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Reserve Brigade will be shifted owe
to the new lineup.
The reorganization involves the
transfer of % officers. warrant Off
GERS and a number of high-rankine
senior nom commissioned officers tc
the Eastern Reserve Area. The bat
talion set-up here calls for retaining
% officers in addition to the Naval
Reserve officers of the Medical Corps
who are attached to Marine Corps
duty in Washington and vicinity.
Recruiting nights for the 5th Bat
talon will be Tuesdays and Wednes-
days at 458 Indiana avenue anc
weekly drills will be held on Wednes.
day nights. The new combat bat.
talon will comprise around 45O mer
and IS officers and drill pay will be
Forthcoming, officials said.
Maj. Miller is former naval en-
listed man and publishes Coast Guard
and Navy magazines here. His eXecu-
tive officer will be Capt Ralph B. De
Witt, Naval Academy graduate, World
War veteran and campaigner in Mica
ragua. Remaining on duty as in
spector-adviser of the 5th Battalion
Will be First Lieut.. Harold E Rose
Grams, an aide at the White House.
Organizing and commanding the
first of the Volunteer Marine Corps
Reserve companies here in 1929, Mai.
Miller since has been battalion com
mander in the 9Th Brigade. He served
in the World War and has seen service
In the Philippines. China, Cuba, Mica
ragua and Mexico.
The new battalion will consist of
eight companies. Basing at WASH
1ngton will be the Headquarters Com
pany with the Armory at 458 Indiana
avenue. carrying eight officers and 60
enlisted men. including the battalion
band and field hospital detachment.
Also based here will be Companies A.
b, G and D. each having two officers
and so men. At Alexandria, Va.
Company E will be based, with the
second platoon at Indian Head, Md.
Company F will carry on at Rock
vile, Md, and Company G at Roa-
noke, Va.
Ofhcials made it clear that the de-
taching of the 20 officers and war
rant officers, as we'll as the enlisted
men, in no way reflects upon their
professional ability. Maj Miller said
ne and his colleagues hope to be able
TO place on the line battalion OF
enthusiastic officers and men of a
caIioer sufficiently high to bring about
a recommendation for the author
lZQt1nn n al, I,
The new set-up as announced by
Marine authorities follows:
Maj. Harvey L. Miller, commandine
officer; Capt. Ralph B. De Witt. ex-
ecutive officer; Capt. Paul Sullivan
quartermaster; Capt. Francis B.
Geraci. range and ordnance officer:
First Lieut.. w. w. Stickney. plans
and training and athletic oficer:
First Lieut.. Leon Brusiloff, in charge
OF band; First Lieut. Ralph S. Nagle
commlSsary and finance officer; Sec
ond Lieut.. James A. Henessy. adiu-
tant; Second Lieut.. Patrick J. Haiti
gan, commanding Company "A";;
Second Lieut.. William j. Bur-
rows. company officer, "a; First
Lieut.. Don S. Hyland, command
ing Company "B"; Second Lieut..
Rex r. Hill. company officer, "B":
Second Lieut.. Justice NJ Chambers.
commanding Company C; Second
Lieut.. Robert H. Adams, jr., company
officer. c; Second Lieut.. Otho l..
Rogers, commanding Company D.;
Second Lieut.. Alfred H. Marks. COM
pany officer, D; First Lieut.. Martin D
Delaney, jr., commanding Company
E; Second Lieut.. Peter W. Hazes
company officer, E; First Lieut.
Ralph M. King, commanding Com
pany F. There is vacancy for the
company officer, Company F. Capt.
Charles B. Nerren, commanding
Company G; Second Lieut.. William
r. Via, company officer, G. Naval
Reserve medical officers attached to
the battalion: Lieut.. Comdr. Don S.
Knowltcn, battalion surgeon; Lieut..
William L. Schaefer, jr.; Lieut.. Howard
H. Strine. Lieut.. (Junior Grade)
Alfred G. Palmer.