Evening star., 1938-02-20
TOUR OF HQLAb|RD
DEPOT SCHEDULED
D. c. Reserve Officers to In.
spect Transport Equip
ment Saturday.

It Is expected several hundred Dis
trict Reserve officers, Congressmen and
. number Of procurement officials will
meet at Union Station next Saturday
~ 1:15 pm. to participate in the Sec
ond contact camp at the Holabird
Quartermaster Motor Transport De-
pot. Holabird, Md
They will be taken on tour through
the motor repair shops and warehouse.
There will be q display Of World War
and modern vehicles, an inspection of
modern maintenance equipment, q
tour through railroad maintenance
and repair shops. inspection and re-
view Of q strength motor trans
port company and demonstration of
motor vehicles over q test course.
Because of the uncertainty OF the
weather, tentative arrangements have
been made with the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad to transport the group. Re-
turning, the train will leave at 6 pm.
Seven hours inactive duty training
credit will be allowed the Washington
officers.
District Cavalry officers will meet
at Fort Myer. Va. today from $3.50
To 10 am. for instruction In equita-
ton and drill. Three conferences are
scheduled for tomorrow. Members of
the 428th and 429th Infantry Regi-
ments will take up the rifle squad in
combat and machine guns in attack
and defense, aviation and anti-aircraft
artillery will be discussed by coast
artillery officers, while the subject of
the conference of infantry field officers
will be the infantry bridage in de-
tense. On Wednesday evening mill
tary intelligence and adjutant general
department officers will discuss COM
bat intelligence, while members of the
1320th Service Unit will take up train
Ing on mobilization. Small arms de-
velopments will be discussed at the
ordnance meeting Thursday evening,
and that evening members Of the
1305th and 13l0th Service Units will
hold q combined meeting. Mobiliza-
ton training will be discussed at the
1920 Service Unit conference Friday
evening.
District officers have been assigned
to units as follows: Maj. Edward A.
Kane, Capt. Lathrop P. Smith, First
Its. George W. Ellison and Paul E.
Mitcheler and Second Its. George E.
Hodsdon. jr.; Walter L. McCaddon
and Richard w. Loheed to the 306th
Cavalry; Capt. Earl d. Madison to the
3l8th Infantry; Capt. Charles M.
Webb. jr., to the 3l7th Infantry: Capt.
Thomas J. Kirby. First 1t. Harold H.
Smaller and Second Its John E. Berge-
ner. Alfred L. Dorf. Murland E. Loes,
William L. Thorburn and Robert I.
Williams to the 132lst Service Unit:
First Its. Hershel A. Soskin, John v.
Summerlin, jr.; william G. Tharp and
Second Its. Richard p. brennan,
Monty Ereza. Floyd F. Hedlund and
Richard Rick to the 320th Infantry;
First 1t. Ernest L. Laughorn to the
3l5th Field Artillery; First 1t. Udell
S. Madden to the 462d Armored Car
Squadron: First 1t. Franklin c. SAILS
bury to the 18th Field Artillery: Sec
ond 1t. Lane L. Seitz to the 1920 Serv-
ice Unit; Second Lt.George N. North
to the I'd Separate Chemical Battalion;
Second Its. Wejay S. Bundara and
Wilbur c. Goodwin to the 42sth In
fantry. and Second 1t. John E. Ham,
ilton to the 429th Infantry.
Second 1t. Holston T. Dixon has
been ordered to active duty with the
Civilian Conservation Corps for six
months, effective February 2. Con-
tinued on active duty with the Civil
ian Conservation Corps for another
six months are: First 1t. John L.
Wilkes. 3lSth Infantry: First 1t.
George M. Kerr, 18th Field Artillery,
ana Second 1t. Daniel r. Thoma,
3l5th Field Artillery.