Evening star., 1937-04-11
NEW GUARDU
ORGANIZED HERE
Coast Artillery Battery
Muster for Federal
Service,

With the coming into being last
week OF another unit in the National
Guard of the District Of Columbia,
the first Of the additional units au-
thorized by the War Department, there
was general shifting of men in the
260th Coast Artillery.
While the other units authorized are
being recruited, Lieut.. Col. Walter w.
Burns, commanding the regiment Of
Coast Artillery, took prompt steps to
get his new outfit into active service
by the transfer of sufacient men from
the other batteries to make the new
one. At the same time a number of
men were brought into active service
from the inactive lists of the various
commands.
The officer personnel changes were
ordered as follows: To regimental
headquarters-Maj. Leroy s. Mann,
from Headquarters, 1st Battalion;
First Lieut.. James H. Heller, from
Headquarters Detachment, End Bat
talon; First Lieut.. Robert J. Martin,
from Headquarters, 1st Battalion;
First Lieut.. Augustus c. johnson, from
Battery E. To Headquarters Detach-
ment and Combat Train, 1st Bat
talion-Capt. James F. Angler, from
Battery F. To Battery B-Second
Lieut.. John A. Bartlett, from Battery
F. To Headquarters Detachment, End
Battalion-First Lieut.. Lawrence w.
Linderer, from Battery c. To Battery
E-Second Lieut.. Charles r. Haig,
from Headquarters Detachment and
Combat Train, lst Battalion. To Bat
terry Capt Anthony B. c. Graves,
from regimental headquarters; Second
Lieut.. Charles P. Reichel, from Head
quarters Detachment and Combat
Train, lst Battalion. To Headquarters
Battery-Capt. Carl Santilli, lst Bat
talon.
The latter is the new organization
in the regiment, and it was said that
only one offlcer was necessary in order
to have the unit presented for formal
FEDERAL muster. However, steps al
ready have been taken to conduct
examinations for promotion OF men
from the ranks to flll the vacancies
created by the transfers and the addi-
ton OF the new outfit.
The following were transferred, all
in the grade of private, to the new
unit: Headquarters Detachment and
Combat Train, First Battalion: Will
liam E. Edwards. Salvatore F. Clara
tano, Clarence w. Ruh, jr., and Ben
Vargas
Battery A: Arthur E Austin, jr.;
Belgium BorZella, Joseph L. Callan,
Stephen J. Devine, Charles w. Coyer,
James E. Leignel, Harold o. Mccall
lum, Frank M. Megill, Russell A.
Snyder, John M. Sugrue, Charles w.
Turley. Robert S. Fleharty and Will
liam E. Tuttle.
Battery B: Robert C. Barnes, Will
liam E. Chesser. Edward c. Cover,
Thomas A. Farrell. Robert C. Frink,
Milton Hauft, Donald c. Hibbard,
James w. Hill, Joseph F. Hunt, Rob-
ert T. Lynch, William C. Wellington,
John B. Richards and Clyde E. Willis.
Medical Department Detachment:
Edward Cauthers, Lucius W. Burton,
jr.; Edward J. Dwyer, Glenn E. Fred
erick and Samuel w Gindlesperger.
Battery C: Benjamin P. Arnold
John A. Donahue. George A. Doran
John F. Ellis, Eugene D. Gorrell,
Robert L. Lowrie, Edward T. Lindsay,
Harold w Smith, Lee B. Snow and
Manuel Sterling
Headquarters Detachment, Second
Battalion: John c. Rice.
Battery E: Norman Armstrong, Paul
j. Beavers, Edgar L. Casey, Richard
D. Gates. Robert B. Johnson, George
E. jenkins, Richard A. Swartz. Will
bur E. Wyatt and Janney Mel. Yates.
Battery F.: EMILE H. Bernston. Nor
man E. Browning William T. Camp
bell, Walter J. Delaney, Harry E.
Gershenson. Frederick J. Johnston,
Ross E. Payne and Charles R. Prinke.
In order to make up for the trans
fers of the active members of the
various units to the new command,
the following have been ordered trans
ferred from the inactive to the active
lists of their respective units:
Headquarters Detachment and Com
bat Train, First Battalion: Privates
Howard Crouch, Frank Reider, Ed
ward M. Roberts and Brady J. VAN
denburg.
Battery A: Privates Joseph w.
Hall, August w. Ludwig, George l..
Marshall, Joseph A. Moseley, Pas
quale A. Pape, Randolph j. Parker,
Curtis w. Pythian, Orville A. Platt
Robert E. Pugh, Cleveland D. Ryan,
James M Story, Ellis M. Tippett,
James E. Whalen. Richard P Vinall,
Robert P. Vinall, jr.; William r. Bur-
nell and Hamilton B. Miller.
Battery B: Privates Vincent j. An
tonelli, Andrew I. Brown, Everett N.
Burke, Robert E. Grimes, William S.
Houston, Denis K. Lane, Leon J.
McGahey, George A. Petrello, Clarence
R. Pool, Melvin N. Scott, Albert l..
Shields and Keith L. Sutphin.
Battery c.: Anath j. Bright, George
Brophy, Frederick Croft, Ernest w.
Crosson, jr.; Donald H. Foley, Garland
w. Jones, Edward Millsap, Joseph A.
Ring, Lee B. Snow and Hazel v.
Swink.
Headquarters Detachment, Second
Battalion: Private John F.. Kent.
Battery E: Privates Charles M. Bar
tells, Reed Carlyle, Edward L. Dar-
nell, William j. Drury, Kenneth B.
Long, Charles NJ Macedonia, Joseph
L. Mannion, Alfred A. Roig, Edward
H. Sweeney, Joseph S. Venable and
George w. Windsor.
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