The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-02
Army Plans Reserve
Competent Officers

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The
present policy governing the selection
and appointment of members of the
Officers Reserve Corps contemplates
the establishment of a competent Re-
serve Commissioned Personnel, the
individual members of which will be
qualified to perform fully the duties
Of their respective grades when or
dered into active service in case of
emergency. All officers who have
demonstrated their fitness and who
so desire are being appointed if their
service has been satisfactory and if
they are properly recommended. APP
pOintments are limited to discharged
officers, to men of demonstrated fit
ness and gallantry in action, and to
training school and Reserve Officers
Training Corps graduates, with the
exception of small number who had
been found qualified for special SER
vices and whose appointments as
temporary officers were stopped by
the armistice. In general, discharg-
ed, emergency officers are appointed
in the Reserve Corps in the grade held
at the time of discharge. An ad-
vance of not to exceed one grade, and
in no case above the grade of colo
mel. may be made on account of spec
ial fitness, long and distinguished ser
vice, or because of recommendation
for promotion not received because
of the termination of hostilities. APP
plications for appointments in the
Officers's Reserve Corps are careful
ly considered in the War Department
by board of officers detailed for
that purpose, and the commissions
rendered applicants indicates the
grades for which they are deemed
properly qualified, Every effort is
being made to appoint at the earliest
possible date, all discharged emergen-
cy officers who desire appointment in
the Officers Reserve Corps, and who
are found qualified. Correspondence
requesting consideration for higher
grades causes considerable delay in |
completion of that task. Promotion
received after November II, 1918, is /,
considered to have been given under
such special conditions that increase
over grade held at time Of discharge,
in general, will not be given. APP
pointees should accept the original
commissions rendered them and await
such subsequent action as may be de-
termined upon with reference to pro-
in the Officers Reserve
Carps. 1t is contemplated promul-
eating regulations in the near future
governing such promotions. |,
The Army Appropriation Bill, ap-
proved July 18th, 1919, authorizes the
Secretary of War to appoint in the
Officers Reserve Corps in a grade not
to exceed one higher than that held
during the emergency commissions.
For this particular class of appointees
the age and grade limits as prescrib-
ed in Section 81 of the National De-
Tense Act, approved June 3, 1916,
and in paragraph Is, Special Regula-
ions 43, w. D. 1917, have been abol-
shed. Except that no one will be APP
pointed who is more than SO years old
and that an officer will be discharged
lnon reaching the age of 60 years,
all reserve corps commissions issued
% appointees who served as officers
Turing the emergency will run for
he full five years period unless soon
.r terminated at the discretion of the
President. The policy laid down in
paragraph one will govern all ap-
continents made under this authori-
y.