Evening star., 1924-08-10

1t had been confidently expected
that it would be possible to announce
this week that the President had
signed the executive order prescrib
ing the rules relating to rental al
lowance. 1t has been found neces-
Sary to make some minor changes
and to obtain the approval of the
heads of the departments concerned
1t seems to be matter of routine
now. with a few days required to
effect the formal and final action.
The full text will then be submit
ted to President Coolidge. and the
executive order will be followed by
special rules for the guidance of
those concerned with disburseme ents
The departmental action is awaited
with much interest, as it is expected
to dispose of many claims that are
included in the provision of the new
legiSla ton, enacted just prior to ad-
journment.
A circular will be issued by the
chief of finance of the Army in
forming members of the Officers Re-
serve Corps who are or have been
on active duty at training camps
that, before returning to the inactive
status and while on duty in the field.
they should make out separate
vouchers with supporting evidence
for the rental allowance only and file
these documents with the local Army
finance officer. If it develops that
the terms of the prospective eXecu-
tive order the allowance will be
automatically ,:aid by check by the
finance officers and sent to the home
addresses of the reserve ofhcerS.
Many of the National Guard and
Reserve Officers have complained over
the fact that the present day cam
paign or field hat for the officers is
very unsatisfactory. That is, the
rea sonable priced hat. The higher
priced hat is all right, but when the
officer Will wear the headSear for
only IS days year, he does not want
to pay more than IS for it. Con-
sidering this the Reserve officers
club has made arrangements with
local factory to make. campaign hats
on order of an officer fora reason
able consideration. In addition,
plans are now under way whereby
the factory will make over old field
hats at small cost 1t is expected
that more information on this i'm
portant subject will be announced to
the National Guard and reserve Of
ticers within this month.
Following out well laid plans for
increasing the opportunity of Ma
tional Guard air service units and air
service reserve officers to train, the
Army Air Service has arranged for
courses for the officers and units at
a number of flying fields scattered
through all the nine corps areas.
Many of the summer training flying
courses are in progress now and
others are scheduled before this
month is over. The officers and units
attending the courses will not only
be given ground instruction, but will
be taught to pilot every type of plane
for which they are qualified which
is available at the field.
The sos hours required in flight
instruction and time has caused many
Air Service reserve officers to apply
for the camrs in the hope of adding
to the time they are accredited with
now. With the increased facilities
placed a the disposal of the Summer
course students. it is believed that
material gains will be made over last
Summers records IS to flying time.
The provisions of Army Regulations
No. 605-115 will govern the granting
of leave to reserve officers, according
to an announcement made by the
War Department. Each case mNst be