The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-31
COL. ELLERTH0RPE
lAA SCHOOL HEAD

..ointment of Col. Dean S. FL
A ,Lprne former director of the
lerl :;an of instruction Of the An
di Nv;Eoraft Artillery school at Camp
uall.l as commandant of the AAA
Dssl o1 to replace Brig. Gen. Bryan
,c''y Miburn, was announced yes
l. M bv the posts public re-
al rolonel Ellerthorpe was named
Vloommandant by the Army
r,o, MD Forces. He will have
Cr0 rae If operations of the AAA
s aso nj at Camp Davis through the
'cn a,s;nder of its stay there, and
ls I'll accompany the school to Fort
wiz, Texas, when it moves.
blis'' the same time, it was an
"A. MOD that the Antlaircl aft Ar.
n I!l,orv board would be closed Sep
ule ssr | and the AAA school on
etea ll,as( 80, and removal there
' 'aar TO Fort Bliss, Ell Paso. Texas.
al' ',ld start Immediately"
"g W addition, the PRO said the
,Ilt III Artillery Training cen
AL is being inactivated and all
tel a;+s a are to be removed by SEP
Iaraber 30" The majority of the
'eins thousands of troops" as.
.i ls to the AAATC, ne said,
N su1d he sent overseas and 9TH
s s, TO posts throughout the coun-
..r FIR final training before join
Ing combat units
W Tbe new assignment for General
y;1,nrn was not learned because.
.sa military speaker said, no pub
r r can be given on general Of
hstr General Milburn has been
t.on,mandant of the school since
June, 1913.
W. antiaircraft Artillery, which was
,,.wned at Fort Monroe, Va, as
' 'r ojtsrowth of Coast Artillery,
hos had no permanent home. Fort
prss an old regular army cavalry
nost and a permanent station, will
INV be considered the home of
IA The AAA school has been at
ramp Davis since April, 1912.
Colonel Ellerthrope made his
first visit to Camp Davis when ne
attended the advanced officers
course at the AAA school in June,
1q43 After a brief tour of duty
at Camp Ham, Calf, and the Cal
ifornia-Arizona maneuver area, hel
returned to Camp Davis and was
assigned to duty as director of in
sruction of the school, an assign
ment he served until August 26,
1874 when he was named COM
mandant.
A native of Carsonville, Mich,
Colonel Ellerthorpe attended t h e
University of Michigan prior to his |
appointment as a cadet at the U.
S. Military academy, from which
he was graduated in 1923. After !
graduation, he served two years
with the Air Force and then trans
terred to the Coast Artillery in
1925. He began his CA assignment
at Fort Eustis, Va. After over
seas service in 1928 at Fort Ran
dolph Canal Zone, he returned to |
the States to be assigned to the
6lst AAA Regiment at Fort Sheri-
dan, III. He remained there until
1881 when he was assigned as in
structor of engineering and sur
veying at West Point.
In 1897, Colonel Ellerthorpe took !
the regular course at the Coast
Artillery school at Fort Monroe,
Va, and upon completion served
in Hawaii two years with the 64th
CA (AAA). He returned to t h e
States to attend the commanding
generals staff school at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas, and later served
with the 6lst AAA regiment, dur
ing which he participated in the
louisiana maneuvers in 1910.
In June, 1910, he became in
structor of the 21xIA AAA Nation
al Guard regiment of Georgia,
and in March, 1941, he returned
to Fort Leavenworth as instructor
at the school he formerly attend
ed. He remained there until he
attended the officers course at
Camp Davis.
At this time, Colonel Ellerthorpe
md his family reside at Wrights-
vile Beach.