Evening star., 1940-07-14
Col. Brett Assigned
As Chief Of Staff Of
mechanized Units
Army Also Announces
Corps, Division and
Brigade Appointments

Corps, Division and
Brigade Appointments
1t. Col. Serene E. Brett, infantry,
holder Of the Distinguished Service
Cross. will be chief Of the general
staff Of the Army's new mechanical
units with headquarters at Fort
Knox, KY, the War Department
announced yesterday.
Col. Brett, who is 48 and native
Of Oregon, goes to his new assign
ment from Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
He was graduated from the Army
War College in 1884 and was pro-
NOTED to his present rank two
years ago.
The War Department also named
officers to the general stats of the
lst Armored Corps, the lst Ar
mored Division. the I'd Armored Di-
vision and the brigade units of
the mechanical force, which is pat
termed after Germans famed pan
Ger" divisions.
Other general staff officers for the
new units include the following
majors: Percy G. Black. field artil-
lery; Charles H. Unger, cavalry;
Hugh Gaffey, field artillery; Ernest
N. Harmon, cavalry, and David g..
Barr, infantry. This group will
comprise the headquarters establish
ment for the 1st Armored Corps.
At Fort Knox also will be located
the headquarters staff for the 1st
Armored Division. 1t. Col. w. D.
Crittenberger, cavalry, will be the
chief of staff. His general staff off,
GERS include Maj. L. c. Jaynes, in
fantry; 1t. Col. c. M. DAILY, cavalry;
1t. Col. ]. M. Devine, field artillery;
Maj. William Barriger, cavalry, and
Maj. F. M. Brennan. infantry.
The headquarters Of the I'd
Armored Division at Fort Benning,
Ca, will be headed by 1t. Col. Geof-
frey Keyes, cavalry. He will be as
sisted in his command by Maj.
George L. King, infantry: 1t. Col. R.
w. Grow, cavalry; 1t. Col. James A.
Pickering, field artillery: Maj. R. F.
Perry, cavalry, and Maj. Paul Steele,
infantry.
Secretary of War Stimson also dis
closed the new unit commanders for
the mechanical and armored organ
izations now being developed by the
Army. The commanding officer of
the 1st Armored Brigade at Fort
Knox will be Col. Henry w. Baird,
cavalry. 1t. Col. r. r. Allen, cav
airy, will be the executive officer.
The light mechanical troops in
the 1st Armored Regiment will be
under the direction of 1t. Col. A. D.
Surles, cavalry, who is former press
relations officer for the War Depart
nent.
n The 18th Armored Light Regiment
will be headed by Col. Jack w.
Heard. Cavalry.
Under the direction of Col. L. Med.
Sylvester, infantry, the 69th Armored
Regiment of intermediate arma-
inent will be stationed at Fort Knox
in the 1st Brigade. A similar group,
the 6sth Field Artillery, armored,
will function under 1t. Col. j. B.
Wogan, field artillery. a former
member of the War Department sec
ton Of information. Y
Other Appointments.
Other unit commanders well
known here include Col. H. B. Crea,
infantry, who directs the 67th Ar
mored Infantry in the 1st Division
The other unit is headed by Col.
Vernon Pritchard, field artillery,
who is the new chief of the 9th
Armored Field Artillery Battalion.
The commanding officer Of the I'd
Armored Brigade at Fort Benning,
Ca, is Col. George S. Patton, cav
airy. 1t. Col. william H. Jones,
infantry, is the new executive officer.
The following officers head the
various units of this brigade: Col.
Alvan c. Gillem, infantry, 68th
Armored Regiment; 1t. Col. Douglass
r. Greene, infantry. 10th Armored
Regiment, and 1t. Col. r. P. Shugg,
field artillery. 14th Armored Field
Artillery.
1t. Col. Paul Newgarden, infantry,
will head the new 41st Armored In
fantry in the I'd Division at Fort
Benning. 1t. Col. T. T. Brady.
field artillery, will act in the same
capacity with 18th Armored Field
Artillery Battalion.
1t was also announced that 1t.
Col. Stephen G. Henry, infantry, the
present commander of the 67th In
fantry tanks) at Fort George G.
Meade, Nd, will organize and con-
duct the new Armored Force School
at the school and replacement CEN
ter of the armored forces at Fort
KnoY