Evening star., 1939-03-12
Col. Hamilton Makes
Assignment Of 428th
Regiment Officers
Quurtermuster, Finance
Groups Of Reserves
To Meet Tomorrow

mandlng officer OF the 428th In
fantry, announced last week re-
assignment of officers to his regi-
ment. In addition to Col. Hamilton,
District officers composing regi-
mental headquarters include: 1t. Col
Henry O. Atwood, second in COM
mand and executive officer of the
regiment; Capt. Hyman Y. Chase,
adJutant; Ernest r. Welch, intel
llgence officer; Roscoe Clayton,
plans and training officer, and First
Its. William B. Edelin,, supply Of
flcer, and Hayden c. Johnson, mu-
nitions officer. Washington med
ical personnel attached to the
regiment include Capt John A.
Turner and First 1t. Claude T.
Ferebee, dental officers, and First
Its. DeRuyter A. Butler, Harold
H. Whitted and Ralph C. Wright,
all medical officers. District chap
lains assigned to the regiment in
clude Capt. George L. lines and
FIRST Its. John w. Bundrant, Will
liam B. Marsh and James R. C.
Pinn.
Officers assigned to the headquar-
ters company include Capt. Hyman
Y. Chase, commanding; First 1t.
George F.. Welch and Second Its.
John P. Baynard, Darwin f. Smith
and Walter l.. Macklin. The serv-
ice company, commanded by Capt.
Thornton H. Gray, is Offered by
ths fN11nWi,,n. Jol, L
Edwards and Second Its. Stafford
l.. Coleman, Edward l.. Early, jr.:
Robert E. Lee, Robert S. Randall
and Millard Williams. Officers as
signed to the howitzer company
include First 1t. Arthur w. Fer
guson, commanding: First 1t. Nor
vim o. Parker, First Ut. Charles H.
'ShuRate and Second Its. William
K. Collins, Harold A. Kyler, Wen-
dell Law. Mcconnell and Thomas
T. Robinson .
District officers assigOd to the
1st Battalion OF the regiment in
clude the following: Headquarters,
1t. Col. Howard D. Queen, COM
manding; First Its. John A. WEIGH,
Benson D. Mitchell and Second
Its. Granville N. Moore and Os-
valid V. Monroe. First 1t WEIGH
has been placed in command of the
headquarters company, with First
1t Raymond A. Diggs as COM
munications officer. Washington
officers assigned to the various COM
panes of the 1st Battalion include
the following:
Company A-Capt. Joseph H.
Cooper, commanding; First 1t.
Green c. Maxwell and Second Its.
Roscoe V. Cooper. Robert A. Brown,
Charles F. Adams and James H.
Carpenter.
Company B-Capt Aston w. Bur-
leigh, commanding; First Its. Cyrus
M. Honesty and Clarence O. Lewis,
strong, Charles L. Wesley and Low
cry l. Pierce.
Company C-First 1t. Frederick
o. Petite. commanding; First Its,
Osceola T. Thornton. Emerson r.
Parker, Lorenzo R. Berry and Lem
uel S. Brown and Second Its. How
ard R. Locksley. George E. Pettross
and William D. Brooks, jr.
Company D-F'irst Its. Lloyd r .
Riley and Israel E. Elliott. jr.. and
Second Its. James H Carr, Arthur
N. Fearing and l.. w. Shumate.
Meeting tomorrow evening. the
quartermaSter and finance officers
will discuss strategic and critical
raw materials, while Air Corps Of
ficerS of that same building will
take uD comparison of airline
operation. Subcourse col, parl l.,
lessons 4 to 7, will be the subject
of the coast artillery conference on
Tuesday evening Two conferences
are scheduled for Wednesday eve
ming, field artillery officers contin-
uing pistol instruction, while tank
officers will discuss tank tactics.
Members of the 462d Armored Car
Squadron and other cavalry Off
GERS will meet Thursday evening,
taking up c. M. T. C. orienta-
ton, mounted instruction and rifle
craftsmanship. The organization
of the Quartermaster Corps will be
subject of the candidates school on
Thursday evening. District cavalry
officers meeting, March 10, will hold
review of instruction given on
March 5, followed by a short cross
country ride.