Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20

According to latest figures from
headquarters of the Third Corps Area.
Baltimore, there are 1858 reserve
Army officers taking the Army cor
respondence courses Of instruction in
of Columbia officers are included in
.y1blls-estimate.
n.==#RSitations are being sent this week
by the commanding general of the
corps area TO President Harding. Sec
rotary of War Weeks. Secretary Den
by and Gen. Pershing to attend the
Third Corps Area military tourna-
rnent TO be held at the Baltimore
stadium June ..
The local headquarters will be open
Wednesday evening to receive appli-
cations from local officers for reser-
vations for the tournament. The
tournament is given for the purpose
of furnishing evidence to the people
of MaFIland and the District of CO.
lumbia that the Army appreciates
their courtesy and their spirit. of Co
operation. Admission will be by
invitation and Col. John +. Haines
is the director of the tournament.
A special meeting of the District
of Columbia department of the Re
serve Officers Association was held
Wednesday evening at the Interior
Department building. Lieut.. Col J.
w. GrissinEer. general staff. lectured
on practical methods of conservation
of msnpower in the theater of opera
tions.
Local reserve officers who are at
tached or assigned to the 62d Cavalry
Division learn with regret of the
transfer of Col. George 7. Langhorne,
cavalry. United States Army. as chief
OF staff of the division. to the Philip
nj IS,l dc - &c
brother of Lady Astor of England
and since taking over the duties OF
chief of staff of the ed Cavalry Div-
sion. has done much toward building
up the Organized Reserves.
Capt. Ben r. Boon. finance depart
ment of the Army, on duty as proper
~ auditor of the state of Virginia. al
the headquarters Of the corps area
Is in Washington on two months
leave of absence.
Maj. George NJ. Direnderfer. chap
lain. Officers Reserve Corps. is or
dered TO active duty on June and
on that date will report in person 10
he chief of staff for duty and train
Ing.
According to latest regulations OF
me war Department. officers ano
warrant officers may wear riding
boots, both dismounted and mounted
AT all times except when actually or
duty at troops formations under
arms Mounted officers wear boots
at all times Field boots are author.
lzed for wear by officers and warrant
on1cers in inclement weather and il
me neld. This applies TO officers OF
the three components or the Army OF
the United States.
Lieut.. Col. Arthur r. Allen engineer
Q. r. c.. having removed to the gtr
Corps area. is relieved from attach
ment to the 3i3d Engineers. FRS,
Lieut.. Raymond Fl. jackson. Q. NJ
q. K. g. having been transferred
from the Motor Transport Corps &c
the Air Service. Officers Reserve
corps. is relieved from assignment &c
the Soth Division trains and attached
TO the SOth Division air service Sec.
ond Lieut.. Robert J. Madison. IHt. O.
X. C., having removed to the Jtf
'orps area, is relieved from attach.
nlent 10 the 74oth Engineer Battalion
'auX). LIST Corps. Second Lieut.
Charles A. York. Inf. o. r e. having
removed To Ballston. Va. is relieved
from assignment to the 32Oth Infan,
Try and is attached to the 31Sth In.
rantry. Upon the recommendation al
the regimental commando. Capt
Adolph A. DAILY. Inf. o. r. c. is re-
lieved from assignment to the 32otr
infantry end attached thereto.
First Lieut.. Clarence II. PECK .
NJ o. 3. c. is assigned to Motor
TRANSPORT Companv 1856 Sd Corps
VI.
q. f. e., is assigned to Motor Repair
Section 465. Sd Corps First Lieut.
William d. Brown. 4. S. Q. r. e. is
assigned to -4o5th Pursuit Squadron
4th Army. Maj Edward A Keys
Engineers. o. r. c.. is attached TO the
343d Engineers general service). 18th
Corps. Maj; Bruce E Clark. Engineers,
q. r. G. is attached to the 18th
Corps = Engineer headquarters. Sec
ond Eieuts. Paul r: Greenhalgh
= ,,zH1s IL T.. t. l.
all of.the Air Service. @. r. c. are
attached the. 405th Pursuit Squad
ron. Second Lieut.. Arthur l.. Caper-
ton. A. S., Q. r. G.. is attached to the
4f0th Attack Squadron.
The promotion of Capt. Roy F. Bes-
sey. Engineers. o. r. c.. to the grade of
major. Engineers .. r. G.. is announced.
lie will retain his present assignment to
the 34Sd Engineers, 18th Corps. Maj
Edwin G. Eckel. Engineers, %. Il. C.. is
Engineers and is attached thereto.
Capt Joseph A. Walsh Engineers. .. r.
e., is relieved from attachment to the
343d Engineers and is assigned
thereto. Capt. Frederick Q. Boyer.
Engineers .. r. C.. having removed to
assignment to the 343d Engineers,
18th Corps. Second Lieut.. James I.
Burgess. c. A.. O. r. c., having re-
moved to the 9TH Corps area. is re-
lieNeu from attachment to the 10th
Company of Coast Artillery.
The following named officers now
attached to the medical personnel,
317th Reserve Regiment of Infantry.
are assigned thereto: Mai Newton
6. Wilson. Medical, o. r. c.. Ffeldale,
Va. Capt. Samuel Fl. Yokeley. Medical.
o. r. C.. Meadow View Va: First
Lieut.. Robert o. Canada, Dental. o. r.
g.. Grottoes, Va. and First Lieut.
Gayfus B. Davidson. Dental, o. r. c.,
Gate City Va.
Twenty-Five per cent of the Re
serve Army officers in the Sd Corps
area are located in the District Of
Columbia.
Lieut. Col. Elverton L. Fuller. who
is in charge of reserves and the Re
serve Officers Training Corps in the
I'd Corps area, will go TO Fort Ben
ming September Is as student at
the Infantry School there. Mai Earl
y. MetZger. assistant to Col. Fuller
will leave in July and report a Fort
Monroe for duty as student at the
coast Artillery School
Col. Leroy W. Heron. who is in
charge of the local activities Of the
ritizens' military training camps for
this summer. will start drive this
week among the high school cadets
for enrollments. Col. Heron has an
nounced that the courses will consist
as follows: ::
All courses - Demonstrations by
units of various branches Of the serv-
ice. including radio Physical devel-