Evening star., 1935-07-21
RESERVE GROUPS
START TRAINING
Engineers, Coast Artillery
and Air Corps Officers
Now at Camps.

District Rserve officers Of the En-
gineers. Coast Artillery and Air Corps
began IA days of active duty training
today at posts nearby. The Engineer
Reservists beginning their active duty
at Fort Belvoir. Va. today. included
Maj. Clarence S. Jarvis, Capts. Henry
S. See and Norman c. SeeWald. First
Lieuts. Frank B. Grider and George
w. Gardes and Second Lieuts. FREQ
erick w. Bussey and Joseph F. Carney.
The Coast Artillery officers will un-
dergo their active duty training at
Fort Monroe, Va, those taking this
instruction including Lieut.. Col. Harry
P. Newton, Majs. Gregory J. Kesenich
and Leonard j. Rose, First Leuts.
Max A Lett and Walter H. McCartha
and Second Lieuts. Paul c. Aiken and
Harold R. Reifsnyder. The air officers
beginning their active duty training at
Langley Field, Va, today. included
Capt. Eric K. Shilling, First Lieut..
Richard c. Hughes and Second Lieut..
Norman L. Barr.
Chief interest of District Field Artil-
lery and Infantry Reserve officers is
centered in the School of Tactical Ex-
ercises, now being conducted at Fort
George G.. Meade, Md. in which ex-
ercises a considerable number of Wash
ington Reserve officers are participat-
ing. Two of the local regimental in
structors, Mai. William E. Brougher,
320th Infantry. and Maj. S. Leroy Ir-
win. 3l3th Field Artillery, are assisting
in the instruction of these officers at
Fort Meade District Field Artillery
officers participating in this instruc-
tiop include Majs. Virgil o. Barnard,
Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr.; Charles L.
LadSon and Milton j. Landvoigt. The
local Infantry officers taking this
training include Col. William H. Eng
land, Majs. Joseph A. Jordan and Hy-
ter H. Ruggles and the following cap
tainS: Harry C. Blackman, Samuel M.
Butler, Fred M. Grant, Henry M. Jett,
Clifford L. johnson, Lloyd E. Kelly,
Altus G. Moore, Raymond w. Short,
Arthur Skarry, Stephen Van Fleet,
Mallery o. Wooster and First Lieut..
Marvin L. Parler, jr
Another group of District Field
Artillery officers are undergoing group
training at Fort Hoyle, Md. They in
clude First Lieuts. Ralph L. Creel and
Victor D. Miller. jr., and Second
LieutS. Fred A. Chapman, Howard T.
Keiser, Connie V. Southern and
Charles C. Vogt.
Beginning this week the following
signal officers of the District will be
on IA days active duty with the Citi-
zens' Military Training Camp at Fort
George G. Meade, Md: Majs. Guy N.
Church and Edwin L. White, Capts.
Harvey E. Kaufman and Eli j. Sax,
First Lieuts. Norman H. Evans, Will
liam j. Ruano and Komnenus M. Sou
karaS and Second Lieuts. James E.
Keely and Morton Silverberg. A Dis
trict medical officer, First Lieut.. Sid
ney Berman, is on duty at Fort Meade
as assistant post surgeon.
District quartermasters undergoing
individual training at the Holabird
quartermaster depot, Baltimore, Md,
are: Maj. Edward P. Van HiSe, First
Lieut.. Merrill F. Phillips and Second
LieutS. Richard A. Burr, Morton M.
Dodge. Thomas H Eager and Max L.
Shulman.
A number of assignments involving
District Reserve officers have been
made. The following Cavalry officers
of the District have been assigned to
the 306th Cavalry: First Lieut. Lloyd
A. Parker and Second LieutS. Howard
K. Baker, Paul p. Byrne, Merton Z.
Church, Robert A. Koerper and Rob-
ert T. Norman. Second Lieuts. Sum-
ner w. Dana and Edmund G. White
head have been assigned to the 62d
Cavalry Division Special Troops.
The local colored regiment, 428th
Infantry, is involved in a number Of
personnel changes. Second lieuten-
ants of Infantry assigned to that regi-
ment are: william C. Hueston, jr.;
Frederick O. Petite and Thomas T.
Robinson. Relieved from assignment
to this regiment are First Lieut.
Thomas G. Cope and Second Lieut.
Martin Van B. Cotton.
The following have been relieved
from assignment to the 1308th Serv-
ice Unit: Capt. Richard Tattersal.
First Lieut. Eugene A. Humble and
End Lieuts. Gilbert Brooks and How
lett C.. Kleinstuber. Second Lieut..
Dale T.. Gaubleman, QQartermaster
Reserve, is assigned to ttk 5o3d Port