Evening star., 1938-02-06
RESERVE OFFICERS
VISIT BOILING
800 Attend First of Series
of Contact Camps in
Washington Area.

In OrQef 10 aCQualnt reserve Objects
Of the Washington area with the
military installations in the vicinity of
the District of Columbia. and also to
learn how arms and services other
than their own operate, approximately
800 District officers were concentrated
at Boiling Field on January 90 for the
first of series of five contact camps
Four more of these contact camps
will be held between now and the
end of May, as follows: Holabird
Quartermaster Depot, February 26:
Aberdeen Proving Ground. Md, March
26; Fort George G. Meade, Md. April
80, and Fort Washington Md, May %.
Cavalry officers of the District will
meet at Fort Myer, Va. today for
equitation and drill Combat orders
will be taken up by members of the
428th and 429th Infantry tomorrow
evening. Three conferences will be
held Tuesday Air Corps officers will
discuss aircraft ordnance and the
duties of squadron armament officer;
slides and sharts portraylng the coast
artillery at Zebruge. Hartepool, Heligo-
land and on the Belgian coast will
constitute the coast artillery meeting;
while the infantry brigade in defense
will be the subject of the infantry
field officer conference.
Signal, military intelligence and
engineer officers will meet Wednesday
HfSrnrS of tln |
Battalion will discuss signal supply.
War Department intelligence will be
the subject of the military intelligence
meeting. While the l320th Service
Unit will take up the separate bat
talon, which also will be the subject
Of the 376th Engineers conference
Thursday evening. Solution Of COM
rland post exercise and revision of
the mobilization plans of the booth
and l24th Service Units will be the
subject of these two engineer units
Thursday evening. Members of the
1925 Service Unit and the 343d En-
sineers will meet Friday evening. The
former unit will discuss the G-2 Sec
ton of portective mobilization plan.
While the 343d Engineers will discuss
the separate battalion.
The following District officers have
been relieved from and assigned to
new units as follows: Capt. Henry G.,
Sheen from the SD Cavalry Division
TO the 306th Cavalry; Capt. George
c. Updegraff from 9Oth Division to
headquarters, l60th Brigade; Capt.
Lyman F. Barry from headquarters,
l60th Brigade. to the 320th In
fantry: Capt. John L. Mccarthy from
1332d Service Unit to the 364th Medi-
cal Regiment; First 1t. Francis Lee
and Second 1t Robert L. O'Brlen
from the 320th Infantry to the head
quarters of the 160th Brigade; Second
1t John kionka from the l303d
Service Unit to the 18th Infantry,
and Second 1t Willard A. Rothery
from the 376th Engineers to the 4l7th
Engineer Battalion
Local officers have been relieved
from the units indicated: 1t Col.
Robert c. Jones from the Adjutant
'eiltldI oetblolI, oOlli blNlSloiI, MdJ
Vergil D. Reed and Second Its
David c. Slipher and James C.
Nanderslice from the 3l5th Field
Artillery; Capt. Carman A. NeWcomb,
;r, from 9th Division headquarters;
First 1t. Stephen E. Crick from the
t322d Service Unit; First 1t. Chris
l. Gross from the 364th Medical
n,tr,,, II ~
Kleine from the 208th General Hos
rital: First Its. William G.. BeWley
2nd Jacob S. Mackorell and Second
Its. Dale E Taylor, John NJ Wilson
and Robert w. Beck from the 320th
Infantry; Second 1t. Ned S. Elder
from the 1920 Service Unit, and
Second 1t Courtney R. Draper from
the 3l3th Field Artillery.
First It. John c. Mertz has been
assigned to the 320th Infantry, and
Second 1t Herman 'Jalma Vaughan
to the 318th Infantry
Second 1t. Jacob I. Brown, who has
been promoted to the grade of first
lieutenant. will remain assigned to the
S20th Infantry.
Pursuant to orders issued by the
commanding general of the 80th Dlvi-
sion, Richmond, Va. Col. John v.
Richards, Infantry Reserve, U. S. A.,
has taken command of the 320th In
fantry, composed of officers assigned
to the unit from Washington and
nearby Maryland and Virginia, sue
ceeding Col. William H. England, re-
Gently transferred to the inactive re-
serve list.