Evening star., 1925-11-29

ii is expected that general resume
Of the entire seasons inactive train
ing program will be given.
InStruCtional assemblies for the
Medical Reserve officers will be held
on the fourth Saturday of each month
ut SIS p.m The medical rcserviSts
viii not meet at Organized Reserve
haadquarterS. but will hold their in
StruCtional meetings in the Medical
Society Building. 171S NJ street The
first meeting was held last night, at
which the organization and function
of the medical detachment was dis
Cussed At the December 26 assembly
the mohilization-unit plan, with spe-
cial reference to medical department
units. will he taken up. Tactics will
he the subject to he discussed at the
first meeting to he held in 1926, which
will he held January so. While at the
1 February q meeting camp sanitation,
81 nitary devices and the Sa nitary in
! Spector will he covered. Military
maps. basic principles. map making
( and map reading will he discussed AT
/ the March - assembly. while the lee
ture on April q will cover hospital
ization. administration. construction
and professional services. The medical
! reserViStS will conclude their 1929
! 1876 inactive training program May
! %. inactive training program May
/ function of medical detaChments with
/ the various combatant branches and
! the duties of reSimental surgeons will
/ be discussed.
After an absence OF about three
! months. during which time he has
undergone several operations at Wal
ter Reed General Hospital. Lieut. Col.
John Scott. Infantry. senior eXecu-
! tive officer Of the Organized Reserves
in Washington, is expected to return
Ia his duties at headquarters Tuesday
or Wednesday.
Instructional programs have all
! been prepared and promulgated to
/ Washington reserve officers with the
/ exception Of those officers Of the Air
4 Service, Signal Corps and the Adju-
tant Generals Department. A meet
ing was held November Is for adiu-
tant general reserve officers. at which
il was decided 10 work out an inactive
, training program with a view To Civ
I ing the reserve officers Of this arm A
/ course of instruction Meetings will
be held on the third Thursday of each
month. the first Of which will he held
/ December -.
OF interest to Chemical Warfare Re.
serve officers is tabulation just
EdCewood, Md, which reflects the
rapid growth in this arm of the Or
sanized Reserves structure. --latest
figures show that there are a total of
. @52 reserve officers of the Chemical
Warfare Service distributed through,
/ ont the country, and that with the eX-
ception of Idaho and Nevada. all
states are represented in this arm of
the Chemical Warfare Reserve. The
II,
Chemical Warfare Reserve enrolment
are: New York. 121: Illinois 90; Mas
sachusetts and PENNSYLVANIA each
has IS, while California has 81
1t IS Of striking significance that
Of the - States represented in the
Chemical Warfare Reserve. which in
. cludes the District of Columbia stu
/ dents from no less than 33 States have
! ken the course for reserve officers
( honor of having the highest percent.
age of reserve enrolment at the
7 Chemical Warfare School. OF Illinois
total Of 96 Chemical Warfare Reserve
officers. 1 have graduated from Edge
wood. or more than II per cent.
The official War Department figures
| show that total of 112 reserve of.
| ficers Of this arm have attended the
! school. or 11.6 per cent Of the total
/ commissioned Chemical Warfare Re
| serve strength. The attendance OF
the reserve student officers at the
| school averages about 10 per cent Of
the total number in each grade. with
the exception of the grade of colonel
/ Following is the distribution accord
ing to grades of those officers who
have attended the school: Lieutenant
colonies, J; majors, I3; captains. p;
first leutenants. 80; second lieuten
ants. 80
J Headquarters OF Washington re.