Evening star., 1925-03-29
Civilian Army News

the academic department columbia
| College, of Columbia University This
movement of the Columbia University
authorities, it is believed, will be the
| forerunner of similar action on the
part of many higher institutions OF
learning throughout the country. Con-
| sideration is now being given to the
conditions under which the scholarship
| will be awarded In all probability, 1t
will follow the terms and conditions
| of the awarding of Rhodes scholarships
Approval has been given of the de-
| sign for the Al medals which Will be
| presented by the Civitan Club of New
| FORK City to students of the 1928 ciu-
| zens' military training camps who excel
| N military work this Summer in the
I'd Corps Area. Citizens military
| raining camp officers and the civilian
| aides in this work residing in Maryland,
| Virginia and the District of Columbia
are making efforts, it is understood, to
| inaugurate a similar policy in recog-
milton of the work of those young men
| attending the camps in the Sd Corps
Area who excel in the military art.
The medal will be of bronze. The
letters c. NJ. T. c. will be inscribed
| on bar from which the medal is sus-
! pended by a red, white and blue rib
|
| appears the figure of Minute Man
| with the word citizenship above 1t.
| On the reverse side there is space for
the name OF the student to whom the
medal is awarded and the words "Civi-
| tan Club OF New York, I'd Corps
Area, c. NJ. T. c.
| Announcement was made by Lieut..
Col. John Scott. Infantry. executive
officer of the Organized Reserves in
| Washington, that orders have been
| received from Sd Corps Area head
quarters directing that no applica-
! tions for promotion will be forwarded
for the immediate present, pending
! further and more complete informa-
! ton as to the exact procedure of
| carrying out the new promotion pro-
visions, announcement of which ap
| peared in these columns two weeks
ago. Applications for promotion
which were mailed prior to the receipt
of the new regulations, about March
IT. will be acted on under the pro-
visions of special regulations No. As,
the old regulations.
Instructions have been issued by
| the War Department that five
| branches of the service of the Re
serve Corps have been filled and have
surplus. For the immediate present,
no more applications for appointment
| in the Reserve Corps of the Army or
the United States will be forwarded
for these branches. They are as fol-
lows: Military Intelligence, Adjutant
| Generals Department, Finance De-
partment, Judge Advocate Generals
Department and the Signal Corps.
| Announcement was made this week
| by Sd Corps Area headquarters of
| the promotion of five reserve officers
| residing in Washington. They are as
| follows: Capt. Frank A. Hornaday,
Medical Reserves, assistant chief of
| Medical Service. General Hospital
| No. rs, zone of the interior, to the
grade of major; First Lieut.. Peter
| l. Robinson, Infantry Reserves, to
! the grade of captain Che Will retain
| his present attachment to the 44oth
| Engineer Battalion, auxiliary, c, 1st
! Corps): First Lieut.. Hyter II Rug
| giles Infantry Reserves, to the grade
| of captain (his assignment to the
| 320th Infantry is continued in effect);
! Second Lieut. Charles w. Boyce, Air
| Service Reserves. to the grade of
| first lieutenant Lieut Boyce is re-
| lieved from attachment to the 409th
Attach Squadron, 4th Army, and is
assigned to the 396th Photo Section.
general headquarters reserves, 1st
P. Parrot, Judge Advocate General
Reserves, to grade of lieutenant col
onel
During the week the following assign
ments affecting reserve officers resid-
ing in Washington were announced:
First Lieut.. William Lerch. Infantry
Reserves to the 320th Infantry; Col
Thomas NJ. Foley. Medical Reserves, to
the 305th Medical Regiment; Capt.
George j. Brands, Signal Reserves, to
302d Service Company, Signal Corps;
Second Lieut.. Asbury B. hammond,
Quartermaster Reserves, to 7S2d Supply
Company; Maj. Thomas A. Poole. Medi-
| cal Reserves. assigned to capacity of
executive officer, General Hospital, No.
| SO, Zone of the Interior; Lieut.. Col.
John P Turner, Veterinary Reserves,
to Veterinary General Hospital No. 25,
| Zone of the Interior, in the capacity of
chief of professional service; Maj
Jason D. Dyers, Quatermaster Reserves,
| to 10Sth Service Battalion, Quarter
master Corps; Second Lieut.. Thomas F.
Dolan, jr., sQuartermaster Reserves,
Clarendon, Va, to 109th Service Bat
talon, Quartermaster Corps: First
Lieut. Alva G.. Nye, Engineer Reserves,
Chevy Chase, to 353d Engineers, Cen
eral Service, 4th Army; Second Lieut..
Christopher V. Pickup, Air Service Re-
|
First Lieut.. Harold S. Kennedy, Air
Service Reserves, to 409th Attack
| Squadron; Second Lieut.. OSmund L.
Varela, Air Service Reserves, Chevy
| Chase. to 411th Observation Squadron;
First Lieut.. Edward H. Guilford, Air
Service Reserves, to General Head
quarters Reserves, First Three Field
Armies: First Lieut.. Charles d. Martin,
Air Service Reserves, 357th Balloon
Company.
PRONUNCIATION of Army Regulations
| 1910 was made this week by the War
Department which deals with the
Organized Reserves. This 47-page
loose-leaf pamphlet containing 10 sec
tions is in addition to A. r., 140-5; A.
r.. 140-10; A. r., 140-15, and A, r.,
1920, the publication of which was an
nounced in these columns two weeks
ago. The sections which appear in
A. r., 1870 are as follows: General
Principles Governing the Organiza-
tion of the Organized Reserves; II
General Principles Governing Mobiliza-
ton; III-LocaI Mobilization Regula-
tions; IV-Mobilization Concentration
Regulations; V-Peace- time Organiza-
ton; administration; VII-ReguIar
Army Personnel; VIII-Training; TX
Supply and Equipment, and X-Provi-
sions of Law Relating to Organized Re-
serves.
The next meeting of the Reserve
| Officers Association of the United
| States will be held in the auditorium
of the Interior Department Building
! April 2.
The 313th Field Artillery will meet
! April at reserve headquarters in the
| Graham Building, at which motion pic
lures will be thrown on the screen