Evening star., 1943-12-02
5 D. {. Area Officers
Promoted by Army;
Three Called 10 Duty

Five men from Washington and
one who formerly lived in nearby
Arlington, Va, have been promoted
and three other local men, including
Capt. Albert Miller Hillhouse, former
budget officer of the National Hous-
ing Agency, have been ordered to ac-
tive duty, the War Department an
nounced today.
Capt. Hillhouse already has re-
ported at Charlottesville, Va, for
training in the military government
school, a course normally requiring
about three months.
Also ordered to duty was First 1t.
David Franklin Hodge, obstetrician
and gynecologist, and a member of
the staff at Columbia Hospital, who
became a father only last Tuesday.
1t. Hodge has been ordered to Car
Isle Barracks, Pa, for six weeks
training before reporting to McGill
Field, Fla, for duty with the Army
Air Corps.
Second 1t. Lawrence w. Montague,
whose residence was given by the
War Department as Washington,
also was ordered into active service.
Officers Promoted.
Oficers promoted, all from first
lieutenants to captains, were Frank
K. Lawford, Medical Corps, 1920
Eighth street NV; Arden Sheetz
Freer, Air Corps, 1915 Van Buren
street NV; Morgan NJ Gilbert, 2732
Twenty-seventh street NV; Joseph
G. Caron, Army War College, and
Robert N. Hough, 745 Gresham place
NV.
Capt. Finche Duffy, who formerly
lived at 1922 North Fourth street
Arlington, also was listed among
those promoted. A native of In
dianapolis, he was in Arlington a
short time, residing with his sister at
the above address. The sister, Mrs
Laura French, has since married and
now lives in Chicago.
Capt. Hillhouse, who was commits
stoned in September, had served as
budget officer of the National Hous-
ing Agency almost a year and a hall
and had made a career of public
finance. Before coming to Washing
ton he taught finance and was affili-
ated with the Municipal Finance Of
ficers' Association with headquarters
in Chicago.
A native of Waynesboro, Ga, Capt
Hillhouse was graduated from Dav-
idson College, in North Carolina
studied law at Columbia and New
York Universities, earning degree
at the latter, and then returned to
the University of North Carolina to
win masters degree. He studied
at Northwestern University for his
doctorate in economics.
He taught at Davidson College
two years and then went to the Uni
versity of Cincinnati as associate
professor in public finance. He is
married and the father of 3-year-
old daughter.
Studied Medicine Here.
1t. Hodge, native of Utah, grad
uated from the University of Utah
and then studied medicine at George
Washington University. He interned
at Gallinger Hospital and later
served on the staff at Doctors Hos
pital. He resides at 1852 North
Rhodes street, Arlington.
Capt. Caron is a veteran of %
years service in the Army and before
being commissioned was a sergeant
major in the regular Army. Born in
Maine. he was raised in Lowell and
Lawrence, Mass. and currently makes
his permanent home at Dover, N. H.
Now in the infantry, Capt. Caron
at various times was stationed ALI
over the country" while in the
quartermaster corps.
Capt. Ladford, q native of Char
lottesville, Va, is a veteran of nine
years service in the Rrmy Medical
Corps, having left college to join the
colors. His first tour of duty was
in the Philippines, after which he
was transferred to the Army Medi-
cal Center here. He reached the
grade Of sergeant-major and in Sep
tember Of this year was appointed
to Officer Candidates School at Car
Isle Barracks, Pa.
At Fort Washington School.
Capt. Lawford currently is attend
ing the Adjutant Generals School
at Fort Washington. Before going
to Carlisle he had been stationed at
Camp Barkely, Texas.
The officer is married and lives
with his wife and five months old
daughter, Patricia Anne, at 1920
Eighth street NV.
Capt. Freer belongs to a service
family and is the son of Col. Arden
Freer, now on duty here in the Sur
geon Generals ONCE. His younger
brother, Ensign Charles Freer is a
Navy pilot now serving on a carrier
somewhere in the Pacific.
Capt. Freer attended public
school here and later George Wash
ington University while his father