*Simons, J. W., Jr.. Major .....Chief, Administrative Group. TRAINING AND OPERATIONS GROUP *Lt. Col. James E. Feichet, Chief, Training and Operations Group. *Major W. C. Sherman, Assistant Chief, Training and Operations Group. TRAINING DIVISION *Capt Maxwell Kirby, Chief, Air Service Training. *Capt. L. N. Keesling, Assistant Chief, Air Service Training. *1st Lt. R. J. Brown, Chief, Reserve Section. 1st Lt. J. E. Lynch, Chief, Schools Section, O. I. C., Educational and Vocational Training. *1st Lt. C. C. Moseley, O. I. C., Pilot Schools. *1st Lt. J. C. Kennedy, Chief, Tactical Units Section. *1st Lt. H. S. Kenyon, Asst. Chief, Tactical Units Section. OPERATIONS DIVISION *Capt. H. E. Hartney, Chief of Operations Division (Temporary). *Capt. Howard T. Douglas, Assistant to Chief. *1st Lt. James B. Carroll, Chief, 2nd Section. *1st Lt. St. Clair Street, Chief, 3rd Section. *2nd Lt. Clarence E. Crumrine, Chief, 4th Section. CIVIL AFFAIRS DIVISION *Capt. H. E. Hartney, Chief, Civil Affairs Division. 1st Lt. W. D. Wheeler, Assistant Chief. *2nd Lt. G. W. Goddard, Chief, Photographic Section. *Pilot. BALLOON AND AIRSHIPS DIVISION *Major P. E. Van Nostrand, Acting Chief, Balloon and Airships Division. *Major Frank N. Kennedy, O. I. C., Engineering Section. 1st Lt. Robert S. Olmstead, O. I. C., Training Section. 1st Lt. Philip Schneeberger, Assistant to O. I. C., Engineering Section. 1st Lt. Clifford E. Smythe, O. I. C., Gas Section. 2nd Lt. William C. Connolly, Assistant O. I. C., Material Section. COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION *Lt. Col. C. C. Culver, Chief, Communications Division. MEDICAL DIVISION A. E. Truby, Colonel, Chief. ENGINEERING SECTION *Major Thurman H. Bane. Major Virginius E. Clark. Major Howard C. Davidson. *Major Alfred H. Hobley. *Major Edward L. Hoffman. *Major Lawrence W. McIntosh. *Major Harold S. Martin *Major Carlyle H. Wash. *Captain Charles C. Benedict. *Captain Arthur W. Brock, Jr. *Captain Reuben H. Fleet. *Captain Harrison W. Flickinger. *Captain George E. A. Hallett. Captain John V. Costello. *Captain Rudolph W. Schroeder. 1st Lieut. Edwin E. Aldrin. *1st Lieut. Ernest W. Dichman. 1st Lieut. Harold R. Harms. *1st Lieut. John A. Macready. *1st Lieut. George B. Patterson. *1st Lieut. Kellogg Sloan. *1st Lieut. Harry A. Sutton, 2nd Lieut. Reuben D. Biggs. 2nd Lieut. Kenneth G. Fraser. 2nd Lieut. Geo. W. Haskins. *2nd Lieut. Albert F. Hegenberger. *2nd Lieut. Arthur L. Johnson. 2nd Lieut. Bayard Johnson. 2nd Lieut. Oakley G. Kelly. 2nd Lieut. Chas. N. Monteith. 2nd Lieut. Chas. L. Morse. 2nd Lieut. Fred'k W. Niedermeyer. *2nd Lieut. George W. Polk. *2nd Lieut. Carl W. Pyle. *2nd Lieut. Mark H. Redman. *2nd Lieut. Leigh Wade. ARMY AREA AIR SERVICE OFFICERS FIRST ARMY AREA First Corps Area - Includes the North Atlantic Coast Artillery District and the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Conneoticut and Rhode Island; headquarters, 99 Chauncey Street, Boston, Mass. Air Service Officer, Maj. Leonard H. Drennan. Second Corps Area - Includes the States of New York, New Jersey, and Delaware; headquarters, Governors Island, New York. The island of Porto Rico, with the islands and keys adjacent thereto, is, for administrative purposes, attached to the Second Corps Area. Air Service Officer, Maj. Henry L. Watson. Third Corps Area - Includes the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia; headquarters, Ft. McHenry, Md. (temporarily at Baltimore, Md.). Air Service Officer, Maj. Albert L. Sneed. SECOND ARMY AREA Fourth Corps Area. Includes the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana; headquarters, Ft. McPherson, Ga. (temporarily at Charleston, S. C.). Air Service Officer, Maj. Henry B. Clagett. Fifth Corps Area - Includes the States of Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky; headquarters, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Air Service Officer, Maj. Ira Longanecker. Sixth Corps Area - Includes the States of Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin; headquarters, Ft. Sheridan, Ill. (temporarily at Chicago, Ill.). Air Service Officer, Maj. William C. McChord. THIRD ARMY AREA Seventh Corps Area- Includes the States of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; headquarters, Ft. Crook, Neb. Air Service Officer, Capt. Ira A. Rader. Eighth Corps Area - Includes the States of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona; headquarters, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex. Air Service Officer, Maj. Henry C. Pratt. Ninth Corps Area - Includes the North Pacific Coast Artillery District, the South Pacific Coast Artillery District; the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California; headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal. (temporarily at San Francisco, Cal.). The territory of Alaska is attached to the Ninth Corps Area for administrative purposes. Air Service Officer, Capt. Henry H. Arnold. The Hawaiian Department - Includes the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies; headquarters, Honolulu, Hawaii. Air Service Officer, Maj. John F. Curry. The Philippine Department - Includes all of the Philippine Archipelago and troops in China; headquarters, Manila, P. I. The Panama Canal Department - Includes the entire Canal Zone; headquarters, Quarry Heights, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone. Air Service Officer, Capt. Millard F. Harman, Jr. NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND MEN (As of Nov. 12, 1920) OFFICERS Regular Army Officers on Duty with Air Service.... Teniporary Officers Allotted to other Organizations. Total officers..... Exclusive of officers in hospital or allotted to other organizations (22), there were the following divisions: Military aviators, 5; airplane pilots, 688; balloon observers, 70; airplane observers, etc., 74; non-flyers, 231. According to rank there were the following: Major general, 1; brigadier general, 1; colonel, 2; lieutenant colonel, 13; major, 106; captain, 152; first lieutenant, 307; second lieutenant, 509. MEN Assigned in U. S. and Insular Possessions.. Overseas 95 854 IIO 18 4 1,090 1,090 7,452 525 276 90 8,343 8,343 Grand total strength, A. S............ 9,433 Total enlisted men. LOCATION OF AIR SERVICE UNITS WINGS Ist (Headquarters), Kelly Field, Tex., 2nd (Headquarters), Langley Field, Hampton, Va. GROUPS Ist Day Bombardment Group: Headquarters, Kelly Field, Tex. Troops: 11th, 20th, 96th and 166th Day Bombardment Squadrons and 258th Heavy Bombardment Squadron. 1st Pursuit Group: Headquarters, Kelly Field, Tex. Troops: 27th, 94th, 95th and 147th Pursuit Squadrons. Ist Observation Group: Headquarters, Manila, P. I. Troops: 2nd and 3rd Observation Squadrons. Ist Surveillance Group: Headquarters, camp at Fort Bliss, Tex. Troops: 8th, 90th and 104th Surveillance Squadrons. Ist Army Observation Group: Headquarters, Langley Field, Hampton, Va. Troops: 1st and 12th Army Observation Squadrons. 2nd Observation Group: Headquarters, Honolulu, Hawaii. Troops: 4th and 6th Observation Squadrons. 3rd Observation Group: Headquarters, France Field, Canal Zone. Troops: 5th (not yet joined) and 7th Observation Squadron. AERO SQUADRONS 1st Army Observation, Mitchel Field, Garden City, N. Y. 2nd Observation, Fort Mills, P. I. 3rd Observation, Camp Stotsenburg, P. I. 4th Observation, Luke Field, Fords Island, Hawaii, Flight A, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 5th Observation, Mitchel Field, Mineola, N. Y. 6th Observation, Luke Field, Fords Island, Hawaii. 7th Observation, France Field, C. Z. 8th Surveillance, McAllen, Tex., Flight B, D. S., Cp. Bragg, N. C. 9th Corps Observation, Mather Field, Calif., Flight A, D. S., Fresno, Calif. Flight B, D. S., Red Bluff, Calif. 10th Corps Observation, Bolling Field, Anacostia, D. C. 11th Day Bombardment, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 12th Army Observation, Nogales, Ariz., Flight A, Douglas, Ariz. 20th Day Bombardment, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 27th Pursuit, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 50th Observation, Langley Field, Hampton, Va., Flight A, Fort Screvens, Ga. Flight B, Langley Field, Hampton, Va. 88th Observation, Langley Field, Hampton, Va. 90th Surveillance, Sanderson, Tex., Flight A, Del Rio, Tex. 91st Corps Observation, Rockwell Field, Calif., Flight A, Puryear Field, El Cantro, Calif. 94th Pursuit, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 95th Pursuit, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 96th Day Bombardment, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 99th Corps Observation, Bolling Field, Anacostia, D. C. 104th Surveillance, Camp at Fort Bliss, Tex., Flight B, Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla. 135th Observation, Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., Flight A, D. S., Fort Leavenworth, Kans. 147th Pursuit, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 166th Day Bombardment, Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 258th Heavy Bombardment, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. 614th Construction, Camp Travis, Tex. |