Evening star., 1925-07-05

with the 9Th Field
| Artillery, 1st Divi- 80 |
| sion. Due to his
| ability as an ar ~Ssz
! tilleryman, he was M#%M
recalled to the 4 4S
| United States in Vi 49,.
1918, and upon his
! arrival on Amer
| lean shores, he #z$#
was assigned to &zzyzM EM
| duty as director of NAL y u croRcE
the firing center
at Fort Sill, Okla From the latter
part of 1918 to 1921 he served on the
| general staff in Washington. Upon
| his relief from duty with the general
staff, Maj. George was placed in com
mand of the 1st Battalion of the 18th
Field Artillery, Fort Myer, Va, with
which organization he served until his
departure in the early Autumn of 1924
| for Fort Leavenworth. He also served
while overseas as battalion adjutant
of the 51st Field Artillery Brigade.
| His assignment to reserve head
| quarters in Washington will greatly
relieve the personnel shortage in the
| Capital, but even with the addition of
this officer, there will be lack of
| sufficient personnel with which to ad
| minister the affairs of the rapidly
growing Reserve Corps in Washing
! ton. Maj. Albert s. ]. Tucker, In
| fantry, also a graduate of the 1925
| class of the Command and General
| Staff School, is under orders to report
to the Washington reserve headquar-
| ters, of which Lieut.. Col. John Scott,
| Infantry, is executive officer. Maj.
| Tucker is due to report to Col. Scott
| about August !.
| A question frequently asked not
only by newly commissioned reserve
officers, but by those who have held
reserve commissions for some time, is
| the meaning of ''BA,' TIA and GA"
| assignment groups.
| Reserve officers coming under ia
group means territorial assignment.
This is by far the largest of the three
groups, and the reservists composing
/ this group are allocated to the corps
area commander, who has jurisdiction
as to their assignment to organizations
under the control of the corps area
commander. All officers who are as
signed to organizations coming under
| the corps area, or those who are allo-
Gated to him for assignment, belong TO
| the territorial assignment, or ia
group.
| "BA" means branch assignment.
officers whose war assignment comes
under the jurisdiction assignment Of
the chief of an arm or branch belong
to the branch assignment, or BA
group. For example, the officers who
will operate in time of war under spe-
! cial assignments are directly under the
control of the chief of infantry, quar-
| termaster general, chief of field artll-
lery, chief of cavalry, surgeon gen
eral. etc.
ga" stands for general assign
ment. This includes those officers who
are held under the direct control of
the War Department.
| Mai. Percy B. Mccoy. Field Artil-
| lery Reserve. has been ordered to Is
days active duty, from July to July
us His active duty will be spent at
reserve headquarters in the Graham
Building.
A spirited discussion is going on in
reserve circles in Washington as 10
the exact definition of a certificate OF
capacity, which must be held by every
reserve officer before he can be pro-
NOTED to the next higher grade. Ac-
cording to the expressions of opinion
heard whenever a number of reservists
meet, the implication of certificate OF
capacity" has a varied meaning.
AS defined by the War Department,
a certificate of capacity is an lnStru-
ment in writing executed under the di-
which certifies that the officer named
| therein possesses the necessary pro
fessional qualifications to perform the
duties and to assume the responsible
ties of the grade and branch speclhed
in the certificate.
From time TO time the War Depart
ment will determine the standard
specifications for these certificates for
all grades and sections Announce
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degree of proficiency to be required in
each subject, the manner of conduct
| ing instruction and training: manuals,
! textbooks, troop schools, correspond
ence courses. training camps, courses
at special and general service schools
and any other facilities through which
reserve officers can prepare themselves
! to meet the prescribed standards, Will
be made by the department. Com
manders of Orga anized Reserve units
/ and regular officers detailed to duty
| Herewith will make extensive efforts
to induce reserve officers to qualify
| for certificates of capacity.
! When a reserve officer satisfactorily
completes all of the required eXamina-
tions and the practical test prescribed
! in paragraphs SO and So in Army Reg
ulations 140-5, a certificate of capacity
will be issued. These certificates will
be issued, first, for the next higher
grade in the section in which ap-
pointment is held, and secondly, for
the same or any lower grade in any
section other than that in which ap-
pointment is held.
! Application to undergo the written
examination required for one or more
of the subjects prescribed for GER
| tif1cate of capacity, will be made
through military channels, to the re-
serve officers regimental or indepen-
dent unit commander, by whom the
application will be referred to one of
| the examiners designated to act as
such for his unit. Whenever a re-
serve officer believes himself to be pre-
pared to undergo a second examina-
tion in particular subject he will
make application to be re-eXamined.
| Upon the successful completion of
all subjects for which written exami-
nations are required for a certificate
of capacity. a practical test will be
given to each reserve officer for final
determination of his qualifications for
| this certificate. In order to take the
practical test for certificate of capacity
for the next higher grade in the sec
ton in which appointment is held, ap-
plication will be made through mill
tary channels to the corps area COM
| Oandar anU TINA after tho ofioar