Evening star., 1939-07-23
D. {. Field Officers
Will Attend School
In Tactics Sept. |
Army Extension School
Courses Will Be Used
In Instruction

A school in tectics and technique
the District of Columbia will be in
augurated on September /. Using
the Army Extension School courses
the school will hold conferences on
the first and third Fridays of each
month in the Munitions Building
1t. Col. Joseph L. Philips will be in
charge of the school. The course
will be conducted over three-year
period. viz. 1939-4O, 1940-4l and
194l-42. Subjects covered in the
1939-40 period will include the or
ganization of infantry division
common subcourse 49,, 3 periods,
6 hours; general principles of COM
bat 1.-TWO conferences, not part of
extension school; combat orders
and solutions of problems common
subsource A., periods. "a hours.
and tactics and technique of in
fantry common subcourse 23), II
periods, 81 hours.
Subjects to be studied during the
1940-4l period will include tactics
and technique of field artillery
common subcourSe 23), 6 periods,
20 hours; tactics and technique of
special arms common subcourse 23),
7 periods, rs hours; staff and logis-
tics of the division common sub
course 2D, 8 periods, "a hours.
During the 1941 40 and final phase
OF the school the student officers
Will take up from September to
April a command exercise of in
fantry division, which will be SIM
ilar to the problem conducted by 1t.
Col. Philips last November. From
May to June, 1912, the school will
be concluded by general terrain
exercise. This will include the op-
erations of an infantry division near
Washington on the first and third
Sundays.
Another group of District officers
will begin tomorrow at nearby camps,
IA days of active duty training. At
Fort George c. Meade, Md, include
Maj. William D. Davis, Capts.
Charles NJ Webb, jr.; Samuel M.
Butler, Earl D. Madison. William L.
Peverill, William R. Crabill, Marvin
L. Parler, jr.; Ralph c. Van Allen,
Harry B. Orleans, Maurice P. Power
and Elvin H. Shoffstall; First Its.
James E. Keely, Carl j. Alderman,
Edward F. Butler and Joseph M.
Santoro, and Second Its. Charles H.
Slmms, Thomas H. Heatwole and
Norman F. Jarvis. At Fort Howard,
Md, include Capt. Aston w. Bur-
eigh and First 1t. James w. Jones.
District officers have been assigned
rs follows: Maj. David T. Ditch
burn and Capts. Wesley Fry and
Oliver j. Hart to the 5th Sngineers;
Second Its. Fred A. Broomall, Vic
tor E. DevereauX, Edmund H. Lloyd
and Gordon L. McGriff to the 5th
Engineers; Maj. Peter E. Dolan to
the 50th Signal Battalion.
Those relieved from units indi-
GATED: Maj Howard S. Wilkinson
from the I'd Hospital Center. Capt.
Melbourne F. Sinnard from the 42d
Coast Artillery railway, Capt.
Oliver j. Hart of the 5th Engineers;
Patterson from the 306th Cavalry,
Capt. Jean K. Stacy from the l3Oth
Service Unit. and First 1t. Samuel
M. Bageant from the goth Surgical
Hospital.
Under the recent reassignment of
officers to the 306th Cavalry, District
officers have been assigned to the
headquarters and service troop of
that regiment: Capt. Walter w.
Woodruff, commanding; First Its.
Raymond B. Carleton, James G..
Daniel, Kenneth S. White, Frederick
P. Magers and Second Its Matthew
2. Beebe. Wallace NJ Burgoyne and
Paul P. Byrne.