Evening star., 1924-10-12
THE CIVILIAN. ARMY
BY LIEUT.. STEPHEN r. 7ILLMlN.
Reserves Guard,

One OF the most promising younger
majors in the infantry reserve in
Washington is Maj. Bryon r. Patton,
who was selected as the commanding
officer Of the 1st Battalion. 10th
United States Infantry, for Defense
day. and who will continue to COM
mand that battalion in the new policy
Of things.
Maj. Patton is the chief of the in
forma ton and cooperation division
OF the United States Veterans Bureau.
Part OF his military service was spent
overseas with the LIST Division. He
Is an infantryman Of fighting ability.
The surgeon general, impressed
with the increasing number Of va
cancies occurring In the Army Medi-
ing qualified candidates. has address,
ed letters to the heads of leading
medical schools requesting aid In OBJ
tanning graduated students who may
prove able to pass the. required ex
animation for appointment to COM
mission. 1t is suggested that each
year there be selected one Of the
best senior students of suitable type
and that he be Influenced in every
proper way to decide upon the Army
Medical Corps as q career.
II an Reserve Officers Training
Corps unit exists at the school the
medical officer on duty there will be
or great assistance in making a
proper selection. II every dean or
president OF class A medical school
in the country will undertake 10 do
this it is believed it will be possible
to obtain SO or 20 candidates for the
corps annually. Presuming that the
student selected is physically fit, the
xIilI hn al fn nhf hfoi I, n
whole number selected sufficient well
qualified candidates to keep the corps
filled to the maximum strength now
authorized by law. There are now 46
vacancies.
, Assignment to active duty Of two
reserve officers of the Dental Corps
tin l.. kennebec, a brother OF Capt.
G.. r. Kennebec OF the Regular Corps,
on duty in the dental division of the
surgeon generals office. and who is
assigned to Walter Reed Hospital.
The other is Lieut.. Paul S. Wilson,
assigned to the Letterman Hospital.
Three reserve officers have under
gone the two weeks training in the
office OF the chief of infantry during
the past two months. These officers
are assigned to the office by War
Department orders and would be
called to active duty Immediately in
case of an emergency. Lieut. Col.
W. r. Kennedy of the faculty of Gull
yer Military Academy, has just fn-
ished his tour of duty in the war
plans section Of that Office.
has been relieved of duty with the
He was the executive officer Of the
343rd Regiment of Engineers. Maj.
xenophon H. Price. U. S. A, will as
sumo this duty. Both officers are of
the Corps. of Engineers. Maj. Will
liam CoveH. Assistant Engineer Com
missioner of the District of Column
ba, will also perform troop duty
with the local National Guard.
The following officers have been
attached to the 314th Field Artillery
for training and Institutional pur-
poses only: First Lieut.. Arthur L.
Smith. chaplain, Offcers' Reserve
Corps: Second Lieuts. Albert S.
Briggs. jr.. Robert D. Budd, jr.,-Jesse
W. Caldwell. James L. Clarkson,
Solon B. Coleman. Howard D. Coyner,
Sidney p. Foster. Samuel G. Harriss,
jr., James r. Jackson, Thomas D.
Neal, Meade W. Pennybacker, Harry
w. Porter and Joseph c.. Powell, all
Field Artillery reserve officers.
The following infantry officers have
been attached to the 31sth Infantry
for training and instructional pur-
poses only: Capts. Arthur S. Bell,
Daniel L. Coulbourne, John F. Hall
and Boyd w. Perkins; Second Lieuts.
John L. Boatwright, Louis " En-
berger, Robert E. Graham, James
Dew. Hankins. Albert S. Johnson,
T. McGraw, Griffith J. McRee, Gilbert
T. Owens, Whitney NJ. Perkinson,
James NJ. Roberts, Paul Dew. Sleeper,
Harry Smith, Marshall L. Ware,
George B. Williams and William p.
Williams.
Reserve officers of the Srd Corps
Area are very much interested in
who will be the commanding general
Of the training camp for 1925. Ru-
NOR has il that Brig. Gen. Harold b.
Fiske will not command Camp Meade
this year, as he is about due for
foreign service. Much as the reserve
and regulars will miss him, Gen. Fiske
has no choice in the matter: he must
go. The names of TWO brigadier gen.
erals have been mentioned in this
connection. Gems. w. D. Conner and
T. Q. Donaldson. Col. Donaldson will
be appointed brigadier general early
in January. Col. Donaldson is cav
alryman by training, but has been
on duty here in Washington for sew
eral years with the general staff.
1t is. expected that enlisted men of
the Regular Army units and the en-
listed reservists who go to Camp
Meade in 1925 will occupy tents.
With the exception OF the wooden
buildings for the camp headquarters
and those quarters for officers, the
wooden dwellings Of the camp, will
be torn down and tents used instead.
This means that no doubt the candf-
dates Of the r. o. r. C. and c. MT. c.
next year will sleep under canvas.
Col. Charles d. Young of the En-
eineer. Reserve has been ordered to
active duty here: Maj. W. D. Brinck-
loe to Washington for training under
the constructing Quartermaster; Maj.
=. A. Walton to Washington for
training: First Lieut.. T. H. Reavis to
training under the commanding officer
of the Washington general intermedi-
ate depot; Maj. c. H. Briscoe, 1nfan-
try Reserve, has been ordered to
Washington for training.
A rather comprehensive plan for
the appointment Of brigadier gen.
erals and major generals in the ON.
GERS Reserve Corps Is provided in
the revised Reserve Corps regulations,
now known as Army Regulations
140-15, for general officers They
cover all features of the Reserve
Corps, setting forth that all grades
authorized in the Reserve Corps are
from second lieutenant to major
general.
The same general principles under
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