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II Will become necessary 1orN tne
states retaining this surplus infantry
TO recruit additional troops If they
are to complete the National Guard
allotments which have been assigned
70 them. II at any time any of the
National Guard divisions require men
VINO are serving in surplus infantry
regiments the view is held in certain
quarters that a conversion OF such
units into other arms will be diff
cult matter to avoid. This occurred
IN the mobilization of the National
Guard in 1917 and II is not desirable
10 repeat such an experience.
Second Lieut.. Julian ]. Evans, in
Iantry, organized Reserve Corps, for
merly living in the District, having
removed to the 1st Corps Area Is re-
divisional group. Capt. Sheldon S.
Jones. quartermaster, Organized Re-
serve Corps, having removed from the
district of Columbia to the I'd Corps
Area is relieved from attachment to
Ihe non divisional group. First Lieut..
William r. Ward. jr., field artillery.
ofncers' Reserve Corps, having re-
moved from the District to the 9Th
Corps Area is relieved from assign
ment to the non-divisional group.
An elaborate system of instruction
and training for the Officers Reserve
corps 1s provided in the tentative
1orm OF the new regulations now in
the hands of the corps area COM
manders for study and recommends
tions. 1t is the evident purpose Of
the general staff committee which
reYised the regulations to open the
way to reserve officers for promotion
10 the higher grades. To do this.
however, 1t is recognized that re-
serNists must take the proper courses
of instruction. Both the regular and
the National Guard are to be utilized
IN thc course of instruction.
Among the new features are some
PROVISIONS by which reserve officers,
other than equipment and the use of
quarters. can serve with the Regular
Army units. The correspondence
courses as well as field instruction
ana lectures are part of the system
designed to prepare reserve officers
for promotion.
Tentative provisions which apply to
the instruction and training of re-
serve officers include the following:
/. The training Of reserve officers
assignment groups will be directed by
the Assistant Secretary of War or the
chief OF activity concerned, for the
purpose of preparing every officer to
function in his emergency duty. Upon
the approval Of the War Department,
the conduct of training may be
placed under Il CorpS area commander,
employing the facilities available in
the corps area; (2) reserve officers
holding commissions in the National
Guard and reserve officers assigned TO
the National Guard for expansion to
war strength Will be trained with Ma
tional Guard units under provisions OF
the regulations for the National
Guard; t3) the training OF the reserve
officer assigned to a Regular Army
unit will be directed toward making
him an efficient member OF the unit
to which he Is assigned. Under the
direction of department or corps area
commanders, commanding officers OF
Regular Army units will be respon-
sible for the training of reserve Off
GERS assigned to their units. The
training will >bc conducted similarly
to that outlined herein for the officers
of the Organized Reserves; 4) the
training of officers of the Organized
Reserves will be directed toward (a)
individual training to keep all officers
prepared to perform emergency duty
in their present grades; (A2) individ-
ual training to prepare asptrantS for
promotion to the next higher grade;
tA3) individual training to perform
officers for assignment to the General
staff eligible list.
tB) Unit training TO prepare all
officers to function efficiently In the
reception, organization, equipping and
training OF the personnel assigned to
their units for expansion to war
strength.
10l. Specifications Of minimum
training requirements for each COM
missioned grade will be published by
the War Department in accordance
with the principles outlined in Army
regulations csc: these specifications
will serve as guides for the training
of officers to maintain efficiency in the
present grades or to prepare them for
promotion to the next higher grade.
102. The following training means
are available: For individual training
% courses of instruction at troop
10 correspondence school
courses for officers Of each branch.
similar to basic course and special
service school courses: CD special cor
school courses for each
branch; () special courses at special
service schools: 90 command and
staff course in correspondence
schools based on the course of in
StruCtion at the command and gen.
cral staff school; (6) parts of the
course of instruction at the Army War
% all courses of instruction
at special and general service schools;
CO active duty with a unit of the
Regular Army, or with the consent Of
the proper state officials, of the Ma
tional Guard for practice in the tech
nique and tactics of 4 branch OF the
service; CD duty on inactive status
with a unit of the Regular Army, or
with the consent Of. the proper state
duty as instructor at citizens military
training camps; GD duty. active or
inactive. at special assemblies of re-
serve officers for individual training
In the technique or tactics of a branch
of the service. especially in the case
of a non-combatant branch; G2) duty
on various boards of officers, in gen.
eral on inactive status.
(B) For unit training: GD Troop
schools. camps or other unit assem-
blies for practical instruction. at
which the unit participates in tactical
exercises or the solution Of other
military problems involving the func-
tioning of the unit; t2) service of a
unit of Organized Reserves with a
similar Regular Army unit. each in
dividuaI of the reserve unit perform
ing duties of his grade in the organi-
zation of the Regular Army to which
the unit is assigned.
November IL the opportunity to
officers who saw service in the world
war to obtain comm isslons in the
Organized Reserves will expire and
thereafter all new officers will have
to come in in the grade of second
lieutenant at the bottom of the list
Every effort is being made by officers
of the Army on duty with the civilian
components of the Army of the United
States to make eligibles acquainted
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