
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 15, 1994                    TAG: 9406150509 
SECTION: FRONT                     PAGE: A15    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 
DATELINE: 940615                                 LENGTH: SEATTLE

REINSTATEMENT OF LESBIAN COLONEL IS OPPOSED

{LEAD} The military will be irrevocably harmed if a discharged lesbian National Guard colonel returns to duty while the government appeals a ruling ordering her reinstatement, the Justice Department argues.

The government said it wants its motion considered quickly because reinstating Col. Margarethe ``Grethe'' Cammermeyer ``is likely to have adverse effects on the ability of the military to maintain morale, efficiency and mission focus.''

{REST} Court documents on the case were released Tuesday by department spokesman Joe Grovisky in Washington, D.C.

{KEYWORDS} HOMOSEXUALS MILITARY by CNB