The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-02

Springfield, Mass, Nov. 2 - Pro-
motions OF Lieutenants Wallace r.
Hartman and William ]. Pritchard
from first lieutenant to captain,
Ordnance Department, AUS, eff
fective october 20, and transfer Of
Lieutenant Ralph M. Reynolds to
the officers Replacement Pool, Alb
erdeen Proving Ground, Md, effec-
tive November 8, were announced
today by Brigadier General Guy H,
Ddewry, district chief, commanding
the Springfield Ordnance District.
Captain Hartman, until recently
officer in charge Of the Waterbury
Regional Office and now attached to
the Hartford Regional Office In
charge of inspection for the Water
bury area, was commissioned o Sec
ond lieutenant In the Ordnance Re-
serve In November 1881 and was
called to active duty early in 1912.
He served for a time in Washing
ton and was transferred and report
ed for duty in the Springfield Ord
nance District July 20, 2942, being
assigned t the New Haven regional
Office and later transferred to Wa
terbury. He has served at the Aber-
deem (Md) Proving Ground, Wa
tertown (Mass.) Arsenal Raritan
IN. j. Arsenal and University OF
Michigan. Prior to entering the
service he was general supervisor Of
the physical test laboratory of the
Bridgeport Brass Company for ID
years. His home Is at 1873 Ridgeview
avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Captain Pritchard, chief Of the
Administration and Inspection Sec
tons, Regional Office Administra-
ton Division, was commissioned a
a second lieutenant, Coast Artillery
Corps Reserve, May 81, 1881, his
commission expiring In 194l. He was
commissioned first lieutenant, Ord
nance Department, AUS, June Z,
1912 and reported for duty In the
Springfield Ordnance District June
Is, being assigned to the Regional
ONCE Administration Division. He
was graduated from Virginia Poly
technic Institute with BIS. degree
In electrical engineering in 1881 and
completed courses In gas engineer
ing at Columbia University in 1882
and In structural planning and de-
sign at the Paigne School, New
York City, In 1886. Prior to enter
ing the service he was chief en-
gineer and sales manager Of Tuck
er-Rice, Inc, Of Worcester, Mass.
Captain Pritchard Is married. has
two children, and lives at 1924 Hol-
den street, Holden Mass.
Lieutenant Reynolds was gradu-
ated from Buckley High school,
Hartford, Conn.,, In 1884 and Uni
versity Of Maine In 1910 with o
BIS. degree In civil engineering.
From August 1910, until June 20,
1912, when he was commissioned a
second lieutenant In the Ordnance
Department, AUS, he was attached
to the Springfield Ordnance Dis
trict, first as inspector In various
grades, then as production assist
ant to the chief Of the Bridgeport
Regional Office, and for some time
prior to the date Of his commission
was In the artillery division of the
Springfield Regional Office. He was
promoted to first lieutenant Octo-
Der 20, 1912 and assigned as assist
ant to the officer In charge of the
Springfield Regional Office. From
December, 1910, he was at Picatin-
ny Arsenal and from April to June
l94l, at Yale University. His ohme
Is In 81 Alden street. Hartford,
Connecticut.
There are immediate openings for
rs seventeen-year-old boys In the
Marine Corps. Captain NELL O'Mal-
ley. Officer in Charge OF the
Springfield district, announced to-
day.
The entire quota for the SPRING
field district, for the month Of No
vember, will be rs, and when this
number have been signed-up, en-
listments In this age-bracket will
close for the balance Of the month,
Captain O'Malley further stated.
Boys who have reached their 18th
birthday, but who are not yet IS,
are eligible for enlistment, provid-
ing they are In good physical con-
dition. Interviews and examinations
are given daily at the Marine Re-
cruiting Station at the New Post
Office Building on Grand street.
Private Philip Teste, "a, Of Bristol
was killed In action In Italy Sept.
"a, according to q War Department
communication received by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Domenic
Teste. Although no details were
given his parents believe he was
wounded while serving In the Sa-
lerno beachhead battle.
The soldier Is survived by his
parents, four sisters, and nine
brothers, one Of whom Is In the
Army.
staff Sergeant John w. DiPaola
word received by lbs parents, Mr..
North Africa. according to latest
Of $50 Oak street has arrived In
and Mrs. Lawrence DiPaola. He Is
serving as an aviation mechanic.