Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15

= Onicers' Reserve Corps and the Citizens
Military Training Corps; News s .of az
branches OF the Army Of the United states.)
Third Battalion Of the 320th Re-
serve Infantry Regiment Will meet
Friday evening.
Three Hundred and Thirteenth Re-
serve Regiment of field artillery Will
meet Thursday evening.
Through the efforts OF Capt. r. f.
B. McKenny. secretary-treasurer OF
/. the Reserve Officers Association, the
members of the District Of Columbia
department of the association, OF
which Col Leroy T. Heron is presi-
dent, will have the opportunity to
attend the series of lectures at the
be held in the evening, which Will
enable reserve officers on duty In
Washington to attend. Col. HERON
has cordially invited all officers to
attend these lectures.
Great difficulty Is being experienced
In filling the quota Of infantry off,
GERS to attend the Command and
4 General Staff School for the courses
| OF 1924. with special reference to
the group of officers who will not
| have passed their thirty-ninth birth
day September l of this year. This
group composes 60 per cent of the
entire class All applicants must be
of the field grade. This affords an
proper qualifications to make per-
sonal application at this time. Infor-
nation concerning application. which
should be made through military
chAnnels, will be found in paragraph
! OF Circular Is. War Department.
Names of American railway systems
VIII hereafter appear in the military
designations of battalions of railroad
ed as part of the organized reserves
or the Army of the United States.
Under the new plan employees Of the
various systems who enroll in the
battalfons would answer a call to COL
ors under the command of men who
direct their work in time of peace.
ana the units would carry with them
into active service the teamwork de-
Veioped during years Of association
and the names Of the railroads from
which they came.
the plan was suggested to the War
department by Lieut. Col. w. G. Arm
or the Illinois Central railroad who
nolds a reserve commission and who
was In France with the 18th Engi-
neers (Railway). Previously the re-
serve program called for organiza-
ton OF the railway units by corps
area and without regard to the rail-
road systems. the battalions to be
filled UP with men of railway ex-
perience as they might apply. The
new plan relieves the railway bat
talfons from corps area restrictions.
the personnel to be drawn from the
enure railway system to which the
ton already has been started in this
corps area.
Each battalion will include three
companies. One will be composed of
maintenance men and the
third OF maintenance. of equipment
men. IT is expected that the divi-
sional superintendent will accept
command of the battalion with the
rank Of major. The trainmaster COM
mands the operating company, with
the rank Of captain, and his assistant
and the terminal trainma sters will be
1ieutenants The division engineer
will command the maintenance-of-
Lieutenant The division master me-
chanic commands the maintenance-of-
equipment company. Enlisted per-
sonnet for each company would be
! In event of mobilization not more
Y than per cent Of the necessary tech
hical personnel would be withdrawn.
thus preventing shortage Of skilled
men on the road itself.
study of the whole question Of
army demonstration in connection
with this summers training camps is
being made by the general staff
Lieut. Col. Robert II. Pearson, who
has charge of the welfare work for
the Army. is collecting data on the
subject There is a belief on the
part of some of the officers that army
demonstrations. not only in the train
Ing camps. but at stated periods dur
ing the year by various units, would
not only popularize the service but
would prove of benefit to the morale
of the Army.
No better example of the complete
harmony and cooperation existing
between the three components Of the
service could be given than that Of
the joint review Of the 18th Regular
Infantry and the National Guard
troops of New York recently held in
New York city. More than 5000
spectators were present.
Sergeant instructors of the regular
Army on duty with the various units
of National Guard troops no longer
will be paid allowances for heat and
light.
Maj. Henry T. Bull. in charge of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps ac-
tivities of the office of the chief
of cavalry, ha returned to Wash
fugton from cSeven-week ma
tion-wide inspection of cavalry activi-
ties. He reports that everything is
generally in a satisfactory condition
among the cavalry units of the Re-
serve officers Training Corps. At the
present time the main deficiency In
the Reserve Officers Training Corps