Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-16
WHAT THE CIVILIAN MAY DO
FOR COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR

provisions: United States Army trans
port regulations. 1914. and circulars of
the Quartermaster generals Office re-
lating to supplies. payments and serv-
ices; subsistence and pay manuals
blanks are furnished and the applicant
required to exemplify their use in the
preparation of contracts, bonds, returns,
accounts current. etc; manual Of
functions and the relations of the mill
tery; instructions for the government
of armies of the United States in the
field: rules of land warfare. general or
generals office. and circular No. o5.
War Department, 1907: the cavalry
horse; draft horses and mules; inspec-
ton and purchase; care Of: feeding.
watering. stables. construction. light
ing and ventilation: forage. kinds and
relative value, inspection of: causes Of
deterioration; proper care of: transpor-
tation by land Grail. wagon and pack(
and water: care of animals on cars and
transports; construction and repairs Of
roads, railroads. bridges. etc.
Applicants commissioned In the Of
ncers' Reserve Corps will rank in the
various sections according to grades
and length Of service In their grades.
of Ave years. No age limits apply to
the Quartermaster Officers Reserve
Corps.
Not Subject to Call In Peace Times.
A member Of the corps Is not subject
to call for service In time of peace.
and whenever called upon for service
cannot be called. without his consent.
in lower grade than that held by
him in the Reserve Corps. In time Of
actual or threatened hostilities the
President is authorized to order men,
bers of the Officers Reserve Corps, SUBJ
ject to physical examination. to tenn
porary duty with the regular army. or
an officer in volunteer or other organi-
zations that may be authorized by law.
or as officer at recruit rendezvous and
depots or on other duty. They may be
promoted to vacancies in volunteer or
ganizations or to temporary vacancies
the act. While reserve officers are on
such service they shall be entitled to
the pay and allowances OF the corre-
spending grades IN the regular army.
Department commanders and the
quartermaster general. when authoriz-
ed by the Secretary of War, may order
reserve officers Of their departments
or corps to duty with troops in the
field or at field exercises or for in
struction for periods not to exceed fif-
teen days in any one calendar year.
While SO serving such officers shall re-
ceive the pay and allowances OF their
respective grades in the regular army.
These periods will not be. extended ex-
hcers concerned.
Enlisted men Of the regular army
and of the National Guard. both active
and retired. IL citizens Of the United
commissions in the Quartermaster Of
1cers' Reserve Corps. No applicant will
be examined who is an officer Of the
regular army on the active list or Of
the National Guard. or who Is not a
citizen Of the United States.
Composition Of Examining Board.
The examining board will ordinarily
be composed OF one or moro officers
Of the ouartermaster Corps. and one
Medical Officers Reserve Corps
Tho mental examination Of no appli-
cant will be undertaken who, in the
Judgment Of the board, Is not physi-
cally Qualified to discharge in active
service all the duties of an off1oer of
the grade in which the applicant sesks
q commission tn the Ofncers Reserve
Corps: nor Of any one who has any
or whose moral ftness has not been
duly established.
No person will be examined for an
pointment in the Quartermaster O6i-
letter from the Quartermaster general
authorizing his examination. Such .
letter to an applicant will be the ac-
Acknowledgement Of the receipt of his
application. Application blanks may
be secured from the ONCE Of the quar-
termaster general.
II an applicant has served in the
regular army of the United States. or
In any Of the volunteer forces Of the
United States, or In the organised
militia Of any state or territory or the
District Of Columbia. he shall submit
his discharge papers for each term Of
servfoS; = still In service Of any Of the
organisAtaone named, he ehall submit
Recommendation Of h1o Immediate anA
hagAor 0ommAndeea
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