Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1925, Page 31

C. .1. 1 & The most important news of the week to the armed citizenry of the country was the suspension order o the President withholding $1,332,000 svided in the deficienc ¥ drill pay for the N a So much importance was attached to this decision of the Chief Executive . that a group of Na- tional rd officers called on the President and pointed out to him the serious results which this would have upon the training and morale of the State forces. Doubt has been ex- pressed in certaln quarters as to the legality of the President’s action in withholding this armory drill pas Armory drill pay is apportioned to the States in direct ratio as to their ength at the A have more e, a well id well developed enroliment of 76 men will have pe ps 60 attend- ing the drills. On the other hand, an organization of only 50 men, whose morale and training is not so high, will have an average attendance of only 40, The maximum authorized per trained, disciplined organ number of drills year is 60 and the minimum authorized allowance is 45 According it rests entirely with the State as to the number of drills they 1l have within the amount of money propriated. On the bas of the per. at the present time, it costs $220,000 for one entire National Ten millio: ated for arm 3 for approximately hout the United States. cost of armory drills in the National Guard was about $54 per pita of the total average strength throughout the year. For 1924 (his figure had increased to ap- proximate $58 per a, and in the present firscal vear, it is costing at least $62 per capita. Though the cost is higher, this indi- es a healthy state of the National “rd as to training, discipline and morale. Due to this increase, the Na- tional Guard wus confronted with the appropriation of $1,332,000, or ucing the number of drills to e within the $10,200,000 already appropriated National Guardsmen, seeing this de- iency, went before (Congress and asked for this amount. This was done by reappropriating $1,332,000 from funds which were surplus in 192 and hence would revert to Treasur, This was submitted to Budget Bureau and the President, h presumably was disapproved, as the request was never submitted Lo Congress by the President. How- ever, this was provided by the Con- gress contained in the sec- ond deficiency bill approved March 4, 1925, In 1 when this g made, it foreseen by the cost o appropriation the National Guard that armory drill would jump 1 1923 to $62 in 1925, and | of did at that time appropri- | L. for what they thought was a suf- ent amount for a National Guard trength of 190,000. Congress proved its good faith by n appre tion of $1,332,000 to p out the original appropriation wk it was brought to its attention that it was insufficient. The view is held in certain quar- ters that the right of the President to withhold this appropriation is| doubtful. Those making this conten- tlon quote as their authority 119 of the national defense act, amended, which r as follows: “The Secretary of War shall cause to | be estimated annually the amount | mecessary for carrying out the pro- visions of so much of this act as re lates to the militia, and no mone shall be expended under said pro- visions except as shall from time to time be appropriated for carrying them out.” Having approved this ap- propriation when he signed the bill it is Insisted the President cannot le- | gally hold up the disbursement of | these funds. | More citizens’ military training camps in 1925 have been approved by the War Department, the primary reason for which Is the increase in the consequent saving in transporta- tlon charges. In addition to this, there is a valid argument for smaller eamps in the fact that nearby lnca-‘ tion makes it less di ult for parents to visit their sons in tralning and for | the public generally to get an inti- | knowledge of th camps. The | f is held by offi who have | experience as camp commanders that under the trafning schedule | smaller groups of young men can be | handled more advantageously. This year new citizens’ military training camps will be located at Fort Williams, Me., in the Ist Corps Area; Camp Eustis, Va, in the 3d; Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., in the 4th; Fort Banjamin Harrison, Ind, in the 5th; Jefferson Barracks, Mo, In the 6th; ¥orts Crockett and Bliss (and Dal- las), Tex. in the 8th; Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., and Fort George H. Wright, Wash., in the Sth. All of these new camps, it fs inter- esting to note, are located at sites rich in historic associations. It needs little imaginaton to cluster around t Williams typical stor England ploneers; ustis lies in the tidewater country near York- town and Jamestown, filled with many memories of colo and revo- lutlonary days; Fort Oglethorpe, where there will be a Cavalry camp, is in Chattanooga, mindful of the heroic struggle of the Blue and the Gray at Lookout Mountain; Fort Benjamin Harrison {s located in a section full of storles about the French and In- dian days; Crockett and Bliss are eloquent of frontler years in the Lone Star State; Fort D. A. Russell brings to mund the exciting experiences of Indian fighting after the Civil War, while Fort Wright will bring the young training camp students back 10 the development of the great Northwest territory. As a result of the inter . evinced reserve officers of the Medical De- tment residing in Washington and vicinity In the organization and in- struction of the military phases of this department, 2 meeting will be d Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. at reserve ieadquarters, Graham Building, for the purpose of perfecting this or- ganization. The meeting will be con- ducted Lieut. Col. John Scott, | Infantry, executive officer of the Or- anized Reserves in Washington. Maj. Glenn I Jones, Medical Corps, on duty in the reserve division, Surgeon Gen- eral's offiee, will represent Surg. Gen. Ireland at the meeting. The general scope of these confer- ences, it is pointed out by Col. Scott, will instruct reserve officers In the general organization of the armies and the part played in the military machine by these officers and organ- izations of the Medical Department. The instruetion will deal with the wre of th k and wounded In the . the various steps of the evaeu- combat and tracing this from where the soldier is wound- | hospital in the zone of the interior. his ultimate destimation. | This medical instruction will be given | Ly a spi 1y selected officer of the | Medical Department under the direc- | tion of the Surgeon General. All med- jcal officers are urged to attend these meetings, which will be announced in these columns. The honor of being the first educa- ional institution in the United States %o establish a scholarship to be award- ed to a citizens' .military training eamp candidate duly recommended by the corps ares gbmimunder oelongs to could not be | egical king re- | Corps): st Lieut | Lieut lof the rmy News the academic department (Columbia | College) of Columbia Universits. This | movement of the Columbia University authorities, it is believed, will be the forerunner of similar action on the part of many higher Institutions of learning throughout the country. Con- sideration s now being given to the conditions under which the scholarship will be awarded. In all probability, it will follow the terms and conditions of the awarding of Rhodes scholarships. n given of the de- als which will be wresented by the Civitan Club of New | Tork City to students of the 19 citi- zens' military training camps who e: 1 n military work this Summer in the 24 Corps Area. Citizens' milltary raining mp officers and the civilian ldes in this work residing in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are making efforts, it is understood, to inaugurate a similar policy in recog- nitlon of the work of those young men attending the camps in the 3d Corps Area who excel in the military art. The medal will be of bronze. The letters C. M. T. C. will be inscribed on a bar from which the medal is sus- pended by a red, white and blue rib- bon. On the front side of the medal appears the figure of a inute Man" with the word “Citizenship” above It On the reverse side there is a space for the name of the student to whom the medal Is awarded and the words “Civi- Corps Approval has b sign for the Announcement was m Tohn Seott, Tn ¥, r of the Organized Reserv shington, that orders have received from 3d Corps Area he quarters directing that no applica- tions for promotion will be forwarded for tho immediate present, pending further and more complete informa- tion as to the exact procedure of carrying out the new promotion pro- visions, announcement of which ap- peared In these columns two weeks | ago. Applications for promotion | a prior to the receipt ulations, about March 17, will be acted on under the pro- visions of special regulations No. the old regulations. which were m of the new re Instructions o been by | the War Department five | branches of the service of the Re- serve Corps have been filled a surplus. For the immedlate no more applications for appoi in the Reserve Corps of the A the United States will be forwar for these branches. They are a lows: Military Intelligence, Adjutant General's Department, Finance De- partment, Judge Advocate General's Department and the Signal Corps. Announcement was made this week by 3d Corps Area headquarters of the promotion of five reserve officers residing in Washington. They are as follows: Capt. Frank A. Hornaday, Reserves, assistant chief Medical Service, Gene No. 175, zone of the major; First Robinson, Infantry the grade of captain (he is present attachment to th | Engine attalion, auxiliar Hyter I gles, Infantry Reserves, to the grade | of captain (his assignment to the| 320th Infantry is continued in effect) ;| Second Lieut. Charles W. Boyce, Air| Service Reserves, to the g of | first lieutenant (Lieut. Boyce is re-| lieved from attachment fo the 408th| Attach Squadron, 4th Army assigned to the 396th Photo general Three F P. Parrot, Judge Advocate Reserves, to grade of lieutenant col-| During the week the following nents affecting reserve off ng in Washington were announced: First Lieut. Willlam Lerch, Infantry Reserves, to the 320th Infantry; Col. Thomas M. Foley, Medical Reserves, to | the 305th Medical Regiment: Capt. George J. Brands, Signal Reserves, to 3024 Service Company, Signal Corps: Second Lieut. Asbury B. Hammond, Quartermaster Reserves, to Supply Maj. Thomas A. Poole, Medi- erves, assigned to capacity of executive officer, General Hospital, No. 86, Zone of the Interior; Lieut. Col. John P. Turner, Veterinary Reservi to Veterinary General Hospital No. 25, Zone of the Interlor, in the capacity of chief of professional service; g Jason D). Dyers, Quatermaster Reserves, to 10Sth Service Battalion, Quarter- master Corps; Second Lieut. Thomas F. Dolan, jr., ® Quartermaster Clarendon, ' Va., to 109th talion, Quartermaster Alva G. Nve, Engineer . to 333 Engine 4th Army; Second Lieut. opher V. Pickup, Air Service serves, to 403d Pursuit Squadron; First Lieut. Harold S. Kennedy, Air Service Reserves, to 409th Attack Squadron; Second Lieut. Osmund L. Varela, Air Service Reserves, Chevy Chase, to 411th Observation Squadron; First 'Lieut. Edward H. Guilford, Air Service Re to General Head- First Three Field First Lieut. Charles D. Martin, Reserves, 357th Balloon Armie: Afr Service Company. Promulgation of 3-10 was made this w Department Regulations k by the War deals with the s. This 47-page af pamphlet containing 10 sec- in addition to A. R., 140-3; A 140-10; A. R., 140-13, and A, the publication of which was an- nounced in these columns two weeks ago. The sectlons which appear A. R., 135-10 are as follo i Principles Governing tion of the Organized ; General Principles Governing Mobiliz: tion; IIl—Local Mobilization Regula- tions; IV—Mobilization Concentration Regulations; V—Peace-time Organiza- tion; VI—Administration; VII—Regular Army Personnel; VIII—Training; IX— Supply and Equipment, and X—Provi- slons of Law Relating to Organized Re- serves. The next meeting of the Reserve Officers’ Association of the United States will be held in the auditorium Interior Department Building April 2 The 313th Field Artillery will meet April 3 at reserve headquarters in the Graham Building, at which motion piec- tures will be thrown on the screen depicting the drill of a gun section, 3-inch gun section, 3-inch battery and 4.7 battery. This will be fol- lowed by terraln board firing. Officers of the 313th Field Artillery, Col, Le Roy W. Herron, commanding, will entertain with a military hop at the Wardman Park Saddle Club April 23. The committee on arrange- ments Is composed of Maj. F. A. Car- ter, Maj. Percy McCoy and Capt. George Washington. About the middle of April there will be presented at reserve head- quarters in the Graham Building two films taken at Camp Meade last Sum- mer depicting the activities of the Citizens' Military Training Camp students from Washington. Steel Houses Tried Out. 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