Evening star., 1924-06-22
ARMY.

been given TO the services. The
course is of nine months duration,
beginning September Is and conclud-
ing June Is. A total of 1920 hours
is devoted to the schools program
which includes military organization,
orders, staff duties, topography, ad-
mnistration. procurement of supplies,
law, financing and accounting, con-
duct of war, office and plant organi-
zation, military history, methods of
training and equitation.
In the course for warrant officers
and non issioned officers 1854
hours are given over to the following
subjects: Inspection, procurement,
orders, administration, military or
ganization, office Organization. finance
and accounting, salvage, transpoTta-
tion, warehouSing, distribution and
issue, construction and typewriting.
A total of 2f6 hours is devoted to
the course for reserve officers and the
National Guard, embracing the fol-
lowing subjects; Military organiza
tion, staff duties, tactics and tech
nique of the separate branches, ad-
ministration, topography, orders,
finance, conduct of war and methods
of training.
Lieut.. Col. Augustine Mcintyre, as
sistant chief of field artillery, has ar
rived in Washington after d visit of
inspection to reserve and National
Guard units in the west and middle
west, and regular field artillery units
at Fort u. A. Russell, Wyo.; Fort Sill,
Okla. and Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
All components of the Army of the
United States are preparing plans for
the part they will play on mobiliza-
tion day, which will be held Septen-
ber IL, the sixth anniversary of the
battle of st. Mihiel. Units of the
regular establishment will take part
IL, n tra nt hi
towns and cities. Each federally rec
ognized unit of the National Guard
will have an armory drill ordered on
that date, and it may be counted for
purposes of armoTy drill pay, pro-
Vided the number of officers and men
in attendance is in accord with the
law and regulations emitting them
to receive armory drill pay, and pro-
vded that the drill does not exceed
the number for which pay is author
lied by law. Provision is also made
that such part of the armory drlli
period of one and one-half hours.
prescribed by law, as is not consumed
by the details of the test mobiliza-
ton shall be used for additional in
struction. II will be required of all
National Guard officers to read over
carefulM A. r. 12O-10. Mobilization
of Man Power for Military Purposes"
and A r. 130-10, National Guard,
Call and Draft Into Federal Service
Members of the Organized Reserves
| their unit at their own expense will
be requested to report by telephone,
| telegraph or mail in order that they
may be counted as constructiVely
present.
On the arrival OF Col. James B.
| Mitchell, Coast Artillery Corps, who
| has been on duty at headQuart eTs,
| 2d Coast Artillery distarict, Fort
| Totten, n. Y, in Washington tomor-
| the training section, Office of the chief
| of coast artillery. Col. Mitchell will
| take over the duties of Col William
L. Cole, Coast Artillery Corps, chief
| of the training section of this office,
when Col. Cole goes to Honolulu after
| December of this year.
Lieut.. Col. Alfred A Maybach,
| Coast Artillery Corps. will be trans
.ferred from the training section, Office
| of the chief of coast artillery, to the
Maj. H. r. Oldfield, Coast Artillery
Corps, who has been ordered to the
War College, Washington, D. c.
Maj. Lincoln B. Chambers, Coast
Artillery Corps, on duty in the ma
terrell section, office of the chief of
coast artillery, will leave Washing
ton July and will take station with
the 3rd, Coast Artillery in the coast
defenses al Los Angeles. Mai. John
Z. Cole. Coast Artilley Corps. who
comes from the comm-Jad and Gen
eral Staff School at Fort Leaven-
worth will take over Maj. Cham bers'
| duties.
| Capts John r. Lewis and E. F. Oh
| sen and Lieut.. H. c. Barnes, jr, all
coast artillery officers, are en- route
from Fort Monroe, Va, to Wakefield,
Mass, in connection with the rife
| tryouts for the coast artillery rife
team. Lieut. Barnes, who is coach of
the team. is the son of Col. H. G.
| Barnes, c. A. c., executive officer, Of
| fee of the chief of coast artillery, and
Mrs. Barnes. Maj. c. w. Baird, c. A
| c., is captain of the coast artillery
| team.
A careful study made by the War
| Department general staff relative to
| the ALLEGATION of the increased num-
Der of on-commissioned officers
among the various branches has re-
suited in the preparation of a tenta-
| tive allowance table. showing the in
service in the first three grades. The
! increases. according to branches. are
as follows: Signal Corps, first grade,
13; Sc cond grade, II. and third grade,
90. Field artillery. first grade. Is;
second grade, 9: third grade, So. Cav
airy. first grade. s; second grade, 4;
third grade, 81. Coast Artillery Corps,
first grade, Is; second grade, 81, and
third grade. 122. Air service, first
grade, Sc; second grade. At. and third
grade. $40. Finance department. first
| grade. %: second grade, about 40;
third grade, about so. Quartermaster
Corps, first grade, 10; second grade, s.;
third grade, 113. Ordnance depart
ment, first grade, z; second grade, So;
third grade. Is. Corps of Engineers:
first grade, -; second grade, 25; third
grade, 54 Chemical warface Service.
first grade. 8; second grade, none;
third grade, 1. Infantry hrst grade
none; second grade. 26; third grade
Between September 1 and October
a camp for field artillery reserve
will be held at Fort Myer Va, and
Camp Meade, Md. Preliminary in
struction will be given at Fort Myer
during the first week, which will
wind up with march to Camp Meade.
up to adjust the business affairs of
the larger number of officers who Will
take this training. 1t is expected
that a definite announcement as to
shortly after July 1.
Maj. Gen. W. j. Snow. chief of field
artillery, arrived at San Francisco
last Wednesday, returning from his
| visit of inspection to Honolulu. Be
fore returning to Washington Gen.
| Snow will make visits or Inspection,
which will probably include Presidio
of Monterey, Camp Lewis. Washing
| ton. Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, and
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Twenty infantry enlisted men from
| brigades and regiments completed the
| radio electricians course, and twelve
| completed the telephone and tele-
! graph electricians course at the Sig
| nal Corps School during the school
year, which has just closed. In the
| radio electricians class, consisting of
| forty-three students from the infan-
try, field artillery, cavalry and Signal
| Corps Sergt. e. H. Becker, 9Th In