Evening star., 1925-02-08
Civilian Army News

Organization of the large taxicat
companies into reserve units of the
transportation service Is being rapid
ly pushed forward under the direc.
tion of Brig. Gen. Albert C. Dalton
assistant to the quartermaste, gen.
eral, who after presenting this plar
to the last convention of the Nationa
Taxicab Owners, was authorized tc
proceed with perfecting the organiza-
tion of the reserve motor transport
service. Under the direction of Gen
Dalton, the regulations and tables OF
organization of this new reserve
transportation service are being pre-
pared, and upon their completion
they will be submitted to John j
Boobar of Washington, D. c., who Is
president Of the Taxicab Owners AS
sociation. Distribution will then be
made of the regulations to the larger
taxicab companies for suggestions
and remarks, and when these are re-
ceived by the Department, they will
be submitted to the Secretary of
War for approval.
According to the present plans, the
transport units will be divided into
three distinct units, repair, operating
and maintenance. The commissioned
personnel will be selected from the
managers and foreman of the various
concerns. Each company will main
tain a certain number of units Wnlcn
will be dependent upon the personnel
and equipment of the concerns. Tha'
the large transportation companies
are interested in national defense
was demonstrated in the defense test
held last September when they parti
cipated in the parade, but this year, IL
is believed they will turn out as resu-
lar Organized Reserve units OF the
transportation service.
Training plans for the 1925 field in
struction are being worked out, whicn,
in the event they are approved Wili
be an innovation in the helo framing
of the Organized RESERVES. Ihteies'
is being evinced by reserve ofhcers IN
the District of Columbia and vicinity
In these tentative Summer training
details which affect primarily those
officers who are assigned 10 the
3l3th Field Artillery. Col. Leroy w:
Heron commanding, and the oaoo
Engineers, under the command OF
Col. John Stewart.
According to the present plans. the
3l3th Field Artillery will hold a unit
camp, which will be entirely unoer
the command of Col. Heron, who VIII
be assisted by Capt. James B. Golden,
Field Artillery, who has just reported
for duty in the District of Columbia
Organized Reserves headquarters as
an assistant to Col. John Scott. The
present arrangements call for this
regiment to proceed to Fort Hoyle,
Md. about the middle of September.
where they will report for their unit
camp training.
Though the details have not as yet
been decided upon, the $3.50 En-
gineers. under the command or Col.
Stewart, will go to a unit camp VIA
Fort Humphreys. Va: FREDERICKSBURG,
Charlottesville, Wilderness ano
Manassas, for Is days. probably In
September. They will work terrain
exercises. covering an enslneeI ies,-
ment of q division in combat; laying
out a. defensive position, repairing
bridges and providing communica-
tions.
Orders have been issued by the War
Department authorizing Maj. r. E. b.
McKenney, 320th Infantry, president
of the Reserve Officers Association OF
the District of Columbia to proceed
to the Command and General STAN
School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan, Tor
a three month course of instruction,
beginning March is. Maj. Tom Faw-
cett, branch assignment group, office
of the chief of Infantry, prominent in
reserve affairs in the District OF Co
lumbia, has been ordered to the In
fantry School, Fort Benning, Ga, for
a course of instruction beginning
March 10.
Washington reserve officers are for
tunate in having Capt. James B.
Golden, F. A., who has just reported
for duty as assistant to Col. John
Scott, directing head of the Organized
Reserve headquarters in the District.
assigned to the Nations Capital re-
serve forces. He is an efficient officer
and one of the most popular in the
service.
Commissioned in June, 1917, as a
second lieutenant of Infantry, he
served during the war with the I'd
and Sd Divisions as lieutenant and
captain of Infantry. Capt. Golden
served with the Sd Division during
the Summer of 1918, participated in
stemming the German advance at
Chateau Thierry, and he also was
present with the same division in the
defense of the Marine. In the Of
fensive north of Chateau Thierry on
July 27, 1918, he was wounded In ac-
tion, the signing of the armistice pre-
venting his return to combat duty.
He is a graduate Of the company
officers class at the Infantry School
in 1921, and during this year he was
transferred to the Field Artillery. He
Is also a graduate of the battery
commanders course at the Field Ar
tillery School, Fort Sill, in 1923, and
since his graduation he has been on
duty as commanding Battery d, 6th
Field Artillery, Fort Hoyle, Nd.
With the approval given this week
by the War Department for the coat
of-arms for the 320th Infantry, ten
tative plans are being discussed by
officers of the regiment for the hold
ing Of ceremony, probably on the
Ellipse, at which the colors of not
only the 320th Infantry, but the 31Sth
Field Artillery, will be presented.
The former regiment is entitled to
four battle pennants, as follows:
Picardy. Meuse-Argonne, st. Mihiel
and Lorraine; while the latter or
ganization is entitled to the Meuse-
Argonne battle streamer. Details of
the presentation ceremony are being
and 1t Is hoped by mem
bers Of the two regiments that 1t can
be held in the early Spring.
Organization of the 320th Infantry
was made at Camp Lee, Va. during
1917, as unit Of the S0th Division,
with which this regiment served
overseas in the Somme offensive, the
ST. MihieI and Meuse-Argonne opera
tions, and in the Picardy and Lor-
raine sectors.
The field, azure and some -de-lys.
is taken from the coat-of-arms of the
province of Artois (Pas de Calais),
where the regiment received it's bap-
tism of fire, and where, when occupy
ing the front line, detachment re-
pulsed a German raiding party of
greatly superior numbers, the two
survivors of the attack receiving the