Evening star., 1937-02-14
RESERVE OFFICERS
FACE BUSY WEEK
Full Conference Schedule
Drafted for District
Members.

District Reserve officers are con-
fronted with q full conference sched-
ule this week Members of the 428th
and 429th Infantry will meet at Dis
trict Reserve headquarters tomorrow
evening under Maj. Leard, unit in
structor, at which will be taken up
the estimate of the situation. The
same evening Judge Advocate Cen
eral Department officers will meet in
the Otis Building. Col. H. j. Weller
will discuss the legal status of the
National Guard.
Tank support in attack and tank
platoon in support of infantry battal-
ion in attack Especial Text, No. 14)
will be the subject of the Infantry
conference Tuesday evening. Local
battery switchboards will be the SUBJ
ject of the signal meeting in the
Munitions Building Tuesday evening.
Schedule fires Text, Field Artillery
Book 16l, paragraphs 1872 to 202 and
ais to 2lO will be the subject of the
Field Artillery meeting at headquar-
ters Wednesday evening The same
evening Maj. C. L. Lloyd will conduct
the meeting for tank officers at the
Munitions Building. He will discuss
tank weapons and maintenance. Cav
airy officers will meet at headquarters
Thursday evening, when machine gun
practice work (teXt, T. R., 320-335)
and aviation will be taken up. At the
Chemical Warfare Service conference
Friday evening Maj. H. NJ Black will
discuss chemical supply, and Capt.
F. w. Gerhard will discuss research
and development procedure. Cavalry
officers will meet at Fort Myer, Va,
next Sunday from $50 to 10 am. for
instruction in equitation.
A number of District officers are
involved in new assignments. They
are: Lieut.. Col. Charles w. Sass. to the
1920 Service Unit: Capt. Eli j. Sax,
to the 18th Radio Intelligence Com
pany; Capt. Harry A. Magrane, to the
82d Company, @. M. Depot; First
Lieut.. Harry G. McDougall to the
1,312th Service Unit; First Lieut. Leo
j. Staskiewicz and Second Lieuts. Al
fred L. BulWinkle and William B. Ra-
venel, Sd. to the 34th Infantry: Sec
ond Lieut., Norman E. ToWson, to the
1920 Service Unit; Second Lieut..
Nick E. Chotas, to the Sd Coast Artil-
1ery District; Second Lieut.. Merrill L.
Bradford, to the 343d Engineers; Sec
ond Lieut.. Lincoln w. Shumate to the
428th Infantry; First Lieut.. Halbert
H. Thornberry and Second Lieut..
Frank Di Giacomo, to the 34th Infan-
try; Second Lieut.. William A. Bassett.
Jr., to the 18th Field Artillery; Second
Lieut.. Milford L. Clark. to the l, ,303d
Service Unit; Second Lieut.. Frederick
c. Wright. to the 1.320th Service Unit;
Second Lieut.. Mason C. Prichard, jr.,
to the 343d Engineers; Second Lieut..
William H. Payne, to the Sd Coast Ar
tillery District Second Lieut.. Alton L.
Grizzard, to the 320th Infantry; Capt.
Ambrose E. Atwell is relieved from
305th Engineers and assigned to 343d
Engineers.
District officers have been relieved
from units as indicated: Maj. Harry
M. Wheeler from 34th Infantry and
assigned to 74th General Hospital,
Capt. Cecil r. Dodson relieved from
320th Infantry and assigned to 1920
Service Unit, First Lieut.. Henry B.
Holman from 320th Infantry and as
signed to 34th Infantry, First Lieut..
Clifford B. Kinley and Second Lieut..
Ralph F. Haupt from 80th Signal
Company, Second Lieut.. Allston S.
Gof from the 313th Field Artillery and
assigned to 18th Field Artillery, Sec
ond Lieut.. Robert B. Scanland from
320th Infantry and assigned to the
3l9th Infantry, Second Lieut.. Harry
d. Temple from 305th Engineers and
assigned to 343rd Engineers, Second
Lieut.. John w. Matters from 320th
Infantry and Second Lieut.. John A.
Jones, jr, from 376th Engineers.
The following District officers have
been continued on active duty with
the Civilian Conservation Corps for
another six months: Capts Thomas
A. Lane, Roswell r. Boyer, Levi c.
Erdman and Walter c. Summer; First
Lieuts. John H. Stokes, James M.
Suter. Anthony T. Caruso, Sidney w.
Drennen. George M. Kerr, William B.
Marsh, William L. Knott, Lester j.
Dugan, Murray M. Robinson, James D.
De Marr. Robert w. Lockridge and