The Washington times., 1925-10-07

was the first unit to meet.
The meeting tomorrow night will
be held at the new Interior Depart
nleIlt Building, Eighteenth and #
streets northwest The meetings of
the association will be held on the
first Thursday of the month, but
due to the convention of the asso-
ciation being held last week the
I. meeting was postponed.
Every reserve officer in the Dis
trict of Columbia is urged to at
president of the association, has re-
tend. Major r. e. B. Mckenny.
turned to Washington, following a
tour of duty with the command and
Fort Leavenworth.
During the past week the War
Department has purchased, for use
fin the encouragement OF breeding
of riding horses, nine thoroughbred
and three Arab stations. In addi-
ton to. this, one thoroughbred stall
lion has been donated to the Gov
eminent by Thomas Fortune Ryan.
There are now 392 stations in the
army, most of which are in the
hands rof farmers and breedeEs in
terested in the production of light
horses.
Much interest is being taken in
the project of Major C. p. George.
acting senior executive officer or
the local reserve headquarters, by
local reserve artillerymen, to have
riding classes every Wednesday
afternoon at Fort Myer. The classes
will be held from $3.50 to every
Wednesday afternoon.
Among the distinguished speak.
ers' at the national convention OF
the Reserve Officers Association OF
the United States was Major Cen
eral William Hart. the quarter
master General of the Army, who
spoke on the results of last years
winter "Pfattsburgs. This is the
name given to the type of instruc-
tons received by the reserve 9TH
GERS OF the quarternlaster corps
while on inactive duty. -
Reserve officers OF the 32oth
infantry will meet tomorrow night
at the. local reserve headquarters
under the command Of their regl-
mental commander, Colonel G1endfe
B. Young. All infantry offlcers
have been urged to attend in UNI
form.
Major Daniel ". Stuart, medical
reserve. and Major West Hamilton,
infantry reserve, and First Lieu
tenants Howard d. Queen, oscar
I.etterman and Peter Roster, all OF
the infantry reserve, have been Oh.
rected to appear before the local
examining board for promotion TO
e. next higher grade IN the re-
serve corps. They win be ex-
1880 =, - ecorda nee with the new
army regulations 140-5. governing
Examination for promotion OF re-
serve officers.
Poore. recently promoted from
hriga6ier general, viii command
the seventh corps, area. Asfnahdr
Neb. effective on October lp. zen zen
eral Poore has been In c 60 IA NJ
of the twelfth infantry prlgaue ;
Fort Sheridan. BrlSadler TeIi "a
Richmond p. Davis, on. DUTY III
IfaXy.,i has been ordered to New
YORK where hsf viii receive furtner
orders. az.
,The President has signed an eA-
acutive order granting extra flying
raw to officers of air. service UNITS
Of the national guard, on the Same
basis as flyers Of the regular army
and navy. Regulations based on
the order will be prepared lmmeol-
ateIv and issued to the service con-
cerned. as soon as they are ap-
uroyed. The order provides that
living nav shall be retroactive 10
JuIv /. 1922, so that flying oftlcerS
will receive an increase or 0O per
cent of their pay for the time they
have flown since that date.
lieutenant Colonel H. e. Bulls,
War Department General Staff
will speak before the meeting TO-
night of the Washington Chapter OF
the sojourners' Club, on Where
There Amt No Ten Conan1aho-
nnents'', a travel talk on Borneo.
On the first of this month the
summer training season Of the ma
al reserve aviation unit stationed
al Hampton Roads was concluded,
according TO advises of the Navy
DEPARTMENT. The. final report or
the, unit shows that As reserve stu
dent ayiators, successfully complet-
ed the course in Advanced Training
during the past summer. Ihey
were trained in three classes, the
last class starting on August 10
The total flying time for students
was 1889 hours, an average OF ~
hours per man. One student, Z.
T. Adams, put in 81 hours and %
minutes flying, the record.
Believing that the success OF the
reserve movement OF the army de-
ponds in no small measure on the
type Of regular army officers as
signed to such duty as executive
officer, Brigadier General John Ross
DelafieId, president of the Reserve
Officers Association of the United
States, has recommended that such
officers should, in the first place,
be carefully selected for fitness for
the work. They should, be tested
or instructed for their especial
duties. Once selected and assigned
to a unit, they should not be trans
ferred unless unsatisfactory in their
work, but should serve out a full
assignment of four years; Appro-
priations should be secured making
adequate provisions TO enable them
TO pay for their necessary travel
and other expenses. in the perform
ance of their duties. Care should
be taken that there always be on
the general staff a considerable
number Of those regular army Of
ficers who have had four years
of training with the reserve.
The following officers of the navy
have become due for promotion to