Evening star., 1925-02-08

on air navigation and meteorology. On
| February 10 the ordnance officers Will
| hold their meeting, which Will be ad-
dressed by Maj. r. p. Harbold, Quarter
| master Corps, assistant to Col. scott.
and Maj. John A. Brooks, 5r.. VINO IL on
duty in the Office Of the chief OF ord
nance.
The 343d Band will hold it's regular
weekly practice February IL. Interest
is being manifested in this musical or
ganization Of the 343d Engineers OF
which Lieut.. John w. Davis. 343d En-
gineers is in charge. 1t is considered
the reserve band of Washington, and
with the progress it has been making
recently will soon be on parity with
the Army. Navy and Marine Corps
bands. 1t is being planned to take the
band with the regiment when the Sum-
mer maneuvers are held on the Civil
War battlefields.
Officers of the 32oth Infantry will
meet in the Graham Building February
-. Maj. Henry c. Turner, 320th 1nfan-
try; Capt. Maurice r. Colbert. 314th
Infantry. and Lieut.. Hyter c. Ruggles.
320th Infantry, will address the meet
ing on Machine Guns" Col. Scott will
give a resume Of the lectures. The lee
lures will be vividly illustrated by NOV
ing pictures of the machine gun and
other military weapons
In the afternoon of February 13 men,
bers of the c. M. T. c. Club will meet
in the Graham Building Membership of
the club is growing rapidly, and greater
interest is being taken in this organiza-
ton. The meeting is called for 4:45
pm. Maj. Harbold will give instruc-
ton on Military Hygiene"
The soth Division camp, it was
made public this week, will be held at
Camp Meade, from June 20 to July T.
Vacancies in the 31Sth Infantry will
be filled by the commissioned per-
sonnel of the 320th Infantry. Last
year the first half of the division
lie. 319th Infantry (Baltimore), the
320th Infantry washington. D. c.
and the 3l3th Field Artillery (Dis-
trict of Columbia and MaryIand)-
took their training at Camp Meade,
but this year the second half of the
divtsion-i.e., the 317th Infantry, 318th
Infantry and the 314th Field Artil-
lery tall Virginia regiments). and
also the 305th Engineers-will go to
camp. The 317th Regiment of In
fantry will go to Fort Eustis, Va,
while the other regiments will take
their instruction at Camp Meade.
officers who have had IS days ac-
tive service In this fiscal year-that
is, lS25-and who go to camp this
year must bear their own expenses
up to and including June 80. They
can stay from July ] to July II on a
full-pay status. Those who have not
had any active service during this
fiscal year will draw full pay for the
entire period, June 23 to July Z.
A compilation of figures prepared
in the War Department relative to
the aggregate strength of the Officers
Reserve Corps shows that as of De-
cember 81, 1924, the latest return,
was s6,343. which includes 1885 COM
missions which have been rendered
but whose formal acceptance had not
been completed by the department,
OF this grand total, the total COM
batant strength was 64,993, while the
total staff strength was 1880. The
total strength according to the vari-
Gus arms is as follows: General Of
ficers. line, "A; Infantry, 25.156; Cav
airy, 3,176; Field Artillery, $500;
Coast Artillery, 3,511: Air Service.
$500; Engineers, 5,677; Signal Corps,
1885; adjutant general. sss; inspector
general, 50; judge advocate general,
S11; quartermaster $50; finance,
l,o25; ordnance, 2,261; chemical war
rare, 666; medical, S.3lS: dental,
1870; veterinary. 1899: sanitary, 44s;
medical administrative, 1893; chap
lain. 1,027; auxiliary, 10: general
service, 80; military intelligence, $50;
military police, 246, and staff spe-
cialist, 311.
Col. Joseph Wheeler. jr., A. G. D.,
has been assigned by the War De-
partment to the Reserve Division Of
the adjutant generals office, which
division will be under his direct su-
pervisfon. Col. Wheeler takes the
place of Maj. R. S. BamberRer q
D., whose relief will become effective
In April. The announcement of Mai.
Bamberger's new assignment will he
made public In the near future.