Evening star., 1925-07-19

Information was received this week
from Sd Corps Area headquarters
that active training for 15 days may
be taken by reserve officers of In
fantry and Field Artillery from Wash.
ington and vicinity who have not had
active training since July l. 1925.
This training will be available for
Field Artillery officers at Tobyhanna
Pa, from August 16 to 80, with the
496th Artillery, Col. Z. Francis Riggs,
commanding. The Infantry officers
will be trained with the 394th In
fantry, 99th Division, under the Gath
Infantry at Fort Eustis, Va, from
August 16 to 80, 1925.
These two camp sites present de-
sirable opportunity, as Fort Eustis,
located a short distance from Fort
officers, while Tobyhanna offers a
change from the usual camps and in
addition has a splendid firing range.
Any reserve engineer officers who
will be unable to attend the 343d En-
gineers' unit training camp may take
their Summer training with the 324th
Engineers, Goth Division, which in
struction will be given at Camp
Humphreys, Va, from July 26 to Au-
gust g. Lieut.. Col. John Scott, In
fantry, executive officer of the Organ
to impress upon all reserve officers
who wish to take advantage of this
opportunity that they should make
immediate application to reserve
headquarters, in the Graham Building,
1902 L street. at the earliest pract-
cable date, as very little time remains
before the camps will begin their in
struction.
Mai. Homer n. Preston, general
staff, has reported at Sd Corps Area
headquarters as assistant chief of
staff, Ga, with station in the City
L. Ingram, general staff. relieved.
Mai John G. Donovan retired, and
Capt. William Judkins, retired. both
on duty in the Washington high
schools, We're ordered by the War
Department to proceed to Camp
Meade for temporary duty with the
citizens military training camps,
which are now being held at this sta
ton.
Members of the 343d Engineers, the
first Washington reserve regiment to
hold unit training camp, will gather
in the boardroom of the District
Building next Wednesday evening,
where there will be taken up the
first and second battles of Bull Run
and the battle of the Wilderness.
The first battle of Bull Run will
be covered by Capt Walter H. Dun
lap, the second battle will be dis
cussed by Lieut.. V. V. Martin, while
the battle of the Wilderness will be
taken up by Capt. Wilson P. Ballard,
all of the 343d Engineers.
The final assembly for this regi-
ment before 1t starts on its unit
training camp will be held in the
District Building on August II, at
which a practical field discussion VIII
be engaged in, embracing march dis
cipline, camp sanitation. etc. Word
has been received from Col. John
Stewart, regimental commander, who
is now in South America on a busi-
ness trip, that he has been unavoid-
ably delayed. but that he expected to
arrive in Washington in time to
start on the march with the regiment.
Last month completed the third
season of Winter training for the
Organized Reserves of Washington
and vicinity. The first season, that
of 1929, was tentative and expert
mental, but was satisfactory; 1924
took advantage of the lessons of the
preceding year, the programs of in
struction were greatly improved and
the activity and interest on the part
Of the reserve officers revealed a