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creased attendance at the l924-l915
meeting is any criterion. the ap-
proaching season should he one OF
the most successful ever held in
Washington.
According to the plans which have
been made at reserve headquarters,
each arm and branch will follow a
carefully prepared program in con-
formity with service school teachings.
THE object of these assemblies,
declared Maj. George in a letter TO
the Washington reServiStS, lis to
offer each officer instruction which
will prepare him to perform the active
duties of his branch. Enrolling in the
Army correspondence courses Will
provide those reSerViStS with an Op-
portunity for training which Will tit
them to perform the various active
duties and for promotion, with a
certificate of capacity showing the
successful completion of a subject in
the course, which will exempt the
reserve student from examination for
promotion in that particular subject. =
The 1925-1926 schedule Of assem-
blies, all of which, with the exception
of the engineers. will be held at re-
serve headquarters in the Graham
Building on different days of each
month, beginning at S pm, are as
followws
Chemical Warfare Service, first
Monday; Ordnance, second and fourth
Mondays: Signal Corps, third Mon
day; Quartermaster Corps, first and
third Tuesdays: Air Service. second
Tuesday: Finance, fourth Tuesday;
42Sth Infantry, first Thursday; 32oth
Infantry, second and fourth Thurs
days; Coast Artillery, third Thursday:
Field Artillery Gight. first and third
Fridays; Field Artillery Cmedium and
heavy). fourth Tuesday; Cavalry,
fourth Friday; Corps of Engineers.
second Wednesday, In the District
Building; Medical Corps (all serviceSl.
fourth Saturday. On the first Thurs
day of each month the Washington
branch of the Reserve officers ASso-
citation of the United States will hold
its monthly meeting in the audi
torium of the Interior Building, to
which all reserve officers and enlisted
reservists are invited These meet
ings are not only very interesting but
highly instructional, and Maj. George
urges that all attend these gatherings,
If possible.
To the Finance Reserve officers goes
the honor of being the first branch Of
the Organized Reserves in Washing.
ton to announce the list Of speakers
who will address them at the various
assemblies which will be held during
the 1925-1926 season. OF the eight in
structional meetings which will be
held throughout the year, only one
date remains open, and that will be
flled in the very near future.
The season will be opened by Mai
Gen. kenzie w. Walker. chief of
finance. who will address the finance
reservists on budget practice october
27. Lieut.. Col. T. Z. Jansen, finance
department, on duty in the estimates
and apportionments division. office of
the chief OF finance. will talk Eovem-
her "a on estimates and apportion-
ments, while Lieut.. Col. l.. J.. Smith,
finance department. executive officer
of this office, will address the finance
reservists on December %, his sub
ject being the operation of the office
of the chief of finance. The princi-
pal speaker at the January % finance
assembly will be Col. +. p. Orton,
finance department.. who is on duty
in the Army finance office in Wash
fngton. Col. Orton will talk on Army
finance Office matters. Capt. T. F.
Powell, finance department, on duty
in the Army transportation branch
of this office. will address the Finance
Reserve assembly which wilf be held
February %, his subject being Army
Transportation" On March 23 Can't
j. j. keelty. finance department, on
duty in the audit section of the chief
of finance office. will talk on the duties
of a division finance officer. while on
April 81 Capt. F. +. Parker, finance
department, commandant of the