Evening star., 1942-09-13
Six Leading Officers
In D. T.. Are Named
TO NRA Board
Ammunition for CiviIion
Use Approved; Minute
Man Move Grows

Six high-ranking officers stationed
in the Washington area were among
slate of 20 men elected to the
board of directors of the National
Rifle Association at the list annual
meeting of the members and the
executive committee ended here
yesterday.
Four of the men are newly elected
members of the board for the term
which ends in 1945. They are: Rear
Admiral William r. Purnell, U. S.
NJ, only recently returned from Aus
tralia; 1t. Col. Joseph I. Greene,
editor of the Infantry Journal 1t
Col. Leo Codd, secretary of the Army
Ordnance Association now on leave
as public relations officer in the Of
flee of the Chief of Ordnance, ano
Capt. Calvin A. Lloyd, in charge of
small arms training at Marine Corps
headquarters.
Those reelected are Col. r. c.
Endlcott, director of civilian marks
manship for the War Department
and Vice Admiral Russell r.
Waesche, U. S. Coast Guard.
Make Ammunition Available.
High-lighting the two-day confer
ences the executive committee
completed arrangements under the
authority of the War Production
Board for the immediate available
lty Of a sizable quantity of % cali
Der training ammunition for use BY
NRA civilian rifle and pistol clubs
IN conducting pre-induction and
home defense small arms schools.
Sharing attention in the reports
OF the officers were talks by Mai
Gen. Milton A. Reckord, executive
vice. president on leave while serv-
ing as commanding general of the
Third Service Command, and Fed
eral Judge Hilliard Comstock, presi-
dent of Santa Rose, Calf, who re-
ported on the success and growth
of two movements begun by the
association in the last year.
General Reckord, who has estab-
Ished firmly the Minute Man plan
of trained militia reserve in Vir-
ginia, Maryland and PENNSYLVANIA
told the members that the move
ment already is under way in several
other areas and predicted even
further expansion. The general also
reported on the value of the trained
civilian craftsmanship instructors
who have been taken from the mem.
bership of the National Rifle Asso-
citation to give basic training to the
millions of raw recruits pouring into
the armed services or to serve as q
nucleus for State Guard and home
defense forces.
COmmends Civilian Clubs.
Highly commended by Judge
Comstock was the job being per.
formed by the civilian clubs affili-
ated with the association in form
ing schools in induction marks.
manship training for men of draf
age. These schools, he reported
have exceeded expectations both il
quantity and quality of instruction
and their enthusiastic reception by
civilians and endorsement by the
military will result in great in.
crease during the next year.
Other directors reelected were
Judge Comstock, Mr.. Thurman Ran
die, Dallas, Tex, vice president o.
the association: Maj. Francis w
Parker, jr, Chicago, Ill: 1t. Col
Payson d. Foster, Detroit, Mich.
Mr.. George G. Cooper, Des Moines
Iowa; 1t. Col H. N. Marsh, Whining
ton. Del; Maj. j. w. Hession, New
Haven, Conn; Mr.. E. F. Bridgman
Springfield, Mass; Mr.. Del Lord
Hollywood Calf.
Other directors newly elected
were: c. v. Jones, Albert Lea, MINI.
Col. j. j. Ring. Milwaukee, Wis;
P. D. Andrews, Schenectady, N. Y;
Walter Erickson. Cheyenne. Wyo.
and DR.. Gardner A. Surface, Ellis
Kans.