Evening star., 1942-05-03
Army Boosts Rank
OF Many Soldiers
From D. T.. Areas
Several Commissioned;
Others Are Named for
|Offieers' Training School

A number Of Washingtonians and
men from nearby areas now in the
Army today held higher rank, had
been named to officer training
schools or commissioned.
Sergt. Nelson D. Beers, 52O2 West
ern avenue, Chevy Chase, was grad
uated from the Quartermaster
School at Camp Lee, Va, and COM
missioned second lieutenant.
Also at Camp Lee, 1t. Charles E.
Foster of 5000 Fourth street NV.
was given command of Company F
of the newly formed 18th Quarter
master Training Regiment.
Technician, 5th Grade.
Pvt. First Class Donald G. Nell
son. Ill Woodbridge avenue, Silver
Spring. was promoted to technician,
5th grade-equivalent to corporal
in the 10th Quartermaster Training
Regiment there.
Sergt. Donald Kester, Bill Tenth
street NV, was admitted as an
officer candidate at the Air Force
School at Miami, Fla.
Four members of the 121st Engi-
neers. former District National
Guard unit, started a three month
officer candidate course at the In
fantry School at Fort Benning, Ga,
They are Sergt. Charles A. Nc
Aleer. 1904 Sigsbee place NE,
former member of the editorial staff
of The Star; Corpl. Aubrey w. Way
land, Gil johnson place, Alexandria;
Sergt. Arthur Snee, 1414 v street
NE, and Staff Sergt Leroy Nc
Mullen, 703 A street NE.
At Randolph Field.
1t. Robert Baker of this CITY, a
student officer at Randolph Field,
Tex, on completion Of his basic
training shortly will be assigned to
an advanced school.
Second 1t. Joseph Andrews, 600
Whittier street NV, and Second 1t.
Robert n. Baker, 5463 Nebraska ave-
nue. NV, arrived at Randolph Field
for basic training.
Staff Sergt. John r. Miller of this
city was promoted to technical ser
geant at the Holabird Quartermas-
ter Motor Base at Baltimore. He Is
attached to the Motor Transport
School detachment.
The following completed a IA
week training course in radio Op-
Grafton at Fort Knox, KY: Pvts. Odis
+. Quick of 2201 Second street NV,
758th Tank Battalion; Wade j.
Weldon. Capitol Heights, Md, 95th
Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
and Benjamin L. Reffit. Boyds, Md,
85th Reconnaissance Battalion.
At Cavalry School.
Second Its. David E. Salladay,
3716 Manor place NV, and Walter
F. Arnold, 4443 P street NV, re-
ported for training in basic horse
and mechanized work at the cavalry
school at Fort Riley, Kans.
Second 1t. Sydney Joseph Law
renee of 122 Eleventh street Sc.
has reported for active duty at Fort
Eustis, Va.
Among the thousands ofscadets at
the Air Corps Replacement Train
ing Center at Maxwell Field, La,
are 16 men from this vicinity. On
completion of pre-fight training
they will be sent to one of the pri-
mary flying schools of the South
east Air Corps Training Center to
begin pilot training. They are:
Cadets Gail Richard Holmes and
Ernest Moorefeld, both Of Airing
ton; Finley Coapes Brinley, 1912 K
street NV; Hollis Booth Brown,
CLIO Blair road NV: Tom Collins
Cargill, jr, 1898 Macomb street
NV: Jason Harry Duncan, 1925
Kalorama road NV: Sidney Ber-
nard Finlay, 2200 Nineteenth street
NV: William Arthur Garland,
1924 Nebraska avenue NV.
Harold Ellis Greenberg, 7l0l Ninth
street NV; Robert Clyde Jordan,
48o1 Connecticut avenue: Robert
Thorn Miller, 4016 Forty-seventh
street NV; Thomas Malcolm Poole,
1871 Bryant street NE; Ryder CAL
lahan Ray, 5204 Fourteenth street
NV; Anthony Constantine Serke-
dakis, ISL Carroll street NE; Ralph
Hamilton Tate, jr., 1926 Bellevue ter
race NV, and Roy Douglas Woods,
1920 Seventeenth street NV.