Regimental and Group Commanding Officers for 1950-51
David Haines
Commander
Artillery Regiment
Wilman D. Barnes
Commander
Infantry Regiment
Herbert G. Mills
Commander
Armor-Engineer Regiment
Raymond J. Kunze
Commander
Composite Regiment
Jack L. Raley
Commander
1st Air Group
Dare K. Keelan
Commander
2nd Air Group
Donald H. Sheffield
Commander
Seventh Regiment
G. W. Mayben
Commander
Eighth Regiment
Martin
Exec. 8
'A. D. Martin, senior mechanical
engineering major from Dallas, has
been named corps commander for
the 1950-51 school year. Martin,
sergeant major of the corps last
yfear, will hold the rank of colonel
of the corps.
t Executive officer of the corps
will be Waymon C. Nutt, senior
agricultural education major from
Kertram. Nutt’s rank will be that
of colonel.
’ Announcement of the appoint-
ntaits was made by Lt. Col. Joe E.
Davis, assistant commandant. The
aimouncement was made in the
form of the year’s first general
order, published by order of Col.
H. L. Boatner, commandant and
PMS&T with the approval of the
president of the college and the
dpan of men.
Corps* Staff
* Named to the Corps Staff for
the coming year are Lieut. Col-
opels Frank L. Sheffield, adjutant;
Carroll C. Taylor, intelligence offi
cer; James E. Pianta, operations
officer; John M. Oglesby, supply
officer; Richard L. Goodwin, com-
mander of the consolidated band;
Dave Coslett, public information
officer; Wallace B. Ball, communi
cations officer; Royal F. Brown,
corps information officer: and Cur-,
tis Edwards, corps chaplain.
' Master Sergeants Jesse C. Flet
cher, supply sergeant; Bob Chap
man, communications sergeant:
Charles R. Dunn, artillery regiment
liaison; Harold T. Chandler, first
Air Force group liaison; Eric W.
Carlson, second Air Force group
liaison; A. F. Madison, composite
rpgiment liaison; Roy R. Streick-
ert armor-engineer liaison; Voris
R. Burch, consolidated band liai-
sbn; and Kenneth M. Wiggins,
cprps information sergeant.
* Consolidated Band Hq.
Major Robert W. Jack, executive
officer; Captains, Hubert P. Davis,
adjutant; Mike A. Adkisson, intel-
Chosen Cadet Colonel;
Other Colonels Named
Drapes Being
Placed in
, Among the numerous jobs in
furnishing the Memorial Student
Center is the making and hanging
of drapes for the building. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Felts of Houston
have been assigned the task.
■ Robert D. Harrell, Shamrock
Hotel decorator, blended wall col
ors for the MSC, selected uphol-
sjtery and drapery material, and
-furniture. He asked Mrs. Felts to
ipake and hang the curtains.
J Mrs. Felts and her husband came
to the campus three days ago and
have since been sewing and hang
ing drapes in the Center. Among
the 33 rooms in their job are the
ballroom, the main dining room,
rAain lounge, assembly room, and
ttie Serpentine Lounge.
’ Curtains for three rooms on the
main floor have been completed.
I Mrs. Felts said that materials
for drapes are linen, knubby wov-
eji fabrics, and “lame”. Cmdains
for the long hall in the front of
the building are to be Foam Glass
oh traverse rods.
• Drapes in staff offices are green.
Other rooms completed feature
height and printed materials.
\ New York Companies are fur
nishing the materials. Among them
are Moss Rose Mills, J. H. Thorpe,
Howard & Schaffer, F. Schu
macher, and Goodall Fabrics.
ligence officer; Major Henry G.
Wickes, operations officer; Cap
tain William S. Price, supply offi
cer.
Maroon Band
Captain Joe E. Rutherford, com
mander; Captain Robert H. Bu
chanan, drum .major; James W.
Rogers, first sergeant.
White Band
Captain Charles H. Neeley, com
mander.
Infantry Regiment Hq.
Colonel Wilman D. Barnes, com
mander; Lt. Col. Jack H. Hollo
way, executive officer; Majors, Al
bert J. Dennis, adjutant; Marion
F. Thomas, supply officer; J. W.
Dalston, sergeant major; Lewis E.
Jobe, operations officer.
First Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col. Horace M. Sanders,
commander; Major Paul C. Cof-
i n, executive officer; Captain Le
von Massengale, supply officer;
Forest W. Snyder, sergeant major.
A Infantry
Captain Arthur W. Noll, com
mander. i
B Infantry
•Captain Kenneth W. Schaake,
commander.
C Infantry
Lieut. Jim B., Steen, executive;
Bibb A. Underwood-, first sergeant.
Second Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col. Billy J. Brabham, com
mander; Major Charles T. Easley,
executive officer; Captain Jerry
L. King, adjutant.
D Infantry
Captain Henry C. Atchison, com
mander.
E Infantry
Lieut. Francis R. Wilhite, ath
letic officer; Paul L. Shaffer, first
sergeant.
Artillery Regiment Hq.
Colonel David G. Haines, com
mander; Lt. Col. James A. Warm-
ker, executive; Majors, Edward B.
McAllister, intelligence officer;
Robert S. Bradley, operations o -
ficer; Joseph D. Hinton, supply
officer; James G. Anderson, ser
geant major; Lloyd W. Booth, sup
ply sergeant; James H. Hughes,
transportation sergeant.; Lynn W.
Stallings, color sergeant.
First Battalion Hq.
tL. Charles R. Ruble, comman
der; .Major A. Jackson Stansbury,
executive; Captains, William J.
Dunlap, adjutant; Joe L. Johnson,
intelligence officer; Wallace Hoop
er Jr., supply officer; John H.
Wallace, sergeant major.
A Field Artillery
Captain Charles L. Sanders,
commander; Lieut. Martin Rach-
ofsky, executive.
B Field Artillery
Lieuts. Robert B. Johnson, Eu
gene W. Types, platoon leaders.
C Field Artillefy
Captain Mark R. Corbitt, com
mander.
Second Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col. Richard M. Elliott, com
mander; Major Clyde E. Schultz,
operations officer; Captain Ken
neth S. Hartman, supply officer;
Horace W. Van Cleave, sergeant
ntajor.
D Field Artillery
Captain Morris W. Davis, com
mander; Walter E. Fosberg, first
sergeant.
E Field Artillery
.Captain James C. Lewis, com
mander; John A. Schmidt, first
sergeant.
Coast Art. Battalion Hq.
Lt. Col. James E. Higgins, com
mander; Captain William T. Kauf
man, adjutant; Major Fred L. Max
well, Jr., operations officer;
Charles H. Davis, sergeant major.
A Coast Artillery
Captain William R. Cornish,
commander;. Lieut. Joseph C.
White, executive; Clinton R. Hack
ney, first sergeant.
B Coast Artillery
Captain Carl H. Hagen, com-
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mander; J. M. Clifford, first ser
geant.
1st Air Force Group
Coldnel Jack L. Raley, comman
der; Majors, Richard B. Kelly, ad
jutant;'Francis A. Vickery, intel
ligence officer; Gerald W. Hanson,
supply offi'ere; Charlie F. Parr,
sergeant major; Elden G. Clayton,
supply sergeant; James T. Hilman,
communications sergeant;. Hershel
A. Sexton, color sergeant.
First Squadron Hq.
Lt. Col. Bert S. Bailey, com
mander; Major Emory L. Meek,
executive; Captains, George V.
Charlton, adjutant; Charles E.
Francis, intelligence officer; Major
Forrest A. Garb, operations offi
cer; Captain William D. Richard
son, supply officer.
A Air Force
Captain Eugene B. Morrison,,
commander; John T, Tapley, first
sergeant.
B Air Force
Captain Henry G. Phillips, com
mander; Hansel C. Kennedy, first
sergeant.
C Air Force
Cajjtaih Robert G. Blanchard,
cqimnandev; Stanley R. Lives'ay,
first'sergeant. ■’
Second Squadron Hq.
Major Richard R. Tumlinson, ex
ecutive; Captain Norman Braslau,
intelligence officer; Major Ray W.
Long, operations; Captain Arnold
F. Schmitz, supply officer.
D Air Force
Captain Clarence E. Jones, corn-
bander; Donald R. Reeves, first
sergeant.
E Air Force
,i 'Lieut. James Cruz, executive.
F Air Force
Captain Walter C. Robertson,
commander.
2nd Air Force Group Hq.
Colonel Dare K. Keelan, com
mander; Lt. Col. Stanley G. South-
worth, executive; Majors, Joseph
A. Bodine, adjutant; Milan' F.
Thurman intelligence officer; Jo
seph T. Lenamon, supply officer;
John D. Hardwick, sergeant major;
Donald C. Owen, supply sergeant;
Jack E. Leonard, communications
sergeant; Judge E. Sandusky,
transportation sergeant.
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Military School
Gets New Officers
Replacements have arrived for
seven officers who have completed
their three-year tour of duty as
part of A&M’s military personnel,
according to Col. H. L. Boatner,
commandant and PMS&T.
Lt. Col. Leslie S. Moore, recent
ly assigned as a student officer
at the Chemical School of the
Army Chemical Center in Mary
land, replaces Major 0. A. Wiken
as senior Chemical Corps instruct
or.
Graduated from A&M with an M.
S. in agriculture in 1925, Col. Moore
received a. B. S., in chemical en
gineering , here in 1931. He has
been in the service since 1925, and
was overseas during World War II
from May 15, 1944 to Dec. 30, 1945.
Colonel and Mrs. Moore are liv
ing at 722 Garden Acres.
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Assigned to duty at A&M as
senior Quartermaster instructor,
Lt. Col. Edward F. Sauer replaces
Lt. Col. W. P. Scholl, who has been
reassigned to Japan.
' Colonel Sauer was commissioned
a second lieutenant in 1922 upon
graduation from Indiana Univer
sity, where he received a, Bi S,
in commerce and finance. He. was
awarded a Bachelor of Laws de
gree at the Jefferson Law School
in Kentucky in 1928.
In the European theater from
May' 29, 1942 until Nov. 16, 19^;
Colonel Sauer served the latter'
part as commanding'officer of the
544th Quartermaster Battalion. He
and Mrs. Sauer are living at 731
Meadowlane in Bryan.
Replacing Lt. Col. F. R. Swoger
as senior Ordnance instructor is
Lt. Col. Cecil M. MacGregor, re
cently assigned as a student of
ficer at the Ordnance School in
Aberdeen, Md.
Entering the service as a second
lieutenant in, 1931, Colonel Mac
Gregor was, awarded a B. S. degree
in mechanical engineering at
Oregon State College the follow
ing year. He served on Okinawa
from April, 1947, until June 1949.
Colonel and Mrs. MacGregor
and their three children are resi
dents of College Station.
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Major Jordon J. Wilderman has
been assigned as assistant instruct
or of Artillery, replacing Major C.
F. Ostner, who completed his tour
of duty here last June.
A West Point graduate of the
Class of 1940, Major Wilderman
served as a staff officer with sev-
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European theater from December,
1944 to August, 1945.
Prior to his A&M assignment,
he was a student at the Armored
School, Fort Knox, Ky. He served
previously as an instructor of
cadets at the Military Academy in
West Point.
Major and Mrs. Wilderman and
their two. chydren are living at
503 'Gilchrist in College Station.
Major William A. Burrus has
been assigned as assistant instruct
or in the Corps of Engineers. He
replaces Major V., C. Williams, now
in Japan. Major Burrus entered
the service as a second lieutenant
in May, 1934, upon graduation
from Virginia Military Institute,
where he was awarded a B. S.
in civil engineering.
He served overseas in the Mar-
ianas-Bonins command from Feb
ruary 1949 until July 1950. He and
Mrs. Burrus and their two children
live at 408 South Sterling in
Bryan.
Returning from a three year tour
of duty in Germany, Major. Stan
hope S. King will serve as assist
ant instructor in the Quartermaster
Corps-: He served with the 691st
Quartermaster Battalion in France
and Germany and oh Okinawa dur
ing .World War II.
Major and Mrs. King are living
at 1800 ■ Echcols''Street in Bryan.-
Major Robert W. Carpenter,
1942 graduate of the Military Aca
demy at West Point, and an A&M
student from 1934-37, will probab
ly be assigned to the freshman
instruction team. Serving, overseas
from September 1944 till October
1947, with the 117th Regimental.
Combat Team, the Eleventh Corps,
and the Eighth Army Headquar
ters, he participated in the New
Guinea, South Philippines, Luzon
and Leyte campaigns.
Major and Mrs. Carpenter and
their daughter Katherine reside at
512 Brooks Avenue in College Sta
tion.
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Replacements for two officers-
have not been announced. Those
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leaving are Captain George M. i signed to Korea.
Staples, transferred to an Air rp wo non - CO mmissioned officers
Force base at Tucson, Am., amU, transferred al-
Major L. E. Garrett, associate pro- have alb0 Deen ^sicrrea, ai
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