Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1924, Page 65

THE CIVILIAN ARMY Organized Reserves—National Guard. BY LIEUT. STEPHEN F. TILLMAN. The assistant to the officer in charge of citizens' military training camp affairs for the 3d Corps area 1s Ma. Alfred Erck, U. §. A., infantry. Last year he wus In charge of the work, and the suc- cess of the camp for 1923 was due to his untiring forts to make it s0. When the train- ing period for the summer is in September, . Frck expects to to the infantry school at_ Fort Benning, Ga., for & p~riod of train- ing at tne scnool for the ||\fi|r‘| has vis local reserve unit meet- ings on several occasions, and has alwa to the corps area leaves for the Infantry school. There will be three reserve unit meetings during the i Tomorrow night, Chemi Service: Tuesday night, v termaster o reserve offi T 313th Field Artillery A course in infantry weay now in progress in the night of the officers of the 8Ist D n The program includes the technique and tactics of the light mortar, the onc-pounder and the machine gun These night schools have proved to be very popular and the interest has been maintained to a high degree The subjects that have bheen gonc over and the methods of instru tion are designed to pre offic they will be called upon to during the summer training « TUnder changes 12, National Guard regulatior of the Army detailed fo the permi; terminable in his discr vaeating their Regular Army sions or having their standin mingle list so. The pe ordinarily b s tional Guard ) be more than two s higher than tha offic Regular r shall be rd helow the grade of maj that of major general stohe oa vacancy in the ganization in the wrade in which the commission is tendercd The pre ganized 1 training o of the total number of nd in_addition provides for > development of enlisted nt pro, for the be @ national | guardsman and a 1 former can be calle te in time of trouble with the & especially 80 with regard to stri and libor trouble. The reserve cannot be called he offi- | sth upon except in time of national emergency. At the " present time the reserve only draws pay while on active duty, which is usually for the fiftcen days' [ | attendance at a training camp. The national guardsman receives pay for [ eekly drill at the armory, the e giving his time free to the uture date the bt draw pay for ¥ The average combat ¢s two nights monthly to study at the headquarters, which last for about two hours. It is only fair that he should recelve consideration for this time, the same as the national guardsman does When the time comes that the en- listed personnel of the Organized Re- serves can recelve pay for inactive attendance drills “then recruit- ment will be rapidly for the units. The local work of the C. M. T. C, is in the hands of a committee of which Col. Leroy Herron, with offices in The Washington Star building, s in charge. Inquiries for_ the camp should be addressed to Col. Herron or Lleut. Col. John Scott, executive officer of the Washington units of the organized reserves, with offices in the raham building, 14th and E streets northwest. Under a general proved t additia tenant, exception ap- the Secretary of War, an officer, a second lieu- s been authorized for Na- i owitzer companfes. his ra commissioned per- sonnel of such units to one captain, one first licutenant and one second ieutenunt, thereby ralsing them on L pur with infantry, rifie and ma- chine gun companies. The large unt of property lasued to howit- companies and the diverse train- ing required of the various sections of the organizations are responsible for this increase. Last week the writer visited corps area headquarters in_Baltimore and (8 rned that there more than 600 unit plans have been pre- More will be prepared 3d corps area is consider- ed one of the—if not the—fnest and best organized corps areas of the nine areas. This is due to the excel- lemt adn ability of Gen. eu and Hains and was ulso learned 4 headquarters that Mal lev, cavalry, will be the camp nt at Canip The 80th Div out as an_or; tion; only Field Artillery and '319th and 320th Infantry regiments will go. Of special interest at this time fs ul reserve committes repre 1 of the two corps are ich has reported for duty with ¢ the War Department general st thirty days’ study of what might termed the operation of the third mponent of the Army of the United his committee met last mittee are: Dickinso Luquer. Tayl 1 Lieut. Col. area: Col. E. >N Riggs, 3d i Lieut. Col. T 3 Moroney, 3. Marshall, th s ar M B. ‘Builey, ath cor ; L.” Gordon, 4th cory :‘and Maj. JT. Mont- Bome rps area, and Maj. John Observe whether drivin, convenient. Compare o It’s what Oakland and 4%, now undergoing v £ | . Ward, TiIE FASTEST TIME MADE BY CAREFUL DRIVERS Royal Arcanum Officer Tells Re- sults of Test by Taxi Company. “Step on It, driver. I'm in a big hurry,” orders one passenger. “Drive carefully, plea My com- panion is very nervous, cautions another. Nine times out of ten, both fares will arrive at a given city destina- tion at the same time, declared Richard E. Kropf, supreme regent of the Roy Avcanum, in an address here on “Civic Safety.” He insisted that speedihg through crowded city M. Greeley, general staff, executive officer. * A comprehensive program has been outlined by the War Department for the activities of this special reserve committee. It Includes (1) a general survey of the War Department an the interrelation of its various ac tivities, including the duties functions of (2) studles, conferences ssions of the present and ed training plans and poli- cles, with particular reference: () unit organization and training, the obligations of reserve officers and thelr duties and responsibilities as unit commanders; (b) plans and pol cies with respect to procurement, signment and tralning of enlisted reserves; () inactive duty training, means and methods of conducting in struction, time and facilities able, correspondence course, recor mendations and suggestions for e pansion and Improvement; (d) active duty training, ivision ecamps, local unit camp, ent of reserve units of the ning at C. M. ideration of prob- combination of re- .t in includ- ing recruit local units year and training covering a cycle of three years for Teserve organizations 3. Study and instruction of the W, Department plan for a gene: bilization, the role of Or; serves, its wartime organ mission, localized mobill ration for perfor: day duties, unit ization. 4. Study 'and d fon_of the pr posed plan and es for the te mobilization and national defense by reserve orgunizutions and individual reserve officers, preliminary tion plan and publicity to munity support d plans for the both military and civil, including sembly of units, inspection and r monies, specches te activities, discussion of other ning 1o _the develop- Organized Reserves pr sented for consideration by other di- visions of the general including study of special r ; 4 tion, prepa- £ M e Tt is ‘apparent that the special com- mittee will have thirty very busy days in Washington in covering this program It is unfort { larger number of reser not be called to duty a of the training period and in the preparation of %995 that counts Bear these facts in mind in choosing a car: Be sure that the engine in the car you choose incorporates the very latest de- sign. Examine its construction closely. Be sureyou get the latest braking system. Four-wheel brakes are safer. 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