Evening star., 1923-12-23


says Gen. Richards.
The following recommendations are
made:
Increased number of Regular Army
officers and non commissioned officers
as instructors. The cavalry units are
more widely dispersed than are the dis
mounted units, consequently the same
ratio OF instcrutors cannot devote the
same amount Of time to instruction
with each unit as in the case Of dis
mounted units. Consideration Of the ad-
visibility of storing the horse equip
ment, in excess Of that required for
thirty-two animals. at some central
storage point for issue upon mobiliza-
ton. This will remove a heavy burden
from the units, as the unused equip
ment requires nearly as much care to
insure preservation as does that which
Is In actual use
The proposal to merge the War
and Navy Departments is being Wig
orously opposed by the committee
of 10" of which Maj. ]. T.. Bloom
OF the Army, retired, is chairman.
RESOLUTIONS adopted by that body
call upon all loyal, patriotic voters"
to petition their congressman to
work and vote against the proposed
measure.
Recent War Department orders re-
lieved Maj, Newton N. Polk of the
neld artillery, now on duty in the
of1ce of the chief of the militia bu-
reau and assigned him to duty with
the 3rd field artillery. Mai Polk is
now confined to Walter Reed Gem
eral Hospital, and it is not expected
that he will assume his new duties
until some time in February
The following named officers. bav-
ing been attached to the SOth diyi-
SION, are attached to the units there
of as follows: First Lieut. A. f.. RYAN.
ordnance reserve. to the 305th ord
nance M COMPANY; Second Lieut.. Heath
D. Goldsborough to the 313th field
artillery; Capt. Byron r. Patton and
Second LieutS. Thomas j. Frailey and
oscar Letterman to the 320th in
fantry.
The following promotion of reserve
oIncerS have been made: Second
Lieut.. George c. Whiting to grade of
hrst lieutenant OF infantry He will
remain attached to the 320th infant
ry. Capt. William L. Symons to the
grade of major In the Judge advocate
general He will remain attached to
the judge advocate section of the
headquarters. S0th division. Second
Lieut.. John Leroy Boyer air sery-
ice, to the grade Of first lieutenant.
He is relieved from assignment 10
the S0th division air service and is
attached thereto pending suitable
vacancy for his assignment.
Officers of the 343rd engineers will
meet tomorrow evening in the local
reserve headquarters Graham Ruild-
ing. The End battalion of the 320tb
infantry Will meet Thursday evening.
During the coming six months
many of the commissions held by
ofhcers of the Reserve Corps will be
terminated under the provisions of
special regulation No. 43. by reason
or the expiration OF the five-year per-
iod for which they were granted As
a rule those whose commi ssions will
expire will be recommended in the
same arm and grade as their pres
ent commission and the notice OF re-
appointment will be sent in annie
time to permit the officer to accent
the commission and be sworn in be-
fore the date on which the old COM
mission is vacated.
In order that officers service NAV
be continuous. the new commissions
should be accepted before the date
of expiration of the old commission.
The failure to do so simply means
that every day the matter IS neglect
ed. an officer loses a days service.
This may mean little to him at the
moment but in case of a call to ac-
tive service it may mean a lot. for
relative rank will be determined bv
the number of days service an officer
had to his credit
Advertising the opportunities Of
obtaining reserve commissions bv
means of radio broadcasting was en-
ployed recently by Maj. F.. Fl. Baird
acting chief of STAFF of the lO2d Divi-
sion. Organized Reserves, at St
Louis. He broadcasted a short ad-
dress on the Organized Reserves and
opportunities of obtaining reserve
commissions from the powerful sta
tion of the Post-Dispatch. Letters
the middle and southwest by Mai
Baird. stating that his address had
| been enjoyed.
Figures obtained from the adjutant
generals office show that the twenty
nine infantry divisions and six cav
airy divisions. in the reserve have
more than so per cent of their COM
missioned personnel. The 90th Divi-
sion, in the eth Corps Area. is the
banner organization with 96.6 per
in the 9th Corps Area. is the most
incomplete. reporting b6.2 per cent.
The best cavalry division is the 6Sth
per cent complete.
The strength of the Enlisted Re-
serve Corps reached 2,167 last month
distributed in the various corps areas:
1st, 247; I'd. 43o; Sd. 112; 4th, 1888; 5th.
274; 9Th. 24s; 7th, 251; Sth, 157. and
9th. 250. OF this number 1,+19 are
with infantry divisions, 108 with cav
airy, 22S with corps troops, 102 with
coast artillery units and the rest with
RESORTS.