Evening star., 1940-09-08
Enlisted Men May Gel
Call 10 Serve Under
Reserve Commissions
Bon Provided in Army
Regulations to Be Lifted
If Reserve Bill Passes

II and when pending legislation
which authorizes the President to
order members and units of Reserve
components and retired personnel
of the Regular Army into active
military service is enacted the Army
regulation which prohibits the call
to active duty Of warrant officers
and enlisted men of the Regular
Military Establishment under their
Reserve commissions will be sus-
pended. No additional funds are
now available for this purpose and
all Reserve officers of this category
called to active duty will have to
be called to active duty within the
allotments previously made. 1t Is
expected, however. that in the event
any considerable number of Reserve
officers OF this category are called
to active duty, following the en-
actment of such authorization.
funds will be made available for
this purpose
Recommendations for the dis
charge of warrant officers for the
purpose Of accepting extended ac-
tive duty under their Reserve COM
missions will be acted upon by the
War Department, and vacancies
caused by the discharge of warrant
officers will be filled by the depart
ment. Vacancies caused by the
discharge of enlisted men for this
purpose will be filled by promotion
under existing regulations. The ap-
plicationS of retired enlisted men
for active duty under their Reserve
commissions will be forwarded to
the War Department for action.
Except for cogent reasons, warrant
officers and enlisted men will be as
signed to extended active duty at
stations other than those at which
serving at time of discharge.
Second 1t. John L. Smith, jr., who
has been promoted to be first lieu
tenant. will remain assigned to the
313th Field Artillery.
First 1t. Grant E. Morris, Dis
trict Reserve officer, began this
week 10 months of active duty with
the Regular Army at Fort Bragg,
N. c.
The following Reserve officers, all
residents of the District and vicin-
ity, have been assigned to the 1310th
Service Unit: 1t. Col. Bynum K.
Cash. Majs. Raymond S. Holt and
Edwin c. Jamison, Capts. William
A. Foote, Lawrence E. Fouchs,
Granger G. Sutton and First Its.
Joseph M. Friedman, Robert C.
Gleichman, Jerome B. Harrell,
Henry J. Lawrence and Robert G.
Pohlmann.
Second Its. Earl A. Brengle,
George c. Calder, Kenneth c. Chat
win, Harvey c. Cluff, William D.
Conner, Herbert j. Elliott, Ralph E.
Engel, Harold Flaata. Louis F.
Fuchs, Afford A. Hart, Benjamin
F. Hunt, jr.; Donald K. Ipson,
James A. Lee, Clarence B. Long,
Arthur E. Mcneil, Arthur r. Muir
ply, Michael J. Reedy, David Ross,
Freeman w. Sharp, jr.; Elgood E.
Stephens, Woodrow w. Storey and
Charles o. Tingley.
Certificates of capacity for the
grade of first lieutenant in the Sec
ton in which training was taken
will be issued by the corps area
commander having assignment
jurisdiction to second neutenants of
the Officers Reserve Corps who
complete the full period prescribed
in the orders placing them on active
duty with an efficiency report of at
at least satisfactory. This includes
all Reserve officers ordered to active
duty under the Thomason Act since
December /, 1899, and whose tours
ended in June of this year.
Maj. George F. Wohlgemuth, hav-
ing been placed in the War Depart
ment Reserve pool, has been re-
lieved from assignment to the
1308th Service Unit. Other Dis
trict officers, having been trans
ferred to the War Department Re-
serve pool, with their recent assign
ments, include the following: Capt.
Francis w. Glaze, Sd Battalion, 1st
Chemical Regiment; Capt. Jay l..
Hoffman, 364th Medical Regiment;
First 1t. Morris Kleinerman, 315th
Field Artillery; First 1t. Morgan L.
Williams. 320th Infantry; Maj. Will
liam j. Darmody, 42d Coast Artil-
lery; Maj. Theodore c. G. Fong,
305th Medical Regiment, and First
1t. Howard r. shambarser.