Evening star., 1937-04-04
RESERVE OFFICERS
|. TO Be IN EXERCISE
D. c. Men May Submit Ap.
plications Not Later
Than May 3.

fantry and the 155th Field Artillery
brigade, less the 3l4th Field Artillery,
will participate in the 80th division
command post exercise that will be-
held at Indiantown Gap, Pa, from
August to a. officers desiring TO
participate should submit their appli-
cations to District Reserve headquar-
ters not later than May g. Oficers
must have minimum of 15 hours
of inactive credit hours to include a
minimum OF 20 hours extension school
work appropriate to the grade or arm
Of service. No Reserve officer will
be given priority who does not meet
this requirement except officers with
less than six months commissioned
service in the Officers Reserve Corps
with no prior active duty training.
Approval also has been given to tho
active duty training schedule Of local
officers of the other arms and services.
Local officers belonging to the follow
ing units will receive their training at
Fort BelVoir, Va; 343d Engineers Cunit
training). July l8 to 81 376th Engi-
neers tunit training), August to "A,
and the 1,320th service unit (mobili.
zatlon training), August 20 to Sep.
tember II. Medical officers will un.
dergo their unit training at Carlisle
Barracks, Pa, from July II to "a.
while members of the lst Chemical
Regiment will be trained at Edge
wood Arsenal, Md, from July 25 to
August 7. Officers of the 306th Cavalry
and 1920 Armored Car Squadron will
train at Fort Myers, Va, from August
ID to 28, while the 409th Attack
Squadron will be given unit training
at Langley Field, Va the date to be
announced later Group training for
ordnance officers will be held at Rari.
tan Arsenal, N. j., from July 4 to II,
While local signal officers will be en-.
gagged in two periods of C. M. T. C.
training at Fort George G. Meade.
Nd. The first period will extend from
July to l8 and the second from
July Is to 20. Officers of the 42sth
and 429th Infantry will be engaged
IN three periods OF c. NJ T, C. train
ing at Fort Howard, Nd, this Sum
mer, as follows: First period, July
to ls; second, July 16 to 20. and tho
third period, July rs to August 8.
District Cavalry officers will meet
at Fort Myer, Va, today for instruc-
tlon IN equitation. The use Of com.
pass and orientation at night and the
| duties OF company officers will be tho
nf Ha
fantry conference tomorrow evening.
| The Infantry conference will be held
Tuesday evening. Maj. H. H. Ruggles
Will discuss the rifle company and
platoon In attack IT. r. 42O-l5 and
420-l2O) (Spec. texts Nos 265 and
266). Mobilization, training and
supply will be the subject of the signal
conference Tuesday evening. Field
Artillery officers will meet Wednesday
evening to take up a command post
exercise and Artillery bridage in de-
fense GA Book 22o, pars. 76-lo3. and
FA Book 224, pars. 248-3l4. Engi.
neers and employment of a general
service regiment will be the subject
OF the 1,32oth service unit conference
Thursday evening The l,3ooth serv-
ice unit conference will be held Friday
evening.
| Col. West A. Hamilton, commanding
officer Of the 428th Infantry, has an
nounced new assignment Of officers
to that regiment. In addition to Col.
Hamilton, the regimental headquar-
! tiers will be composed Of Lieut.. Col.
Henry o. Atwood, executive oflcer;
Capts. Roscoe Clayton, plans and
training oficer; Hyman Y. Chase,
adjutant; Raymond E. Contee, intelli-
| gence officer: Frederick L. Slade, as.
sistant plans and training officer;
Thornton H. Gray, supply officer, and
First Lieut.. Hayden C. Johnson, mu-
nitions officer. Medical personnel at
tached to the regiment include Maj.
De Haven Hinkson, Capt. George Nc
Donald and First Lieuts. De Ruyter A.
Butler, Maurice E. Johnson, Calvin B.
lie Compte, James M. Pair, Howard
M. Payne, William w. Spiller, James
e Walker Ralph C. Wright and the
two dental officers, Capt. John A.
| Turner and First Lieut.. Claude T.
Ferebee. The regimental chaplain is
Chaplain John w. Bundrant.
Personnel of the regimental head.
quarters company include Capt. Hy-
man Y. Chase, commanding, First
Lieut.. Henry F. Binford, and Second
Lieuts George F. WEIGH and Edward
L. Early, jr. Oflcers assigned to the
service company include Capt. Ernest
R. Welch, commanding: First Lieut..
William B. Edelin,, and Second Lieuts.
Stafford L. Coleman. Robert A.
Brown, Robert w. Wilson, Roy F.
Greenwood and Burke Syphax. The
| howitzer company is composed OF
First Lieuts. Arthur w. Ferguson,
commanding; Clinton C. Burke, jr.:
Israel E. Elliott, jr.. and Second Lieuts.
Frank P. Laney, jr.; Robert S. RAN
dali, Roy w. Sorrell and Nathaniel
| w WRIGHT