Evening star., 1941-02-12
D. {. and Maryland
Middle Graduates
ASSIGNED 10 Ships
Posts Selected by Lot;
Annapolis Youth Named
'FWe-Striper

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Annapolis Youth Named
'Five-Striper'
BY tft Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 12.-Ship as
signments drawn by members of the
Naval Academy graduating class
from Maryland and the District OF
Columbia were announced yesterday
by the Navy Department.
The men, who by lot selected posts
on battleships, cruisers and destroy
erS, were graduated February 7 and
are now on leave. Robert l.. Leasure,
Silver Spring, was commissioned in
the Marine Corps. The assignments
If the 10 Marylanders who became
ensigns follow:
John w. R. Burwell, Annapolis,
J. S. S. Quincy Robert J. Celustka,
Annapolis, u S. S. North Carolina;
Burton l.. Parke, Annapolis, U. S. S.
cambridge; James V. Rowney, Bal
timore, U. S. S. Enterprise; Charles
w. Smith, jr., Baltimore, U. S. S.
Concord
Charles w. Gunnels, jr.. Chevy
Chase, U. S. S. California; John H.
Lohm, Kensington, U. S. S. Wilkes:
Charles l.. Burbage, Ocean City,
u. S. S. Detroit; Lyttleton B. Ensey,
Owings Mills, U. S. S. Tracy; How
ard H. Montgomery, jr., Silver
Spring, U. S. S. Washington.
ID. c. Middies' Assignments.
Assignments drawn by the Is new
ensigns from Washington:
David M. Armstrong, Georgetown,
u. S. S. Zane; Lynn F. Barry, U.
S. S. Nevada; John w. Beatty, U.
S. S. Livermore; Elwood A. Cobey,
jr., U. S. S. Breese; Russell S. Cren-
shaw. jr., U. S. S. Maury.
Victor Delano, u S. S. West Vir-
ginia; William F. Heavey, jr, U. s.
S. Dickerson; James C. Houghton
u. S. S. Hilary P. Jones; Donald
B. Hutchinson, U. S. S. Selfridge;
John S. Leidel. U. S. S. Ramsey;
Roland Rieve, U. S. S. Quincy
Tully Shelley, jr., U. S. S. Dray-
ton; John Sweeny, U. S. S. Woolsey;
Thomas B. Wolfe. U. S. S. Herbert;
Clarence C. Wright. u. S. S. Cali
fornia; Joseph C. Zirkle, jr., U. S.
S. California.
Weems Named Five Striper.'
1t also was announced yesterday
that Midshipman G. T Weems,
Annapolis. will succeed Midshipmsn
w. H. Mendenhall Cleveland
Heights, Ohio. as commander of
the Naval Academy regiment April s.
Mendenhall became five striper"
of the regiment on graduation day.
| Weens, at present a member of
| the 9Th Company, will serve as regi-
mental commander until May 81.
Three other Marylanders were
| given high positions in the new
regimental organization. Two were
named to the regimental staff and
another as a battalion subcom-
mander
Weems' staff will consist of Mid
| shipmen M. w. Munk of Wildwood,
N. j.. regimental subcommander:
j. P. Cutting, Shelbyville. Ind. op-
erations officer; R. D. King, Balti-
more. adjutant: w. A. Arthur,
Homestead, Fla, signal officer; E. H.
Farrell. Palm Beach, Fla. ord
nance officer.
j. D. Small, Rochester. N Y. COM
missary officer; w E. Sims, Hape-
vile, Ga. supply officer; V. l. Meier,
Grundy Center, Iowa. liaison officer;
w M. Montgomery. Glendale, Calf,
and J. T. Oleksy, Ironwood. Mich,
as color bearers: j. B. Allen. La
Joila. Calf, chief petty officer. and
c. j. Burton, Takoma Park, Md,
bugle corps commander.
New Commanders Listed.
The new commanders and sub
commanders of the four battahons
will be:
First Battalion-V. E. Binion. West
Palm Beach, Fla, commander: w.
M. Logan, Owensboro. KY, subcom-
| mander
/ Second Battalion-F. A. Andrews,
Newport. r. l., commander: w. T.
= OBryant. Spanish Fork. Utah. sub
commander.
Third Battalion-C. D. O'Sullivan,
San Francisco. Calf, commander;
r B. Varley. jr,, San Diego, Calf,
subcommander.
Fourth Battalion-A. w. Whitney,
Culver, Ind. commander: r. l..
Corkran. jr., Glen Burnie, Md. sub
! commander.
The new company commanders
from April through May will be: w.
E. Heronemus, Madison, Wis, 1st
company commander: w. P. Wills,
/ jr., Atlanta, Ga. I'd company COM
mander: M. W. Woods, Lincoln,
Nebr.. Sd company commander: P.
P. Cole. Fort Sill, Okla. 4th COM
pany commander; H. B. Sweitzer,
Temple, Pa, 5th company COM
mander.
Also John E. Smith, jr. Exeter, N.
| H, 9Th company commander; N. c.
Nash, Chickasha, Okla, 7th COM
pany commander; j. j. Green. Kan
sas City, Mo, 9th company COM
mander; M. H. Ostrander, West
Lafayette, Ind, 9th company COM
mander: r. G. Tower, Evanston.
Ill, 10th company commander; I. C.
Kidd, jr, Long Beach, Calf, 1lth
company commander, and H. Cole,
Paterson, N. j., 18th company COM
! mander.