Evening star., 1924-02-24
THE CIVILIAN ARMY
BY LIEUT.. STEPHEN F. TILLdAN.
az chairman Of the department or.
ganization, viii direct the Campaign
Organized Reserves--National Guard

az chairman of the department or
ganization, will direct the campaign.
Infantry changes Firs. Lieut.
ieorge Il. Ergelhart. who has moved
from Washington. has been relieved
from assignment to the Soth Dr.
vision and, reasstgned 70 tho 32oth
Infantry; First Lieut.. Harold s.: Ir-
win has been relieved from assign
reassigned to the sa0th Infantry;
First Lieut.. Lucian NJ Totaro Of Bal.
timore has been Assigned to tho seth
Military Police Company Of the Soth
Division; Second Lieut.. Bradford L
burnside Of Hyattsvtlle. Nd. who
has been attached TO the s0th d.
vision. has been ordered attached to
the 320th Infantry.
Field artillery changes-Capt. Frank
G. Smith Of the Medical Officers
Reserve Corps has been assigned to
the Slsth Field Artillery. soth Division.
Air service changes--The promo
ton OF First Lieut.. Carl &. 10th TO
the grade OF captain Of air service.
Officers' Reserve Corps. has been an
rounced. His attachment TO the s0th
Division afr service is continued in
effect.
War Department plans for the 1924
summer training camps. recently
made oublic. disclose that 4e.do0
students between the ages OK seven.
teen and twenty-four Will be enroll.
rssTen ae sa the 1Gt
training camps. which ouea in all
Army cr -ps areas on August I.
These camps offer thirty-day
course in outdoor training TO Tolun-
, teer candidates who can measure up
To the moral and physical standards
set by the War Department. ALI ex-
penae Is borne by the government
instruction is divided into -four
groups. designated as the basic, red
white and blue courses: In the basic
course only the elementary drills are
to be taught. athletics and citizen
ship studies receiving the principal
attention. But students In the ad-
vanced classes may specialize in In
fantry, cavalry, engineers or Other
branches Of the service.
As result Of experiments at the
1929 camps important changes TO &c
iLto effect at the camps this year
appear in the War Department an
have attended previous Citizens Mill
tary Training Corps camps. Will &c
into the ranks with the regulars
drilling. hikfnE and shooting along
side seasoned veterans. These youths
however, will occupy quarters snf
nf CitiZens' Military Training Corp:
candidates.
Reserve officers who are specialists
in various fields are TO be called to
active duty for much of the non
military studies this year. the troop.
Of the ReGuiar Army being used
, largely for drill instruction and field
maneurers.
Reserve officers of the sostt Cavalry
held their meeting IN the GRAHAM
building, with Col. George II. Baird.
executive officer Of the regiment,
present from Baltimore. The subject
of the study period was Cavalry
Troop In Training and Action
airy were explained in detail by Col
Baird. Headquarters Of the 3eGth
Cavalry. excepting that squadron In
the District of Columbia, Is IN the
Howard Street Armory. Baltimore, Md.
Protests are being filed at the War
Department from numerous chaplaiAs
OF the Officers Reserve Corps agains,
the present regulations pertaining TO
the uniform which fail 70 permit those
It Is pointed out that all other orti-
GERS wear this indication OF the rank
they hold and that the provision In .
cludes the Army nurses, who hold
only relative rank. II IS evident that
the reserve officers IN the Chaplain
officers Reserve Corps entertain con
siderable feeling on this subject, and
| II Is understood that the cause of the
complaint VIII De maze the OcCdSlOn
of spirited communications to the
Secretary of War. Many d!sttn guish-
ed clersymen are now officers In the
Reserve Corps, and they make no
| concealment of their Indignation over
what they frankly declare Is an In
vidious distinction against them Ia
the service.
The following officers OF the Ma
tional Guard and Reserve Corps, VINO
are pursuing the course at the Army
War College. recently spent two
days in the various sections Of the
Office of the adjutant general OF the
Army for purposes OF instruction
Mai. J. L. Bennett. Q. r. c., of Arnold,
Md; Lieut.. Col. Sheppard Crumps. ~
G.. Of Glen Allen. Va: Lieut. Col.
Henry Dickinson, n. G., Of Nashville.
! Tenn; Col. William n. Donohue, 0.
l. G., of Minneapolis, Mimi: Maj
John f. Fisher, .. r. C., of Beatrice,
| Ncb.: Maj Charles K. Gjedsted, y. G.,
! Of Salem, Greg: Lieut.. Col. George L.
Hamilton, O. r. c., Of Jamestown,
r.. l.: Col. Thomas s. Hammond. n. g..
| of Chicay go, ILL.,; Col. II. T. Johnson,
! n. C., OF Montpelier. VT; Col. j. VI
| Leanan. n. e., Of IIarrisburg. Pa.;
| of Jefferson City. Mo; Brig. Gen
Morris z. Payne, n. e., of New Lon
con, Conn: Lieut.. Col. 4. II. Stchter-
mann. Q. r. G.. OF Columbvs, Ohio
| Wilmington, Del.