Evening star., 1923-10-28
THE CIVILIAN ARMY
BY LIEUT.. STEPHEN F. TILLMAN.
Organized Reserves-National Guard

stan: G-2. and as acting assistant
chief OF stan. W. p. D., Of the Sd
Corps Area, during the temporary
absence of Lieut.. Col. John 8. Fair.
general staff. Maj. J. l. Bennett Of
the Quartermaster Reserve; will be
ton, January 2, and to the Army War
College for course OF instruction.
Revised under the supervision Of
Lieut.. Col. Theodore Schultz, finance
department. disbur.ing ofiicer Of the
military bureau, the new. pay roll
covering armory drill {Forms as7 and
ss7a) has been forwarded To the ad.
jutants general Of the states. BY
TO All e1d dasy ncn na d4se ns
duces clerical work to a great ex-
tent In the PREPARATION of these rolls.
the forms have been greatly SIM
plifed.
Approximately fifty ordnance re-
serve officers will be ordered to ac-
tive duty to take training. under the
funds allotted for procurement train
-. inclusive. The training courses
will be held at Rock Island arsenal
for approximately twenty-five ofii-
GERS, while 1t is expected that about
twelve officers each will attend the
instruction at Springfield armory and
Frankford arsenal
Maj. n. d. Mills of the National
Guard, state of Washington, has ar
rived In Washington, D. c., and will
in all probability be assigned to Ga
OF the War Department general staff.
Many former national guardsmen
rioi1 rfom the NE resuia. service; reserve. and
controller general because they
entered the world war otherwise
than through the draft" They were
called upon to refund their longevity
pay to the finance department for the
period from April s. 1917. to July 8.
1918. although 1t was paid to those
who were drafted or mustered In
with the National Guard.
1t will take many years to get the
money returned through the court
ile claim. 1t took until 1918 to
get $500 returned through the court
of claims that WAS deducted from
pay in the Philippines in 1898.
Concerted action will be taken to
hay haye Congress Congress pass Law to- correct
Grams who are affected should send
their names. addresses and amount
involved.
The idea Is to get as many names
oa.s9sIn OF lGrmer Nat Na.ional Guard oficsrs as
men in probably every state who
are financially Interested and who
have a just grievance. They would
get busy with their representatives and
senators and help have a bin passed.
are interested should write Col. J. H.
Farrell. Army and Navy Club, 1850
Lake Shore Drive. Chicago.
received their commissions and also
many of the old-timers are very much
interested in the rumor that the brass
buttons will be substituted for the
bronze ones that are worn on the
olive drab uniform as at present. So
far no official word has been said on
the subject from the War Depart
ment. 1t Is understood, however,
that the War Department is seriously
considering making this change. AS
winter draws near interest Is awaken
ed in overcoats for the reserve off,
GERS. There is a sample overcoat and
officers riding boots, complete, in the
local reserve headquarters, third floor
of the Graham building, which show
just what the proper equipment 10.
They can be purchased by any offlcer
inter ested. At the present time there
is only the one pair of boots and
overcoat.
The insignia for r. o. T. C. mem
bers, according to Changes 9, Special
Regulations A.. are as follows: For
those at distinguished college, q
star of blue cloth one inch in diam
eter. one inch above the shield de-
scribed in paragraph 72, Special Reg
ulations A. At honor military
schools the star Is Of white cloth, and
at honor high schools star of red
cloth. When the coat Is not worn the
star may appear. at the discretion Of
the institution, on the right sleeve
of the uniform shirt, six inches above
the bottom edge and outside middle
OF sleeve.
Reserve officers Of the S0th Division
who attended the summer training
camp received a check for $2.25 last
Monday. This is a refund from the
mess fund Of the camp. Each officer
paid $26.25 for his mess during the
two weeks. When the camp closed
1t was found that sufficient fund
was on hand to rebate $2.25 to each
officer.
The last call for former officers Of
the Army to affiliate with the Officers'
Reserve Corps without examination
has been made for the Army. All
former commissioned officers who
wish commissions in the Organised
Reserve must place their applications
before November IL. 1923. After that
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