Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1923, Page 54

THE CIVILIAN ARMY Organized Reserves—National Guard BY LIEU S‘i'E;;EN TILLMAN. Col. A. T. Smith ‘and Maj. Householder have returned to head- quarters of the 3d Corps Area, after making a tour of inspection at Fort Monroe, Langley Field, Virginia Beach and Fort Sto Second Lieuts. Robert W. Savage, Stephen C. Van Fleet and Bernard J Wood: Infantry Officers’ Reserve Corps, all of the Dstrict, have been ordered assigned to the Sith Division Army of the United States. The fo lowing air service reserve officers have been ordered attached to the S0th Division: First Lieuts. Norman B. Ames and Linton A. Cox, jr, and Second Lieuts. Lowell T. Bass, B. E. Chewing, Herman L. Dilg and Warren N Graves. The following infantry Fegerve officers have been ordered at- fiched to the 320th Infantry, 80th Di- s Second Lieuts. Harold G. Norris D. Randle, Wallace E. Sturgiss and Edward A. Miller. Capt. Charles Wharton of the 3d Cavalry, who has been adjutant of Fort Myer, has left for. Samur, France, to take a course at the French School of Kquitation estab- 1ished there. He pects to be absent about a year and a half. Capt. Morris 5. Danicls has been made adjutant of the post. Reserve officers are much pleased at the decision of the War Depart- ment in deciding to make no change in the uniform for a period of at least two years. Brig. Gen. William R. Smith, com- manding the 3d Coast Artillery Dis- trict, with headquarters at Fort Mon- recently paid an official visit to -adquarters of the 3d Corps Area . Bugler Henry Loveless, old 3d D. C. Infantry, National Guard, has been enlisted sergeant bugler of the 343d Ingi-- neers, Army of the United States, by Lieut. Davis, regimental recruiting officer. Love will organize drum corps without delay, he told Lieut. Davis. Loveless had charge of the District buglers on the Mexican horder and served overseas during the world war. He expects to enroll many of the former District guards men’ in his organization. Camp of instruction w selected otficers and en ted men of of Columbia National “amp Simms. from Ju it has been learn from adquarters of the 3d Corps Area. For the students of those in- stitutions at which regular pistol practice has been held during the col- lege year, the instruction in pistol practice at R. O. T. C. camps will be limited_ to team competition. c. = team from the sting of seven Wwill attend the Small Arms and the m 1 mateh at Perry, Ohio, September 1 to Members of this team will be ad- vanced students of the infantry, c al oast artillery or engineer units They must volunteer for the duty and must be of the abilify to become pro- ficlent instructors in rifit practice. E. R his | Dbe held for to Motor _Transport Company 690, 13th @orps; Second Lieut. Harlan ‘Wood, Quartermaster Officers’ Reserve Corps, is relleved from attachment to Motor Repair. Section 465 of the 3d Corps, and is assigned to Motor Transport Company No. 688 of the h Corps; Second Lieut. Vincent 3. ntermeyer, Quartermaster Officers’ Reserve Corps, is relieved from at- tachment to Motor Trahsport Com- pany 789, 3d Corps, and Is assigned to Motor Transport Company 687, 13th Corps; First Lieut. Harry M. Forker, Quartermaster Officers’ Re- serve Corps. is relieved from attach- ment to Motor Repair Sectlon 464, 3d Corps, and is assigned to Motor Qransport Company 674, 1st Army; First Lieut. Earle Q. McCoy, Quarter- master Officers’ Reserve Corps, is Felleved from attachment to Motor Repair Section 465, 3d Corps, and Is assigned to Mator Transport Com- pany 673, Ist Army; Second Lieut. George I Hartshorn, Coast Artillery Officers’ Reserve Corps, is relieved attachment to the 57th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, and is attached to the 76ist Company, Coast Artillery Corps; Second Lieut. Philip P. Quayle, Coast’ Artille Otficers’ 'Reserve Corps, ix relieved from attachment to the' 766th Company, Coast Artil- Corps, and is attached to the th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. A citizens' military training camp will be established at the Ohio state rifle, range, Camp Perry, from Sep- tember 1 to 27, at. which . a | citizens' military ' training camp rifle team from each corps area will attend the Small Arms School and participate in the National Rifie As- sociation matches and the national match.. The team from the 3d Corps Area will consist of fifteen success- ful graduates of the basic red, ad- vanced red, white and blue courses, | who volunteer for this, duty, who tare of markedly gopd character and who indicate the possession of re- sponsibility and of the ability to be- come proficient instryctors in rifie pracice. A candidate’ who has pre- viously been a shooting member of a national match team of any kind is not eligible for the team. Citizens' military training camp candidates who are members, of the Regular Army or National Guard also are ineligible, except that one mem- ber from among the Regular Army | citizens' militury trainiig camp ;| candidates may be selectéd as a non- | shooting member to be the captain of the team. The obligations of the oath subscribed upon enrollment in the citizens' military training camp will continue through the duration of the matches. ‘The selection of the candidates to be members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and citizens' military training camp teams wil be based upon the results obtained in firing a prescribed qualification course to be communicated later to the camp commanders. Final selec- tion of the team will he made by the commanding general of the 3d Corps Area after consideration of recom- mendations submitted by the camp command: It it is found to be practicable, the selected teams will be concentrated for team practice be- staff and will repair to his home. The following reserve officers have also been relieved from duty with the gen- eral staff and ordered into inactive status: Col. F. M. Rumbold, F. A 0. R. C.; Lieut. Col. H..C. Kramer, stal speclalist, and Lieut. Col. H' L. Bowen, infantry. Capt. W. P. John- son, military intelligence, has been ordered to active duty and will re- port to the assistant chief of staff, G-2. On August 1 Maj. P. E. Cheney, Quartermaster Corps, O. R. C., will re- | port for procurement training at the Whshington general intermediate de- pot. Maj. Gen. George C. Rickards, chief of the militia bureau, left Washing- ton this week for Camp Devens, where he will wateh the work of such units of the 26th National Guard ! Division as may be in camp. He will then visit the summer camps of the 27th Division at Peekskill, N. Y. From there Gen. Rickards will go to Mount Gretna, Pa. and view troops of the 28th Division. The Coast Artjllery Citizens' Mili- tary Training Camp at Fort Monroe opened with an enrollment of 250 students. Many District boys are in training at “Monroe.” Maj.~Clif- ford Jones is commanding officer of the camp. The R. O. C. T. camp for coast artillerymen is also located at “Monroe.” Brig. Gen. Edward L. Logan, pres- ident of the National Guard Associ- ation of the United States, has sent out a circular letter to ascertain the sentiments of the members of -the executive committee on a date for holding the annual convention of the assoclation at Denver. His replies up to date, indicate that the week after the American Legion conven- tion on the coast will be selected. There is a vacancy for a retired master sergeant In one of the R. O. T. C. units in the 6th Corps area. Any retired master sergeant who de sires such a position should file ar, application, addressing it to the com- manding general of the 6th Corps area, (Attention R. O. T. C. officer). He should submit his military record, age and any recommendations and state any experience that he might have had on duty with echools. Tew Tegulul, Tor Teserve oflicers will have a new expression, “certificate of capacity,” if they are approved by the Secretary of War and the chief of staff, as they are now in their tentative form. Refome an officer goes before & board for ex- amination, he ust obtain a “certifi- cate of capacity” for promotion to the next grade. The work of the ex- aniining board will be largely to as- certain his general fitness for a high- er grade, in which the board will deal largely with his standing in the cummunity in which he resides and his general interests in the service and in preparedness. hd Under the present system it h: been found that there is no uniformi- ty in_the examination by the differ- ent boards. Some of them huve given second licutenants examinu- tions which, If they passed, would qualify them mentally for the grade there “Franhlin Square 14th Street at K A Cool, Comfortable is a great shortage In-the grade of |him in mental qualifications to ob- first 1t . [tain a “certificate of capacity” for the There are not enough first lieute: next higher grad in the Reserve Corps to fill ‘the in-| Duty with troops will be with the antry unity of the organized re-|regular Army, with the Natinal serves. In the event of war, the in-|Guard, or at the officers’ summer fantry would absorb all of the first training school. Both in education lleutenants and there -will be none|and in training the requirements will for the other arms and branches of |be a continuation of the work in the the service, R. O. T. C. and In the C. M, T. C. “Certificates of capacity” will be|Thus, the organized reservs will be based on two things: (1) Courses of | whelded into one general system. In instruction at service schools and |the higher grades of lieutenant colo-' correspondence courses. (2) Active|nel and major longer terms at service duty with troops. The correspond-|schools will be required. 1t is doubt- ence courges will become an impor-|ful whether work in these grades tant factor in the education of re-|will be included in the correspond- serve officers, Courses will be pre-|ence course. pared for each grade, In these course: Maj. John Scott (infantry), who has the educatfonul or mental require- |been on duty with the local units of ments for promotion will be set forth | the organized reserves as executive in @ definite form, A reserve officer |officer, left Tuesday for duty at Camp will know Jjust what is expected of | Meade. He expects to return to Wash ington about September 1. In his ab- sence, Mr. Stokes, an enlisted man of the Army, will be'on duty in the office as clerk and utility man. All plans for giving reserve officers of the 320th Infantry rifle practice at the National Gyard range in Con- s have been eliminated Local National Gaard. Six men enlisted {n Company D, 121st Engineers, commanded by Capt. Julian S. Oliff, Tuesday night, as follows: Clement W. Clemons, 228 9th street southeast; John A. Dilis, 1214 New York avenue northwest; Holland H. Green, 1736 G strest northwest? Lee P. McDonald, 2711 Nichols avenue southeast; Johannes ¥. Miller, 24 Evarts street northeast, and Edward L. Regan, 24 Evarts street northeast. The prospect of three weeks in ing offices for by that time. Private nier, Md,, Bollvar B. O'Rear and Pri- vate Willlam A. Hayhoe, Mount Rai- were honorably discharged — camp with full Army pay and mili- tary leave in addition to all other leave for government employes is causfhg many young men to enlist. Capt. Olft has places for a few more men to attend the special camp of n- struction at Camp Simms, Ccngress Helights, beginning July 2 a few men to complete kis maximum strength of ninety men before annual encampment in September. in Room 310, Guard Armory, 472 L street northwest, the D company will be today from 11 a.m. to noon and after 8 p.m. Tuesday night, and pected that the quota will be obtained enlisted in the Navy. tenant and Staff Sergt. , and also first clas: Recruft- National From the Boston Transcript. 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