Evening star., 1940-02-18
Winter Moneuyer Results
Held Of Considerable Value
Reports Received at Brigade
Headquarters Are Being Studied

Oh mlutSry Quty, OF temporary re.
moval from the city, the following
have been transferred from the ac-
tive to the inactive lists: Pvts. Clar-
ence Z. Clarke, Joseph Rogers, John
r. Satterfield, Frederick r. Abner
and Douglas H. Butter, Company e,
l21st Engineers; Corpl. Robert F.
Hedges and Pvts. George Bernard
and Louis p. Shelton, 29th Division
Military Police Company; Pvt. Rich
ard q. Souders, Medical Department
Detachment, 121st Engineers; Pvts.
Oden G. Lusby. Leonard Melville,
John Z. Murphy, Roy A. Owen and
Walter 3. Payne, Battery @, 260th
Coast Artillery; 6ta6 Sergt. James
d. Pierce, Headquarters Battery, lst
Battalion, 260th Coast Artillery, and
Sergt. Casper r. Brown. 104th Ord
nance Company.
Pvts. Robert Y. Neel, jr.; Franklin
r. Sheridan. George Tonkowitz and
George Wald, all Of Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery. and Pvt. Harry Ca
hill, Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 121st Engineers, have been
honorably discharged because of re-
moval from the city.
Col. Walter w. Burns, command
ing the 260th Coast Artillery, anti
aircraft regiment. announced that
under the reorganization of the regi-
ment provision has been made for q
master gunner In the organization
with . master sergeant's rating. It
Is one Of the most important posts
available to the enlisted personnel
OF the regiment, the duties including
checking target practice analyses,
preparing necessary charts and
tables for the conduct Of target prac-
tice, and supervision of training and
operation of records and ANALYTICAL
sections, range sections, meteorolog-
ical details and orientation details.
Enlisted men Of the regiment, quail
ned for these duties, are eligible to
take the examinations for the as
signment. Particularly, in applying,
information on high school and COL
lege work must show any courses
taken in mathematics, physics, me-
chanical drawing, practical astron-
omy and civil engineering.
Second 1t. William 8. Macarthur,
Battery G, 260th Coast Artillery, has
been transferred to Battery H Of that
command for duty.
Maj. Thomas J. shyrock, jr., has
been designated executive ofiicer of
the 54th Field Artillery brigade, ac-
cording, to information received at
local brigade headquarters from
Brig. Gen. William H. Sands, COM
manding the brigade. He takes the
place left vacant by the retirement
of Maj. Henry Duer.
Capt. William H. Beard, Medical
Department Detachment, Special
Troops, 29th Division, has applied
to brigade headquarters for per-
mission to take the Army extension
course in aviation medicine.
Pvt. CFirst Class John H. Kali
denbach. Battery B, 260th Coast Ar
tillery, has applied for permission
to take the heighth finder course
for enlisted men at the United States
Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, com.
manding the local militia brigade
has issued orders that two stafl
officers will be on duty at the armory
each week. one on Tuesday and one
on Thursday night, to handle prob
lens incident to the inspection and
for any other matter which might
be presented. The officers desig-
mated to take turns on this duty will
be Maj. Walter S. Welsh, 1t. Wen
dell S. Holmes, Maj. j. c. Jeusen
and Capt. Hugh Everett, jr.
Pvt. Hugh D. Bentley, Headquar-
ters and Service Company, l2lst
Engineers, has been promoted to
corporal and assigned to duty as
regimental mail orderly.
The following promotions have
been ordered In Company D, 121st
Engineers: Sergt. Louis Gallum tc
be staff sergeant and Corpl. Mervin
Gallun to to be sergeant.
Sergt. Royce E. Phillips has beer
promoted to first sergeant In the
Headquarters and Service Company
12lst Engineers.