Evening star., 1925-02-22
Civilian Army News

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III. B. Terry, Medical Corps. Ofhcers
Reserve Corps, sol Butternut street;
Hospital Center No. 3, center labora-
tory assistant, Maj. Harry A DAVIS,
Sanitary, Officers Reserve Corps, o1o
! Shepher rd street northwest; supply
1 and mess officer, Capt. Arthur b. Cole,
Medical Administrative Corps, Orlcefs
Reserve Corps. Army Medical Schooi'
Hospital Train No. 35. commandins
officer, Maj. Virgil B. Williams. Medi-
cal Corps, Officers Reserve Corps
| 1924 Davis street northwest
First Lieut.. Emilio E. Merino, AIT
Service, Officers Reserve Corps, for-
merly resident of Washington, haV-
| ing moved to Porto Rico, has been
relieved from assignment to the 4O5th
Pursuit Squadron, 4th Army.
| Lieut.. Col. John Scott, Infantry
| executive officer Of the Organized Re-
serves in Washington, has been order
| ed TO Walter Reed General Hospital
| for a slight operation. Col Scott
! expects to be back to his duties In
the Graham Building very shortly.
The attendance of the various as
semblies of the Organized Reserves
held in tho Graham Building has
reached to such a capacity that IL Is
necessary to secure larger quarters.
Plans are being seriously considered
| for acquiring larger assembly hall
which will be Of such a capacity that
facilities for a. rife and pistol range
may be provided Organized Reserve
headquarters for the District are now
| located in the aforementioned build
| ing at Fourteenth and L streets
northwest.
! An official war Department enroll
ment report of the Army correspond
ence courses of the organized re
serves. as of December 81, last, indi-
Gates that on this date, out OF S4,2lS
reserve officers there was a total OF
i14,873 reserve officers OF all arms
availing themselves of this oppor-
tunity to further their military edu-
cation, or a percentage of 1856. 1t
is an interesting fact in this connec-
tion to say that the percentage of
reserve officers enrolled IN the cor
| respondence course and completing
same is higher than that obtaining
| in the commercial correspondence
schools. In addition to the commits
stoned officers there were 365 of the
enlisted reserves enrolled.
The 9TH Corps Area holds the dis
tinction of having more reserve Of
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any Of the other eight corps areas
| having a042 reserve officers taking
! this instruction and being the only
crops area over the 1000 mark. Fol-
lowing are the number Of officers TAX
| ing this correspondence instruction
by corps areas:
! First. 1871; second, 1884: third
1850; fourth, 1886; fifth, 1885; sixth
1904 seventh, 2,o4z; eighth, 1921,
and ninth, 1870. or total of 14,873
According to branches, the number
of reserve officers enrolled in these
courses are: Adjutant Generals De-
| partment, 342: Air Service, s5e; Cav
airy, 656; Chaplains' Corps, 147
| Chemical Warfare Service, 239; Coast
Artillery Corps. 73S; Engineers, 1900
Field Artillery, 1925; Finance Depart
ment, 364; Infantry, 3.79S; Judge Ad-
vocate Generals Department, 271
Medical Department, 2,123: Military
intelligence, S37; Ordnance Depart
ment, 26S; Quartermaster Corps
1.47S; Signal Corps, 4sI; Military Pc. 20
lice. 3. and Course 3D." 254.
During the week the following an.
plicatIons were received at Oreantzed
| reserves headquarters in Washington
FOR the 1925 citizens military train
| ing camp. They are as follows: Ma
con Wesson, 1921 Belmont street.
Madison D. Truman, 1896 D street
northeast; Lucien K. Harper, Takoma
fark, Md; Willis A. Finch, jr., 1917
Beinont street; John NJ. Watrus, 323s
II. Skinner, 2O3s Eighteenth areet
northwest; Robert B. Curtiss. 1925
F1fteenth street northwest: C5fIhar,
r. Strfnger, 1920 Fourteenth street
francis B. Murray, 1893 sfa.sacbu.
setts avenue; Isham w. Perkins. 2oe
Fourteenth street southwest; RaIph
II. BeIler, 513 Longfellow street. and
Lewis Hayes, Upper Marlboro,
Ihe population quota for the Dis.
1iict OF Columbia Is 116, but last year
que to the fact that some of the s,,ou
counties in Maryland and Virp,nJ.
coming under this area failed TO re.
cruit their quota IT'S young men from
the district were sent to camp to I'll
up the quotas Of those counties which
were short 1t would not be surnrIr.
ing, declared Col. John Scott erecT,.
tive officer Of the Organized Reserves IN
washington, that close to 200 of the
young men residing in the District viii
be selected to attend the 1925 citizens
military training camp, which will
De held from July 1 to 80, 1925.
The Citizens Military Trsininp
Core candidates enrolled in the Cav
airy, Field Artillery and Engineers
Will take their training this year al
Camp Meade, Md; the Coast ArtIl.
lery will receive their instruction a,
Fort Monroe, Va; while the hasir
and Infantry class will train with
the 34th Uaited States Infantry al
Fort Eusus, Va
/ ordnance reserve officers will as-
Lsemble in the Graham Building 10.
morrow to hear lectures delivered by
MAJ. X. p. Harbold, assistant execu.
tive of1cer. and Maj. John A. Brook $
jr. Maj. Harbold is holding a serie,
OF lectures on general military IN.
formation, while Maj. Brooks is doinp
likewise covering special ordnance
matters.
/ capt. Carl Halla, Finance Division
on duty in the Army finance Office n
} Washington, and Maj. z. O. Honkin :
| Finance Division, on duty in the offsc,
of the chief of finance, will snnaa,
oerore the local finance reserve on
GERS Tuesday. Maj. Hopkins will ha.y.
as his subject Payments, Special De.
| posits and Circulars" while ~ =,
Halla will lecture on reports and a.
counts required in disbursement an,
| collection.
Members OF the Howitzer Comnanv
32Oth Infantry. will gather in IN.
Graham Building Thursday for tbsi,
assembly. In addition to moving ric
| fureS on 4hiS 20 ~