Evening star., 1947-01-27
.108 From D. {. Area
Among 1864 Named
As Officers in Army

As Officers in Army
By Nelson N. Shepard
President Truman today nomi-
mated 1854 newly chosen officers for
the Regular Army, including l08
from Washington and nearby areas,
as the first move toward filling the
peacetime Army's second authorized
quota of $4,000 commissioned per-
sonnel before the end of the year.
The air forces will receive 589 of
the new officers, the ground forces
202 and the service forces 1,073, ac-
cording to the War Department.
The new officers were carefully
screened from 10000 officers and
former officers of the National
Guard, Officers Reserve Corps and
the wartime emergency Army who
had applied, many of them months
ago, for regular commissions under
the second integration program.
All Below Rank of Major.
The list forwarded to the Senate
for confirmation included no rank
above major, the purpose being to
draw younger officers into the per-
manent Army. For the Same reason
that policy was adopted in filling
the first integration program last
year. Consequently, the nominees
included 1869 majors, 487 captains,
1,O10 first lieutenants and 1913 Sec
ond lieutenants. The reason for so
few second lieutenants is most Of
the officers coming up for commits
sions are more than Is years old,
and if under that age, the majority
have had more than the three years
service required of second lieuten-
ants.
When the second quota is filled,
probably in late summer, the officer
corps of the Regular Army will be
up to its authorized postwar
strength of $4,000. The Army is re-
ducing its total strength to 1,070 900
by July l, its size thereafter being
undetermined. An officer corps of
$4,000, however, was authorized by
law.
A second increment from names
remaining on the application list
will be selected in three or four
months, the War Department said
today and the third and final in
the late summer.
Future Commissions Unaffected.
Maj. Gen. Willard S. Paul, direc-
tor of personnel and administra-
ton, said the integration of the first
increment this month will in no way
prejudice the grade or date of rank
of persons to be commissioned here
after.
Processing thousands of records of
applicants has been a slow and
tedious task, the principal delay
having been in the receipt of officer
evaluation reports from former
manders, many of whom have
been released from the service.
After the papers are processed the
men have to be interviewed indi-
vidually and it is from these that
the first list of officers was selected.
The first Regular Army integra-
ton program, last year. resulted in
the selection of approximately TO-
800 officers between June and
August. OF these about 300 with
drew their names. There were ap-
proximately $4,000 Regular officers
then in the Army, the additional
10000 bringing the corps to its au-
thorlzed total of $4,000 for that
year.
List of Officers From D. c. Area.
OF the new nominees from this
area, the District contributed 43,
Virginia 66 and Maryland IS. Each
mans former rank in the Army,
Guard or Reserves, appears in pa
renthesis in the following list with
his branch of service following his
name:
From the District:
1st 1t. (Mai) Bryant Y. Anderson, AC
1913 Alabama avenue Sc. e., .r ,soo
VI. Car, &c Capt, James G. Black FD, ssl1
2nd Il; Slst Lt;> John R. D. clelands
1st It, MAT Leon con- commerford. jr,
cE. 1872 Forty. first place, Sc.
MAJ 1Majs .trs.t jewel H. Cook ONO 1914
s ist, It Il. Capt. oSmer L. Cox, Ac, 1920
Twenty-first place Sc
Capt. Ut COLI Omer S. Dews. ONO,
Fairfax &, Hotel, 21o0 Massachusetts ave-
onc4sIaos Capt; ct; c9) Paul L. D0err INF 47os
coGasstsat Gae Mt aSena. Gel1 oEsR Elliot AeD 4007
caps, maj MAI Milton Fischer JAG s1s
sec Ssps connsessat Ma sssnue ossau s3 ae'mer ONO
Maj; scoio Henry G. Gerdes' cE' Co.'S
4aie ii espa South 6as5!ss a..nas aePsi
Capt; It col) Walter R. Graalman,
JAG, 235 orapss street, street siE, v,
a16i New Hampshire avenue NV.
Ist 1t; Capt. Harry, B. Hambletoh, 'r.'
INF: 4123 Military road; w, 200,
California Ma1 s0i street ssm NV hanie'' 'Ao' 'i
Capt. ut. Coli Hammond F. Henderson.
cE; 5000 connecticut avenue ru.,.u rn
CAPT. Mail Francis E Hoghton, ONO,
4SsI r.. Fesssodsn ;eo iass street q nv K.dd cE
End 1t. t2nd LTD James r. Larkins.
Af MAS psS Spsa?s Frsdsracf sSas ~ Lee. 1nt
Capt. Capt Robert T. Lisk, Inf. 1921
Ist 1t. (Majo Walter L. MeCaddon
Cav. 1859 Thirteenth street NV,
1st 1t. fCapt) William S. Milliken,
sc. Washington.
end 1t. 12nd Lt.) Michael j. Nisos. Ac.
623 Quintana place NV.
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