Evening star., 1935-12-01
NEW ASSIGNMENT
(. OF OFFICERS MADE
Col. Short Announces
Change for 913th Coast
Artillery Unit.


Regiment (anti-aircraft), announced
last week a new assignment Of Of
flcers to the various units Of this local
regiment, among which are included
o number Of District Coast Artillery
ohcers. In addition to Col. Short,
the regimental headquarters will be
composed Of the following District
oncers, except those indicated other
wise: Lieut.. Col. Robert r. Hendon,
jr, executive ofacer; Capt. William ].
Darmody, ST., adjutant; First Lieut..
Morris w. Cousins (Baltimore), So,
intelligence officer; Capt. Lyman E.
Morris, S-3, plans and training of
ncer; First Lieut.. James c. Ladd, S-4,
supply ofncer; First Lieut. Floyd r.
Benny, munitions oficer; First Lieut..
Linwood B. McCloud, communica-
tions oficer, and First Lieut.. Richard
s. Hulburt, medical surgeon. District
personnel composing the headquarters
battery, Of which Capt. Robert S. w.
Walker Is In command, include Second
Lieuts. Green r. Gaillard, Paul C.
Aiken and Gregory ]. Lock ALEX
andria). Ofhcers of the service bat
terry will include First Lieut.. James
G. Ladd, commanding; First Lieut..
Frank L. Culley and Second Lieuts.
Linus P. Hayes and Morris A. Miller.
District officers assigned to the
headquarters of the 1st Battalion in
clude Maj. Edward L. Potter, COM
manding; First Lieut.. Walter H. Rodit,
ST., adjutant; First Lieut.. Joseph H.
Church, So, intelligence officer; First
Lieut.. Frederick w. Willcutt, SD,
plans and training officer: First Lieut..
Ellis Klein, S-4, supply officer; Second
Lieut.. William M. Smoak, jr., NUM-
tions of1cer, and First Lieut.. Lloyd
B. K1dwen Oyon Park, Va, COM
munications officer. Washington of
flcers assigned to the Headquarters
Battery and Combat Train of the
lst Battalion, include Capt. Walter
II. z. Jaeger, commanding, and Sec
and Lieuts. Don A. Jones, John w.
Moohan and David r. Smoak. Dis.
trict officers composing the commits
stoned personnel Of the four batteries
Of the 1st Battalion include: Battery
A-Capt. John H. Gruver, command
ing; First Lieut.. George R. Cause
and Second Lieuts. John F. Burns
(Clarendon), Hugh w. O'Donnell (Ar-
lington, Va.) and Hugh S. Wertz, Bat
terry B-Capt. Charles H. Tall, jr.,
commanding (Newport News, Va and
First Lieuts. Max A. Let's (Falls
Church, Va and John K. Cunning
ham of Fort Myer, Va. Battery c.
Capt. Paul L. Reed (Catonsville, Md,
commanding; First Leuts Harold F.
Harding and Walter H. McCartha and
Second Lieuts. Ellis K. Allison and
Raymond M. Beall. Battery D-Capt.
Charles E. Aulick Winchester, Va,
commanding; First Lieut. George v.
Frankhouser and Second Lieuts. Leh-
man c. Hutchins alexandra, Va)
and Joseph J. Strobel (Cherrydale,
Va.).
District officers assigned to the
headquarters of the I'd Battalion in
clude Maj. John Caswell, jr., COM
manding, and First Lieuts. James E.
Cook, jr, S-l, adjutant Joseph M.
Holmes, S-3. plans and training off,
Ger; Guy A. Culbert, S-4. supply off,
Ger; Lyle S. Motley. munitions officer:
John A. Croghan. communications Of
ficer, and Justin A. Shook (Silver
Spring, Md, reconnaissance officer.
Washington officers assigned to the
headquarters battery and combat train
of the I'd Battalion include First
Lieuts. David Homer, commanding.
and Donald P. Bush. Local officers as
signed to the batteries of the I'd Bat.
talon include: Battery E. Capt.
Keith e. Schwinley, commanding:
First Lieuts. Louis M. Swingle, Alan
G. Well and Second Leuts. Henry B.
Adams alexandria. Va and William
C. Allison, jr.; Battery F. Capt. Will
liam A. Roberts, commanding; First
Lieut.. Boydon K. Whitford and Second
Lieut.. Wayne F. Daugnerty; Battery
G, Capt. Elmer c. WOODS, commando
ing; First Lieuts. Paul A. Cooley,
Ralph H. Peterson, David L. Craw-
ford and Second Lieuts. Herman r.
Allen Clarendon, Va, Walter H.
Beal and Charles H. FELTON,; Battery
H, Capt. Stanley MCGEE, commanding;
First Lieut.. Wallace r. Leek and First
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Members of the 42Sth and 429th
Infantry will meet at headquarters
tomorrow evening. Capt W. L. Mitch
ell and Mai. E. w. Leard will discuss
tanks. Senior and junior group in
fantry officers of the District will meet
Tuesday evening. The regiment in at
tack and the development phase will
be discussed by Col. w. H. England
at the senior group meeting while
Lieut.. Col. w. E. Brougher will lecture
on the school of the soldier before the
junior group. Unit mobilization plan
will be discussed by Maj. S. L. Irwin
at the Field Artillery conference at
headquarters Wednesday evening.
Capt. T. j. Heavey will lecture on
cavalry weapons with particular ref
erence to the air-cooled machine gun
at the 306th Cavalry conference
Thursday evening. Following the
sound pictures portraying Signal Corps
personnel with the Infantry. medical
officers attending the medical confer
ence Friday evening will be divided
into two groups. The senior group
will take up tactics and technique Of
infantry, while the junior officers will
discuss administration and interior
guard duty. District Cavalry officers
will meet at the Fort Myer riding hall
next Sunday at am. for instruction
in equitation under MAJ. j. c. Null