Evening star., 1924-03-23

Reserve officers of the Sd Battalion.
320th Infantry, will meet Tuesday
night at the Graham building, and the
reserve officers of the I'd Battalion,
320th Infantry, will meet Thursday
night at the same place.
AS a result Of an Investigation con-
Quoted by the War Department to de-
termine the cause for the failure of
reserve officers to accept reappointment
in the Officers Reserve Corps, II is
alleged that the following reasons are
held accountable:
with the reserve officers, due to the
lack of sufficient regular Army off,
GERS for duty as executives of the re-
serve units, and to the lack of trans
portation facilities for those who are
detailed as executives, is the conten-
ton Of the War Department. 1t is
found that wherever an aggressive,
energetic and tactful Regular Army
officer is on duty as an executive oin-
Ger and who eNpends part of his
personal funds in the discharge of
his official duties, the proportion OF
acceptances of reappointmentsi reach
from IS to 80 per cent.
Lack of interest on the part of the
reserve officers, which is due, accord
ing to the War Department, to the
lack of personal contact as stated;
however, many reserve omcers are
not accepting reappointments. having
accepted OTlSl lildl StppoiAlIhciS ~ IA N't'
reserve in order to obtain thelr
prompt discharge from their emer-
gency commission at the CONCLUSION
of the world war. They are now tax
ing this opportunity to sever their
completion completely with the Re-
serve Corps.
Some reserve officers are of the
opinion that their business actlvlties
prohibit their devoting sufl1cient tllne
to reserve affairs which will enable
them to obtain and maintain EN-
cheney. And then some officers, nav
ling been married since accepting their
original commissions, now ma IL ln-
convenient to continue these commits
sions, influence of the woman mem
bers of the families causing the re-
serve officers to withdraw from enili-
tary activities. This influence is
brought to bear by those women who
through the woman's clubs by such
agitation as that being fostered by
the Society for the Prevention or
War, contend the War Department.
This society has succeeded in many
cases. in obtaining individual agree
ments from woman'S clubs to prevent
as many as possible from participat-
ing in warlike activities. The cam
paign is now being carried into the
public schools, especially in the state
of Michigan and probably in other
states, where children are being IN
duced to take an oath to participate
in no warlike activities.
Many officers give as their reason
for the non-acceptance that they have
not been promoted, although they
have been in the reserve corps Tor
five years. In existing regulations 1t
is permitted for the promotion OF any
reserve officer who is enough inter-
ested in military activities to take
the time to prepare himself for the
promotion desired.
The S1sth and 32oth regiments of
infantry and the 313th regiment OF
field artillery, S0th division. will be
ordered to training camp this year
from August ! to IS. The training
will be at Camp Meade, Md. This is
the first time in the history of the
Organized Reserves that units have
been ordered to camp. The S13th
Field Artillery and the 320th Infan-
try are from the District of Columbia
and the 319th Infantry is in Virginia
Col. Leroy Heron, who commands the
artillery regiment. desires that all of
his officers attend the camp, if pos
sible. Other reserve field artillery
officers will be attached to this regi-
ment for their training. OF the or
CARNATIONS that are of the 80th Di-
vision, the 313th Field Artillery is
the only artillery regiment selected