Evening star., 1924-03-30

Mai. Gen. William H. Hart, quar-
termaster general, will address the
meeting of reserve quartermaster Of
ficers next Tuesday night, in the Ora
ham building. Capt. Clayton Emig is
arranging plans for the care of more
than 400 reserve quartermasters who
are expected to attend this meeting.
Meetings for the week include:
Quartermaster Corps, Tuesday night
I'd Battalion, 31Sth Field Artillery,
Thursday night.
At the last meeting of the quarter
master officers Maj. George Luberof
NJ. NJ. c., L. S. A, on duty at Camp
Meade for the summer training camps,
spoke on Organization, Duties and
master of a Field Army" Lieut.. Col.
John Scott. executive officer for the
Washington units of the Organized
Reserves, spoke on Mobilization
Q. NJ. c., Q. r. c., who is chief clerk
at the headquarters of the I'd Corps
Area, New York, visited Washington
for the purpose of attending the meet
ing. Capt John Rowan, editor of the
QuartermaSter Review, also spoke.
The physicians listed here have vol
unteered to conduct the physical ex-
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didates for the G. NJ. T. c. training
living within the vicinity of their
residences: Coils. l.. II. Reichilderfer,
1I21 Connecticut avenue, and Joseph
Lieut. Coils. B. NJ. Randolph, 2O10 r
street northwest; p NJ. Littlepage,
l015 n street northwest: Thomas NJ.
Foley, 2400 10Th street northwest, and
Club; Majs. James J. kilroy. 103 /
~%-et northwest; II. c. Ya-row, SI4
lth street northwest; Watson w.
Eldridge, 2715 1+th street northwest
Curtis l.. Hall, 290l 10th street north
west; c. NJ. Dollman. The Chastleton;
= w. kemerer. Hygienic Laboratory,
10Th and | streets, and w. A. Frank
land Post Office building; Capts, John
-. Gable, st. Elizabeths Hospital; S.
q. Cousins, 1928 Connecticut avenue;
Q. p. King, 1899 Vermont avenue and
Edward c. Moore, 2O23 Massachusetts
avenue. The Navy recruiting station
and United States public health SER
vice relief station No. 339. Post Office
Department building.
The total aggregate strength of the
national Guard on January 81, 1924
was 163, 261 officers and enlisted men.
This strength was divided among the
following groups: Infantry di-
visions, 115.4l9; corps troops, ll,141:
cavalry division. 12,1SS; other troops.
3.ubl; general headquarters reserve
troops, 1.524; special allotment in
fantry, 12,1O6; fixed coast defense,
$50; state staff. 97s; aggregate,
The five states which have the larg-
est number of enrol!ments are New
York, 1850 PENNSYLVANIA, I1.5O4:
Massachusetts. S.773; Ohio. $3.50. and
Texas, 1,69s. Two states, Arkansas
and New Hampshire, are over their
authoTized strength, the former hav-
ing enrolled 2.2O1. while its 1924 au-
thorizs tion is 1929. while New Hamp
shlre has an aggregate strength of
l,ool, as compared with its 1924 au-
thorlzation of 1901. The state of
Arizona has the lowest percentage of
It's authorized strength. having $40
men on the rolls. whereas its author
lied strength is 2,04S
Through the efforts of Lieut.. Col.
frederlck H. Wagner. ordnance re-
serve. the ordnance department is
sending out a series of ten articles
TO approximately $50 reserve officers
VINO are chemical engineers or who
nave chemical experience on the pro-
curement of basis chemical or ex-
ploslVes. The first of these articles.
which will be forwarded each month
TO these reserve officers from the
office of the chief of ordnance, have
already been sent out The purpose
of sending out these articles is to ac-
quaint reserve officers with the chem
1cal procurement problem and to fur
niSh a source of information to them
Col Wagner is a chemical ensinenr
of national repute, being consulting
engineer of the Bartlett Hayward
Company of Baltimore. who are
manufacturers of gas plants and gas
machinery. Replies to questions are
10 be sent to Col. Wagner
Mrs NJ. NJ. Macomb. widow of Brig.
Gen. NJ. NJ Macomb. has donated much
of the equipment of Cen Macomb to
reserve nf he f.it
tion, Mrs. Macomb plans to donate
some swords and sabe-s that. have
been collected by Gen. Macomb in the
course of his military career These
swords will be draped on the walls of
the local reserve headquarters in the
Graham building, 14th and E streets
northwest. A photograph of Gen.
Macomb will be framed and hung on
one oil the walls in the headquarters.
Following is the list of officers of
the National Guard who are attend
ing the Command and General Staff
School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
which will close on June 10: Brig,
Gems. Willie NJ. Rowan of Kansas and
Robert j. Travis of Georgia, Coils.
Heinrich A. Pickert of Michigan,
George Edward Hegaboom of Missis-
Slppl and John J. Byron of New York .
Lieut. Coils. Elmer G. Meyer of Wis
consin, Henry s. Merrick of Iowa. r.
r. Craighill of Virginia. William E.
Lake OF Texas and Robert G. Douglas
of Nebraska, MajS. Raymond NJ Ches
rldine of Ohio. Reginald w. RuzzelI of
Vermont, Neil \. Snyder of Arkansas.
=. r. Miller of Virginia. H Callender
of California. Sydney H. Cliffe of Mas
sachusetts. Robert Olando Whiteaker
or Texas and Graham K. Hobbs of
North Carolina.
An Identification tag and wrist
Chaln. lost by Brig. Gen. Charles H.
nf
during an advance at St MihieI in
the wooded section of Les Eparees
was recently found by American SOL
dlers engaged in research work and
returned to the former YD brigade
commander. Five years after the
Yankee Divisions spectacular drive
on the Germans in this sector mem
befs or the American graves registra-
chaln in the underbrush at the Grande
Tranche de Calonne, not far from
Hattor- -Chatel, Meuse.
The War Department policies for the
attendance of National Guard and
reserve officers at the service schools
for the school year 1923-24 provided
Tor the attendance at the Army War
College of ten National Guard and
hve reserve officers during the G-1
course of seven weeks. like number
during the G-2 course of eight weeks.
and like number during the ca
course of seven weeks.
Col Leroy Heron commanding the
3l3th Regiment of Field Artillery
has called attention of his officers to
the fact that they must have the gilt
buttons and ornaments before the
summer training camps. Last year ali
officers wore the bronze buttons and
ornaments. This year regulations have
been changed to permit the wearing
of brass buttons. For officers of the
field artillery of the 313th Regim ent
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