Evening star., 1923-07-08
THE CIVILIAN ARMY
BY LIEUT.. STEPHEN F. TILLMAN.
Organized Reserves-National Guard

I The state of New York leads with an
/ enrolment of 20,243
Copies of special regulations 43, for
/ the Officers Reserve Corps, as revised
by the general staff committee. were
! sent to the various corps area COM
manders on July !. After they have
| been reviewed by the area commander
/ they will be returned to the War De-
partment, and it is possible that the
! board will be reassembled for the pur-
| pose of considering suggested changes
! before the regulations are sent to the
Secretary of War and chief of staff
, for final approval.
| Maj. Walter o. Boswell, infantry,
I upon being relieved from the War
College. will be assigned to duty on
! the general staff with the reserve
! officers section G2. His Office will
| be room 39S of the State, War and
Navy building, which will become the
headquarters, it is hoped, for every
| reserve officer who visits Washington.
! The ordnance department of the
| Army will soon have available for
! issue to National Guard field artillery
.S,mm; gS MN, batteries, att supply ,,s Of f
for use in the adapters now furnished
! as sub-caliber equipment with the
/ .30-caliber barrel.
| Service in the National Guard Re-
! serve may not be counted for lon
! gevity increase of pay under section
4
| controller general says:
| The second sentence, section 8, of
| the act of June 10. 1922. defines the
| service which may be counted for
| longevity increase of pay by such
officerS'-that is. officers of the Ma
| tional Guard or of the reserve forces
| of any of the services mentioned in
| the title of act of June 10, 1922, de-
scribed in the first sentence of the
section. The provision for counting
full time for all periods during which
| they have performed active duty un-
| der reserve commissions and with
| one half time for all other periods
during which they have held reserve
| commissions refers to the reserve
| forces of any of the services men
| toned in the title of the act of June
| 10. 1922. and the National Guard is not
| mentioned in the title
Furthermore, the reserve commits
sion contemplated in said section
Is one under which active duty in
the service of the United States NAV
be performed. but this is not equally
, SO of the National Guard reserve.
| An officer of the National Guard
| reserve can be brought into the sery-
| ice of the United States only by draft
! under section Ill of the national de-
| Tense act. and when so drafted he
| does not serve under his commission
| in the National Guard reserve, but
! under an appointment by the Presi-
dent pursuant to the terms of sec
tion III
For some time the militia bureau
has been endeavoring to reduce the
great amount of paper work require d
of National Guard organization com
manders. This not only pertains to
the guard. but the War Department
has appointed a board of officers
whose duty it will be to make recon-
mendations relative to the reduction
of paper work for the regular estab-
l1shment as well. In line with these
endeavors. Lieut.. Col. Theodore
Schultz, on duty in the finance sec
tion of the militia bureau, has pre-
pared new field pay roll, which will
be used for the first time during the
summer encampments. The new paw
rolls will save the organization com
| manders much time
The following reserve field artil-
! Iery officers are on duty at Camu
| Meade with the 9Th Field Artillery as
instructors for the Camp Meade train
ing camp training sector: Lieuts. T III.
Naden, NJ. A. Bradshaw, e. X. Hampel,
| III. r. Simmons. S. A. Vessels. n
| Whitebread and H. p Long.