Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-07
Organized Reserves

Arrangements have been made by the
War Department whereby territorial
assignment group Reserve officers of
the Adjutant Generals Department
may be transferred to the branch as
signment group. District Reserve off,
GERS of the Adjutant Generals Depart
ment holding the grades of major, cap
tain, first lieutenant and second lieu
tenant in the territorial assignment
group, and who possess a certificate Of
capacity and have met all the require
mentS for promotion to the next higher
grade and for whom there are no ap-
propriate vacancies in that group, will
be transferred, upon approval of appli-
cation, to the branch assignment
group, with view to promotion to the
next higher grade to fill vacancies as
they become available in the latter
group.
More than a dozen Reserve quarter
masters began IA days active duty
training last week in the Office of the
quartermaster general of the Army. They
are: Majs. Percival j. McNaughton,
Miles S. Richmond, Henry S. Bagley,
Ralph w. Bean, Ingwald C. Olsen, VIII
liam J. Healey; CaptS. Charles r. Bo-
harmon, Stephen A. Keene and Regi-
Maid H. Moody; First Lieuts. William F.
Murphy, Albert Aykroyd. Augustine j.
McAvoy and Earle T. Tower; Second
Lieuts. Charles T. Issertell, Harold E.
Swenson and Ned D. Wallace.
Other Reserve officers who will I'M
dergo active duty training in the vari-
Gus War Department bureaus are: Maj.
Harry S. Elliott, Finance Reserve, to
Office of the Chief of Finance, effective
June ID. and Second Lieut.. Roger w.
Starkweather, Adjutant General Re-
serve, to Adiutant Generals office.
Twenty-nine Reserve officers Of the
District, members of the 428th and
429th Infantry tcolored), have been or
dered to active duty for a period of IA
days beginning July IS, 1881. at Camp
commanding officer of the Sd Battalion
of the 372d Infantry. Massachusetts Ma
tional Guard, to which unit they will be
assigned for instruction and training
They will be relieved from duty In time
to enable them to reach their homes in
Washington on August Z, upon which
date they will revert to inactive status.
The District Reservists who will under
go this training are: Majs. Charles H.
Fearing, 2601 Eleventh street, and
Campbell c. Johnson, 1011 o street.
Capts. Alon1o G. Ferguson, 2433 M
street; Raymond e. Contee, 4913 Blaine
street northeast; Joseph H. Cooper, 1911
S street; William J. Newsom, 2002 Thir-
tenth street; Walter H. Mazyck, 3031
Eleventh street, and Robert L. Pollard,
812 New Jersey avenue.
First Lieuts. Ogbon N. Simmons, 1919
S street; Rafe A. Easter, 1927 Forty
eighth place northeast; Arthur w. Fer
guson, 936 T street; Maurice E. John
son, 1912 Vermont avenue; James H.
Robinson. 2714 Georgia avenue; Emer-
son w. Browne, 1885 Vermont avenue;
De Royter A. Butler. 1924 o street;
Hyman Y. Chase, 1246 Columbia road,
and Louis H. Russell, 1907 Fairmont
street.
Second Lieuts. Clifton w. Nightin-
gale, 2015 Massachusetts avenue; STAFF
ford L. Coleman, 507 Second street
southwest; Nolan w. Atkinson, 1921 T
street; Henry F. Binford, Howard Uni
versity; Clinton C. Burke, jr., 1919
Kingman place; Donald F. Cardozo,
box 281, Eastern avenue northeast; Roy
F. Greenwood, 1910 Kenyon street;
Robert w. Hainsworth, Howard Univer-
sity; John C. Harlan, 1718 Montello
avenue northeast; Douglass L. Monroe,
lor, 2724 Eleventh street, and William
L. Tignor, 1912 Eleventh street.
With the approach of the active duty
training season for Reserve officers,
those Reservists from the District who
will take their training this Summer
will be interested in the clothing and
equipment they will need at camp. Fol-
lowing Is given a suggested list Of
clothing and equipment for officers
called to active duty: One olive drab
uniform, one extra pair of olive drab
breeches, one campaign hat and hat
cord, two pairs of shoes Zone pair for
active service; one extra pair, optionaD ,
one pair of boots and spurs Uf desired)
one pair of leather leggins (woolen may
be used on instruction or field work) =,
two olive drab shirts (woolen or cot
toni, one waist belt, one black four-in-
hand tie, one Sam Browne belt, one
raincoat, one garrison cap. The toilet
articles will include hand mirror, I'M
derwear and other personal clothing
required for a two weeks stay in camp.
onicers may bring the following ar
ticleS of equipment If they have them
in their possession and they so desire :
Saber, pistol and holster, whistle, field
glasses, compass and dispatch and map
cases. Bedding such as cot, mattress,
pillow, blankets and bed linen will be
furnished at the camp.
FIST Lieut.. Ferdinand G. Brick
wedde, Bureau of Standards: Second
Lieut.. William E. Bishop, COL North
Carolina avenue southeast, and Second
Lieut.. James j. Madden, Is Cottage
Terrace, Cottage City, Md, all Infantry
Reserve, having accepted reappointment
in the Ofhcers' Reserve Corps without
the privilege of assignment or active
duty, are relieved from assignment to
the 320th Infantry. .,
The following District Reserve Of
flcers having been transferred to the
branch assignment group. are relieved
from assignment to the units indicated:
Second Lieut.. oscar I. Leiding, Air
Reserve, Star Building, from the seth
Service Squadron: Second Lieut.. Ray
mond Underwood, Air Reserve, "a
Longfellow street. northeast. from the
305th Observation Squadron; Second
Lieut.. Gerald L. Desmond, Air Reserve,
1876 G street, from the 409th Attack
Squadron; Capt Richard B. Clayton.
Air Reserve; 6403 Brookville road,
Chevy Chase, Nd, from the 1SlSth
Service Unit.
Second Lieut.. Ashley o. Thomas. In
fantry Reserve, 1913 Sixth street north
east. having been appointed q first