Evening star., 1925-01-11
THE CIVILIAN ARMY
Organized Reserves-National Guard.
BY LIEUT.. STEPHEN F. TILLMAN.

are detailed to the signal school liza
sion officers from the Infantry, Cav
airy and Field Artillery. 1t has been
recommended that liasion officers
also be detailed at the school from
other arms.
According to the latest reports of the
Chemical Warfare Service office that
branch Of the service has reached the
strength of 583 officers. all Of whom
have been given an initial assignment
of war duties and the machinery for
initiating their training in those duties
has since been organized. Great care
has been exercised in the selection of
these reserve officers. and though the
total force is small, as compared with
the other branches of the Army, II is
felt by Gen. Fries that an excellent
technical force has been gathered to-
gether which can be relied upon in an
emergency.
The greater proportion of these Of
f1cers are assigned to the I'd Corps Area,
there being lit there. The local CORPS
area, the Sd, is second with 105 reserve
officers of the Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice.
There are colonels, 20 lieutenant
colonies. 10 majors. 151 captains, 1876
first Iieutenants and 201 second lieu
tenants of this branch of the service. OF
this number "a officers are una ssigned
to any CORPS area
Lieut. Col William Z. Persons, Infan-
try, on duty in the training section of
the office of the chief of infantry. has
returned from a six-week inspection
trip of Infantry R. o. 7. C. units In the
West Northwest and several in the
South.
Gen. Snow, chief of the Field
Artillery, has recommended that con-
sideration and study of methods
to improve the standard of National
Guard Field Artillery officers and TO
require greater technical efficiency
from them. The selection OF best
National Guard divisions with a view
Of concentrating time and money
upon them with a view to increasing
their value as combat troops.
Four new air service units of the
National Guard were Federally recog-
nized during the past year. and the
chief of the Militia Bureau has adopt
ed the policy that only the air serv-
ice units pertaining to the IS Ma
tionaI Guard divisions will be organ
ized. Eleven of the 1s have already
been Federally recognized.
The last count of the Air Service
states that there are 500 officers
commissioned in the Air Service Of
ficers Reserve Corps, Of which number
1929 hold flying ratings, 4,330 as
h heavier-than- air pilots or observers.
and 1919 as balloon and airship pilots
or observers The increased training
facilities. it is said. have aroused the
interest of the reserve officers of this
branch of the service, and airdomes
have recently been established at va
rious points.
Walter Holmes, who served during
the World War in the Hospital Corps
of the Army with an excellent rec
ord, has made application for appoint
ment In the Medical Administrative
Corps rs a lieutenant. 1t is believed
that Holmes possesses the makings
Of an extraordinary fine officer for
that particular branch of the service.
E. L. Bailey, an official of the ADJUST
ed compensation branch of the United
States Veterans Bureau, has made
application for appointment in the
Adjutant Generals Reserve Corps
In his present official position, Mr.
Bailey is called upon to display excep-
tional executive and administrative
ability 1t is believed that he will
prove a valuable asset to the Reserve
Corps of the adjuntant generals de-
partment. II. j. Honecker, who is
chief of the veterans section of the
same division, and who served dur