Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
MARINE RESERVES
SEEKING RECRUITS
Additions Desired to Unit AL
ready Enrolled for Training
Period at Quantico.

Additions TO the $50 local men already
enrolled are being sought by the new
20th Marine Reserve Regiment for pre-
Nminary training and organization be-
fore the outfit leaves Washington on
July to spend two weeks under canvas
ut Quantico as an independent training
unit which may work out new reserve
policy for the Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps Is equipptng ana
will supply the regiment in the flelo,
but the outfit will be offlcered by Re-
serves and will erect and maintain an
independent camp up until the final in
spection at completion Of the training
period by Maj. Gen. Wendell G. Neville,
cornmandant Of Marines.
Full Strength Desired.
Onacers and men of the new regiment,
which has headquarters at 458 Louisiana
avenue, are putting forth every effort
to recruit the outfit to full strength and
to obtain the sort of men who will re-
fiect credit on the District in what Is
regarded as a pioneer military enter
prise.
The age limits for recruits is between
10 and IS years and those under 81
must secure the written consent of their
parents before their applications will be
accepted. Recruiting work is going for
ward each Monday and Thursday eve
ming at regimental headquarters.
Last year q new system was tried out
on q small scale when 401st Volunteer
Reserve Co. was authorized from the
District Of Columbia. This company
was composed to large extent Of mem
berS Of the Washington police force and
acquitted itself with distinction in COM
VAMfitfaVR NTH I1Y1ifS rAyAraSnntin6 the
larger cities east of the Mississippi
As a result q whole regiment was ap-
proved and local officers set out some
time ago to recruit it from Washington
and It's environS.
ION It's Own" ut Quantico.
When the regiment goes to Quantico
e will be strictly ION It's own" as it has
been since It's formation was authorized
last December.
The 2oth Regiment will be an actual
expeditionary unit, attached to the
general Marine Corps plan as such. II
the Regiment makes good, its officers
say, the unit will be the corner stone Of
q National Marine Corps Reserve policy
which would insure in time Of war
whole Marine Army corps where Marine
regiments existed in 1917.
The first battalion will be recruited
exclusively from Washington, the sec
ond from washington and nearby Mary
land and Virginia and the third from
surrounding Maryland and Virginia.
Honor Competitions Listed.
In camp, companies will compete for
honorS In Workmanship, drill, neatneSs,
bearing, military courtesy and knowl-
edge Of Marine Corps tradition. When
the three battalion championship COM
panies have been determined, they win
compete for q medal offered by the
District Department. Veterans Of For
@lgn Wars.
Athletics viii play an important part
h camp activities, such as boxing and
base bah. Catholic and Georgetown
University athletics are well represented
among the recruits, as well as others Of
local sandlot fame.
The regimental band has been organ.
4sed and included numerous musicians
GEom professional and amateur orches-
&as here.
Commissioned Personnel.
The regiments commissioned per-
sonnel, with the geographical location Of
companies, follows:
Headquarters Capt. Charles W.
Tegge, regimental adjutant; Capt Paul
Sullivan, regimental quartermaster;
Capt. Henry 5. Wheeler, personnel ON
Ger.
Naval personnel-Lieut. Comdr. Don
3. Knowlton, regin1ental surgeon:
Lieut.. (tunior grade) Lester M. Lucas,
dental oficer.
Headquarters Company - Capt.
Charles w. Tegge, adjutant, Ri; First
Lieut.. Joseph E. O'Brien, commanding
&2Sth Company.
Service company-Capt Henry 8.
Wheeler. commanding; Second Lieut..
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band.
First battalion-Maj. Earl G. Lane,
commanding battalion; Second Lieut..
Dwight L. Harris, adjutant; Second
Lieut.. Louis @. Johrden, supply and
comnisSary ofncer.
Company A (401st), Washington
Capt. Frank L. Ach, Second Lieut..
James M. O'Leary.
Company B (4o3O, Washington
Capt. windsor B. w. stroup, Second
Lieut.. Frank L. Standby.
Company c (4o4tn), Washington
Capt. Willard L. Hart.
Company D (405th), Washington
Capt. Russell I. Whyte, Second Lieut..
John T. Irwin.
Second and Third BattaliOns.
Second Battalion-Capt. Harvey L
Miller, commanding battalion; Second
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Company Z (406th), Washington
First Lieut.. Homer L. Mccormick, Sec.
ond Lieut.. Donald c. O'Regan, Second
Lieut.. Lee Roy Denny.
Company r (407th), Washington
Capt. Francis r. Geraci Second Lieut..
Frederick H. Shepherd.
Company G C40sth), Y. M. G. A. Law
Gchool-Capt. Robert H. VIM.
Company H (4o9th), Clarendon, Va
Capt. Sigsbee H. Yorkdale.
Third Battalion-Maj. Melvin j. Meas,
commanding battalion; Second Lieut..
Julius H. Rice, adjutant; Second Lieut..
Thomas J. Doolin, supply and COM
3nisSary oficer
Company x (4l0th), Capitol Heights,
Md.-Capt. Thomas J. Luckett.
Company L (41lth), Alexandria, Va.
Capt. Hubert B. Moore, Second Lieut..
Winslow II. Randolph, jr.
Company NJ (412th), Rockville, Md
Capt. Harold c. Smith, Second Lieut..
John B. Berry
Medical Detachment-Lieut Comdr.
Donald Knowlton, Lieut.. (junior grade)
Howard II. Strine, Lieut.. (junior gade)
Philip A. Caulfield, Lieut.. Junior
grade) Russell Fields, Lieut. (Junior
grade) Lester M. Lucas dental oflcer).