Evening star., 1925-03-15
Civilian Army News

of which will be held at the boa rd
room of the District Building. Four
teenth and Pennsylvania avenu.
northwest. March IS, at 8 o'clock
Lieut.. Col. Warren T. Hannum
chief engineer, on duty in the Office oil
the chief Of staff, G-3. will address
the meeting on the subject of military
organization of the United States
Capt Eiroy S. ]. Irvine, Engineer Re-
serves, executive officer, who has just
| recently been assigned to the regi-
ment, will conduct the meeting. II
| is desired by Col. Stewart that those
, attending the meeting appear in uni.
form, If possible, and he also requests
that those who have not Is yet se-
cured the distinctive insignia OF the
| castle to do so at the earliest mo-
ment. The insignia and castles can
be secured at Col. Stewards Office at
headquarters, 1853 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest.
The unit will train as an engineer
regiment in the field, involving mo-
bilization, preparation of base. han
ding Of transport. shelter. sub
sistence, etc. problems on the march
during the offensive action. defensive
action and retreat.
Training will be based on the regi-
ment as part OF division on the
march, covering general area In Nir-
ginia. l. E.. Fort Humphreys. Fred
| ericksburg and Charlottesville. This
phase will cover mobilization, supply
and use OF engineer troops as part
of advance guard, use of maps repair
of roads, bridges, demolitions, stream
crossings, road spaces, etc. and a
four day tactical problem. during
! lxryh lob nh h.- tnn "A
rides) the training will cover duties
of engineer troops during recon
naissance. development, deployment
attack and pursuit. ending in with
| drawal, reorganization and retreat
via Culpeper, Manassas (Bul! RUM.
and Fort Humphreys, According to
the schedule, the regiment is due to
arrive back at Fort Humphreys on
August %, the balance of the train
ing period being taken UP by re-
view of the work and critique by in
structors. Though War Department
approval has not as yet been secured
it is hoped that Regular Army
engineer unit at Fort Humphreys, to
which an invitation has been ex-
tended, will participate In the ap-
preaching maneuvers.
For the training year 1925. chap
| lainS of the Reserve Corps may bt
ordered TO Is days active duty as fol-
| lows:
: (a) With the organized reserve
unit to which they are assigned OF
attached. These units may be ordered
to duty with a corresponding Regu-
| lar Army unit or civilians military
| training camp or at a local or gen.
eral unit camp.
| fb) At sDeciai bliAR of chan
| lains. convened for training purposes
as authorized by last subparagraph
of paragraph SC % of letter from
the Adjutant's General Office, under
date of November 2s, 1924.
! In all cases every available oppor-
| tunity will be given to permit such
trainees to engage in the active prac-
tice of their duties under the con-
ditions, actual or simulated. which
may exist when called to active duty
| in an emergency. Trainees will be
required to participate in such parts
of the units training schedule as
may be of general application to the
units personnel including chaplains
! Individual instruction Will in all
probability be conducted by Regular
| Army chaplains, who will be assisted
| when necessary by such reserve chap
lains as by military experience seem
TO be capable of performing this duty
satisfactorily. The applicatory sys-
tenn OF instruction will be employed
whenever the subject-matter wi per
NIT. The individual instruction will
| embrace the following subjects: Or.
ganization, practical duties of chap
lains and the rules of land warfare
Only three reserve assemblies are
| d,la he In
of which will be held at ORGANIZED
Reserve headquarters in the Graham
Building and the remaining one, thai
of the 343d Engineers, Col. Johr
| Stewart commanding. which will b,
| held March IS in the board room o.
the District Building. announcement
| of which appears elsewhere in thi:
| column.
Under the direction of Mai. o. K
Sadtler, Signal Corps. who is on duty
in the office of the chief signal Officer
of the Army. signal reserve officers
| will assemble March 16 for lectur.
| on meteorology and all appliances
| pertaining thereto. Everything con.
| nected with weather forecasting, how
the data are obtained, etc, will bt
| covered in detail.
! The quartermaster meeting which
was scheduled for March II has beer
|
| the many social events which will b,
| given on st. Patrick's day and eve.
| ming.
Officers of the 313th Field Artillery
Col Leroy W. Heron commanding
| assisted by Capt. James B. Golden
Field Artillery. executive officer will
meet in the Graham Building Marcel
l9. Maj Fred A. Carter, commands
of the I'd Battalion of this regi
ment, will lecture on the subject o.
offensive use of artillery, which will
| be followed by artillery fire.
| Capt. James B. Golden, executiy,
officer. 313th Field Artillery, deliv
cred this same lecture before the Is,
| Battalion of this regiment (Balti
more) March 10. The Baltimore uni
is commanded by Maj. Robert Mer
rick, 313th Field Artillery.
Maj. r E. B. McKenney, 32oth In
| fantry, president of the Washington
branch of the Reserve Officers Asso
citation, left Washington Thursda,
for three-month course of In.
| struction at the Command and Cen
| Kans.
Talking Yellow Head.
Green South American parrots
known as Amazons, include a large
number of species, says the Nature
Magazine. If secured while young
any will learn to talk, but the bes
undoubtedly is the Mexican yellow
head.