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George, Field Artillery, 1925
graduate of the Command and Gen
eral Staff School at Fort Leavenworth
and who has Just recently been as
signed to the Washington reserve
units, will be in charge of Organized
Reserve headquarters.
Organized Reserve headquarters in
the Graham Building announced this
week the names of those Washington
reserve officers who, during the week
took the examination for promotion to
the next higher grade. They are:
Maj. James c. Fox, Judge Advocate
Generals Department; Capt. NJ. B.
Driscoll, Infantry; Capt. A. H. Don
dero. Military Intelligence Depart
ment; First Lieut. Thomas G.. Bah
bington, First Lieut.. William A. Nc
kee. chaplain. and First Lieut.. John
p. Campbell, Judge Advocate Generals
Department. and Second Lieuts. Zirkin
and Holland, both Infantry.
The annual convention of the Re
serve Officers Association of the
city from October to A.
In prohibiting the two reserve off
GERS on duty in the War Department.
Lieut.. Col. Fred b. Ryons and Lieut.
col. II. T.. Bulls. from even discussing
the budget pertaining to not only the
reserve officers. but the Regular es-
tablishment, before the State and ma
tlonal conventions, wave of resent
ment has been created among the
10000 reserve officers throughout the
country. AS result of this an
tipathy, which has been created by
the autoCratic methods of the Budget
Bureau. it is expected that number
of strong resolutions will be passed
At the coming meeting and that plans.
will be formulated for waging an ag-
Sressive fight for the Army of the
United States at the approaching ses-
sion of Congress.
simultaneously with the announce
nent that Brig. Gen. John Ross Della
field. president of the association
would decline to accept another term
Of office, the names of a number of
prominent reserve officers were men
Toned in connection with this va
Cancy.
Under Army Regulations 140-36 is
given the professional and ability quail
ifcations governing the appointment
and promotion of officers in the Ord
nance Department of the Officers Re
serve Corps. Ordnance reserve off
GERS are divided into two classes-i e.
combat duty and non-combat, duty
Combat duty pertains to all officers
assigned to duty with Ordnance
troops, such as ammunition. depot.
and maintenance companies, and as
Ordnance staff officers with tactical
units, while non-combat duty pertains
10 those officers assigned for special
service of any kind, including admin
istrative, technical, supply, or pro-
Curement duties not included under
combat duty. So varied are the quail
lf1Cattons coming under non-combat
duty that 1T is impracticable to give
them here in detail due TO the space
limitation. Generally speaking, how
ever, an applicant for an initial ap-
pointment will have had no opportu-
nifty TO become familiar with the du-
ties of the position to which he will
be assigned, and his qualifications
must be determined largely by his
knowledge of and success in his civil
occupation, consideration being given
TO the relation between his occupation
and the requirements Of the Ordnance
Department. The combat duty quail.
ncations for the various grades up to
colonel are as follows:
To be appointed to the grade of sec
ond lieutenant the applicant must
nave general education equivalent
10 that received at college of recog-
nized standing. Other subjects with
which he must be familiar are work
ing knowledge of the general provi-
sions of regulations and orders per
taining to the administration, equip
ment and supply of a company: mill
tary discipline, courtesies and customs
or the service; military law; military
hygiene and sanitation; Ordnance
technique. In the practical efficiency
test, estimate will be based upon the
degree of success attained in past ex-
per1ence, civil and military, and upon
the personality of the candidate
Going up for promotion to the grade
OF first lieutenant, the applicant must
possess a general education equivalent
10 that received at a college of recoE.
nlzed standing. The other professional
qualifications which he must have a
knowledge of are: Military discipline
courteSieS and customs of the serv-
ice; military organizations: general un-
derstanding of the problems which
concern the junior officer. such as mo
blilzation, rail transportation, com
pany records, individual records of
soldiers, company reports, military
correspondence, mess management
and property responsibility; ordnance
engineering; military hygiene and
hrst aid; map reading; a general
knowledge of the various types of am
nunttion; procurement, storage and
issue; military law; a knowledge of the
fundamentals of commercial law as
applied to leases, contracts, finance
procurement by purchase. ETC. rifle
craftsmanship. Under ability qualifi