Evening star., 1934-02-11
LIEUT.. \. A. LAKE
TO RECEIVE DISC.
Award to Be Given Air
Corps Reservist Next
Tuesday Evening.

A Washington Reserve officer, first
Lieut. Horace A. Lake, Air Corps Re-
serve, will be awarded the Distin-
ruished Service Cross next Tuesday
evening at the next Air Corps confer
ence, which will be held that evening
At $40 o'clock at the Army Industrial
College. The presentation will be made
by Col. w. w. McCammon, Infantry.
senior instructor Of the Organized Re
serves in Washington. Many Reserv-
lists in the District are planning to
attend this ceremony and it is ex-
pected that Maj Gen. Benjamin D.
Foulois. chief of Air Corps, will be
present. This award is being made
to Lieut.. Lake, formerly second lieu
tenant in the Goth Aero Squadron,
Sd Observation Group, 1st Army Air
Service. American EXpeditionary
Forces. for extraordinary heroism in
action near Bethainville, France, No
Sember As, 1918.
Reserve ouartermasters of the Dis
xrict will meet at Reserve headquarters
tomorrow evening to hear Maj. I. H.
Engleman, Infantry; Capt. S. l.
Strong. O. M c., and Lieut.. X. l..
Hastings. Infantry, lecture on the post
ouartermaster, property and commits
sary officer, and utilities and trans
portation, respectively.
Air Corps officers and officers OF the
Coast Artillery will hold their lnstruc-
tional conferences next Tuesday eve
ming, At the Air Corps meeting, 10 be
held in the auditorium of the Army
Industrial College Harold Gatty, au-
Shority on aerial navigational instru-
uents, and who accompanied Wiley
Post ON his first round-the-World
flight, will discuss aerial navigation.
An interesting meeting is scheduled
for District Coast Artillery officers
next Tuesday evening. The meeting,
to be held at District Reserve head
quarters, will be addressed by Brig.
Gen. Charles B. Kilbourne, U. S. A,
who will discuss the strategy OF the
Pacific.
Oficers of the Military Intelligence
Department will meet at headquarters
next Wednesday evening under the o1-
rection of Maj E F. Witsell, c. w. S.,
who will discuss the political and mill
tary situation in the Far East.
Cavalry Reserve officers of the Dis
trict will meet at headquarters next
Thursday evening under Maj E. w.
Taulbee, Cav, who will take up recon-
naissance and counter-reconnaissance
Members of the 376th Engineers will
meet in room 1868 Of the Navy Build
ting on this same evening to hear Maj.
J. D. Arthur, jr., lecture on The En-
gineer Squadron in Advance and At
tack"
Tactical Signal Communication for
infantry and Cavalry" will be the SUBJ
ject of the Signal conference that will
be held next Friday evening in the
projection room, Office of the chief
Signal officer of the Army Third
floor, fourth wing, Munitions Build
tngD
Cavalry Reserve officers OF the Dis
trict will meet at the Fort Myer rid
ing hall next Sunday morning at $50
for instruction in equitation.
ool Warren w. Whiteside, @. M. c.,
on duty at the War Department in
the office Of the quartermaster general,
has been detailed, in addition to his
other duties, as unit instructor of the
following District Reserve units: 515th
Port Battalion. 454th Wagon Com
peny and the 1920 Supply Company
Another officer on duty at the War
Department has been detailed as unit
Instructor of District unit. He is
Capt. Theodore j. Koenig, A. c., who
has been detailed with the 404th Pur-
suit Squadron.
A number of District Reserve Off
GERS have been promoted to the next
higher grade. Maj. John J. Reinhard
Field Artillery Reserve, has been pro-
moted to be lieutenant colonel. He
will be relieved from assignment to
the 3l5th Field Artillery and is as
signed to the 313th Field Artillery
Three second neutenants have been
advanced to the rank of first Heuten-
ant and will remain in their present
assignments. They are. with their
units indicated, as follows: Edward L.
Block, Infantry Reserve, 320th In
fantry, Sheridan e. Farm, Field Ar
tllery, 314th Field Artillery, and Ken
meth T. Wright, Finance Reserve, who
will remain assigned to the finance
section.