Evening star., 1937-01-31
LOCAL OFFICERS
GIVEN KEY POSTS
320th Infantry Assignments
Are Announced by Col.
England.

The assignment Of local officers to
the key positions in the 320th Infantry.
Q District regiment, was issued last
week by Col. William H. England.
In addition to Col. England, the
regimental headquarters is composed
Of Lieut.. Col. John v. Richards, sec
ond In command and executive; Mai.
Lloyd Z. Kelly, plans and training
omcer: Capt. Clifford L. johnson, ad.
jutant; Capt. Nelson Bennett, intelli.
gent oficer: Capt. Eric c. Metzeroth,
assistant plans and training ofIicer:
Capt. Acors r. Thompson, supply
on1cer: First Lieut. Raymond NJ Peak,
munitions officer, and Maj. Altus q.
Moore, attached. Medical personnel
assigned to the regiment include Maj.
Leslie T. eager, regimental surgeon,
and First Lieut.. Clyde G. O'Brieu,
assistant surgeon.
In addition to Capt. Arthur Skarry,
who commands the headquarters
company, the following oficers have
been assigned to that company: First
Leuts. Daniel B. Branch, Robert c.
Horne, Lenson Bethel, Harry e. Rat
clifie, Robert K. Norton, Ralph w.
Watt and Second Lieuts. Harold w.
Caster. Gustave A. Morell. Charles
H. Ruth, Jr.; James J. Schwartz,
Robert B. Edwards. Bernhard M.
Seidl, Reese L. Sewell, John T. Sim
clair. Benjamin J. Camp, Dallas g.
Barnes and Howard M. Bradbury, jr.
The service company Is commanded
by Capt. Henry M. Jett and the
howitzer company by Capt. Edka c.
Moore.
First Battalion List.
Lieut.. Col. Frederick A. Living.
stone commands the 1st Battalion and
the following officers have been as
signed to headquarters OF that bat.
talon: Maj. Victor H. Dent, executive:
First Lieut.. Roger N. Jones, adjutant;
First Lieut.. Ralph Met. Graham, in.
telligence officer; First Lieut.. George
G. Updegrafi, plans and training ofii-
Ger. and First Lieut.. John A. Con.
molly, supply ofiicer. The headquar.
ters company Of the 1st Battalion Is
commanded by First Lieut.. Roger w.
Jones, with First Lieut.. Elijah 3.
White as communications oficer.
Commanding the various companies Of
the 1st Battalion are: Capt. Paul o.
Tucker, Company A; Capt. George c.
Whiting. Company B; Capt. John g.
Ladd. Company C, and Capt. Willis
J. Nolan. Company D.
Lieut.. Col. Albert L. Barrows has
been assigned to command the I'd
Battalion. Oficers serving on his
stan include Maj. Hyter H. Ruggles,
executive; First Lieut.. Frank A. Stutz,
adjutant; First Lieut.. Frazor F. Hil-
der, intelligence oficer; First Lieut..
Charles B. Ross, plans and training
oficer, and First Lieut.. william S.
Eisenlohr, supply officer. First Lieut..
Frank A. Stutz, in addition to his ad.
jutant duties, commands the head.
quarters company Of the I'd Battalion,
with First Lieut.. James r. Troth as
communications officer Oficers com.
manding the various companies Of the
I'd Battalion include Capt. August r.
schimmack, Company E; Capt. Mall
lery o. Wooster, Company F: Capt.
Donat NJ Wilson, Company @, and
Capt. Leo. H. Poindexter, Company II,
List Of Third Battalion. \
Lieut.. Col. James B. Jones com.
mands the Sd Battalion, and officers
assigned to his staff include Maj.
Joseph A. Jordan, executive; First
Lieut.. Joseph w. Jones, adtutant:
First Lieut.. John H. Milton, INTEL
ligence oficer; First Lieut.. Paul L.
Doerr, plans and training officer. and
First Lieut.. Henry Osborne, supply Of.
ficer. First Lieut.. Joseph w. Jones
commands the headquarters company
of the Sd Battalion. The company
commanders Of that battalion include
Capt. Raymond w. Short. Company T:
Capt Fred M. Grant. Company K;
Capt. Harry c. Blackman, Company
L. and Capt. James L. Brewrink, Com.
pany M.
The company and platoon in attack
will be the subject Of the 428th and
429th Infantry Conference at District
Reserve headquarters tomorrow eve-
ming. District Infantry officers will
meet at headquarters Tuesday evening
to discuss combat principles and
machine gun platoon. Signal Corps
officers meeting Tuesday in the NUM-
tions Building will continue the Janu.
ary problem. Field Artillery survey
and firing charts will be the subject Of
the Field Artillery Conference at
headquarters Wednesday evening.
The Cavalry Conference. Thursday
evening, will be divided into two
groups. The first group will take up
machine gun practice. The second
group will visit the War Department
message center. following which there
will be lecture on scout cars with
horse Cavalry. Medical supplies, ac-
countability and responsibility will be
the subject of the Medical Conference
at headquarters Friday evening. Cav.