Evening star., 1925-06-14

Chase, Sd, Edwin F. Fogarty. Walter
X. Jones and Walter Mandery.
The following officers have also in
dicated their desire to undergo this
training in the event that they can
arrange their vacations to harmonic
with the regimental training period.
They are: Lieut.. Col Edwin F. A.
Morgan, Maj. Robert c. Merrick. Capt.
Edward c. Morse and First Lieuts.
Thomas j. Nash, jr., John F. Ha-
maker, Raphael Walter and Second
Lieut.. Edward M. O'Brien.
Instructions have been issued by the
War Department prescribing the man.
ner in which each officer and enlisted
man Of the Organized Reserves should
report their presence or availability
July 4, which has been designated by
the department as the day on which
the mobilization plans OF the Army of
the United States will be tested
officers and men of the territorial
assignment group, IL assigned or at
tached to an organization. will report
to their organization commander, in
person, IL possible, and If this Is not
possible, then by letter or telegl am.
Those unassigned reserve officers re-
siding in Washington should report
by letter or telegram to the command
ing general, Sd Corps Area, Balti-
more, Md.
Officers OF the branch assignment
group, IL assigned or attached to an
organization, will report to their or
ganiZation commander in person il
possible; and II this Is not possible to
report by letter or telegram. II un-
assigned, report by letter to your
chief of branch.
officers of the general assignment
group will report by letter to the adju-
tant general Of the Army. Washing
ton. D. c.
Interest is being evinced by Wash
ington reserve officers in the defense
day plans, and from all indications
reaching reserve headquarters they
will turn out in large numbers for the
demonstration. A number Of officers
have already reported their availabil-
ity for duty July by mail, and Col.
Scott desires to impress upon all re-
servists in Washington that they
should read carefully the corps area
headquarters circular letter on the
subject, which prescribes that all Off
GERS and men Of the Organized Re-
serves should either report in person
on the morning Of July 4, or else by
I letter which will reach reserve head
quarters on that date. Under no cir
cumstances should the reports be sent
in at this time. Reserve officers are
going to report in uniform.
A spirited discussion is going on in
reserve circles in Washington as to
the proper manner in which reserve
officers shall take rank. The real
cause of all this friendly controversy
can be traced to the orders for active
duty which have been issued to the
officers. The orders all contain this
sentence: Each officer will rank from
the date set opposite his name: the
date frequently being that on which
he reports for such duty.
There are considerable number OF
reserve officers who are Of the opinion
that they take rank upon the day
that they are commissioned. This is
an erroneous belief, as section liza of
the amended national defense act pre-
scribes that a reserve officer or an
officer of the National Guard called
into the service of the United States
shall precede that on which he is
placed on active duty by a period
equal to the total length Of active
service which he may have performed
in the grade in which called or any
higher grade. When dates Of rank are
the same, precedence shall be deter
mined by length of active commits.
stoned service in the Army. When
length of such service is the same.