Evening star., 1925-09-06
Civilian Army News

First Lieuts. j. w. Davis, command
| ing; l.. ID. O'Brien and Second Lieut..
r. G.. Hensley.
| First Battalion-Maj. Roy F. Bes-
| sey, commanding, and Capt. w. H.
Dunlop, adjutant. Company A: Capt.
Joseph V. McNary, commanding; First
Lieut.. F. b. Stuart and Second Lieut.
]. HI. Simmons. Company b: Capt.
j. n. Todd, commanding; First Lieut..
F. B. Lewis and Second Lieut.. John
p. Locke. Company c: Capt. w. S.
Jones, commanding; First Lieut.. W.
r. Haar and Second Lieut.. l.. 0.
Crymes.
Service Battalion-Maj. NJ. H.
Beebe. commanding, and Capt. c. V.
Johnson. Johns, Company D: Capt. c: L.
Miller, commanding; First Lieut.. ]. r.
Arnold and Second Lieut.. F. B. Martin.
Company +: Capt. r. II. Collins.
commanding: First Lieuts. Z. C. Burt
and n. Frucht. Company f: Capt.
=. Shoemaker, commanding; First
Lieuts. V. V. Martin. w. j. Simpson
and Second Lieut.. w. d. Chase
The following field officers were at
tached for individual instruction:
Lieut.. Coils. j. B. McCord, w. d.
Young, j. s. Doyle, j. L. Temple, all
Engineer Reserve, and c. r, stark
military intelligence. Alsa Ma1s. +.
A. Keys, j. T. Costello, Engineer Re-
serve, and r. F. j. Quigley, Quarter
master Reserves.
A detail >of enlisted men of the
Regular Army from Fort Humphreys
under command of Second Lieut.. G.
h. TeXtor. U. S. A., 29th Engineers,
accompanied the reservists and gave
valuable assistance with the drills.
rams are now being made to hold
a dinner dance in the near future.
me committee on arrangements is
composed of Maj. Roy F.. Bessey,
chairman; Capt. Peake Vincil and
First Lieut.. J. r. Arnold.
1his week are given the uualifica
lions governing the appointment and
promotion of Quartermaster Corps
reserve officers, which are promul-
gated under Army Regulations 14O.37.
An applicant for appointment to sec.
ond lieutenant of this branch of the
service must possess a high school
education or its equivalent, must have
military experience as result of com
pletion of basic course in an r. O.
L. Z. unit in one of the combatant
arms or full course in a junior r. o.
L. Z. unit, or completion of the White
course L. NJ. I. c., and he must have
had not less than four years expert.
ence in a business in civil life similar
to rail. water, animal or motor trans.
portation, supply, construction. re-
mount or administrative duty of the
Quartermaster Corps.
y second lieutenant going up for
promotion to first lieutenant will, in
addition to the subjects prescribed for
second lieutenants, be required to Quail
ify in the following combat and non
combat duties: Knowledge of military
organization of the Army in general
and the Quartermaster Corps; admin
lstration, discipline and courtesies: mil
itary hygiene and first aid military
law, such as preparation and inveSti-
cation of charges and procedure of
courts-martial; nomenclature. care and
use of weapons of personnel of Quar-
termaster Corps; ability to read a map
rapidly and make a rough road or
position sketch: use of personal eouip-
ment; interior guard duty and ability
TO command appropriate unit at all
kinds of ceremonies
First ieutenants going up for pro-
motion to the grade of captain should
possess the following additional knowl.
edge qualifications: A working knoWl.
edge of the organization of the theater
or operations and zone of interior for
supply, quartermaster organizations
and relations with units they serve;
care of animals and stable manage
ment; working knowledge of finance
department vouchers and forms pre-.
pared by quartermasters; duties of
agent officer regulations in regard to
property accounts and records, and
stock reports and records; procure
ment, distribution and issue, salvage
qualifications the individual will be
required to have been in a vocation
akin to quartermaSter duties fer nine
years.
For promotion to major a captain
must possess the following qualifica-
tions, in addition to those prescribed
for his own grade: A working knowl-
edge of relations of Quartermaster
Corps and its organization in armies,
corps and divisions. employment of
labor troops, staff duties, with partic-
ular reference to relations of quarter
master sections of the system of staff
control; familiarity with company ad.
ministration: warehousing methods,
care and preservation of supplies; or
ganization and operation of rail trans
portation and regulations of troop
movements; knowledge of the funda-
mental principles of commercial law
and IA years in a vocation akin to the
duties required in the Quartermas ster
Corps. In addition, the following spe-
cial qualifications are required for Of
hcers on duty with the branch indi-
Gated: A working knowledge of organi-
zation and operation of Army trans
port service and movements of troops
by water for those on water transport
duty; a working knowledge of all
phases of motor transport for those
on motor transport duty; care of ami
mal-drawn transportation and equip
ment for remount and animal trans
port duty; knowledge of animal man.
agement, especially inspection, condi-
tioning, care and management of as
semblages of animals for those on re-
mount duty and a knowledge of real
estate transactions, such as sale, pro-
curement and leasing of land and IA
miliarity with the methods of new
construction projects by officers in the
construction service.
Officers who wish to qualify for pro-
motion to lieutenant colonels, must in
addition to the knowledge required
for their grade, qualify in the follow
ing additional subjects: A working
knowledge of the form, preparation
transmission and distribution of mes
sages, orders and reports; a thorough
knowledge of tactics as related to sup
ply of a division, corps or army; a
knowledge of the methods of training,
schedule Of instruction, preparations
and methods of conducting field exer-
clses and 19 years in business SINH
lar to one of the functions of the Quar-
termaster Corps.
For promotion to the rank of COLO
mel, individuals must possess a more
thorough knowledge of the duties re-
quired of them as lieutenant colonelS,
and, in addition, must qualify by hav-
ing working knowledge of the meth
DDS of procurement, distribution and
issue of supplies, down to and includ-
ing the company; all warehousing
methods and practices and knowledge
of routine work. The individual must
be in a business akin to function of