Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1923, Page 57

THE CIVILIAN ARMY || BY LIEUT. STEPHEN F. TILLMAN. Organized Reserves—Regulars—National Guard (Under the above heading The Sunda ar will publish news of the ationat | Guard, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Officers’ Reserve Corps and the Citisens Military Training Corps. for _a Uranches of the Army of the United Staten.) Third Battalion of the 320th Re- serve Infantry Regiment will meet Friday evening. Three Hundred and Thirteenth Re- serve Regiment of fleld artillery will meet Thursday evening. Through the efforts of Capt. R. E. B. McKenny, secretary-treasurer of the Reserve Officers’ Association, the members of the District of Columbia department of the assoclation, of which Col. Leroy T. Herron is presi- dent, will have the opportunity to attend_the series of lectures at the Army War College. The lectures will be held in the evening, which will enable reserve officers on duty in ~Washington to attend. Col. Herron has cordially invited all officers to attend these lectures. Great difficulty i3 being experienced in filling the quota of infantry offi- cers to attend the Command and General Staff School for the courses . with special reference to group of officers who will have passed their thirty-ninth birth- day September 1 of this vear. group composes 60 per cent of the entire class. All applicants must be of the field grade. This affords an opportunity for officers with the Jproper qualifications to make per- ®onal application at this time. Infor- mation concerning application, which should be made through military channels, will be found in paragraph 1 of Circular 15, War Department. Names of American railway systems will hereafter appear in thée military dasignations of battalions of railroad engineers that are now being recruit- ©d as part of the organized reserves of the Army of the United States. Under the new plan employes of the various systems who enroll in the battalions would answer a call to col- ors under the command of men who .direct their work in time of peace, and the units would carry with them into active service the teamwork de- veloped during years of association and the names of the rallroads from Which they came. The plan was suggested to the War Department by Lieut, Col. W. G, Arn ©of the Iilinois Central railroad. who holds a reserve commission and who was in France with the 13th Engl- reers (Railway). Previously the re- serve program’ called for organiza- tion of the railway units by corp area and without regard to the rail- road systems, the talions to be filled up with men of railway ex- perience as they might apply. The new plan relieves the railway bat. tallons from corps area restrictions, the personnel to be drawn from the entire railway system to which the unit is allotted. Work of organiza- tion already has been started in thi; corps area. Each battalion will include three companles. One will be composed of train-operating personnel, one of maintenance-of-way men and the third of maintenance-of-equipment men. It is expected that the divi- sional ~supcrintendent will accept command of the battalion with the rank of major. The trainmaster com- mands the operating company, with the rank of captain, and his assistant and the terminal trainmasters will be licutenants division engineer command the maintenance-of- way company, with hi lieutenant. ulpment compan sonnel for each drawn from the entire svstem, so that in event of mobilization not more than 5 per cent of the necessary tech- nical personnel would be withdrawn, thus preventing a shortage of skilled men on the road itse study of the whole question of ermy demonstration in connection with this summer’s training camps is Leing made by the general staff. Lieut. Col. Robert H. Pearson, who has charge of the welfare work for the Army, is collecting data on the subject. There is a belief on the part of some of the officers that army demonstrations, not only in the train- ing camps, but at stated periods dur- ing the vear by various units, would not only popularize the service, but of benefit to the morale No better example of the complete harmony and co-operation existing between the three components of the service could be given than that of the joint review of the 16th Regular Infantry the National Guard troops_of New York recently held in New York city. More than 6,000 spectators were present. Sergeant instructors of the regular Army on duty with the various units of National Guard troops no longer will be paid allowances for heat and light. Maj. Henry T. Bull, in charge of the erve Officers Training Corps ac- tivities of the office of the chief of cavalry, ha returned to Wash- ington from a cseven-week mna- tion-wide inspection of cavalry activ ties. He reports that everything is generally in a satisfactory condition among the cavalry units of the Re- serve Officers Training Corps. At the present time the main defficlency in the Reserve Officers Training Corps Now On! OuRrR Biggest not | work 1s the lack of an adequate num- ber of regular-Army instructors for this work and the lack of sufficient appropriations to carry on the work. ' aj. Bull also sald that at the cavalry | school, the spirit of the student offi- | cers and the high efficiency of the staff with the general appearance of the post, were the best he had ever seen in the Army. A summer West Point training for young men of the country is the good news from the War Department. The | citizens' military tralning camp will | be held from June 26 to July 25 at Camp Meade. " A Iimited number of men between the ages of sixteen and thirty-five will have an opportunity to attend the camp and plans are belng prepared now under which the selection will be made. The camps were first established in 1921 as an experiment and met with immediate success. out 10,000. In 1922, 22,000 and in 1923 it is planned to the number stated manufactured for more extensive tests. It is thought that the rifies will not be ready for the tests within a year. In the mean- time, tests will be had with the semi- automatic made In accordance with igns of Col. John T. Thompson, U. 8. A, retired. Orders were placed recently for twenty of the Thompson T s, ‘ The general revision of th aff committee on the regulations for the om Reserve Corps is endeavoring to eliminate as far as possibl ting discrepancies between Guard and resarve comm! where both are held by the man, to further the one Army ldea and eliminate any possibilities of con- flict In grade in event of emergency. The committee has consulted with many National Guard officers and the idea”is gaining ground that Natfonal Guard officers should, in all cases hold commissions in the which are identical in grade and branch with the guards. The much-heralded dance of the officers attached and assigned to the 24 Battalion of th 320th Reserve In- fantry Regiment is to be held April 26 at the Manor Club, about ‘eight miles out in the country. Transpor- tation will be supplied from one cen- tral ting point. Uniforms or civillan attire will be worn by the officers. Tickets will be $3 each. The chief of ordnance has an- nounced that a quantity of arm racks, train nearly 40,000. Camp Meade, where the local bo; | will train, is one of the best cam in the country. It has all of the ad. vantages of quarters, recreation, a; ple territory to hike over. Many lead. ers of the government are interested in the camps while_ the training is being carried out. Usually a parade in Washington is arranged, which is an unforgetable event for those participating. It is wonderful opportunity to have a v. cation with no expense. The gover; ment furnishes everything, clothing, food, recreation and even railroad tare. The program of training is ar- ranged with the one object of doing everything for the boy. His physical, mental and moral welfare. Past ex- perience has shown an increase In weight in almost every instance, bet- ter carriage, Improvement in_alert- ness decision and confidence. Neither wealth nor influence is needed to ob- taln an appointment to the Citizens’ Military Training Corps camps. Every one will have an even chance. The following physicians have vol- unteered to conduct the physical ex- amination, free of charge, for candidates for the camps, who live within thelr territor: ol. L. H. Relchilderfer, 1721 Connecticut ave- nue; Col. Joseph M. Heller. 1746. K street; Lieut. Col. B. M. Randolph, 2010 R street; Lieut. Col. M. T. Little. page. 1015 'N street: Lieut Col Thomas M. Foley, 2400 18th_street: Major Watson W. Eldridge, 2715 14th street; Major Custis L. Hall, 2901 16th street; Major C. M. Dollman, the Chastleton: Major F. K. Conrad, Chy Chase, Md.; Major 8. C. Cous- Connecticut avenue, and Capt. C. P. King, 1099 Vermont ave- ype_of aerial map which will prove of great assistance to air- men in making cross-country flights, has just been developed under direc- tions of the chief of the air service. The details are being worked out by the alrways section of his ofice. By the use of this map the airplane pilot has before him practically all the Information he desires regarding the nature of the country that he is fi ing over. The main characteristics of the map are as follows: Rivers are shown in blue; railroads in black, differentiation being made between single track and double track steam lines and electric lines: highways are shown in red; towns are blocked in according to shape; overprinted upon the map in purple are small crosses designing the location of landing cilities on _which no sketches are available. Small dots in purple rep- resent landing facilities on which sketches of some facilities are found long the border of the map. Where the names of towns are underscored, it means that there Is on some large building adjacent to the railroad a large marker giving the name of the town, The Military Academy class of 1907 luncheons in Washington will here- after be held the first Thursday of each month at the Army and Navy Club. These luncheons were inaug- urated more than four years ago, and have proved invaluable as a means for reminiscing, as well as for enab- M-1920, for U. S. rifle, 30, M- 1903-17, is available for issue to the Natfonal Guard at $14.73 each, and that a quantity of pistol and revolver racks, each holding eighty pistol will be manufactured at approxi- mately $50 each. The personnel section of the office of the chief of infantry Is now e: gaged in obtaining records of re- serve officers of Infantry assigned to that branch of the Army. Blank fcrms 423-A, A. G. O., are being sent out to officers concerned and it s re- qQuested that they be returned as soon as_completed. Maj. Hampden Wilson, Q. M., O. R. C., 814 Arlington building, promoted from captain, Q. M., O. R. C.,, March 27, 1923, is reattached to the quarter- master section, S0th Division head- istant to the division Col. Thomas A. Shanton, in- fantry, O. R. C., 105 6th street north- west, is attached to the headquarters of the 160th Infantry Brigade. First Lieut. Patrick J. Treacy, F. A.. 0. R. C., 1500 Continental building, Baltimore, promoted from second lleutenant and reassigned to the 313th Fleld Artillery. Capt. Lester F. Stewart, finance, apartment 514, Rutland Courts, and First Lieut. Charles Lee Jacobs, finance, 2310 19th street, are ordered attached to finance section, headquar- ters of the ¥0th Division. Maj. H. P. Perrine, jr., and Capt. S. C. Relinhart, inspecting officers for the d Corps area, reviewed the R. O. T. C. lattalion of the Unlversity of Maryland at the annual inspection. The object of the inspection was to determine which college of the area shall be given the rating of dis- tinguished service college. This dis- tinction is now held by the University of Maryland, having been won last ear. ¥Ihere are not enough officers in the Army Corps of Chaplains to discharge the duties required of the corps. The full strength of the corps s 125 chap- lains. Many of the large garrisons are without chaplains and will be for some time. Urgent requests have been made to send chaplains to those places, but there is no opportunity to comply unless at the next session of Congress the authorized number of chaplains is increased. Lists of officers assigned to instruc- tion during the next term at the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe still are under consideration in the office of the chief of coast artiller About forty-five officers will be as- signed to the battery commanders’ course, which is from September 15 to June 15; about ten to the ad- anced _engineering course, which will be held from September 15 to De- cember 15, and about field officers’ cours ex ling transient members to meet the majority of class mates on duty here. The March-April issus of the Quar- termaster Review is an unusually in- ing number. Esprit de Corps, the Clayton prize for 1922, should be read by every officer of the three components of the army of the United States. The one army plan or idea by Brig. Gen. John McA. Palmer, aide-de-camp to Gen. Pershing, is & masterful presentation of our present national military policy. The authority for establishment of an infantry unit, junfor division, serve Ofcers Training Camp, in'Cul- ver Military Academy, Culver, Ind., is withdrawn by orders of the War Department. Authority has been given by the Secretary of War for the ordnance de- partment to manufacture twenty-four of the Garand semi-automatic rifles forl service tests by the infantry board at Fort Benning and the cavalry board at Fort Riley. One of the rifles, produced in accordance with the de- signs of John C. Garand, a civilian ordnance _expert attachéed to the Springfleld armory during the past year has gone successfully through a most exacting series of demonstra- tions at the armory at Aberdeen Proving Ground and elsewhere, and the prospects of the type meeting th requirements of the service are so promising that it was decided to have reserves | January . § to June 15, In addition. about forty-two coast artillery offi cers will be sent next fall to_the general service schools at Fort Leavenworth. 1In the school for en- listed speclalists at Fort Monroe about five will be assigned to th artillery course, ten to the engine: Ills course and twenty-five to.the radlo course. T Brooklyn Chapter of the Re serve Officers’ Assoclation has adopt ed resolutions asking for a repeal of that part of th 30, 1920, which makes 4 cents a mile to reserv dered to training thorization of 8 cents a mil same as regular officers; that Con- gress provide for fifteen days' fleld training each year for at least half of the reserve officers enrolled; fa- voring a Regular Army of at least 280,000 officers and men, in order to provide for an effective first line de- fense; calling attention of American people to the impressive spectacle of Switzerland, which preserved its in- tegrity without firing a shot in the world war, as an example of the efficlency of preparedness as an surance againat war; _protesting against any lightening ‘of sefitences of the so-called political prisoners and insisting upon their serving the full terms of the sentences duly im- lpo-ed. and_that the postal franking privilege be granted the -Reserve Officers’ Assoclation and its subordi- nate bodies. The demand on the personnel of the Army Veterinary Corps for offi- cers for the training season cannot be met this year, on account of the reduction in officers by virtue of the elimination process. ~Already there are some fifteen applications for offi- cers that exceed the avallable strength of the corps. One vacancy exists in the corps. It Is not con- sidered wise to hold an examination to fill this position. There are some five or six prospective candidatel and with the limited chance of ap- pointment, it would not be fair to put 80 many of them to the expense of travel to the place of examination. An examination for appointment as flying cadet in the Army Alr Service will be held in July. There are 190 cadets authorized by Congress. It Is expected that there will be about sixty vacancies to be filled. Enlisted men of the Army and civillans are eligible for appointment. Candidates must be at time of application: (1) unmarried male citizens of the United States. (2) between the ages of twenty and twenty-seven years. (3) high school graduates or possess the equivalent of a high school education. (4) of excellent character. (5) of sound physique and in excellent health. The educational examination may be omitted if the applicant pre- sents documentary evidence of his | graduation from a high school within two years immediately preceding date of this examination or of his attend ance at a recognized college or uni- versity within that time. If such evidence cannot be furnished the board, the educational examination will be given. The base pay of fly- ing cadets is $75 a month, which in- cludes extra pay for flying risk. The ration allowance will not exceed one The other allowances, such as clothing, equipment, are thos of a private, first class. Applicants from civil life will be required to pay all expenses incident to thelr appear- ance before the examining board for examination and no claim for reim- bursement of the expenses incurred prior to enlistment will be considered. Application blanks may be secured trom the chief of air service, Wash- ington, and must be submitted in triplicate, accompanied by the cus- tomary three letters of character. Army experts, who have been work- ing on the subject of the production of & superior bullet for the infantry, have been rewarded for their efforts. The new boat-tailed bullet is the re- sult. Tt has been subjected to ex- haustive tests by the ordnance de- partment and the Infantry board and has met the exactions imposed upon it by adding nearly 1,500 yards to the range of the old S bullet and by flat- tening out the trajectory so that there space of 100 between in- TRIMMINGS Complete Selection of FLOWERS BERRIES FEATHERS In the Seasonable Light Shades STRAW BRAIDS LADIES CAPITAL HAT SHOP 508 11th St. N. W. Main Milton R 8th and Penna. Ave. N.W. the target and the 1,000-yard firing oint, where a standing man is saf ‘he old bullet dead space was about 132 ya 'he new range is some 4,800 yards compared to about 3,400 for the old bullet. The new tull will probably have its greate: cation, in so . and effectiven chine gun barrage fire. The individual soldier will rarely fire at a greater ce than 1,000 yards and th at large targets, while with the machine gun fire on enemy back areas may be used up to the extrem rang Th is also o tly increased. It is smald that at 00 yards it is possible to confine the shot pattern to a circle of not more than four or flve inches and at 1,000 couracy of the fire best bullet for its infantry, The ord- nance deparment and the infantry board to be congratulated on their achievement. Revised tables of organ!zation, gov- erning the following units of tho N tlonal Guard have been issued by the ‘Var Department. Headquarters com- pany, infantry division headquarters company infantry brigade; headquar- ters caompany, infantry " battallon; headquarters ttery, fleld artlllery brigade; headquarters detachment and combat train; fleld artillery bat- tallon (76-mm. gun, - horsedrawn); headquarters detachment anrd com- bat train, fleld artillery battalion (156-mm. howlitzer or six-inch gun regiments, motorized); service com- pany, infantry regiment; ordnance company (maintenance); coast artil- yards & six-inch bull's eye is all that | lery company (harbor defense). Units is required. With all of these factors'of this type, except coast artillery considered, it may safely be stated that the United States now has the companies (harbor defense) which are now recruited above the recogni- tlon and maintenance or peace strengths, reduced calied for by these tables, will not, for the present, be required to reduce their enlisted strength to conform thereto, neither will objection be interposed by the militia bureau, should units of this character continue to recruit, for a time, bevond the strength Indicated, provided they do not exceed the regu- lar Armmy peace strength table or or. ganlzation for the particular unit In. volved. 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