Evening star., 1939-05-07
Reserve Officers
Are Assigned 10
12th Infantry
Score Of Washington
Officers Go to Regular
Army Unit

More lQdn score OF infantry he.
serve officers residing in the District
of Columbia, all first lieutenants,
have been assigned to the 18th In
fantry, Regular Army regiment
stationed at Fort Washington, Md.
The Washington officers are First
Its. Jacob I. Brown. Benjamin J.
Camp, Coleman P. Cook. Ralph S.
Hardiman, Claude c. Haren, Howard
E. Hassler, Joseph w. Jones, Albert
B. Norrod, jr; Henry Osborne. Ed
win j. Parker Charles E. Saunders,
jr.; Hershel A. Soskin, Vining c.
Thompson, Merton B. Tice, Charles
D. Vinson. Oscar K. Williams, jr.,
and Gilbert E. West.
Another group of officers was
assigned last week to the 320th In
fantry, District regiment, Capt.
John E. Scott to command the
service company and First 1t. Irwin
N. Douglas as assistant regimental
dental surgeon. Officers assigned to
the several companies of the regi-
ment include: Second 1t. Alvin l..
NeWmyer, jr., to Company C; First
1t. Frank C. Schacht and Second
Its. Warren R. Evans and Louis F.
Flagg to Company F, First Its. How
ard M. Biggs and Samuel E. Nc
Glathery, jr., and Second Its.
George E. Gilbert, John P. Heubsch
and John R. Stipp to Company G.;
First 1t. Jack Riley to Company I,
Second Its. John F. G. Clarke and
James F.. Draper. jr., to Company
H; Second Its. Hubert De L. Long
and Melvin E. Singleton to Com
pany K, First Its. Saul S. Bloom
and Nathan R. Warthen and Second
Its. Robert J. Holiday and James
G. Squires to Company L, Second
Its. John A. Carrick, Donald P.
Coombe and Ralph S. Eldridge to
Company M.
Members of the 462d Armored
Car Squadron will work this morn
ing with Sd Cavalry scout cars at
Fort Myer, Va, in a tactical exer-
else. Other cavalry officers from
the District will meet at Fort Myer
this morning for instruction in
equitation. Meeting tomorrow eve
ming, quartermaster officers will
take up drill and the industrial
mobilization plan for the United
States. Air Corps officers will meet
the same evening. Military intelli-
gence and the Division G-2 section
will be the subject of the Coast
Artillery conference on Tuesday
evening. At their Institutional
conference on Wednesday evening
Military Intelligence officers will
listen to a lecture on military
cryptography, while Field Artillery
staff officers will continue a map
problem.
Camouf1age will be discussed dur
ing the first hour of the engineer
conference Thursday evening, while
two training films, "Tractical En-
ployment of 50-caliber Machine
Gun by Cavalry and THE Rifle
Squad in Combat" will be shown
during the second hour. A prob
lem for all service units of the Dis
trict of Columbia will be discussed
at an all-service unit conference
Friday evening. Members OF the
booth Service Unit will meet at
Fort Myer on May IA for instruc-
ton in equitation.
The following District officers have
been assigned to units as follows:
Capt. Adlai R. Lewis, First 1t. Muir
doch J. Mcleod and Second Ii
William A. Head to the 8Oth d.
vision; First 1t. Frank B. Appleman
to the 313th Field Artillery, Second
1t. Roy K. Snyder to the 1st Chem
ical Regiment I'D Battalion), Sec
ond Its. Samuel j. Greenfield ana
James R. Riley to the 913th Coast
Artillery (anti-aircraft, Second 1t
Edward c. Kuczynski to the 80th
Division and Pvt. Sanford w. Hickey
to the 622d Coast Artillery Charbor
defenSe).