The Washington times., 1938-11-03

Brig. Gen. Robert McC. Beck, jr.
General Staff Corps, appointed majol
general; Brig. Gen. William K. Naylor
U. s. Army, from Fort Benjamin Harri
son to retirement from active service
Brig. Gen. Dana T. Merrill, U. s. Army
from Washington, D. c., to Fort Benja
min Harrison. Ind; Col. Jonathan NJ
Wainwright appointed brigadier general
Brig. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright
IU. s. Army, from assignment and duty
with Third Cavalry to remain on duty
at Fort Myer, Va: Col. Adna r. Chaffee
Cavalry, appointed brigadier general
Brig. Gen. Adna R. Chafee from First
Cavalry, Fort Knox, KY, to command
of the Seventh Cavalry Brigade, Fort
Knox; Col. Henry w. Baird. Cavalry,
from Organized Reserves Third Corps
Area, Baltimore, Md, to First Cavalry,
Fort Knox, KY; Col. Maxwell Murray
Field Artillery, from Fort Sill, Okla
gade, Washington, D.. c.; Col. George s.
Patton. jr, Cavalry, from Fort Clark,
Tex, to Third Cavalry, Fort Myer, Va.
Col. Cuthbert P. Stearns, Cavalry, Cen
eral Staff Corps, from Fort Bliss, Tex
to Fort Clark, Tex.
The promotion of the following officers
lis announced:
Judge Advocate Generals Departme t:
Leroy Reeves from lieutenant colonel
Ito colonel; Theodore Hall from lieutenant
colonel to colonel; Walter M. krimbill
from lieutenant colonel to colonel; Lee s.
TilIotson from Lieutenant colonel to
colonel: Claude B. Mickelwait from cap
tain to Major.
Quartermaster Corps: Neill e. Bailey
from lieutenant colonel to colonel; Andre
L. Violante from captain to major
Finance Department: Leighton N. smith
from captain to major. Ordnance De-
partment: George F. Lemon from lieu
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Edward A. Allen from major to lieu
tenant colonel. Chemical Warfare Service:
Ralph c. Benner from captain to major.
Cavalry: John T. Pierce from major to
lieutenant colonel; Thomas F. Lin
booker from major to lieutenant colonel;
Cornelius M. DAILY from major to lieu
tenant colonel: Richard B. Trimble from
major to lieutenant colonel
Field Artillery: Harvey J. Thornton
from captain to major; Chester E. Sar-
gent from captain to major; Joseph P.
Donnovin from captain to major; Roy l..
Dalferes from captain to major. Coast
Artillery Corps: Robert e. Phillips from
major to lieutenant colonel; William R.
Stewart from major to lieutenant
colonel; Wilmer S. Phillips from major
to lieutenant colonel; Norman Hartman
from captain to major.
Infantry: Francis M. Maddox from
lieutenant colonel to colonel; Charles s.
Buck from lieutenant colonel to colonel ;
AHEeu W. DlooE from HeulchahI Coioh0i
to colonel; Allen F. Kingman from major
to lieutenant colonel; Abraham Tabach-
mix from major to lieutenant colonel;
Leander r. Hathaway from major to
lieutenant colonel; Constant L. Irwin
from major to lieutenant colonel; Leven
C. Allen from major to lieutenant
colonel; Oliver A. Hess from major to
lieutenant colonel; Clarence T. Davis
from captain to major; Frank r. Will
liams from captain to major; Harold ].
LaCroix, Q. NJ. c., from captain to
major; George ]. Engelthaler from cap
tain to major: Charles W. Pence from
from captain to major; Henry e. Kelly
from captain to major; William B.
Sharp from captain to major.
Air Corps: Vincent B. Dixon (temp.
1t. COLI from major to lieutenant
colonel. Medical Corps: Raymond NICK.
williams from first lieutenant to cap
tain: Lloyd E. Gould from first lieuten-
ant to captain. Dental Corps: Vivian 2.
Brown from major to lieutenant colonel.
Chaplain: Harold H. Schulz from first
lieutenant to captain.
relieved from detail in the Quartermas-
ter Corps and assigned to duty with the
Quartermaster Corps; Capt. John H.
Rust, III, Veterinary Corps, from Fort
Slocum, N. Y. to Hawaiian Department;
Lieut.. Col. Darius c. Absher. Medical
Corps, from Fort Riley, Kans., to Philip
pine Department; Lieut.. Col. Lewis W.
Maly.
Capt. Justin Joseph Hanaw. Ordnance
to active duty, for training in the Plan
Secretary Of War; Warrant officer
Richard Tattersall from Fort Monroe,