Evening star., 1940-07-21
District Officers
Ordered 10 Train
AT tHeuve|ton, n. Y.
Will Take Part in
1st Army Moneuvers
Beginning August 4

District officers who applied for
active duty training in the 1st Army
maneuvers, to be held in New York
State In August, began receiving
their orders last week. Beginning
August 4, the following will report
at Heuvelton, N. Y, for a period Of
81 days training and will be as
signed to the units Indicated: To
the 103d Engineers, Pennsylvania
National Guard. Maj. Matthew r.
Beebe. headquarters; Second 1t.
Leonard A. Wagner. Company A;
Second 1t. John H. Costinett, Com
pany G, and Second 1t. Floyd A.
Curry, Company B. To the 112th
Infantry. Pennsylvania National
Guard, Capt. John G. Ladd and
First 1t. Ralph Met. Graham to
headquarters company, 1st Battal-
ION; First 1t. John H. Milton, head
quarters, 1st Battalion; Capt. Nor
gan MacM. Gilbert, Company c; and
First 1t. Thomas B. Jordan, Com
pany D.
Assigned, to the headquarters Of
the 2Sth Division will be Capt. John
T Pearson, Capt. Kenneth r.
Wright and Capt. James d. Cum
ningham. First 1t. Edison A. Edison
to the headquarters and headquar-
ters company of the seth Infantry
Brigade. Second 1t. Fred r. Fran
zoni, jr., will begin on August a
period of 81 days active duty with
the 51st Signal Battalion in the
maneuvers.
Report in New York.
On August II the following Dis
trict officers will report at Heuvelton,
N. Y, for IA days active duty with
the Pennsylvania National Guard In
the 1st Army maneuvers: Can't.
Farrand Flowers to 10sth Field Ar
tillery; Maj. Hallock P. Long and
First 1t. George Kerr to the 53rd
Field Artillery Brigade; Capts. Fred
erick S. Lee, George L. Hart, jr.;
Julian T. Cromelin to the 166th
Field Artillery, 22d Cavalry Division;
Capt. James E. Dawn to headquar-
tiers battery and combat train, list
Battalion of 108th Field Artillery;
Capt. Ornall c. Morris to headquar-
ters battery and combat train, 1st
Battalion Of 109th Field Artillery;
Maj. Edward L. Potter to headuuar.
ters, 1st Battalion of 213th Coast Ar
tillery CAD and First 1t. Green R.
Gaillard to service battery of that
same regiment.
To the 176th Field Artillery, 2oth
Division, for IA days beginning Au-
gust II will be First Its. John H.
Stokes, William r. Swarm, John s.
Bridgeman, Ernest F. Randall, IT,:
Thomas E. Adams, Andrew Ka-
marck, John F. Kerkam, and Second
1t Edward 500. Capt. Komnenus M.
Soukaras will begin on August l %
days active duty In the maneuvers.
He will be assigned to the 51st Sig
nal Battalion.
Additional officers residing in the
Washington area have been assigned
to active duty with Regular Army
for a year as follows: Second Its.
Ralph S. Eldridge to Fort George q.
Meade, Md, and William p. Cas-
sedy to Fort Myer, Va.
Recent Transfers.
Capt. Harold H. Shaller and Sec
ond 1t. Ross A. Wright to quarter
master general, War Department:
Second 1t. Fred L. Yeats to WASH
ington Quartermaster Depot: Sec
ond 1t. Walter L. Miller, jr., to
Arlington Contonement, Va, and
Second 1t. Ralph w. Lowe to 18th
Infantry, Fort Howard, Md.
First 1t. Everett A. Luckenbach
to Sd Cavalry, and First 1t. Howard
D. Dodge to 18th Field Artillery,
both at Fort Myer, Va; First Its.
William G. Downey. Willard c. Mills,
Sd; Ralph W. Ruffner and Second
Its. William A. Connolly, jr.; Paul
M. Burtis, William B. Davis, John
P. McGrath, William H. McManus,
Jr.: John K. Shipe. and Thomas 3.
Tighe, all to Fort George G. Meade,
Md; Capt. Jean K. Stacy to Wash
ington Quartermaster Depot: First
1t. Jack B. Hardin to 18th Field
Artillery, and Second 1t. Charles c.
Clark, jr., to Sd Cavalry, both at
Fort Myer, Va; Second 1t. Anthony
r. Bayer of Fort Monroe. Va: Sec
ond 1t. Robert j. Downey to 2sth
Engineers, BarkSdale Field Ia and