Evening star., 1938-12-11
Close Order Tadics
To Be Discussed by
Reserve Officers
Lecture on Movements
Of Germon 9th Army
Also to Be Tomorrow

The opening troop school confer.
ence Of the week will be held in
room 2530, Munitions Building, to-
morrow evening, when quartermas-
ter and finance officers will discuss
close-order drill. There will be a
special lecture on the tactics and
supply Of the German 9th Army on
eastern front. The same evening
Air Corps officers will meet in room
1857, Munitions Building. 1t. Col.
Lerner will discuss group COM
mander duties. On Tuesday eve
ming Coast Artillery officers will
take up the terrain Of Verdun and
operations of French and Ameri-
cans. Two conferences, Field Ar
tillery and Military Intelligence and
Adjutant General Officers, are We'd
nesday evening. The Field Artillery
conference. held in room 1881 Num-
tions Building, will be for field off,
GERS and senior captains Of Field
Artillery. They will continue a map
problem. Meeting . in room 253O,
Munitions Building, the intelligence
and adjutant general officers will
take up the war in China and obser-
vations during the fighting in
Shanghai.
Mechanical vehicles and weap-
ons, f1re-control instruments and
mechanical units will be the subject
OF the Calvary conference THURSDAY
evening. The Candidates School
will be held in room 2530, Munitions
Building, the same evening. An
examination In military law will be
held. District Cavalry officers will
meet at Fort Myer, Va, December
l8 at $3.50 am. for instruction in
equitation.
The following officers, having ac-
cepted reappointment without eligi-
bility for assignment, are relieved
from the units Indicated: First 1t.
Leslie P. Parmele, from 376th En-
glneers; Second 1t. Gordon M. Will
kins, from 428th Infantry; Second
1t. Fred Van Lew Flynn, from the
8oth Division; Second 1t. William
P. Trail, from 320th Infantry. Sec
ond 1t. Archibald G. Webb has been
renewed from assignment to the
4ooth Quartermaster Regiment. First
Lt. Reese F. Hill of Arlington. Va
mas been assigned to the Sd Coast
Artillery district.
A number Of District officers and
those residing in the vicinity thereo.
nave been assigned to the 9i3th
coast Artillery. an am aircraft
regiment. Officers assigned to repi-
mental headquarters include 1t.
Col. Robert R. Hendon, jr., COM
manding; Capts. Lyman E. Morris.
John H. Gruver and James c. Ladd
and First Its. James E. Cook. ir,:
Justin A. Shook and Richard S.
Hulburt.
Commissioner personnel assigned
to the headquarters battery in
clude Capt. Robert S. w. Waller,
commanding; First Its. George w.
Boys and Paul c. Aiken and Second
Its. Earl F. Harvey alexandria
and Raymond NJ Beall.
Personnel composing the service
battery includes First Its. j. A,
Shook, commanding CForest Glen) !;
Floyd R. Benny and Irving I. Klein
and Second Its. David E. Warner
and Charles H. Ludwig.
To headquarters of the LIST Bat
talon have been assigned First Its.
Lloyd B. Kidwell Darlington, Va
Ralph c. Wisner and Henry B.
Adams and Second 1t. Morris A.
Miller. Officers assigned to head
quarters battery and combat train
OF the 1st Battalion include First
Its. Robert A. Dunningan, R. c.
Wisner and Wayne F. Daugherty
darlington, Va and Second Its.
Herman R. Allen and Carl I. Olser.
Assigned to Battery A includ
Capt. Harold F. Harding and Fir.
1t. Max A. Lett. Capt. Paul A.
Cooley has been assigned to Ba.
terry B.
Capt. Royden K. Whitford a.
First 1t. Mathew E. Chotas hc
been assigned to Battery G.