Evening star., 1923-07-22

will be routed to and acted upon iit
the several branches or divisions OIL
the War Department general stan, ae-
cordng to their subject matter, as Is
now the case with papers pertaining
to the Regular Army.
Reserve, including National Guard,
officers on duty with the war Depart.
ment general staff, under the ACT OF 1
June A. 1920, will be permanently as
signed as follows: Two to G-l, SIX 10
Ga and two to Ga. In each of these
divisions they will be assigned as
working members of branches deallng
particularly with National Huaro anu
reserve problems.
Reserve officers needed in G-Z ana
the war plans divisions on committFsf
charged with the preparation OF POI
icies and regulations affecting tne
matters mentioned in the law Will
be furnished upon request Waue Wy
Enose two divisions to the secretary
o. the general staff.
A newly Joined reserve offcer VIII
be given copies of the lectures deltV-
cred at the Army War College by the
chiefs of the various divisions or
branches of divisions of the war De-
partment general staff on the 1unc-
tioning of the various SUBDIVISIONS OIL
the general staff, copy OF the ma
tional defense act as amended anu
such other publications as the chlef OF
branches or divisions to which tney
are detained may utell
After he has familiarized himself
with these documents and has been
instructed under charge of the chlef
of the branch to which he may oe
assigned. in the kind or prop.ens
handled by and the procedures OF his
own division of the general stan, ne
will be introduced in the other dlVi-
sions with which he will come in con-
tact.
All of the reserve. including Na~
rJ of duty au
ditional members of the War Depart
ment general staff, - have been con-
stituted into the National Guard ana
reserve committee, which Is charged
with passing upon questions with re-
gard to which the War Department.
may desire their combined views and
with initiating recommendations OF
their own.
officer on the War Department gen
eral staff will be given chance TO
comment upon all papers which de-
clare or change important pollcleS relat-
ing directly to the citizen componentS
of the Army. This may be done either
at meeting OF the committee or by
furnishing them the paper in ques-
ffSn. Steps will be taken. however,
to avoid undue delay in obtaining
comment or concurrence.
1t is expected that reserve officers
will consult freely among themselves
about their work, to the end that by
comparing local difficulties and view
points a solutions may be reached
meeting the requirements OF all parts
of the country.
This years national matches at
Camp Perry, Ohio. will be the great
est shoot fest that the world has
ever seen. The milelone firing line
will be alive with rihemen from all
over the world competing for the
honors The service teams are golnS
- ,t ,t-ff u wi p N
big events. The matches will include
the infantry team match for the in
fantry trophy. the National Rihe As
sociation military rifle and pistol and
free rifle matches, the National Rifle
Association small-bore matches. the
International Small-bore match and
the international free rifle match aAd
individual matches. The historical
Palma match will probably be revised
again this year. Non-SerVice shooters
must be members of the National
Rifle Association before they may fire
In the matches, but arrangements
have been made for joining after ar
rival at Camp Perry. This opens up
the field for any American who wants
to attend.
Mai R. f. B. Mckinney. infantry.
Officers Reserve Corps, has been pro-
moted from captain and is relieved
from assignment to the 320th Infan
try and is attached to 319th Infantry.
Second Lieut.. Jesse NJ. Huntington.
infantry, Officers Reserve Corps. is
relieved from attachment to the 31sth
Infantry SECOND Lieut.. William NJ.
Laughton, infantry. Officers Reserve
Corps. now attached to the S0th Dtvi-
sion, is relieved from attachment to
the 320th Infantry and is attached to
the 319th Infantry.
Capt. Watson b. Miller. quarter
master, Officers Reserve Corps, and
Arthur p. Fenton. duartermaster.
Officers Reserve Corps, are attached
to the S0th Division Trains. Capt.
Karl l.. Belt. infantry, Officers Re
serve Corps. and Earl c. Lane, infan
try, Officers Reserve Corps, are at
tached to the 35Oth Ammunition
Train. Capt. Byron Price. infantry.
Officers Reserve Corps, has been re-
lieved from, assigned to and is at
tached to headquarters of the 160th
Infantry Brigade.
The following Washingtonians have
received commissions as reserve Of
ficers of the Army of the United
States: Frank f. Locke as lieutenant
colonel in the Quartermaster Officers
Reserve Corps and Louis E. Montfort
as a major in the Judge Advocate
Officers Reserve Corps.
First Lieuts. Harry A. Campbell
and Leslie c. Greene of the infan-
try, Officers Reserve Corps, have
been assigned to the 32Oth Infantry
for duty and training. Second Lieut..
Arthur c. Keith, field artillery, Of
ficers Reserve Corps. has been. as
signed to the 313th Field Artillery
Regiment. Maj. Robert G. Merrick,
field artillery. Officers Reserve Corps
now attached to the 313th Field Ar
tillery has been assigned thereto
instead.
Lieut.. Col. Augustine Mcintyre, as
sistant to the chief of field artillery
last week made an inspection of tht
Reserve Officers Training Corps and
the Civilian Motor Transport Corps
summer training activities at Camp
Meade. Maj. Charles S. Blakely, ex-
ecutive officer of the chief of field
artillery, has left the city for a two
activities at Camp Knox, Ky. where
Reserve officers Training Corps, Ci-
william Motor Transport Corps and
Organized Reserve units are under
going their summer training.
A reorganization of the office of
chief of infantry has been made. The
new arrangements provide for a sec
tion in the Office that will parallel
each of the five divisions of the War
Department general staff. The new
organization will greatly facilitate
the handling of business in the office,
for whenever paper or problem
comes down from a division of the
War Department it goes dirert to
the section that Is charged with the
handling of it. The chiefs of sections
will be able to keep in direct liaison
with their corresponding divisions of
the War Department.
Maj. c. P. DAILY, of the ouartermas-
ter Corps, who has been on duty as
assistant director in charge of the
supply division of the Veterans
Bureau, has resumed his duties in the