Evening star., 1924-11-09
THE CIVILIAN ARMY
BY LIEUT.. STEPHEN F. TILLMAN.
Organized Reserve-National Guard.

Checks will be sent out from the
finance office of Camp Meade about
the middle OF November to those re-
serve officers who have been on &C
tive duty during the training camps
OF Camp Meade for the past year, the
finance officer there has announced
1t is requested that officers do not
write to the finance officer relative
to their payment of rental allowance
unless they fail to receive payment
by November Is. 1t is even re-
quested that they wait several days
after that date before communicating
with him. These checks are for
rental allowance for the officers
which was not paid with their regu-
lar pay, due to the complicated revi-
sion of the War Department regula-
tions.
Many of the staff reserve officers
non -combatant officers-have placed
requests for active duty training be-
fore the end of the present fiscal
year with the headquarters of the 3rd
Corps Area. This was done in ac-
cordance with a circular sent out
several weeks ago, asking the Of
tcfalS to take this duty. Requests
that have been made have been re-
Jected on the statement that no funds
existed for the training. One officer
WAS forced to wire the adjutant of
the corps area one day before the
period in which mis- service was to
have started, as he had not received
any answer to his communication
After corps area sent out the circular
and then refused to answer commu-
nications in the stated manner, and
when replies were made. it was to the
effect that no funds existed. This has
made for disgrunted feelings among
the reserve officers concerned.
ThA cate for appointment of World
war officers in the Officers Reserve
Corps, with the same rank that they
previously held, without eXamina-
ton, will close November IL. After
that time, unless the War Depa rtn1en t
again poStpones the closing date in
the face of much opposition on the
part of those officers already in the
service, those who held commissions
during the war will have to take the
prescribed examination before they
can be appointed reserve officers,
and they may have to come in as
second lieutenants, regardless of the
rank previously held.
Under the new regulations, which
are to become effective December 1,
the following means are available for
individual training of reserve officers:
% Courses at troop schools within
res&.vc units; CD correspondence
school courses for officers of each
branch, similar to basis course; spe-
cial service and command and general
staff, school courses; CD special
courses a I special service schools; 90
all courses at command and general
stan school and special service schools:
(5) courses at Army War College; Co
active duty with unit of the Regu-
lar ay, or with a unit of National
GuAfusewith consent of proper State
offictalst Cd duty on inactive status
withfnnit of Regular Army, or of
National Guard, with consent of
proper State officials; (S) active duty
as Instructor at c. NJ. T. c.: 90 duty
active or inactive, at special assem-
blies of reserve officers for individual
training. and G0) duty on various
boards of officers.
That section Of the new regula-
tions devoted to promotion Is the one
thats most interests the reserve Off
GERS. The only thing that the re-
serve Officer has to look forward to
is promotion. With the time period
clause held binding under the old
regulations. the officer who shows
interest and the one who forgets all
about his commission were promoted
tne same. 1t Is manifestly unfair
EoWever, it is one of the many things
that will have to work itself
out, as the Reserve Corps is still in
Its infancy. For the short time that
n has been in operation it has made
Unbelievable progress.
The use of the words "Organized
Reserve" in connection with the
designation of an organization is not
authorized. The number of the or
ganization indicates the component
Of the Army. For example, 313th F.
A (not 313th F. A., Organized Re-
serves, or o. RI. soth Division (not
soth Division, Organized Reserves, or
o. R)
Announcement has been made of