Evening star., 1940-01-28
Col. Philips Lists
Reassignments in
306th Cavalry
Mai. Kane Commands I'd
Squadron; fnstruetionol
Conference Slated

N0nferenCe Sl0ted
1t. Col. Joseph L. Philips, cavalry,
unit instructor of the 306th Cavalry,
Washington Reserve regiment,
announced this week reassignment
of local officers to the various troops
of the regiment. The first squadron
of the regiment is composed largely
of Baltimore officers and others re-
siding in the vicinity of Baltimore.
but the second and third squadrons
are officered by District of Colum-
bia Reservists. Under the reas-
signment of officers to the regiment
Maj. Edward A. Kane is in command
of the second squadron, assisted by
First Its Ford E. Young, jr., opera
tions officer, and Clarence S. Wilcox,
intelligence officer. District officers
assigned to the second squadron in
clude the following:
Troop E, First 1t. Robert B. Cur
tiss and Second Its. Harold L. Col
vocoresses and James M. Woolf.
Troop F Assignments.
Troop F-Capt. Frederick NJ
Sperry (Alexandria), commanding:
First 1t. John C. Grille and Second
1t. Robert c. Tetro of Arlington, Va:
First 1t. Joseph B. Mosteller and
Second 1t. Delbert J. Harrill, East
Falls Church.
Troop G-First 1t. Roue L. Ho-
gan, First 1t. Emil w. Kerttu
Mount Rainier, and Second Its.
James A. Dixon, William P. Cassidy
and Joseph v. Riggs and Second 1t.
John S. Higgins, jr., of East Falls
Church.
District of Columbia officers and
those residing in the vicinity there
of assigned to the third squadron
include the following:
Troop First Its. Mountford H.
Smith and Josef E. Gellerman. Sec
ond 1t. David r. Gascoyne of Be-
thesda, Md, and Second 1t. Robert
G. OHara of Arlington, Va.
Troop K-First 1t. Douglas Mac
Arthur, I'd; Second 1t. Busey H.
Howard, jr.; Second 1t. Charles c.
Clark. jr, of Chevy Chase, Md.
Troop L-Capt. Ernest j. st.
Jacques of Arlington, Va. COM
manding; First Its. Charles H. Dun
ply and Edgar c. Roberts and Sec
ond Its. Don G. Pickrell and Horace
B. Ritchie, jr.
Machine Gun Troop.
The Machine-Gun Troop, COM
manded by Capt. William l. Irby, jr..
is composed entirely of Washington
officers, the others being as follows:
First Its. Robert w. Castle and
Henry H. Waller, jr., and Second
Its. Gilbert B. Layton, Ebert G.
and Wilfred S. McClaren.
The first Institutional conference
to be held this week is scheduled
for Thursday evening, when Dis
trict cavalry officers will meet to
discuss supply in the field. A
training film will be shown por-
traying truck units-routes, difficult
terrains, moving disabled vehicles.
Next Friday evening will be busy
time for Washington Reserve Off
GERS. Meeting at the Lee House,
medical officers will take up a map
exercise under the direction of Col.
Richard Wetherill, infantry, execu-
tive of the Washington military
area, and on that same evening the
School of Tactics and Technique,
meeting in the Munitions Building,
will discuss the operation of head
quarters and service units of brigade,
regiment and battalion. The pistol
competition between the field ar
tillery and quartermaster teams will
be fired Friday evening on the range
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton.
Fort Myer Meeting.
District cavalry officers will meet
at Fort Myer next Sunday morning
at $3.50 for instruction in horseman-
ship.
Three more District Reserve OH
GERS were ordered this week to peri
ods of active duty. The first officer
involved in active duty assignments
is Capt. Enzer L. Brandon, a quar-
termaster officer, of Falls Church,
Va, who will begin on February 4
the National Guard and Reserve
officers course at the Holabird
quartermaster depot, Maryland.
The two other officers ordered to
active duty are First Its. Leon
Fields and Francis j. Brophy, both
Signal Corps officers, who will pur-
sue the National Guard and Reserve
Officers course at the Signal Corps
School, Fort Monmouth, N. j., be-
ginning March 10 and concluding
June 81, 1910.