Evening star., 1937-01-24
RESERVE OFFICERS
GET ACTIVE DUTY
District Men to Go to Army
Service Schools for
Three Months.

Several Reserve officers OF the DIS
trict have been ordered to three
months active duty at Army service
schools. First Lieuts Edward McC.
Perkins and Graham Dukehart, both
assigned to the 306th Cavalry, local
Reserve regiment, will pursue the Ma
tional Guard and Reserve officers
troop officers course at the Cavalry
School, Fort Riley, Kans., beginning
February 81 and concluding May 81.
Capt. Cecil H. Stroup, 313th Field
Artillery, will undergo this active duty
at the Field Artillery School, Fort
Sill, Okla, as student in the Ma
tional Guard and Reserve officers bat
terry officers course, effective Febru-
ary 81, until May 81. First Lieut..
Alvin Caldwell will pursue the Army
line and staff course for Reserve Off
GERS at the Chemical Warfare School,
Edgewood Arsenal, Md. beginning
February 6 and concluding May 2.
District Cavalry officers will meet
at Fort Myer this morning from $50
to 10 am. for i-struction in equita-
ton. The Quartermaster Corps in
peace and war will be discussed by
Col Frink, @. M. c., at the quarter
master conference at District Reserve
headquarters tomorrow evening. Off
GERS of the Judge Advocate Geenral's
Department will meet in the Otis
Building tomorrow evening under
Capt Smith, J. A. G.. D.. who will dis
cuSs Jurisdiction on military reserva-
ttons. Machine gun assembly. diSas-
sembly and stoppages will be the sub
ject of the Coast Artillery conference
next Tuesday evening at headquar-
ters (TeXt, T. r. 320-35). The In
fantry division in attack and the use
of gas masks will be the subject of
the Military Intelligence Department
meeting to be held next Wednesday
evening. Col. Kerr will be the SPEAKER.
Members of the 1320th Service Unit
will meet in room 1857, Munition
Building. next Wednesday evening
under Col. Harrison Brand, who will
discuss construction and problems of
medical units. Industrial procurement
problems will be the subject of the
ordance conference at headquarters
Thursday eevning. Col. Alva j. Bra
sted, chief of Army chaplainS, will
conduct a general conference of Re-
serve chaplains next Thursday from
$50 am. to 4:30 pm. in room 2O27,
Munitions Building.
District officers have been relieved
from their assignments as follows:
Col. Joseph c. PeVries, from the 51st
General Hospital: Lieut.. Col. John T.
keenan,, from the 343d Engineers;
Capt. Roger w. Yeomans and First
Lieut.. Roland A. Linger, from the
50th Signal Battalion; Capt. Edward
T. Newton, First Lieut.. Albert Smith
and Second Lieuts. Dwight r. Abrams
and James T. Bull, from the 333d
Construction Battalion; Capt. Carroll
r. Rector, from the 74th General Hos
pital: First Lieut.. John B. Naughton,
from the 306th Cavalry; First Lieut..
Ralph c. Van Allen, from the 1300th
Service Unit; First LeutS. John M.
w. Greene and John c. Harlan, from
the 428th Infantry (colored); Second
Lieut.. James K. Walker, from the 322d
Signal Battalion; Second Lieut. Myer
Fried, from the 18th Radio Intelli-
gence Company; Second Lieut.. Rich
ard B. Thrift, from the 62d Cavalry
Division Special Troops; Second Lieut..
William P. Arnold, from the 1310th
Service Unit; Second Lieut.. Herman
P. kaufman, from the 623d Ordnance
Company. Capts. John P. Dean, AL
bert j. McCurdy and Kenneth M.
Uglow have been relieved from assign
ment to the 306th Cavalry and are
assigned to headquarters of the 153d
Cavalry Brigade.
Local Reserve officers have been as
signed to Units as follows: Lieut.. Col.
Fred B. Ryons, Capt. Ambrose E. At
well and Second Lieuts. Harry D.
Temple and Edward D. Newell, to the
343d Engineers; Maj. Howard S. VIII
kinson (chaplain), to the I'd Hospital
Center; First Lieut.. John w. Rockey.
to the 1303d Service Unit; Second
Lieut.. Charles r. Naeser, to the 1st
Chemical Field Labortory: Second
Lieut.. Clifton Grimble, to the 1304th
Service Unit; Second Lieut.. Paul P.
Bielic, to the 1321st Service Unit, and
Second Lieut. Lee F. Dante, to the
13z7th Service Unit.
A number of officers of the District
have been continued on active duty
with the Civilian Conservation Corps
for another six months. They include
Capts. Henry G. Learned, jr., Infan-
try; Albert j. McCurdy, Cavalry, and
Frederick L. Slade, Infantry; First
Lieuts. Joseph w. Batch, Medical;
Lawrence L. Long and Samuel E. Nc
Crary. both Cavalry; James r. C. Pinn
(chaplain), George S. Rice. George W..
Webb and Nathaniel o. Whitlaw, all
Infantry, and Second Lieuts. Harmon
L. Spencer and Samuel w. Tucker,