Evening star., 1938-03-13
RESERVES UPHELD
IN ANNUITY CLAIMS
Officers Need Not Surrender
Retirement Pay on Active
Duty, Is Ruling.

4ne IeganCy OF requiring Reserve
ohicers. who, under the provisions Of
public document No. 78 Seventy-third
Congress, are in receipt Of civilian
retirement annuity, to surrender such
civilian retirement annuity when
called to active duty, has been de-
cided in the negative. According to
the controller general, there is no
provision Of law which prohibits, either
expressly or by reasonable implication,
the receipt of civilian retirement an
nuity and active military pay as a
member Of the Officers Reserve Corps
when called to active duty"
In his decision, the controller gen.
eral pointed out "a Reserve officer in
receipt Of civilian retirement annuity
pay, on account Of involuntary sepa-
ration from Federal service under the
provisions of the act of June 16, 1898,
is not required to surrender such an
nuity during the period in which he is
in receipt Of active military pay as a
member of the officers Reserve Corps
called to active duty"
Camp construction will be the sub
Ject OF the Quartermaster and finance
conference tomorrow evening. District
infantry officers will discuss combat
principles Tuesday evening. A train
ing film will be shown portraying the
employment of machine guns in attack.
Field artillery and infantry tank
officers will meet Wednesday evening,
the former group taking up gunnery.
The infantry officers will discuss tank
platoon in attack District cavalry
officers on Thursday evening will dis
cuSs machine guns, supply of the
cavalry regiment and the duties of
reginental and squadron staff officers.
Cavalry officers will meet next Sun
day at Fort Myer, Va, $50 to 10 am,
for instruction in equitation and drill.
District officers have been assigned
to units as follows: Col. Stuart G.
Hopper and 1t. Col. Harry F. Cum
ningham to the 1920 Service Unit;
First Its. Charles r. Botsford, Mills
z. Gay, jr, and Second 1t. Marion B.
Ring to the 376th Engineers; First 1t.
Christopher de T. Atkinson and Sec
ond 1t. Conrad Boterweg to the Sd
Coast Artillery district, and Second
Its. Earl o. Byrd. Millard F. Reeves
and Oswald A. Bushnell to the l3lst
Service Unit.
The following Washington officers
are relieved from assignment to
units as indicated: Maj. John C.
Beattie. Capt. Arthur P. Nesbitt and
First Its. John r. Stivers and Harold
S. Young from the 1920 Service
Unit; Capts. James D. Cunningham
and John F. Richter from 9th Division
Headquarters; Capt. Richard G. Nc
Cabe from the 1300th Service Unit;
First 1t. Fred c. Baker from the 364th
Medical Regiment; First Its. Clar-
ence F. Jones, jr., and Jackson S.
Smith from the 429th Infantry: First
Its. Roger w. Haven, Eden E. Conrey,
Its Roger w. Haven, Eden E. Conrey,
1r., and Second Its. Emory E. Dyke,
Charles M. Lovitt, William G. Mattsop,
William B. Brown and Melza F. Rose
from the 622d Coast Artillery (harbor
defense); First Its. Edward w.
Breese, Ellis Klein and Second Its.
Arthur M. Potts from the 9l3th Coast
Artillery (anti-aircraft); First Its.
James r. Cullen. Samuel j. Sugar.
George S. Weber and Second Its. NAL
colin Hay. jr.; Victor H. Sutro and
Charles M. Trammell, jr.. from the
l325th Service Unit; Second Its.
Jerome B. Cowden and BENJAMIN r.
Pogue from the 425th Infantry Qight
tanks); First 1t. Robert H. Chambers
from the Sd Cavalry, Second 1t.
Downing B. jerks from the 376th En-
gineers, Capt. Louis E. Diaz from the
23d Quartermaster Regiment, Second
1t. William A. Harmon from the
1920 Service Unit, Second 1t. Burton
w. Lewis from the 428th Infantry,
Capt. Lyman F. Barry. First 1t. Will
liam M. Churchill and Second Its.
Walter L. McCaddon and Richard L.
Collins from the 320th Infantry, First
1t. George McQuilkin. Sd, from the
3l8th Infantry; Second 1t. Charles E.
Bockman, jr.. from the 315th Field
Artillery, and Second 1t. Claude G.
Haren from the 18th Infantry.
First 1t. Joseph E. Bargas, having
been transferred to the arm and serv-
ice assignment group, is relieved from
assignment to the 23d Quartermaster
Regiment.