Evening star., 1934-12-23
R. 0. |. c. OFFICERS
WILL Be SHIFTED
No Third Corps Assignments
will Be Made in Three
Arms of Reserves.

In view Of the large surplus Of sec
ond lieutenants Of Infantry, En-
gineers and Signal Corps now as
signed to Reserve divisions, 1t Is not
contemplated assigning any of next
years Reserve Officers Training
Corps graduates of these arms to
the three Reserve divisions located
in the Sd Corps Area. They will
be assigned to corps area service
command units, active and inactive
units Of the Regular Army, and, in
the case of Infantry officers, to tank
regiments.
In the District of Columbia va
cancies exist for second lieutenants
in the 313th and 315th Field Ar
tillery and the 917th Coast Artillery
(anti-aircraft) regiments. Transfers
to these arms in grade of second
lieutenant may be made, in the dis
cretion of the corps area commander,
without professional examination un-
der the provisions of paragraph
So (c), Army Regulations No. 140-5.
Thus, Infantry, Engineer and Signal
Corps r. o. T. c. students are given
an opportunity to submit application
for transfer to the Field Artillery
and Coast Artillery. Application for
transfer, however, should be submit
ted after the student has accepted
appointment in the arm for which
trained.
District Cavalry officers will meet at
Fort Myer today at am. for in
struction in equitation under the di-
rection of Lieut.. Col H. C. Dagley.
The following second lieutenants
Of Infantry have been promoted to
first lieutenant Frank A. Stutz,
Robert c. Horne, Vern M. Smith,
William Q. Hillman and William E.
Roberts. All will remain assigned
to the 320th Infantry. Lieut.. Col.
Wellstood White is relieved from as
signment to the 315th Field Artil-
lery, Capt. Eli ]. Sax, relieved from
assignment to 80th Signal Company;
First Lieut.. Joseph E. Gallery, re-
lieved from assignment to 315th
Field Artillery; Capt. Sidney P. Simp-
son, relieved from assignment to
Sl0CQ FlelQ Artillery.
First Lieut.. Guy T. Bolton, pro-
NOTED to the grade of captain, has
been relieved from the 32Oth In
fantry; Second Lieut.. William K.
Hackmann, who has been promoted
to the grade of first lieutenant, will
remain assigned to the 315th Field
Artillery; First Lieut.. Meyer Baber,
having been appointed first lieu
tenant in the Medical Reserve, will
remain assigned to the 305th Medical
Regiment. The following officers
have been assigned to the 320th In
fantry: First Lieuts. Roger w. Jones,
George I. Weber and Desmond H.
O'Connell and Second Lieuts Herbert
M. Leppich, James j. Schwartz, James
E. Sweet, Ralph s. Hardiman, James
P. Littlejohn, John o. Woods, John
D. Eldridge, jr.; Charles F. McErlean,
Richard c. Montague, John w. Pehle,
John F. Sudnick, Melvin o. Benson,
Arthur G. Mckay, Bernhard M.
Seidl and Irwin j. Keesler. Officers
assigned to the 315th Field Artillery
include First Lieut.. Walter H. Camp
bell and Second Lieuts. John r.
Chadwick, Fred A. Chapman, How
ard T.. Keiser. James s. Lay. jr., and
Erwin K. Rich. The following are
relieved from their assignments as
follows: First Lieut.. Jack B. Halle,
from 315th Field Artillery; First
Lieut.. Edward L. Block, from 320th
Infantry, and Second Lieut.. Coleman
F. Cook, from 320th Infantry.