Evening star., 1924-04-27

| District of Columbia. The prize vii, be
given by the book department. Quarter
master Association.
A citizens military training camp
will be established at the Ohio state
range. Camp Perry, from August 80
to September 20. to enable team
from the citizens military training
camps in each corps area TO attend the
Small Arms School and participate in
| the National Rifle Association matches
and the national match.
The personnel of the teams attend
ing this camp will consist of fifteen
graduates of the basic, red, white
and blue courses who volunteer, who
are of markedly good character, who
indicate the possession of a sense of
responsibility. and the ability to be-
come proficient as instructors in rifle
practice. one member may be selected
from Regular Army candidates az Il
non-shooting member TO command the
team and be in charge Gf admin ist RI :
tive details, hut no other members Of
the team will be selected from can
didates who are members of the
Regular Army or the National Guard.
Two members may be selected from
the members of the team which com
peted in the national matches III
1928 No other candidate will be
selected for the team who have pre-
Yiously been shooting members of a
national match team of any kind.
| The squads selected will report ON
August 80, at Camp Perry. Ohio, to
attend the Small Arms Firing school
ana TO participate in the National
Rine Association matches and the ma
tlonal matches. The school will he
gin on September l.
There will he two more meetings
ior the 3l3th Regiment of ri id Al :
| tillery on its present schedule. aC-
cording to Col Heron. May Is the
subject of the conference Will be
Biac kboard Firing" and June 10. 1t
will be Map Problem"
With the opening of the Citizens
Military Training Camp of the Sd
Corps Area set for July |, headouar-
tiers OF the S0th Division has an
nounced that approximately 500 Iir-
ginlans can still procure admission
by prompt application. To .1ara 1876
men within the prescribed age limits
nave sent in their applications for the
places assigned Virginia at this yeas
camp.
Among the most difficult problems
! the general staff committee has been
called upon to solve in the considera-
tion of the revision of the reserve
officers regulations are the provisions
| governing appointment of officers to
| the non complaint branches. There
Is a general agreement that in the
combat branches, other than those
with war service, all original appoint
mentS should be in the grade of Sec
| ond lieutenant. In the staff and non
comhatant branches it is recognized
that a different condition exists
The general STAFF committee has
drawn up several provisions with a
View to restricting the appointment
to the higher grade in the non-com-
blatant branches. 1t is pointed out
that in the event of war, the Presi-
dent and Secretary of War should be
protected from political pressure 10
appoint to non-combatant branches
prominent men without any special
qualifications for service. AT the
same time, it is recognized that high
railway officials and men of special
attainments for staff work cannot
be asked TO accept a second lieuten-
ancy. The authorities in the War
Department know just what they
want in this respect. but up to this
time they have not been able 10
draw up a provision in the revision
of the regulations which Will meet
the situation. The committee expects
to have the regulations ready for
publication before the opening Of