Evening star., 1924-05-18


Col. Oliver Dockery. ter reserve OFF,
GERS will meet
Tuesday night in the Graham build
ing. and End Battalion. S2oth Infan-
try, Thursday night. The assistance
| Of all reserve officers has been asked
| by Col. Leroy Heron and Lieut. Col
John Scott in the final drive for can
| didates for the c. NJ. T. c. camp.
There will be eight reserve infantry
and one engineer reserve ofhcer OF
the s0th Division allotted to the c. M.
T. c.. training camp this year, accord
ing to word just received from Rich
mond. Combat officers or experience
junior officers especially preferred.
| will be selected for this duty.
The officers selected by the corps
area commander will be ordered TO
| course, in preparation for their du-
ties as c. NJ T. C. instructors during
| the period of June 16 to 80. and Will
enter upon their duties as instructors
80. For each officer selected as prin-
cipal there will be three officers Sc
lected or recommended as alternates-
A recently constructed large swim
ming pool has been provided at Camp
Meade for the boys going to the camp
| this year. This will be one OF the
attractive features OF the encamp-
ment. Lieut. w. F. Breidster. U. s. A,
srd Corps Area athletic omcsr. WIN
| tivities.
Steps are being taken by Col Le-
roy Heron, 313th Field ao! A~rnlery' ~
Col Glendie B; Young, saotn aa,1t;ys MANI.
officer, for the drive on Enlisted Re
serve Corps membership. In an
nouncing the campaign Col. Scott
said:
| paper army but that which prevents
the national defense act from be-
coming a scrap of paper Today,
| under the act, there are more tnan
| 5000 citizens of the country who are
Corps and who are actively engaged
| in making this act the great insur-
ance policy of the nation.
| 'It has often been said that the
| non-commissioned officer is the back
bone of the Army. That this is to
| great extent true is borne out by the
| fact that in assembling the skeleton
| of the Organized Reserves the War
department considered it necessary
to enlist the commissioned off,
GERS and specialists, that the anatom-
| ical structure of the organization
might be complete.
'"The regulations governing the
Enlisted Reserve Corps contain pro-
|
of the country who realize that upon
| them falls the responsibility Of the
nations security. The enlisted men
Of the world war are not asked to
come into the Reserve Corps at the
bottom. but may start where they
grade honorably held by them during
the war. Indeed, only men qualified
| to enlist as on-commissioned officers
| or specialists may be enlisted at this
l rr,LN n3xr
| fit them for certain grades and ratings
| may be enlisted and promoted thereto.
ITO those who are not in the re-
serve corps 1t is we'll to say that
serve officer. who will be mono other
than a fellow citizen of your home
town, remember that that officer is
| looking for a good non-com or first
sergeant technical or staff sergeant
or some other high-rated man. The
for only fifteen days per year for train
ing; however, it is not the policy of
the War Department to call any man
for summer training il he certifies
that this would interfere with his
civilian pursuits
Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth.
chief of infantry. has obtained the
the issue Of machine gun parts to be
used by infantry regiments as com
munication carts. Each brigade
headquarters company will receive
two carts for carrying radio equip
ment and one cart for carrying tele-
phone equipment Each regiment will
be issued one cart for regimental
headquarters company to carry tele-
phone equipment and one cart to
carry radio equipment Each battalion
will receive one cart to transport
telephone equipment
Definite arrangements have been
made for the annual national conven-
tion of the Reserve oficers' Associa-
tion of the United States. according
to an announcement just received
from the national headquarters The
po oetobeT w e. Ds hs1d and ss In eom
munication from Lieut.. Col. Fred B.
Ryons, engineer reserve, the national
secretary, attention has been called
that state Departments should 9. no hold
thirty days before the national con-
ventfon. Gen. John F. Pershing.
chief Of staff, has accepted an tnvt-
tation to address the Cleveland con-
field. president Of the Reserve ON
GERS Association Of the United States,
will preside at the convention.
William Knowles Cooper, secretary
Of the Y. M. c. A, addressed the last
meeting Of the Washington c. M T. c.
Club, in the Graham building. He
spoke on the need of religion and
mentioned the fact that the best
military leaders of the country were
those who read the Bible. Capt Clay
ton Emig, a reserve officer OF the
Quartermaster Corps, opened the meet
ing.
Brig. Gen. Charles Martin. on duty
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