The Washington times., 1925-02-11


addition to his other duties. Cap
tain Barnes will work with Major
r. p. Harbold, @. M. c., u. s. A.,
in handling the instructions for
the local reserve Quartermasters.
Captain Irwin v. Todd, finance
department of the regular army, is
in charge of the administrative part
OF the local office, as well as
handling the instructions for the
reserve officers of the finance de-
partment.
Some time ego the War Depart
ment announced the promotion of
reserve captain in the adjutant
generals department to the grade
ct lieutenant colonel in the infantry
reserve. No further information
has been given out on the subject
and the reserve officers are very
much interested in the promotion,
as the officer in question skipped
the grade OF major.
The annual pistol competition for
company pistol teams in the reg
ular army infantry regiments has
second infantry. This competition
is promoted by the National Rifle
Association The winning team
made q percentage of 90.2S, or more
than 4. per cent greater than its
nearest competitor. The team is
composed OF Porto Rican soldiers
and was lead In the event by a
Corporal Eladio Quinones, with a
score OF, 92.73.
The question of whether author
lied medals should be worn on the
coat or overcoat. when the over
coat is worn, has been decided by
the War Department to the effect
that the medals will be worn on
the coat.
Arrangements have been made to
give a regular program which win
help every G. M. T. G. candidate to
qualify for a commission upon the
completion Of the Blue Course.
Following the next meeting OF the
local C.. NJ. r. C. men, which is to
be held Friday, February Is, at
the reserve headquarters, starting
at 4:46 p. M, the different arms
will be separated and given the
class Of work each one wants and
needs most.
There win be an infantry pro-
gram for infantry G. M. T. c., the
same for cavalry, field artillery, en-
gineers. and coast artillery, all OPP
Grating at the same time, but In
different groups with different in
structors.
Major r. p. Harbold viii talk
at the next meeting on Military
Captain James b. Golden, for
merly Of the Sixth field artillery,
who has reported to the local re-
serve headquarters as an assistant
executive officer, win act as as
sistant executive officer OF the fol-
lowing units. of the organized re-
serves: The 313th field artillery.
artillery brigade and the sgd coast
artillery battalion.
Reserve infantry officers will
meet tomorrow evening at the Ora
ham building for a conference on
Infantry Weapons - Machine
Guns" The conference win be
by Major II. G. Turner,
o. r. c., regimenta1 machine-gun
officer, Three hundred and TWEEN
tieth Infantry; First Lieutenant H.
H. Ruggles, Three hundred and
twentieth Infantry, and Captain
Maurice R.. Colbert, Of the Three
hundred and fourteenth Infantry.
The next meeting OF reserve of
ficers of the Signal Corps will be
held next Monday evening, and
reserve officers Of the Quarter
master Corps will meet Tuesday
evening of next week.
Training or Coast Artillery re-
serve units has not, as a rule,
reached the - standard expected.
Large numbers of reserve officers
are failing to take the correspond
ence courses available to them. 1t
is believed that improvement could
be brought about in this respect
by a small increase in the number
of regular officers detailed to duty
with coast artillery reserve units
and an increase in mileage sufft-
cient to permit those on such duty
to consult more freely with the
officers Of the units.
Reserve officers of the air ser"
vice held their February meeting
last night at the Graham Building.
Majors H. c. Pratt and John H.
Jouett, from the Office of the
Chief of Air Service. Conducted
the conference.
Veterans of battery C. 10th field
artillery. will hold a smoker at the
City Club March S. at p. m.
Lieut.. Colonel Arthur J. Klein, a
reserve officer of the staff special
ist corps, addressed the February
meeting of the Reserve Officers
Association of the District Of Co
lumbia on Qualifying for Promo
ton
Commander D. c. Croweil, u. S.
N. has reported to the Navy De-
partment for duty in the war plans
division of the operations office.
Captain Frank K. Mccullough,
U. s. N. attached to the Washing;
ton Navy Yard, has been assigned
to duty at the Navy Department as
a member of the naval examining
and retiring boards and of the
board of medical examiners. re-
lleving Captain Raymond Spear,
u. S. NJ. who will relieve Captain
F. w. F. Weber. u. s. N, from
command of the naval hospital at
San Diego, April 5.
Captain Weber will reach the
statutory retiring age and goes
on the retired list on that date.