.. Wilfred w. Lawson
and Second LieutS. Ernest r. WEIGH,
James H. Green and Darwin E. Smith.
The commissioned personnel of Com
panieS E, F, @ and H is as follows:
Company E, Capt. Charles e. Fearing,
commanding, and Second Lieuts. Lam
cess Mcknight, Theodore L. Dulany,
Wendell P. Collette and Melvin p Jani-
fer; Company F, First Lieut.. Charles
G. Young, commanding. and Second
LleutS Robert D. Banks, jerome Brown
Charles A. Ross and Dewey T. Lomax;
Company G, First Lieut.. William W.
Spiller and Second Lieuts. Earl D.
Bridges, Ashley 0. Thomas, Walter A.
Adams and Kline A. Price; Company H,
First Lieut. Webster Sewell, command
ing, and Second Lieuts. Darwin E.
Smith, Wexford H. jackson, julius G.
Randolph and John r. Collins, jr.
The headquarters of the Sd Bat
eAllion is commanded by Capt Camp
this company being First Lieut. BenjR-
min H. Hunton and Second LielNs
John F. Edwards, James E. Walker and
Lewis T. Green. The other companies
OF this battalion are offcered by the
following: Company I, First Lieut..
Raymond E. Contee, commanding, and
Second Lieuts. Walter L. Carter Allen
F, Grymes, John w. Edwards and VIII
liam G: Rich, jr:: Company K, First
Lieut.. Robert L. Pollard, commanding,
and Second Lieuts. Oliver W. Wilson,
Vernon A. Rich. Green C. Maxwell and
Henry T. Richards; Company L, Capt.
Thomas Johnson, commanding, and
Second LieutS. Maurice w. Johnson,
Harry w. Mickey, Augustus G.. Lindsey
and Leonard A. Scott Company M
First Lieut.. Joseph H. Cooper COM
handing, and Second LieutS. James H.
Robinson, Thomas c. Cope, Ralph e.
johnson, Theodore r. Sherman and
William B. Edelin,.
The medical personnel attached to
the regiment are Maj. De Haven Hink-
son. surgeon. and First Lieuts. Joseph
E. TriggS, Foster B. Petite, jr, and
Jesse A. Keene, all assistant surgeons;
First Lieut.. Raymond B. Thomas, regi-
mental dentist, and First Lieuts John
A. Turner and Ernest M. Hardy, as
sistant dentists. First Lieut. Refe A.
Easter. Medical Reserve, Is attached to
the regiment for training only. First
Lieuts. Napoleon H. Stanton and
Charles E. Stewart are regimental
chaplain and assistant chaplain, re-
spectively.
Washington Field Artillery Reserve
officers will meet at the Fort Myer
riding hall today at $50 o'clock for
instruction in equitation under the di-
rection of Maj. w. r. Woodward. Five
instructional conferences will be held
this week by as many local Reserve
units viz: 42sth Infantry, 320th Infan-
try, 3l3th Field Artillery. 306th Cavalry
and the 364th Medical Regiment. To-
morrow evening the 42sth Infantry.
Lieut.. Col West A. Hamilton, COM
mandiEg will hold a conference at
Reserve headquarters, at which will be
taken up the company in defense and
sand table problem. This will be con-
Quoted by Capt. Andres Lopez. The
same subject will be taken up by the
320th Infantry, Col. Winfield Scott,
commanding, Tuesday evening, Capt.
Lopez also being the instructor. Aerial
photographs and aerial photographs as
used in firing will be discussed by the
members of the 313th Field Artillery,
Col. Leroy w. Heron, commanding,
next Wednesday evening at local Re-
serve headquarters This conference
will be conducted by Maj w. R. Wood
ward. The subject of the S06th Cav
airy conference, to be held next Thurs
day evening at local headquarters, will
be the estimate of the situation and
the platoon in mounted attack. The
meeting of the officers of the 364th
Medical Regiment, Col. Warren P. Nor
rill, commanding, to be held next Fri
day evening, will be conducted by Lieut..
Col T. S. Troy, Medical Reserve. The
subject of this meeting will be troop
leading. actions taken by the command
ing officer of a medical regiment; care
of the sick, assignment of units in
march column, reconnaissance and con-