Evening star., 1935-11-24
VETERINARY CORPS
CHANGES DECIDED
Reserve Second Lieutenants
to Be rendered First Lieu.
tenants Appointments.

In order that the authorized grades
of the Veterinary Corps Reserve may
conform to those authorized Tor the
Veterinary Corps of the Regular Army
several changes have been made gov
erning appointment in this section OF
the Officers' Reserve Corps. AL future
original appointments in the lowest
grade of the Veterinary Corps Reserve
will be made in the grade of first lieu
tenant.
All second lieutenants in this Sec
ton of the Reserve Corps in status OF
eligibility for assignment, active duty,
and promotion in peace time, WILL pe
rendered new appointments in the
grade of first lieutenant upon the SUD-
mission of a satisfactory report OF
physical examination. All first lieu
tenants of the Veterinary Reserve
Corps, including those now in that
status, will be credited with all OF their
service as second lieutenants IN tnat
section in computing the minimum
time in grade for promotion to the
grade of captain.
This change means that all District
officers of the grade of second lieu
tenant, Veterinary Corps Reserve
now ineligible for assignment, actlVe
duty, and promotion in peace tlme'
will not be rendered appointments as
first lieutenants unless they first meet
the full requirements for restoration
to a status with full eligibility now
laid down by Army regulations. II
they do not meet these requirements,
they will not be rendered reappoint-
ments at the expiration of their cur
rent 5-year appointments.
Mai w. H. Sadler will discuss a
map problem and the movement OF an
infantry division by rail at the Dis
trict quartermaster conference at
local Reserve headquarters tomorrow
evening. The Geneva Convention
Cred Cross) and the code for prison.
ers of war will be discussed by Col.
A. w. Gullion tomorrow evening at
the Judge Advocate General Depart
ment Offices in the Otis Building.
Coast Artillery officers will meet
at reserve headquarters Tuesday eve
ming, the senior group of officers tax
ing up the 40 series while the junior
officers will discuss the 20 series. Dis
trict officers of the Military Intelli-
gence Department will meet at head
quarters Wednesday evening. Lieut.
Col. P. E. Van Nostrand will lecture
on Soviet Russia.
The following infantry officers OF
the District have been assigned to
the 320th Infantry: Lieut.. Col. Fred
erick A. Livingstone; Capts. Harry c.
Blackman and Acors r. Thompson;
First Lieuts. Edward M. Barron, Len
son Bethel, Washington I. Cleveland,
Cecil r. Dobson, Albert B. Foltz, Err
nest A. Graves, Laurence 7. Hewes,
jr; Edward c. Jones, Francis Lee,
Charles A. Long, Jesse NJ Mac
Knight, jr. Grant e. Morris, Will
liam e. Persons, jr., Kenneth Petrie.
William L. Peverill. Charles B. Ross,
Septimus B. Sightler, Edward W.
Solomon, Henry N. Spottswood, and
Second Lieuts. Thomas Brashears. jr.,
Benjamin J. Camp, Carl j. Matthews
and Albert Nathanson. District in
fantry officers assigned to the 318th
Infantry include First Leuts. William
H. Churchwell, William r. Crabill,
James L. Dougall, William S. Eisen-
loI1r, jr., William OBJ. Hillman, John
L. Holcombe, John D. Wilson and
Second Lieut.. George S. Rice.
Other District assignments involve
Second Lieut.. Samuel W. Marsh to
the 18th Infantry; Second Lieut. NAL
colin w. Wills, jr., to the 313th Field
Artillery; First Lieut.. James w. Gus
tin, jr., to the 364th Medical Regi-
inent; Capt. Norman H. Evans to
the 50th Signal Battalion, and First
Lieut. John I. Spreckelmyer to the
332d Service Battalion.
Col. Thompson Short has been re-
lieved from 622d Coast Artillery, har-
Dor defense, and is assigned to 913th
Coast Artillery, anti-aircraft. Maj.
Peter L. Robinson, having been trans
ferred to the inactive reserve. is re-
1ieved from assignment to the 428th
Infantry.