Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-17

The War Department has just an
nounced that a citizens military
training camp will be established at
the Ohio state rife range, Camp
Perry, Ohio, from September 1 to
September 81 to enable a team from
the citizens military training camps
in each corps area to attend the
small arms firing school and partici-
pate in the National Rifle Associa-
ton match and the national match.
The teams attending this camp will
be selected from successful gradu-
ates of the camps in each corps area.
Each area is authorized to select one
team squad. consisting of fifteen such
graduates of the basic red, advanced
red, white and blue courses who vol
unteer. who are of markedly good
character and who indicate the pos
session of responsibility ana the
ability TO become proficient as IN
structors in rife practice.
One member may be selected from
Regular Army candidates as captain
of the team, but he must be non
shooting member No other members
of the team will be selected from
candidates who are members OF the
Regular Army or the National Guard.
No candidate will be selected for TINS
years teams who has previously been
shooting member OF natlonal
match team of any kind. The teams
selected must report on SEPTEMBER l
to he commanding officer. Camp Per
ry, ohio. There each team VIII re-
ceive instruction at the small arms
shots in the Army, who are lnci,
dentally. the best in the world Eacn
team will be formed with ten men az
shooting members ana the relha ltitI,
he
furnish team members with necessaIS
uniforms, all transportation ana SUI
ficient money to cover expenses ei -,
route, Maj. Alfred Erck, cltiZents
military training camp ofhcer OF tile
Sd Corps Area, states that ne IS Inah
ing preparations for the team WhICIl
will be formed from citizens nlli EaIlG
training camp candidates at an" amp
Meade and Fort Monroe, ana ne eH
poets to place team IN Lne t
which will clean up every othei
citizens military training camp go,
Maj. William T. Morgan MAJ niia,,ea
Officers Reserve Corps, is reHeNeff
from assignment as acting chi di,i Oh
staff ca and is assigned as aiEls-
ion machine gun and howitzer olllcei :
general staff section. headquaTterSS o.; u
the Soth p Div1 SOD, f Price. Infantry
Sfticers Reserve Corps, is rensNt "a
from attachment and IS alldGiltu Az
Headquarters, 160th Infantry brls S1T
First Lieut.. Walter {. Bersei,
nance Officers, Reserve Corps %. a:
tro,In, having removed from this CITY
TO the 9th Corps Area, is reie.eu -, ilO,!'
attachment to the 313th Field ArtInel! -
The following reserve officers nay GtoI
been called to active duty: Lieu, ~ I've
7, Jandes. O. NJ, o. r. G. TO actNe
duty, effective June ;, at Washing ton on ;
Capt. H. S. Abel. Eng, o. X. -. 70 G az
tive duty. June IA, at Washington. olil-
GERS of engineers, o. X. =, no" ~
Washington, to active duty June p =, MAJ
| l.. r. Maddox and Capt. J. Z. Braa!.
| According TO reports reaching the
War Department, active interest IS pe-
i ing taken in the development o. nag
athletics for the summer trath.Es
nrogram of the three componentS OF the
! Am. NJ the United States. The stand
ard fixed by the National Amateur an AZ
| letic Association is being received WIN VIZ,
enthusiasm and the reports from 'i't
corps area commanders at the ciose ~
| the training periods are apt 10 nc IL
most comprehensive that nave ever
! been made. Through the scoring taple
! of physical efficiency adopted py lhe
/ War Department. in response 70 the re-
quest of the association. 1t VIII De pos
| sibIe to make a comparison between
tho different sections of the country. IL
! will be a more comprehensive contest
! for the championship OF the natloh IMAM
has ever been conducted
Examination of candidates LOT 'n ~,
\
July 1920 TO fill the existing twenty :
seven vacancies. There are no Nacdh-
! cjes in the Army Dental Corps and put
! one vacancy in the Veterinary CORPS
J with no examination in prospect.
| Due to illness. Maj. Francis G. DEAN"
Of the regular Signal Corps was uhaoie
: to attend the meeting held lasl MoIua!
| Of the reserve signal officers. Maj. John
Scott local executive officer, toId OF the
! Mans for the coming summer encamp-
! of [ States.
| Tuesday evening the air service re-
: serve officers held their meeting at the
Graham building. There were fVe reefs
. of specially selected moving pictures
written and verbal field orders and
short problems preparatory 10 Ihe
training camps were the subjects handed
TO the officers of the I'd battalion OF the
32Oth Infantry at their meeting ! hu u,ls :
day evening. The same program was
/ repeated for the officers OF the so pat
! talon on Friday evening.
! Chaplain A l.. Smith. former chap
! lain of the old crack Bird District OF
: Columbia Infantry. visited the local
Headquarters the past week ana re
! newed acquaintance with many OH
! GERS of the 320th regiment. The regl-
/ mental commander. Col. Glendle b.
Young. was the regimental com
mander of the old 3rd. Another ola
! District Guardsman serving IN the re-
serve regiment - APP
! ingston
! First Lieut. William L. Pierce. field
| artillery. Officers Reserve Corps, is
transferred from the 314th to the
313th Field Artillery.
[ Maj Joseph o. Mauborgne. United
States Army. property signal officer
| of the 9Th Corps Area. has arrived
1 in Washington for temporary duty in
! connection with try-out tests in the
! office of the chief signal officer on
| static limitation devices.
! The following Signal Corps officers
will shortly be detailed to duty with
/ National Guard units: Capts. H. j.
| Adams. J. J. Malterer and A. f. Whit
worth and First Lieuts. c. L. Strike,
! G. L. Townsend all graduates of the
signal school. Later on in the sum-
! mer Capt. Ira H. Trust, now on duty
at headquarters of the 5th Corps
Area, will be detailed to duty with
| the National Guard.
/, Rear Admiral Victor Blue, United
! States Navy, retired, who is presi-
! dent of the Army and Navy Club of
Fort George. Calf, advises that he
desires the service of a retired officer
| of the Army or Navy as resident
! manager of the club.
! A course of instruction which eX-
| tended from June came to a close
yesterday at the Edgewood Arsenal.
! The course was for reserve officers.
| enrolled. all of the Chemical War
fare Officers Reserve Corps. The
4 officers graduating were: Majs. Ar
/ thur w. Dox and George r. Hill.
| Capts. William G. Abbott. Shreve
! Clark, Alfred c. Day, Harrison l..
/ Garner Robert L. Johnson and
George w. Wanamaker; First Lieuts
Walter A. Baude, John NJ. Chabrowe.
! Thomas NJ. Hill. Frank H Marks
and Edwin Smiley. and Second Lieuts.
/ Raymond l.. Abel. Lemuel Mob.
| Aycock. William III. Emmons, J.
Mitchell Fain. Clayton c. Spencer
Ira A. Updike and Waldemar Van
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