Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1925, Page 61

Civilian Army News According to the plans now being formulated by the Citizen Officers’ As ation intensified viger will mark the activities of this organization dur g the next session of Congress for the equalization of the promotion list of the Army. It will be recalled by those of the armed citizenry who kept a watchful eye on the legislative cal- “endar- Jast session that it was this organization which sponsored the Mc. Kellar-Johnson bill (S. 4044 and H. R. 1641), which authorized the Secretary f War tu revise and rearrange the \rmy promotion list so that those offi cers app ted from. the emergency forces to the grades of captains, first ieutenants and second lieutenants in the regular establishment under the provisions of section 24 of the Army reorganization act'of June 4, 1920, should be placed on said list in the espective grades to which they were originally appointed immediately be. ow the c: ains, first lleutenants and tenants, respectively, of the ar Army as of July 1, 1820, in accordance with commissioned service zendered prior to November 11, 1918. it is pointed out that section :24a of the above mentioned act. which pre- 1 method -in arranging the original promotion list, provided that persons to be appointed as captains r lieutenants under the provisions of n 24, hereof, shall be placed ac- to commissioned service ren prior to November 11, 1918, 2 result of the constructfon v the W Department on provision, selections made by the shing board under section 24 were ed on the promotoin list in ac- ince with the length of their com- ned service, regardless of the zrade to which they were appointed. \s an instance of the general dissatis. N expressed by the large ma. f persons appointed from the ency forces, an officer selected ershing boards and appointed e grade of second lieutenant was >d on the promotion list ahead of persons selected and appointed to dés_of captain and first lieu- nt.4n the event his commissioned erwice. prior to November 11, 1918, céeddd that of those appointed to ¢ Righer grades wThe” beliet held by members of thé- adsociation that the War De. Partment’s construction this pro. yision) is ‘contr to the intention of Congress. and that. instead thereof, it Mrended that emerge ncy officers pointed to the grade of captain 6uld “be placed among themsely n that grade in accordance with their commissioned service, that first lieu- tenants_ should. be placed likewise among tliemselves, with a similar ar. ngement pertaining to second lieu- AR examination of the pro- will reveal the f: that conside ble number of who were appointed” second utenants, under section of the anization act July 1, 1920, are now holdi the grade in. and who are now con. able number of files ahead who received their original ap- pointment the same time.in the grade of ca in A considerable amount of being compiled. which will mitted to Congress upon the conven- ing of that body in December next, at which time it is being planned to reintroduce a bill which will rectify is are side data is be sub- Good Words Ever | lem, of | of | the unjust features contained in the 1920 reorganization act. ‘Word has been received from 3d Corps Area headquarters that the pro- motion of réserve officers under the provisions of the new Army regula- tions, 1405, will be resumed, and that until’ specifications and directions as to the subject for the examination are presaribed, the scopeas laid down in the old special regulations No. 43 will govern. Reserve headquarters in the ( ham Building will teem with activi during the coming week, as the events calendar prepared by Lieut. Col. John Scott, “Infantry, executive officer of the Organized Reserves in Washing- ton, shows that, beginning with the Signal Corps meeting tomorrow night, a meeting of reserve officers of the various arms will be held every eve. ning, including next Saturday, which will conclude the week’s activity. among the reservists in Washington Beginning tomorrow serve Signal Corps officers will gather to hear Maj. O. K. Sadtler, Signal Corps, lecture on a tactical preblem involving gnal communications, Lieut. Col. H. Burton, Quarter- master Corps, will discuss the pro- curement of motor vehicles Tuesds Col. Burton_will be followed b C. Lloyd Middleton, Quarterms Corps, whose subject will be the solu- tion of a railroad transportation prob- which has been previously is. sued. From 9 to 10 o'clock the r serve quartermasters present will be given instruction in group specialist of the 343d Engi- John " Stewart, command ing, which will be held in the board room of the District Building April 22¢ the meeting will be addressed by Capt. Ervine on the general subject of the technical duties of Engineer troops. special subject, Capt. Ervine will discuss roads and bridge: Reserve Infantry officers will gather in the Graham Building“to hear Capt. 320th Infantry, ad th Infantry assembly the subject, ecurity Lieut. H. 0. Clayton, . will also address the on on the March 320th Infantr meeti ed over by I nfantry, executive officer of the ized Reserves in Washington, the Citizens’ Military Training Corps Club Il meet at reserve headquarters ¥ 0 p.m. The feature of this meeting will be the film version of the citizens’ military - training camp at Camp Meade last Summer, which de piets the actual experience and work of the Citizens’. Military Training Corps men from Washington who took this training. Col. Scott h; S0 an nounced that next week arrangements have been made to send some 192 Camp Meade citizens’ military train. ing camp film reels to Washington, where they will be shown on the screen of the leading cinema houses in the Capital. This is a very fine film, it is pointed out-by Col. Scott, and it is possible that a good many Washington boys may be recognized At'the meeting instruction will also be given in the fundamentals of the Infantry, Cavalry and Field Artillery by Capt. Hallock P. Long, 313th Field Artillery; First Liéut. George C. Whit- ing, 320th Infantry; Lieut. Wood. son. Bercaw, 306th Cavalry, and First ut. Col. John evening Re-| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Lieut. James B. Patterson, ‘3d Cav- alry, Fort Myer, Va. During the past week the following assignments affecting reserve officers residing in the District of Columbia and vicinity were announced at re- serve headquarters: Capt. John T. Talman, Engineer Reserve, to 375th Engineers (general service) (c), zone of communication; Second Lieut. id- ward J. Glasgow, Field Artillery Re- serve, having moved to the 8th Corps Area, is relieved from assignment to the 680th Artillery (6-inch guns, mo- tor), General Headquarters Reserves (first three field armies); First. Lieut. Harold B. Hertford, Dental Reserves, having been assigned to the, non-di- visional group, is assigned fo Gen- eral Hospital No. 51, zone of .commu- nication, in the capacity of dental surgeon; First Lieut. Maurice" J. Roche, Military Police Reserves, is relleved from. attachment to the $03d Military. Police Battalion, 13th Corps, for instruction and training, and is assigned to the 337th Military Police Company (general service), zone of communication; Second Lieut. Harold C. Smith, Infantry Reserve, is as- signed to the 521st Infantry Battalion, zore of the interior; First Lieut. El- mer C. Middleton, Military Police Re- serves, is assigned to the 337th Mil- itary Police Company (general serv- ice), zone.of communication. The following named officers, all Engineer Reserve, having been! re- lleved “from. attachment to the non- divisional’ group for instruction and training, are relleved from attach- ment to the 343d Engineers (general service), 13th Corps, for insiruction and training and are assigned thereto: Capts. Clyde L. Miller, Clifford Shoe. maker and Earl B. Smith. . Second Lieut. Homer G. Jordan, Air Service Reserve, having moved to the 5th Corps Area, is relleved from attach- ment to the 405th Pursuit Squadron, 4th Army, for instruction and train ing. The following captains, Engineer | Reserve, are relieved from attachment | to i the 343 Engineers and are:as- signed to the th Engineers (gen- eral service), zone of communication: Rufus C. Hall, Willlam S. Jones and James J. Murphy. The following In- fantry Reserve officers, both second lleutenants, having been assigned to the non-divisional group, are assigned to the 521st Infantary Battalion, zone of the interior: Morris D. Randle and Joseph Leopold Announcement was made by the Militia Bureau of the War Depart: ment this week that reserve officers desiring to take advantage ,of ‘all training opportunities fay be at- tached by the corps area’ commander to a National Guard organization for the purpose of inactive-:training throughout the year by making their own application, accompaniéd by the recommendation of the National uard unit commander and with the approval of the Stite~udjutant gen eral. When so gttached reserve of- ficers will take an active part in such irmory training of the Guard tion may be mutually agreed upon, and when the training funds of the Organized Reserves per- mit they will participate in the 15- day field training of the organization. Reserve officers desiring to be at tached to tiona! Guarq organiza- tions for this training throughout the training vear should make individual application through the commander of the National Guard to which ch- ment is desired and the adjutant gen- eral of the State to the corps area commander concerned, who, subject to their approval, may authorize such attachment. Termination of such at | tions _mmediate! techment of reserve officers to the various Guardeunits may be made by application of either the commander of the National Guard organization, the attached officer, the corps area commander or the adjutant general of the State. Careful consideration will be given to the number of reserve officers who can be attached to a Natlonal Guard unit, as the beneficial results to be de- rived from such an attachment are dependent upon the State of training of the unit concerned. Instructions have been sent out by the Militia Bu- reau that in no case, for the present at least, should the number of re- serve officers attached exceed the ac- tual commissioned strength of the Na- tional Guard organization. The 12 reserve officers composing the special reserve committee called together by the War Department for the purpose of making a detailed study of organized reserve problems submitted thefr report to the War De- partment last Wednesday, and before departing for their homes were re- ceived by the President and congratu- lated for the public service they had rendered to the Nation. Before leav- ing Washington the special commit- tee gave a luncheon at the Army and Navy Club in honor of Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, acting_chief of staff, G-3, and Col. H. Reeves, acting chief of staff, G The report submitted to Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan, acting chief of staff, consisted of recommendations relative to active duty training for rserve offi- cers, inactive duty training for re- serve officers, co-operation between National Guard and Organized Re- serves, establishment of co-operative relations between the Organized Re- serves and the citizens' military training camps and the Reserve Offi- cers’s-Training Corps, , and special training. for regular Army officers on |- duty .with the Organized Reserves. The reserve officers ‘composing the special committee are: Cole. Harry C. Jonés, Maryland; George L. Tay lor, New Hampshire: Arthur J. Elliot, Missourt; Newbold Morris, New York City; Lieut. Cols. Grant Miles, Tiinels; Stanley C. Towa; Weston Jenkins, New Harry V. Wurdemann, Washington: Ralph Henry Durkee L. Kemper Willlams, Louisiana: Jesse Peck Dice, Ohio, and Frank Knox, New Hamp shire. Col. Leroy W. Herron, 313th Field Artillery, commanding, will broadcast through station WCAP from 9 to 9:10 p.m., April 24, on the citizens’ military training-eamps. Everybody tune in. Maj. Charles H. Patterson, 1. G, D. on duty in the office of the inspector general, and Capt. James B. Golden, Field Artfllery, on duty at Organized Reserve headquarters in Washington, will speak at the Y. M: C. 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